Subject: This guide suggests educational activities on the theme of sustainable mobility. It has definitions, games, questionnaires and competitions to help you find out more about the issues surrounding sustainable mobility.
Author: Alterre Bourgogne, an environmental and sustainable development agency
Date: March-April 2010
Type: Educational guide
Intended readership: General public
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Intermodality is a theoretical term, one that is slightly abstract yet shows a common sense logic: it means combining several means of transport during the same journey, using different types of vehicles to get from A to Z. For example, train + car or bus + bicycle + walking, etc. This logic aims to rationalise the use of the car by offering relevant mobility alternatives. The objective is to make journeys smoother while reducing their carbon footprint.
As the keystone of sustainable mobility, intermodality and its corollary multimodality (which assumes a choice between several means of transport) are gradually being implemented in the cities of the world, from Shanghai to Singapore to Paris and provincial cities. Airports, stations and car parks are now being developed as "intermodal hubs" that offer access to different means of transport (underground, bus, taxi, car hire, etc.) thanks to adapted information and ticketing systems. This new way of organising transport necessitates the involvement of many players: public transport and car park operators, vehicle manufacturers and, above all, public authorities, which are the only ones capable of rolling out the infrastructure necessary for the intermodal system.
