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SUMMARY:LASUR Seminar - Francesca Cellina: "Sustained Car-Free Living"
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DESCRIPTION:Francesca Cellina\n“Sustained car-free living: Long-term imp
 acts of a one‑month mobility trial with car‑freeing incentives in Swit
 zerland”\n\nMobility trials offering temporary access to sustainable tra
 nsport modes are increasingly used to reduce car dependence\, yet evidence
  on their long‑term effects is limited. We assess the one‑year impacts
  of the 31DAYS Challenge\, a month‑long car‑free trial in Winterthur (
 Switzerland) that provided 754 participants with free use of an e‑bike\,
  public transport\, and car‑sharing\, followed by a conditional car‑fr
 eeing incentive. Using a one‑group pretest–posttest design with 222 in
 dividuals and 196 households\, we estimate changes in transport mode use a
 nd ownership and compare effects on incentive recipients and non‑recipie
 nts. Results show substantial\, persistent behaviour change: 19% stopped u
 sing the car\, and correspondingly use of e‑bike\, train\, and public tr
 ansport increased. Car ownership markedly declined\, with 21% of household
 s becoming car‑free alongside increases in e‑bike and travelcard owner
 ship. Incentives amplified effects\, though the trial alone still produced
  meaningful long‑term reductions. Findings highlight car‑free trials 
 – especially when paired with incentives – as cost‑effective tools f
 or promoting car‑free living.\n\nResearcher at the University of Applied
  Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI)\, she has a backgroun
 d in both environmental engineering (Master degree) and social sciences (P
 hD degree). She performs trans-disciplinary research activities to foster 
 the transition towards a low carbon and energy-sufficient society\, partic
 ularly in the domain of urban mobility (how can we reduce car use?) and lo
 ng-distance mobility (how can we reduce air travel?). She is experienced 
 in participatory\, living lab processes that exploit co-creation and co-de
 sign techniques to engage individuals and stakeholders in real-life interv
 entions aimed at triggering the needed societal transition. In the last 
 decade\, her research focused on the design of app-based ICT tools support
 ing individuals and communities in implementing the transition\, and on th
 e strict evaluation of their effectiveness.
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