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Understanding the need for active mobility seating.

The public bench represents a close practical and emotional bond between the city and its citizens, it is a key element for active and public modes of mobility and for the well-being of citizens.

This project allows citizens to describe and share their public seating needs on the hogga.me web application, developed specifically for this project; empowers citizens and creates spatial awareness, connects stakeholders and promotes exchange; allows involvement in the ideation process and promotes emotional awareness and activism.

The city collects feedback on citizens' needs, preferences and constraints regarding the shape, material, placement, orientation of benches and their use, can adapt its seating offer to the different existing needs and thus increase the quality of public space.

The tool and method will be tested in Munich and will be used for the development of urban seating policies.

Period: until December 31, 2021.

Project director/coordinator: Renate Albrecher.

Partnerships:

• Munich City;
• Bankkultur Association;
• Institute for Advanced Studies Vienna (IHS);
• The municipality of Milan.

Funding/agent: EIT Urban Mobility.