The ergonomics of access to everyday facilities by urban public transportation (bus and tramway) and soft mobility
Abstract
The research forms part of the sustainable development. The political commitment is partially reflected by local
urban policies. In this case transport is a recursive question. Cities aim is to lessen the negative impact caused by the
transport of goods and people. They try to reduce the domination of the city by cars; decreases traveled distances
by polluting means of transportation and propose alternative solutions. These policies affect the infrastructure, the
practices of sustainable mobility and the morphology of urban space. The RED project (Risques Emergents de la
mobilit´e Durable) analyzes in detail and on different levels the different impacts of these new modes of mobility. I
decided to get interested on the impact of the sustainable mobility system on the ergonomics of access of citizens to
daily lives facilities. This needs to focus on urban public transport means and soft mobility infrastructure. My goal
is to create a GIS measurement and cartography method of ergonomics of access to everyday resources. Its aim
is to take into account many factors which can encourage or discourage people to adopt sustainable mobility such
as: accessibility, space ergonomics like defined by T.SAINT-GERAND, the social factor and the quality of urban
space. This method will be, first of all, applied to selected areas, but it is applicable to the whole Eurom´etropole
of Strasbourg. This statistical and mapping method could be used as a support to take decision which help for the
detection of socio-spatial disparity, the optimization of the supply of sustainable mobility infrastructure at the best
ergonomic of access, lower cost / effort and the simulation of the impact of changes in infrastructure on the lives of
everyday citizens.