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In this chapter we analyse the sustainability transition pathway that made Freiburg an ‘Eco-city’ where the modal share of slow mobility is more than 50 % (pedestrians: 24 %; cycling: 28 %), and the car is less relevant (30 %). Through the sequential use of three ST-maps we are able to reconstruct the sustainability transition of Freiburg: from an emerging ‘Auto-city’, where private cars increase of importance (first ST-map: 1969), through a time of coexistence of four different systems (individual car, public transport, individual bicycle, walkability) (second ST-map: 1979), until the polarization in two systems: the individual car and the so-called ‘City of Short Distances’ (third ST-map: 2010). The reproduction of these two systems takes place at different scales: local actors support the ‘City of Short Distances’—which is today dominant in Freiburg—while national and international actors keep supporting the individual car.
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I wish to thank Prof. Daseking for his stimulating lecture within the course of Urban planning held at University of Rome “La Sapienza”, and for the following personal communications.
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Marletto, G., Franceschini, S., Ortolani, C., Sillig, C. (2016). Freiburg: From ‘Auto-City’ to ‘City of Short Distances’ (1945–2010). In: Mapping Sustainability Transitions. SpringerBriefs in Business. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42274-9_5
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