"The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them."
-- Albert Einstein

The New Mobility Agenda in brief

Unconstrained by bureaucracy, economic interests or schedules, the New Mobility Agenda was launched in 1988 as an open international platform for critical discussion, exchanges of materials and views, and diverse forms of cross-border collaboration on the challenging, necessarily conflicted topic of "sustainable transportation and social justice".

The NMA offers three main things for anyone who wishes to get a feel for what is going on at the leading edge of policy and practice in this fast moving field, much in need of new thinking and a whole new class of policies and actions (and might that be the New Mobility Agenda?):

1. First Stop Information Shop:
   A pretty good "first stop shop" for anyone seeking information, insight and leads on developments and practices at the leading edge, taking the user far beyond the usual transportation sources and bringing in a good part of the very wide range of disciplines and approaches which are needed to make the challenging transition to a new mobility system that meshes better with the requirements and the possibilities of our age. Site organization
   
2. International Peer Network
   And at its core, it has over the years developed an international peer network that brings together more than a thousand leading authorities, public policy makers, operators, academics and activists working every day to advance the sustainably agenda in their corner of the world. International Advisory Council
   
3. Communications Toolkit
   And to tie this individual and group competence togeher -- an increasingly powerful set of communications tools, with not only the usual websites, libraries, documentation and source links, but also a whole new set of low cost, accessible IP mediated tools, which are now available to extend the reach of our information, exchanges and contacts, in a field in which we need to make use of every tool and trick available. New Mobility Bridge

Beyond this we have a vision of what it takes to create a sustainable mobility system. Have a look at our Building Blocks page to see if this scans for you. And check out the latest collaborative projects, which shows what can be accomplished if we put our heads together.

The Agenda is entirely financed and delivered by The Commons, an unfunded independent international volunteer program in Paris. The Commons: pioneering new concepts for activists, community groups, entrepreneurs and business; increasing the uncomfort zone for hesitant administrators and politicians; and through our long term world wide collaborative efforts, energy and personal choices, placing them and ourselves firmly on the path to a more sustainable and more just world.