Human Centred Design for the Future of Mobility

Abstract

The field of the future of mobility provides researchers, practitioners, regulators and students a brand-new canvas for envisioning emerging technologies, human behaviours, styling designs, customer services and many more details that need rethinking, reconfiguration and re-design in transportation, vehicles and related services. Emerging mobility trends such as autonomous/connected/electric vehicles, micro- and urban-air- mobility, behavioural changes including acceptance of sharing, seeking more equal/inclusive/flexible services, and responding to emotional needs, are transforming innovations. We propose a human-centred interactive workshop facilitated by a playful toolkit and learning process catering for future of mobility themes, developed for professional audiences to go through an ideation process that considers types of people, technology trends and circumstances when creating new vehicles, mobility systems and services. Outcomes will include disruptive ideas around vehicles, systems and services; brand new research agendas for future mobility; emergent mobility innovation methods, all produced through team collaboration with balanced, interdisciplinary expertise.