A European city reimagining mobility

Creating post-car futures that citizens actually support

The context

A mid-sized European city wants to move towards a post-car future. Citizens are divided: some push for walkable neighbourhoods, others fear economic disruption and lost accessibility.

The challenge

Urban planners must act but lack a shared starting point. Legacy infrastructure, political sensitivities, and polarised citizen values make long-term planning risky.

How LIFT supports the process

• Surfaces tensions: LIFT maps out economic, social, and political fault lines so planners can address them openly.
• Tests trade-offs: Through “what if” scenarios, planners can explore the impacts of converting roads to bike lanes, dynamic tolling, or reinvesting traffic fines.
• Roots vision in context: LIFT integrates local data and perspectives, ensuring scenarios reflect the realities of the city instead of abstract models.

The outcome

Planners still decide the path forward — but they do so on the basis of a clearer, evidence-based picture that balances ambition with citizens’ concerns, avoiding premature or imposed solutions.