Alcantara, M.N.P.A labor and the complete functionalization of times and places (Choay, 1970, 1996; Collins, 1980; Schorske, 1981). Despite the past urban disparities, nowadays, it could be said that Vienna has good legibility
recalling Lynch (1960) in his book the image of the city
which offers security
and allows more urban experiences, as the city visually explores its potential and expresses all its complexity. Moreover, through time Vienna has preserved the beauty of its heritage and, at the same time, consciously updated the city itself. transport modes are very diverse (Figure 11). For instance, the Viennese public transport network operated by Wiener Linien, a subsidiary of Wiener Stadtwerke belonging to the municipal administration
is in charge of 164 public transport lines,
including 83 kilometers of underground (metro) network (5 U-Bahn lines), 225 kilometers of the surface tram network (28 Straßenbahn lines), and 860 kilometers related to 131 bus lines (Wiener Linien, 2020, 2022a).
.6
million passengers every day (Wiener Linien, 2022a). It is also available 24 hours a day on Fridays and Saturdays. Tickets can be purchased as single fares and as daily, monthly, or annual passes. In addition, there are no turnstiles to control the transport entrances, only occasional inspections
a trusted sign from the government toward the population.
Figure 11. Vienna s Transport Modes in Numbers. Source: Author based on data from Stadt Wien (2021, 2022); Wiener Linien (2020, 2022b, 2022a)
Furthermore, Vienna offers a wide range of cycling infrastructure among bike lanes, cycle tracks, bicycle boulevards, and shared surfaces totaling 1,661 km. In addition to providing the Viennese community with a bike share system (WienMobil Rad) with more than 3,000 bikes spread into 200 physical and virtual stations throughout the city (Wiener Linien,
24 Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans [SUMPs] and the transition behind planning paradigms
