regenerative mobility systems

Mobility Systems

Design program, 3rd year, semester one, 2023

Students

Luke Bartley

Sophie Leeson

Lily May

Daniel Paice

Tai Cat Phuong

Studio Lead: Vanessa Ward

In collaboration with Behavioural Science Lab: Prof. Robert Hoffman, Lauren Scott, and Herry Basuki

Hobart City Council, Design Lab: David Kaldor

Cover artwork: Iman McGregor

Change is imminent.

With current road infrastructure reaching its limits and congestion growing as fast as Hobart’s population, it has become evident that Hobart requires design interventions on a systemic level to provide relief to commuters.

In response to the growing transit crisis in Hobart, five Systems Design students took on a Mobility Challenge project to develop an overarching futurevision for what mobility could look like in Hobart.

The students partnered with the UTAS Behavioural Science Lab and their students to deepdive into the area of mobility and get stuck into ideating what suitable solutions could look like for Hobart. The students further dissected identified leverage points in the system that could greatly benefit from change and help Hobart achieve a more life-centered and connected transit system, promoting convenience, affordability, climate resilience and community.

Lily May

Tactical challenge

How might the city make use of upcoming planned network disruptions to demonstrate new possibilities, shift behaviours and accelerate transformation?

Systemic challenge

How might the city shape the systems of mobility needed to support sustainable urban growth and community wellbeing over the coming decades? Our thanks to Professor Rob Hoffman and David Kaldor for their time and collaboration.

Lay 1% more asphalt, and you get 1% more traffic.

259,230 Hobart’s population, 2022

KEY:

WATER WAYS ROADS

BIKE TRACKS

PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC

8-9 AM, 3PM, 5PM

GLENORCHY KINGBOROUGH

Water and mountains put constraints on the city’s mobility infrastructure.

300,000+ Hobart’s estimated population by 2033 roadways are nearing capacity.

Mobility of the Greater Hobart region is fragile, with only three routes in and out of the city center.