Henni+Milli #3: Mobility for an Inclusive City: Beyond the Average Commuter

What does it take to make urban mobility truly inclusive? In the third episode. of the InclusiveCity Podcast we explore how mobility planning can move beyond the traditional model of the “average commuter” travelling from A to B. Together with mobility expert Gerald Franz from the City of Vienna’s Climate and Innovation Agency (UIV) and architect, researcher and Wonderland Platform director Bahanur Nasya , we discuss how everyday realities - care work, children, older people, shift workers, people with disabilities and those without access to a car - challenge conventional approaches to transport planning.The conversation looks at how local knowledge, participation, temporary interventions and international research projects can influence larger mobility systems. Using Vienna’s Supergrätzl as an example, the guests reflect on the potential—and limits—of bottom-up initiatives, the role of public space as a place for social interaction, and how mobility policies can be tested and adapted. The discussion ultimately asks what an inclusive city could look like: not simply one that listens to citizens, but one that creates the conditions for people to live more sustainably, independently and collectively—regardless of age, gender, income or mobility needs.About our guests: Gerald Franz is Mobility Leader at Urban Innovation Vienna, the City of Vienna's climate and innovation agency. He leads a team of mobility experts and has driven many e-mobility, shared transport, and mobility policy projects. Bahanur Nasya is an architect, researcher, and film producer based in Vienna and Head of Organisations at Wonderland Platform for European Architecture. She leads the Fair Mobility DUT project, addressing mobility inequalities for minorities in both urban and rural settings. Henni+Milli is a temporary, consumer-free public "placemaking" project and community testing ground located along the Donaukanal in Vienna, specifically named after the Henriette-Fahrbach-Promenade and Emilie-Turecek-Promenade near the Franzensbrücke. This project was implemented in the framework of the FFG funded DUT InclusiveCity Project and implemented with the funding of the MA45/City of Vienna.This podcast was produced in a cooperation with Placemaking Austria and superwien.Hosts: Vivian Monteiro Malta & Roland Krebs