Change is imminent. As our roads near capacity, we have an opportunity to reassess & redesign how we travel, the type of city we want to live in and become. 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 future- vision for what mobility could look like in Hobart. The students partnered with the University of Tasmania Behavioural Science Lab and their students to deep-dive 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.