Mobility is a serious game : a game to explore the future of mobility

Our society is changing rapidly and its mobility system does not keep pace. We are still driving around in diesel cars, not internalising external costs, not using multimodality in its full potential, etc. Although there is more and more consensus that we should go for a more sustainable mobility system, it does not seem to be easy to implement it and to create a common vision of the future. Thinking about that future is also not that easy. For this reason we created the board game « Mobility is a serious game ». It enables to explore the future of mobility in three time horizons: near future (1 to 5 years), medium (5-10 years) and long (up to 30 years). It is an interactive setting where the players can put themselves into the roles of either a government (local or higher), a business (up to two players), an NGO (also maximum two players) and the public voice. This public voice has an important role as he/she will comment on the actions of the others players and so reward their actions with coins. The game has been tried out several times before launching it on a large event. The game enables to connect people, show empathy for each other's role and let new and collaborative ideas surface.