Digital and Interactive Participation in Energy Transition. The case of urban mobility planning

One of the biggest challenges for cities in energy transition in the coming years is the transformation of urban mobility. The complex process includes the planning of new mobility offers including energy infrastructure for direct electrification of mobility as well as a fundamental change in citizens' behavior. Thus, the participation of citizens in urban mobility planning will play an increasing role. One of the key questions with respect to participation models is how to enhance people’s willingness to participate especially with respect to digital tools. The contribution analysis the example of planning public charging stations infrastructure in a German City and focuses on conditions to explain citizens’ willingness to participate. In terms of methodology, the article is based on a representative survey conducted in the city of Darmstadt specifically for this purpose. The collected data contains people’s preferences and perceptions regarding participation in general and also with regard to digital participation scenarios. The authors employ multivariate regression analyses to test the effects of various variables as well as their interaction.