Result description
The Play Accessible Communities (PAC) Playbook is a research-driven and action-oriented guide that enables cities to design inclusive, climate-adaptive micromobility hubs through citizen engagement.
Developed and tested in İzmir within the EIT Community NEB Co-Create programme (2025), the playbook documents a complete, transferable methodology that combines:
- mobility and accessibility metrics (including the 15-Minute City Score),
- social and climate data,
- and large-scale citizen co-creation through City Gaming.
Through hands-on co-design sessions involving municipal departments, NGOs, youth, migrants, and local residents, the PAC approach converted community input into concrete spatial strategies and an Action Agreement with short-, mid- and long-term interventions. This ensures that participation leads to real implementation, not just consultation.
The playbook serves as a practical tool for municipalities, planners, mobility authorities, and civic organisations seeking to close first–last mile gaps, improve accessibility, and design micromobility hubs as inclusive public spaces. It is explicitly structured for replication and scaling across European cities, aligning with NEB principles.
Addressing target audiences and expressing needs
- We are sharing our knowledge
To maximise impact, the project partners seek support to disseminate and activate the PAC Playbook across other European cities. A key need is coordinated outreach to municipalities, mobility authorities, urban planning agencies, and civic organisations, by combining and leveraging the partners’ respective European contact networks (cities, NEB stakeholders, mobility and public space actors).
- Others/ No specific audience
- Other Actors who can help us fulfil our market potential
R&D, Technology and Innovation aspects
The PAC approach is scalable because it is method-based rather than site-specific. It can be applied at neighbourhood, district, or city scale, and expanded incrementally through multiple micromobility hubs. The playbook supports phased implementation and can be integrated into existing municipal planning cycles and budgets.
The PAC Playbook is explicitly designed for replication. It documents the full methodology, tools, data layers, and co-creation process in a transferable format. While tested in İzmir, the approach can be adapted to different governance, data availability, and urban contexts, enabling uptake by other European cities without redesigning the method.
PAC supports sustainability by promoting low-carbon mobility, reducing car dependency, and improving walkability and cycling access. Social sustainability is ensured through structured citizen engagement, while institutional sustainability is achieved by embedding outcomes into existing policies (e.g. SUMP) and municipal responsibilities rather than standalone pilots.
- Europe
