Sustainable mobility – case study of students and employees at UM Faculty of Organizational Sciences

Trajnostna mobilnost je mobilnost, kjer je glavni cilj zadovoljevanje človekovih potreb po mobilnosti na okolju prijazen način. Osebno vozilo zamenjuje hoja, kolesarjenje ali javni prevoz. Z namenom preveriti stanje glede trenutnih mobilnostnih navad in pripravljenost na spremembe mobilnostnih navad v prihodnosti anketirancev na Univerzi Maribor, Fakulteti za organizacijske vede (UM FOV) v Kranju, smo izvedli anketo med študenti in zaposlenimi. Anketo, ki je bila v elektronski in pisni obliki, smo zasnovali v tri sklope. Prvi sklop vprašanj nam je podal osnovne podatke o anketirancih. Z drugim sklopom vprašanj smo pridobili podatke o trenutnih mobilnostnih navadah anketirancev in podatke za izračun ogljičnega odtisa (povzročenega z osebnim vozilom) gospodinjstev anketirancev. S tretjim sklopom vprašanj pa smo pridobili podatke o pripravljenosti anketirancev na spremembe mobilnostnih navad v prihodnosti. Pridobljene podatke smo predstavili s pomočjo opisne statistike, izračunali smo ogljični odtis in s pomočjo X2 testa testirali povezanost spremenljivk (spol, starost, izobrazba, okolje in status) s trenutnimi mobilnostnimi navadami in pripravljenostjo na spremembe v prihodnosti. Ugotovili smo, da imajo trenutne mobilnostne navade slab vpliv na okolje, kar smo potrdili z izračunanim ogljičnim odtisom anketiranih gospodinjstev. Poleg tega smo ugotovili, da je, kljub pripravljenosti anketirancev na spremembe mobilnostnih navad v prihodnosti, ozaveščenost o pomenu trajnostne mobilnosti premajhna. Če želimo našim zanamcem zapustiti okolje, ki bo še primerno za normalno življenje, se moramo usmeriti v trajnostno mobilnost in se o njej ozavestiti.Sustainable mobility is mobility, where main purpose is addressing the human needs for mobility in an environmentally friendly manner. The passenger car is replaced by walking, cycling or public transport. We have conducted a survey among students and employees at Faculty of Organizational Sciences of the University of (UM FOV) in Kranj in order to verify the state of current mobility habits and willingness to change them in the future. The survey in electronic and written form was divided in three sets. First set of questions provided us with basic information on respondents. Second set of questions provided us with information on current mobility habits of respondents and information for calculation of carbon footprint (caused by passenger car) in respondents’ households. We obtained information on respondents’ willingness to change their mobility habits in the future with third set of questions. The obtained information was presented in the form of descriptive statistics, we calculated the carbon footprint and with the help of X2 test we tested the link among variables (sex, age, education, environment and status) with the current mobility habits and willingness to change in the future. We came to the conclusion that current mobility habits have a negative impact on the environment, which was confirmed by the carbon footprint calculation of respondents’ households. Furthermore we realized that despite of the respondents’ willingness to change their mobility habits in the future the awareness of the importance of sustainable mobility is too low. If we wish to leave an environment still appropriate for normal life to our descendants, we must focus on sustainable mobility and be made aware of it