Renkum’s People-Centered Mobility Plan Sets New Standard in Inclusive Urban Transport

In 2020, the municipality of Renkum decided it was time to renew its mobility plan. Not only was the Municipal Traffic and Transport Plan from 2010 outdated, but it no longer reflected the local priorities. The municipality, with about 31,400 inhabitants, is shifting its approach towards a new paradigm of people-centred mobility. The 2025 plan, titled “Connecting roads: mobility vision and plan for emerging generations and aging with dignity” (which will be referred to in this article as “MVP”), was approved by the municipal council in March 2025. The MVP expands the value of mobility beyond simply getting from A to B, and recognizes the vital role that independent and spontaneous access to destinations plays in the community’s health, well-being, and happiness. Renkum is the first municipality in the Netherlands to have developed a concept of mobility explicitly framed around the independent movement of children and the elderly. The latest version of the MVP received overwhelming supp

In 2020, the municipality of Renkum decided it was time to renew its mobility plan. Not only was the Municipal Traffic and Transport Plan from 2010 outdated, but it no longer reflected the local priorities. The municipality, with about 31,400 inhabitants, is shifting its approach towards a new paradigm of people-centred mobility. The 2025 plan, titled “Connecting roads: mobility vision and plan for emerging generations and aging with dignity” (which will be referred to in this article as “MVP”), was approved by the municipal council in March 2025. The MVP expands the value of mobility beyond s