A Digital Input Session Special & Live Podcast exploring time as a new guiding principle of mobility — between everyday life, cities, and the future.

Time has become the hardest currency in mobility. Whether stuck in traffic, using public transport, or commuting between work, family, and leisure, mobility today is less about distance and more about time gained, time lost, and perceived time quality. Yet time is not distributed equally: while some can buy or optimise it, others pay for mobility every day with their lifetime.

In this Digital Input Session Special & Live Podcast, we discuss the chrono shift in mobility — the paradigm shift from thinking in kilometres to thinking in time, time quality, and time equity. We explore why waiting time feels different from travel time, why apps increasingly optimise for ETAs rather than routes, and how concepts such as the 15-minute cityaim to reshape our urban environments.

Using concrete examples from urban planning, the platform economy, and corporate mobility, we show how mobility systems can become real “time machines” — for better or for worse. We discuss whether time equity should become a new guiding principle for mobility, the role companies play in enabling it, and why time intelligence is becoming a key future skill.

To close, we look ahead: What does everyday life look like when mobility gives time back instead of taking it away? Which actors need to act today to ensure that mobility in 2035 and beyond becomes fairer, smarter, and more liveable?

Note: This Podcast will be recorded in German.