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What do e-scooters in the city and new approaches to connected mobility in a village with 500…

They show that mobility can be reimagined — locally, fairly and in a climate-friendly way.

4d ago

A woman stands smiling at a train platform, wearing a bright blue coat and glasses. Behind her is a modern train, suggesting a focus on public transportation. Overlaid text reads “She Drives Mobility — Der Podcast mit Katja Diehl.” A stylized waveform in the top right corner emphasizes the podcast theme. The image visually promotes a podcast about sustainable and inclusive mobility.

4d ago

The VDA’s Climate Plan: A Strategy to Delay, Distract, and Derail Real Change

Why Germany’s auto industry is still clinging to the past — and what we should do instead.

Jun 10

Two people in a business room setting. A woman in a blue jacket, a man with a black shirt, holding a paper with suggestions of change mobility for the better.

Jun 10

‘Too diverse’ is not a criticism. It’s a compliment.

Someone recently said about my children’s book ‘

Jun 10

‘Too diverse’ is not a criticism. It’s a compliment.

Jun 10

🛑 Curbing Fascism Through Confidence and Social Justice

🌱 A Growing Collection of Ideas for a Stronger Democracy

Jun 9

The mural features a mass of green paint splashed across the previously dilapidated wall behind a leafless tree, giving the appearance of the tree’s foliage. A person holding what seems to be a pressure hose has been stenciled alongside it. The artwork has just officially been confirmed as a Banksy; after many had already speculated as such as the mural resembled the style of the street-artist’s previous work.

Jun 9

Rainy greetings from Hamburg!

Unfortunately, much of the content on my Academy is in German, but some is also available in English. So if you want to learn German — or…

Jun 8

Picture of my two already published books, my freshly published children´s book and the book that will be published in autumn.

Jun 8

When protest becomes a state affair, it concerns us all!

In today’s (German-language) episode of my podcast ‘she drives mobility’, I am primarily addressing ‘everyone else’ who may not have so…

Jun 1

When protest becomes a state affair, it concerns us all!

Jun 1

Don´t fix the kids — fix the streets!

Anyone who is serious about making a city child-friendly has a lot of work ahead of them. But it is worth it!

May 25

Children play in the middle of a city, not in a fenced-off playground. With bubbles, toys — and no cars.

May 25

Plain language: (Electric) cars must give up space — a text I wrote six years ago. Timeless :)

Despite all the enthusiasm for technology that is currently fuelling the debate on mobility change, the transport revolution will not…

May 23

Picture showing three situations in the same street: 40 people in cars, 40 people in a bus, 40 people walking.

May 23

Global, equitable, intersectional transition: Why technology wont´save us — but loving people will.

Bertha Benz was braver than her husband and set off on the great maiden voyage with the vehicle he had developed, which is now regarded as…

May 22

Historic photo of Bertha Benz in black and white, the first woman (and first person) in Germany to drive her husband’s two-seater.

May 22

Adultism in the car-centric transport system: When children are marginalised.

In the debate about fairer mobility, one aspect that has long been overlooked is increasingly coming to the fore: the systematic…

May 21

Controversial Audi advertisement (excerpt): ‘We sincerely apologise for this insensitive image.’ Photo: Audi Photo of a little girl in front of the radiator grille of an Audi RS4. She is wearing a short summer dress, a denim jacket and sunglasses and is eating a banana. Above it, the manufacturer’s message appeared in a tweet in 2020: ‘Lets your heart beat faster — in every aspect.’

May 21

Katja Diehl

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bestselling-author, mobility activist, keynote speaker, political advisor, trying to build mobility with less car and more freedom of choice.

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