.the new mobility agenda is an international institution, ostensibly based in paris, but operating internationally as a virtual and open collaborative. Since 1974 the it has exchanged information and worked towards inproving trasport and ideologies the world over. New mobility is subtely different from sustainable transport, and here we set out the five main themes behind the organisation. We hope in future issues to expand on this as New Mobility develops a series of working papers on cycling, and next month editor Anthony Robson will meet Eric Britton, convener of 'The Commons', an open expert network within the New Mobility Agenda.

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.one: sustainable development and social justice

This is really the starting point to work from, and indeed, to. A circular aim which not only looks after the future in terms of making life in the abstract better, but by actually securing economic development - which is really one in the eye for naysayers who think that moving towards different, more beneficial, modes of transport will be damaging because the economy relies on the car.

.two: "two cheers for the market (not three)"

A quote from Arthur Okun, advisor to President John F Kennedy. Basically the private sector market has a (very large) role to playin development, and we need to find ways to 'harness and dynamise' the entrepreneurial flair which no doubt exists. There does, however, have to be a safety net in the form of fairly controlled governance (or 'guide rails'). Finding the balance therein is one of the hardest tasks at hand.