Social and cultural factors strongly influence mobility. The growth rate of cars within a city is crucial for air pollution and the overall ecological footprint. 

Social factors such as trends that arrive in the environment are also a big point that influences people’s behaviour regarding mobility in a city. Materialistic trends such as buying or renting luxurious cars, driving faster than allowed inside or outside the city also worsen the environmental footprint and safety within the city. 

Furthermore, an important issue is how a culture stands by and promotes sustainable methods such as car sharing. For safety reasons, many groups of people are against these methods, but there are also people who are open to them. According to a 2017 statistic from MiD, 95% of households have no carsharing membership at all, which is a lot. [2] 

Other forms of public transport such as buses also benefit or suffer from the same social and cultural factors.