The research carried out, as well as the measures taken to promote the use of sustainable
transport in our cities, do not fully achieve their purpose. TheWertraitionalirat concept introduced
by Max Weber in 1922 stated: “The use of public transport arises more from a system of values with
which the person identifies than from the quality of the transport o ered”. This assertion made
at the beginning of the 20th century is still valid, where the means, infrastructure and advances
achieved do not obtain a proportional response from citizens. The aim of this work is, through this
approach, to find variables that complement research on urban mobility habits. For this purpose, data
from the International Social Survey Program (ISSP) and the European Social Survey (ESS) are used
to analyse postmodern values and citizens’ environmental awareness, linking these to sustainable
mobility habits in 12 European countries. The results suggest that a higher index of postmodern
values implies greater environmental awareness, which would lead to a greater use of sustainable
transport, although there are variables related to environmental knowledge and risk which indicate
that greater environmental education and awareness is needed.
