Hermann Knoflacher

Knoflacher has compared the automobile to "a virus": "We are increasingly retreating into enclosed environments, more or less out of our own choice, while isolating ourselves from an outside world subjected to noise, pollution and dust created by cars".

[2] Knoflacher developed the concept of the "Gehzeug" (a German neologism that can be translated as "walkmobile") to illustrate the problems he identified in urban transport policy.

The "walkmobile" is essentially just a wooden frame that can be worn by a pedestrian in order to utilize the same amount of space as a motorist.

The "walkmobiles" have become a popular way to draw attention at demonstrations against car dominance in cities, especially in Austria.

According to Knoflacher, the walkmobile allows people to visualize the irrationality of urban motor traffic and its excessive land consumption.