ABSTRACT
In mountain areas, mobility is a key issue. Topography and isolation do not facilitate the development of soft and sustainable mobility. Isolation makes commuting between villages complex and endangers public transport services linking the city to national networks. Finally, for the specific case of tourist mountain areas, seasonality makes it difficult to maintain a good level of public transport during off-peak periods. However, difficulties often lead to inventiveness, encouraging or even forcing citizens to develop tactics and strategies to adapt the environment to their needs. The aim of this chapter is to explore citizen initiatives that are emerging in a small mountain town in France, in order to provide insights to the following questions: what tools and spaces of cooperation can be mobilised to create links between top-down and bottom-up approaches? Which relations can be established between tourist and year-round mobility and activities? Could the necessary tourism diversification induced by climate change enrich these relationships and play a role in defining new socioeconomic models?
