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Action Plan on Urban Mobility

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ADOPTED ON 30 SEPTEMBER 2009

� Overview

.Policy framework

.Action Plan on Urban Mobility

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.Themes and Actions

.Civitas and EU funding instrumens

.Future vision

� Trends in EU Transport Emissions

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� Sustainable transport & energy efficiency in Europe: a priority for cities and towns

72% of the Europe's citizens live in towns and cities.85% of Europe's GDP is generated in cities.

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.in cities.Some 40% of Europe's CO2

emissions from road transport and 70% of other pollutants are due to urban traffic.Urban transport more prominent on EU’s political agenda than ever

� Action Plan on Urban Mobility

.Green Paper on Urban Mobility in 2007 gave new impetus to debate on urban transport in Europe

.Resolution EP and Opinion Committee of the Regions on the Green Paper in 2008

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.Action Plan published in September 2009

.Transport Council Conclusions 24 June 2010

.EC will implement 20 actions in close consultation with relevant stakeholders

� Fully respecting competences

.EC takes action in areas related to urban transport (air

quality, climate change etc.)

.Urban areas are diverse, face different challenges and

have different needs.

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.have different needs.

.No top down, one-size-fits-all solutions, but tailor

made. EC can support, enable and encourage.

� Theme’s Action Plan Urban Mobility

.Promoting integrated policies

.Strengthening funding

.Focussing on citizens

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.Focussing on citizens

.Greening urban transport

.Optimising urban mobility

.Sharing experience and knowledge

� Actions (1)

PROMOTING INTEGRATED POLICIES

.EC supports local authorities in developing

‘SUMPS’ for passenger and freight transport .Exchange of best practice and support of

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.Exchange of best practice and support of

educational activities.ELTIS PLUS: 3 workshops took place in 2010

leading to a best practice report. In 2011 start

of training and promotion events, launch new

website http://www.mobilityplans.eu

� Actions (2)

STRENGHTENING FUNDING

Study future funding needs for sustainable urban

mobility (investments, operational costs,

synergy regional policy)

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.Continuation of Civitas

(Civitas Plus II call

closes 12 April 2011

EUR 18 million)

� Actions (3)

FOCUSSING ON CITIZENS

.EU Mobility Week; awareness raising campaigns.2010 theme ‘Travel smarter, Live better’: urban

mobility and health..

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mobility and health.2221 cities in 42 countries accounting for 221 million

citizens.EU city award, www.mobilityweek.eu.2011 theme ‘alternative mobility’: promotion of clean,

fuel efficient modes and non motorised modes

.Eco-driving projects IEE

� Multi modal travel information

. Status of multi-modal journey planners» national journey planners in at least 13 MS

» several good examples on a regional level. Study « Towards a European multi-modal journey planner » (Jan-Sep 2011)

» assessment of stakeholder opinions: online consultation and

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» assessment of stakeholder opinions: online consultation and workshop in June

» review of technical/organisational solutions and standards

» recommendations for EU-wide specifications. EU ITS Directive adopted (7 July 2010)

» multi-modal travel information as a priority

» (binding) EU-wide specifications to be adopted until 2014

� Access Restriction Schemes

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• www.lowemissionzones.eu• Harmonised approach?

� Actions (4)

GREENING URBAN TRANSPORT

.R&D for low/zero emission vehicles: Civitas,

‘Electromobility demonstration project’ (‘Green

Car Initiative’) start 1 March 2011.

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Car Initiative’) start 1 March 2011.‘Clean Vehicle Portal’ launched in December

2010 http://www.cleanvehicle.eu.Study urban aspects

internalisation external

costs

� Actions (5)

OPTIMISING URBAN MOBILITY

.Conference and study urban freight transport and logistics (2010/2011).Urban ITS Expert Group (2011/12)»

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.» guidelines for practitioners

» best practice exchange

» key applications:

travel information

traffic management

smart ticketing

ITS for urban logistics

� Actions (6)

SHARING EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE

.Study optimising data collection urban

transport .Virtual platform: ELTIS website, newsletter .

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.Virtual platform: ELTIS website, newsletter .Civitas Forum Network and Conference:

contact with ‘Clean Cities Programme’ in USA

and ‘Clean Air Initiative’ in

Latin American cities

� Civitas – Solutions of tomorrow�

.Development of new technologies and integrated

concepts for urban mobility in demonstration projects

.City-led cooperation and information exchange across

Europe

.Leading and learning cities

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.Leading and learning cities

.Funded by EU Research Framework Programme

.Keyfigures:

» 58 demonstration cities» Over 180 network cities» 180 M€ funding since 2002

� EU Funding Instruments – Examples

.EU Research Framework Programme- Total of 4.16 B€ committed to transport theme in FP7

.Structural and cohesion funds- Approx. 8 B€ allocated to clean urban transport

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- Approx. 8 B€ allocated to clean urban transport

.Public Private Partnerships- e.g. Green Cars Initiative of the European Economic Recovery Plan with a budget of 5 B€ (1 B€ RTD grants + 4 B€ EIB loans)

.General grants and tenders (e.g. studies)

� Future vision

.2011: Commission vision for the future of transport, including urban mobility, in upcoming White Paper on Transport

.2011: ‘State-of-the-Art’ rapport Action Plan on

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.2011: ‘State-of-the-Art’ rapport Action Plan on EC website, implementation and launch of new actions

.2012: Review of the implementation of the Action Plan on Urban Mobility

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EC Website Clean and Urban Transport:

http://ec.europa.eu/transport/urban/index_en.htm

CIVITAS Website:

www.civitas.eu

Contacts

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www.civitas.eu

ELTIS Website:

http://www.eltis.org, http://www.mobilityplans.eu

Contact data:

Monique.VAN-WORTEL@ec.europa.eu