Active Travel Modes:
Congestion busters & health boosters
2015 annual POLIS conference
Christophe Reuter,
Ministry for Sustainable Development and Infrastructures
Brussels, November 20th 2015
The ideal animal
(to some people)
The ideal urban transport mode
EMISSIONS
HEALTHY
NOISE
Saving lives and money
Good for
local business
FAST
Space efficient
Simple
Social
7-10x moving
8-50x parked (or NO parking)
If every adult in the EU... (not to mention youth)
… walked or cycled for an
additional 15 minutes a day
100 000 premature deaths
linked to a lack of physical activity
would be avoided every year.
Informal meeting of EU ministers for Transport
Luxembourg, October 7 2015
Declaration of Luxembourg on Cycling
as a Climate Friendly Transport Mode
Action plan
Call upon the Commission to consider the following actions:
• Integrate cycling into multimodal transport policy.
• Develop an EU level strategic document on cycling: goals, policy and funding instruments.
• Set up a European focal point for cycling.
Recognize that Member States can contribute by:
• Designating a national focal point for cycling.
• Ensuring that national transport infrastructure projects consider and aim to strengthen
cycling networks.
Welcome initiatives by urban authorities to:
• Include cycling in urban, local or regional projects.
• Draw on national and international best practices and funding instruments by working
with national and European focal points.
Focal points for cycling
share international and local best practices
EU level
National level
Regional level
Local level
?
?
Example: Luxembourg
Thank you