EUROPEAN MOBILITY WEEK
Kiev,
21st September 2012
EUROPEAN COMMISSION URBAN MOBILITY
ACTION PLAN (2009-2012)
Prepared by the EU funded project
“Support to the implementation of the
Transport Strategy of Ukraine”
and implemented by the Consortium:
Corporate Solutions Ltd and SYSTRA SA
Contents
1 Why an action plan on urban mobility
2 Action plan contents
3 Trends
3.1 example of success: bike sharing in town;
3.2 Electric and hybrid cars: a long way to go;
3.3 A real improvement: reducing the engine CO2
emission.
4 Examples of cities best practices
5 Urban mobility in Ukraine
6 Next steps
1 Why an action plan on urban mobility
•
Cities all over Europe face similar urban transport
problems as nearly 75 % of the EU population is
leaving in urban areas (375 M out of 500 M
inhabitants, 270 millions of cars). The subsequent
problems are well known (96 % of transport is
dependant on expensive fossil fuels, pollution,
congestion, health problems, road safety…)
In 2006, the Commission launched then a public debate
on this topic with its “green paper on urban mobility”,
aiming at achieving a sustainable urban mobility in
Europe, economically, socialy and environmentally
sound.
This 2006 paper addressed the main challenges related
to urban mobility by 5 themes:
•1. Free-flowing towns and cities;
•2. Greener towns and cities;
•3. Smarter urban transport;
•4. Accessible urban transport, and
•5. Safe and secure urban transport.
It was followed by the current Action Plan on urban
mobility (2009-2012) open as well to public debate on
the internet (http://survey.isis-it.net/APUM).
With this Action Plan, the European Commission
presented for the first time a comprehensive support
package in the field of urban mobility. No directive or
ad hoc legal instrument was supporting this plan.
This document proposes 6 themes and twenty measures
to encourage and help local, regional and national
authorities in achieving their goals for sustainable urban
mobility.
A review of the implementation of the Action Plan is
currently taking place.
2 The action plan
• Theme 1 – Promoting integrated policies
Action 1 – Accelerating the take-up of sustainable urban
mobility plans;
Action 2 – Sustainable urban mobility and regional
policy;
Action 3 – Transport for healthy urban environments.
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• Theme 2 – Focusing on citizens
Action 4 – Platform on passenger rights in urban public
transport;
Action 5 – Improving accessibility for persons with
reduced mobility;
Action 6 – Improving travel information;
Action 7 – Access to green zones;
Action 8 – Campaigns on sustainable mobility behaviour;
Action 9 – Energy-efficient driving as part of driving
education.
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• Theme 3 – Greening urban transport
Action 10 – Research and demonstration projects for
lower and zero emission vehicles;
Action 11 – Internet guide on clean and energy-efficient
vehicles;
Action 12 – Study on urban aspects of the internalization
of external costs;
Action 13 – Information exchange on urban pricing
schemes.
• Theme 4 – Strengthening funding
Action 14 – Optimising existing funding sources
Action 15 – Analysing the needs for future funding
• Theme 5 – Sharing experience and knowledge
Action 16 – Upgrading data and statistics
Action 17 – Setting up an urban mobility observatory
Action 18 – Contributing to international dialogue and
information exchange
• Theme 6 – Optimising urban mobility
Action 19 – Urban freight transport
Action 20 – Intelligent transport systems for urban mobility
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3 Trends
3.1 examples of success : theme 3 Bike sharing in town
3.2 Electric and hybrid cars: a long way to go
Although heavily subsidised, electric cars market share
is unsignificant; hybrid vehicles share is a bit better;
biofuels use is increasing, but less than forecast.
Source ICCT
A slightly better situation for hybrid and bio
fuels cars cars
Source ICCT
Source ICCT
The renewable fuel share in the EU
transport sector is 4 % in 2011 against a
targeted 5,75% for 2010. By 2020, this
biofuels share is expected to be 10%.
3.3 a real improvement: reducing the engine
C02 emission
Source ICCT
Source ICCT
4 Examples of best practices
The Union Internationale des Transports Publics, (UITP,
Brussels) and the global network “Cities for Mobility” with
head office in Stuttgart are among the main coordinators
sharing efforts and experiences to improve urban mobility
plans. They provided the data below.
Best practices in urban public transport:
- Zero-fare public transport in Hasselt, Belgium Hasselt
(70,000 residents) is one of a small and growing number of
cities around the world providing zero-fare public transport.
- Free Public Transport for Senior Citizens – Beijing,
China From 1 January 2009 on, Beijing is allowing its 1.6
million Beijing senior citizens who aged 65 or above to
travel free of charge on their public buses.
- Since 2001 the Park and Ride sites are constructed around
Prague at a short walking distance to public transport,
mainly rail stations, with good connections to the metro
system.
- Maxx – public transport in the Netherlands; in Almere
(185 000 hbts) About 90% of the houses and businesses are
within 400 metres from a bus stop;
There are also financial incentives or deterrent measures
supporting public transport such as:
- Weekly No Driving Day program – Seoul, South Korea;
- Congestion Charge in London (8 £ = 9,6 €) per working
days bur for residents.
Best practices in planning and organisation:
- Xi‘an (3.9 Million inhabitants), the economic center
of Northwestern China, is improving the traffic
accessibility in the city center:
Construction of new ring road of a length of about 71
km, including interchanges and bridges; Integrating the
ring road with the overall urban road network;
Improvement of the urban transport system, including
bus priority scheme; Supply of equipment for road
maintenance, transport planning modeling, traffic
signals and area traffic control center.
- Veloce System – Vicenza, Italy ( originated by the EU
Project ELCIDIS )
Trucks transport their goods to a collection centre outside
the city centre. These goods are then unloaded, grouped
and reloaded on electrical vehicles that deliver to the city
centre.
The system is managed by an information program
connected to personal digital assistants;
This system is now operating in Rotterdam, Stockholm,
La Rochelle, Milan, Stavanger, Erlanger and others)
- Traffic Management
Stuttgart‘s Integrated Traffic Management Centre
(IVLZ) has been implementing an innovative system of
traffic management taking in all modes of transport
which is unique anywhere in Germany.
Land Use plans : Stuttgart
-Almost 40 percent of the urban area of Stuttgart is now
under landscape or nature protection. Based on its Land
Use Plan, the city has established guidelines, objectives
and measures for the development of urban mobility for
the next twenty years.
•For more examples and infos: http://www.cities-for-mobility.org.
5 Ukraine and urban mobility
The process of improving urban mobility has started in
Ukraine. The Kiev city administration developed
recently a comprehensive strategy to improve its urban
mobility as Kiev makes 6% of the total Ukrainian
population, and 19% of the country GDP. Promotion
of cycling is part of the strategy and first experiments
are on going.
Lviv has adopted in 2010 a 9-year implementation plan
for the set-up of cycling infrastructure; already 2% of
inhabitants are now cycling in the city. This
achievement was reported by the Global network for
mobility as a best practice.
6 Next steps
A new action plan for 2012-2015 is likely to be
launched by the EC, with the same themes, with
possibly more limited financial support from structural
or frameworks funds or European Investment Bank but
for research and development (engines notably, where
the French for example are currently working on the
development of low consumption 1000 cc engines for
cars, using 2 litres fuel for 100 kms).
Paradoxally, the current economic downturn can
contribute to this urban mobility economy trend, for the
benefit of all the people living in urban areas.
Thank you