CIVITAS – Questions and Answers

Jerome Simpson, Senior Expert, Green Transport

7th March, 2013

JSimpson@rec.org

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• CIVITAS stands for…

• CIVITAS as a network

• CIVITAS and citizens

• CIVITAS and clean air

• CIVITAS - get your cities involved!

• CIVITAS as a resource

Topics for Discussion!

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• CIVITAS is an EU initiative researching, demonstrating and facilitating practical and policy-related measures that contribute to sustainable urban transport

• Since 2002, many European cities have benefitted from EU co-funding that helped improve their accessibility and citizens’ quality of life e.g.;

– In Stockholm, Sweden, congestion charging reduced city traffic between 2005-6 by 22%, while clean vehicle strategies increased their share of the car-fleet to 8%

– In Bremen, Germany success was demonstrated in car-sharing where between 2002-2010, the customer base rose 56% to 5,500 users. The target is 20,000 users by 2020.

– In Bristol, UK, freight deliveries to 70 retailers were trialled, then consolidated into a single scheme that saved them time and money, while improving citizen safety and reducing disturbance

– In 2009, Krakow launched Poland’s first ever bike rental system. It resulted in 5000 monthly journeys among 4000 users. A significant impact on its 1-2% modal share of 2003 is foreseen.

CIVITAS stands for City-VITAlity-Sustainability…or cleaner and better transport in cities

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CIVITAS as a Network

• To date CIVITAS has demonstrated good practice through 658+ measures within 58… 62 cities and through 13 …15 projects

• It has mobilised EUR 250 ..275 million to improve urban mobility and quality of life (72% EC co-funded)

• The Initiative is online at: www.civitas-initiative.eu; through which it promotes the dissemination of good urban transport experiences

• Its 62 cities are accompanied by a further 150 (e.g.: Tirana, Brussels, Antalya, Athens, Madrid, Warsaw..) who benefit from the accumulated know-how, experience, lessons-learned..

• Together they constitute the CIVITAS Forum Network, while every year the cities’ technical experts and politicians meet to exchange experiences and lessons learned in measure implementation

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BREST, FR

30 Sept - 1 Oct

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CIVITAS and Citizens...I

• Two Toolkits: Communications and Marketing: Reaching the Citizen and Involving Stakeholders: Organising Successful Consultations

• Lots of examples, tips and tricks on different aspects of those processes

• Stakeholder Engagement: – Example 1: Mobility Forum in Krakow to review the cycle path network, public bike terminals etc pg. 12– Example 2: Citizens Pact in Vitoria-Gasteiz for defining new Sustainable Mobility priorities, pg. 57– Example 3: National Bike Day in Bologna to promote cycling among parents and kids, pg. 54– Example 4: Electric vehicles in Brighton & Hove regarding recharging points pg. 36

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Online at CIVITAS under Mobility Solutions > Resource Centre > CIVITAS Plus

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CIVITAS and Citizens…II

Pg. 19-20, Comms Handbook

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CIVITAS and Citizens…III

Measure Database

http://www.

civitas-initiative.org/

index.php?id=16

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CIVITAS and Citizens…IV

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• Making cycling more attractive

• Interactive traffic training for children

• Marketing personal transport choices

• Sustainable mobility marketing and ecopoints

• Promoting public and private clean vehicles

• Marketing new bus routes

• Providing individual travel advice

• Raising awareness to change mobility behaviour

• Mobility management: Making public transport more popular

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CIVITAS and ‘Clean Air’…I

Measure Database

http://www.

civitas-initiative.org/

index.php?id=16

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CIVITAS and ‘Clean Air’…II

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• Creating a clean urban transport area

• Encouraging fleet efficiency and home delivery

• Dial-a-Ride service expansion

• Cleaner vehicles for waste collection

• Restricting car access to Cork city centre

• Subsidised parking for clean vehicles

• Introducing bus priority and other improvements

• Car sharing for individuals and businesses

• Priority access for clean goods vehicles

• Light-weight bus shuttle

• Green procurement for cleaner public fleets

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CIVITAS – Get Your Cities Involved!

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CIVITAS as a Resource

• Study tours (next slide)

• Ten CIVITAS Thematic groups (Linked-In)

• CIVITAS National and Regional Networks

• Awards and the Forum Conference

• Measure database and upcoming directory where all 658+ measures are described, ‘before and after.’

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• Funding Opportunities from 1st Jan, 2014 -?

• Results Exploitation Workshop, Geneva, April 16th on Mobility Management and Car Independent Lifestyles

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Study Tour update

Donostia-San Sebastian: CIVITAS City of the year award winnerMeasures: Extension of the infrastructure for cycling and walking, Public City Bike Scheme, Vertical Transport, Safe districts, 30 km zones and Road Safety measures and Enhancement of public transport managementWHEN: Thursday and Friday 17-18 April 2013Event and registration created on the website

Graz: PAC-study tour combined with open workshop with the ECSUBJECT: Design and reorganisation of Public spaceWHEN: 19-20 JuneGraz will propose the idea at the next PAC meeting in April

Ljubljana – Zagreb: Combined study tour one day Ljubljana one day ZagrebSUBJECT Zagreb: municipal PT provider and waste management company- Ljubljana: ELAN measures with as a horizontal theme the role and usefulness of project evaluationWHEN: Spring or fall

Yannick.Bousse@eurocities.eu

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Thank you for your attention

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