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EU sustainable urban mobility policy, focus on
SUMP
CIVITAS Forum, Umeå 20/09/2018 Piotr Rapacz Team leader, Urban mobility European Commission, DG MOVE, Sustainable & Intelligent Transport Unit (B.4.)
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Content
• Urban mobility context and the Commission’s Year of multimodality
• How is COM supporting cities
• Sustainable urban mobility planning
• Funding
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The starting point – transport challenges in cities
Transport provides vital functions to EU cities. But urban mobility = still mainly conventionally-fuelled passenger cars, leading to:
Congestion: estimated €110 bn lost/year in EU
Climate change impact: emissions rising + urban transport = 23% of CO2 tran. emissions
Health impact related to poor air quality = over 500 000 premature deaths/year in the EU; similar for physical inactivity (+ €80.4 bn lost/year)
Road accidents: 25.500 killed in 2016 in EU, including 40% in urban areas
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Policy Framework - goals Urban:
Halve the use of conventionally fuelled cars in urban areas by 2030, phase them out by 2050
Achieve CO2-free city logistics in major urban centres by 2030
+ one related on safety: By 2050, move close to zero fatalities in road transport + halve casualties by 2020.
European Strategy for Low-Emission Mobility (July 2016): by 2050 Transport GHG must be 60% lower than in 1990
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Policy: 2013 Urban Mobility Package
Need for stronger cooperation between different policy levels to deliver on sustainable urban mobility
Core concept: Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs – Annex to the Communication), big role for multimodal solutions!
Commits to reinforced EU support for local action on urban mobility (2014-2020)
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Multimodality offers the possibility to rethink how transport works or could work.
How we use processes, use modern technologies, how we can move around in a smarter way.
It allows our transport industry to tap into new opportunities created by digitalisation and new technologies.
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Year of Multimodality – key areas
•Digitalisation with focus, inter alia, on multimodal travel information and ticketing;
•Use of economic incentives to promote multimodality;
•Support to multimodal infrastructure and innovation, in particular in the context of the Connecting Europe Facility;
•Working towards a legislative framework to protect passenger rights in multimodal journeys;
•Promotion of 'active mobility' integrated with other modes in particular in an urban and smart cities context.
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Urban Mobility: supporting cities
•CIVITAS Initiative: City, Vitality and Sustainability
•European Mobility Week: record again this year!
•Platform on SUMPs (one-stop-shop portal) + Annual SUMP Conference
•Guidelines (UVAR, logistics, cycling)
•Partnership on Urban Mobility - EU Urban Agenda
•Smart Cities and Communities
•Increased funding: 18.5€ bln in 2014-2020 and probably more to come post-2020
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CIVITAS Initiative
City, Vitality and Sustainability. COM-funded Initiative since 2002 to create cleaner, better transport in cities
CIVITAS in 4 key points:
1. Living “labs” & research projects 2. Network of cities for cities
3. Public Private Partnerships 4.Political commitment (with the PAC)
Major annual Conference every year: CIVITAS Forum
5 phases
(2002-2020) 85 CIVITAS
Cities (demonstration)
19 CIVITAS projects
More than 280 Cities (forum)
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CIVITAS Initiative, let's meet at:
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16-22 September every year (launched in 2002)
• Pan-European campaign culminating in Car-Free Day.
• Encourages European municipalities to introduce and promote behavioural change favouring sustainable modes.
• 2018 theme: “Mix and Move!" – multimodality in practice
• 2656 cities from 53 countries worldwide registered in 2018 – the new record (and rising)!
• Each year, approximately 7500 permanent measures are registered
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Effect of Car-free Day in Brussels, 16 September 2018: NO2 levels compared to other days
(Source: http://www.irceline.be/fr/nouvelles-alertes/sans)
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Effect of Car-free Day in Brussels, 16 September 2018: PM2.5 levels compared to other days
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Exchange of Information & Best Practice
WWW.ELTIS.ORG The urban mobility observatory: facilitates the exchange of information, knowledge and experience in the field of sustainable urban mobility in Europe
1. Discover: case studies, EU legislation & policies
2. Resources: EU funding, pictures, videos
3. Participate: events
4. Mobility plans: everything related to SUMPs!
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Urban Vehicle Access Regulations
Urban Access Regulations website –www.urbanaccessregulations.eu provides a complete overview of Low Emission Zones, Urban Road Tolls, Traffic Limited Zones and Traffic Restrictions in Europe
The Commission has published a detailed study on access regulations: https://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/urban/studies_en
Work on guidance document started in July 2018
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The Sustainable Urban Mobility Indicators project
Main project objectives:
1) to provide technical support to 50-55 urban areas
across the EU, using revised WBCSD’s indicators set
2) to collect learnings for the improvement of the
indicator set and tool based on cities’ concrete
experiences
3) to develop a benchmarking online tool (“scoreboard”)
SUMI consortium:
Project Coordinator
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Also upcoming…
1.Guidance for cycling projects in the EU, with minimum standards for infrastructure
2.Evaluation of the urban
mobility package 2013
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Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning
•A Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan is a strategic plan designed to satisfy the mobility needs of people and businesses in cities and their surroundings for a better quality of life.
•Cross-sectoral approach building on existing planning practices and taking due consideration of integration, participation, and evaluation principles.
•Increasing uptake in the EU (over 1000 cities) but national/regional differences; Flanders, France, Lithuania, Norway and Catalonia leading
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Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan
SUMP Concept:
Annex 1 of Urban Mobility Package COM(2013) 913 final, Dec 2013
SUMP Guidelines:
based on a systematic stakeholder consultation process, published in Dec 2013
widely used in Europe and internationally
Update on the way – towards SUMP 2.0
A European success story!
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Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning
SUMPs help resolve issues such as congestion, air/noise pollution, road safety, etc. and typically address the topics:
Public transport
Walking and cycling
Intermodality
Urban road safety
Road transport (flowing and stationary)
Urban logistics
Mobility management
Intelligent Transport Systems
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It's time to strengthen and refresh SUMP!
•Aim: to update the guidelines in line with recent developments and reinforce the SUMPs concept
•Update possible areas that could be better included: electro mobility, MaaS, CAD, ITS, HEAT (health), urban logistics, SULPs, regional SUMP development, financing + others
•Further work on:
National frameworks
Best practice examples and city database
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The SUMP concept is supported by:
SUMP guidelines
Planning tools
Best practice examples
National frameworks
- Member States profiles
City database
European Platform on SUMPs
- Coordination Group
See Eltis.org – the urban mobility observatory
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SUMP AWARD
SUMP Award recognises local and regional authorities for excellence in sustainable urban mobility planning.
6th SUMP Award finalists (Shared Mobility):
• Greater Manchester (United Kingdom)
• Milan (Italy)
• Turda (Romania) – WINNER
Next deadline: 1 October 2018 – theme Multimodality
Transport
EU funding for sustainable mobility – mostly for urban areas – is in the order of magnitude of 18.5€ bln in 2014-2020
• Circa 50% more than in 2007-2013
• Walking and cycling infrastructure alone: 1.5€ bln
Main sources:
• European Structural and Investment Funds (including Urban Innovative Actions)
• Funding for research and innovation – HORIZON 2020 (including CIVITAS demonstration projects)
• Connecting Europe Facility funds for TEN-T projects (urban nodes calls)
Reinforced EU financial support for urban mobility
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CEF 2 - SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
TRANSPORT: € 30.6 bln (2021-2027)
Efficient and interconnected networks
Smart (digital), sustainable (e.g. alternative fuels), inclusive, safe and secure mobility
TEN-T adapted to military mobility requirements
CEF 2 TRANSPORT BUDGET
70%
30%
Competitive basis
National
allocations until
31/12/2023
Any reflows
post
01/01/2024 to
General
Envelope
€ 12.8 Bn
Cohesion
Envelope
€ 11.3 Bn
Military
Mobility
€ 6.5 Bn
CEF TRANSPORT
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COMPLEMENTARITY WITH OTHER FUNDING SOURCES
With Horizon Europe:
CEF will support large-scale roll-out and deployment of innovative technologies and solutions resulting from Horizon Europe
With Cohesion Fund:
€ 11.3 Bn from Cohesion Policy funds transferred to CEF + MS can voluntarily transfer additional cohesion resources to CEF
With InvestEU:
€ 11.5 bn guarantee available for the InvestEU "Sustainable Infrastructure” window (including transport)
Commission proposal for post-2020 cohesion/structural funds
Total CF/ERDF budget: EUR 262 billion (current prices)
Commission proposal post-2020 cohesion/structural funds: COM(2018)372