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What is Smart Move?


/Who are IRU?

/Founded in Geneva in 1948/4 Regional Offices/170 Member Associations – 74 countries

/One of the 10 largest NGOs globally/TIR system - $100m per day


Smart Move today – 105 partners worldwide


What are the benefits of ‘doubling’ in the EU?

1500 less road fatalities per year



40 – 50 million tonnes less CO2

per year



10 -12 % less

car traffic



3 million green, sustainable jobs at lowest cost to society


Intercity coach lines – the case of Germany

Market opening on 1 January 2013Results; January-November):

125% increase in the number of lines (86 => 194) 40 more waiting for approval in German MoT

Market boom, but lack of terminal infrastructures


Coach tourism– the case of Southport (UK)

1995 2000 2005 20080

500100015002000250030003500400045005000

number visiting coaches


Smart Move – from campaigning to making

transport policy proposalsCreation (2012) of the first of its kind EU public-private High Level Group (HLG) to work out recommendations for policy and decision makers and industry on how to achieve the Smart Move objective of doubling the use of collective passenger transport in the EU by 2025

http://www.busandcoach.travel/en/smart_policies/smart_move_eu_high_level_group.htm


EU Smart Move HLG - topics

• Urban transport and taxis• Intercity scheduled bus/coach lines• Group tourism by coach

http://www.busandcoach.travel/en/smart_policies/smart_move_eu_high_level_group.htm


EU Smart Move HLG – analytical framework

• Users needs• Legislative and administrative frameworks• Fiscal matters and charging• Infrastructure and seamless intermodality• Easy access to services through better information and new technologies• Safety and environment• City-related aspects• International dimension• Innovation and best practices


Results of the EU HLG1. Recognise buses, coaches & taxis as the most dynamic part of

the collective transport chain2. Establish the objective of ‘doubling’ as a formal EU policy and

business objective3. 16 HLG recommendations proposed4. Creation of a permanent European Citizens Mobility Forum

=> European Action Programme 2015-2025 on doubling

http://www.busandcoach.travel/en/smart_policies/eu_public-private_smart_move_high_level_group/smart_move_high_level_group_members.htm


The private industry proposals to UN

Establish at UN level - as a global UN objective - the ambitious and yet realistic objective of doubling the use of collective passenger transport by 2030Create a UN High Level Group (HLG) of key public and private stakeholders to work out a proposal for a UN framework on how to achieve the objective of “doubling”Create, as a follow up, similar HLGs at regional and/or national level to work out specific regional/national plansInvolve actively private industry and customers into this process


The IRU’s plan

Establish public private High Level Groups in most world regionsWork out dedicated regional “road maps” on how to achieve the Smart Move objectivesEnsure a follow up on the implementation of the regional road mapsFor the Middle East and the region – HLG to be launched in 2014 => work to be finalised in 2015


Middle East and region Smart Move HLG - Objective

Establish a representative public-private High Level Group (HLG) of road transport professionals, civil servants and experts from the countries in the region, with the objective to work out a vision, as well as policy and business recommendations, and a short-, medium-, and long-term Action Plan on removing the barriers and substantially facilitating national and international bus and coach transport (both regular lines and tourist services)


Middle East and region Smart Move HLG -

Composition

Representatives of countries’ transport and tourism authorities, interested international organisations/institutions active in the region, bus and coach trade associations and their member operators, researchers, and possibly bus and coach manufacturers. It shall consist of maximum 15 members from as many as possible countries.


Middle East and region Smart Move HLG -

Coordination

The IRU shall assume the function of Secretariat and facilitate the functioning of the HLG, including the provision of required logistical support for documentary exchange and meeting facilities (almost exclusively by e-mail, Internet).Physical meetings only to start and conclude


Middle East and region Smart Move HLG –

Deliverables (12 months)

A vision on the role and place of collective passenger transport by buses and coaches in the region

Policy and business recommendations (short-, medium, and long-term) on how to facilitate national and international bus and coach transport within the region and with its neighbouring countries, with the objective of increasing its use substantially (double?) by 2030.


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