European Mobility Week

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EUROPEAN MOBILITY WEEK
Involving local authorities throughout Europe
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European Mobility Week

• A successful campaign at EU level
• An awareness-raising initiative targeted at
  European citizens on the damages that current
  urban mobility trends generate on the local
  environment
• gt From 16 to 22 September
• Coordination
• Funded by DG Environment and coordinated by
  EUROCITIES, Climate Alliance and Energie-Cités.
• At national level, the national coordinators
  promote the EMW and provide their local
  authorities with all relevant information on the
  initiative.

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How to participate?

• Sign the European Mobility Week Charter and
  commit to
• organise a week of events on mobility issues and
  specially on the central theme of the Mobility
  Week
• implement at least one new permanent measure,
  which contributes to modal transfer from the
  private car to sustainable modes of transport
• organise the In Town Without My Car event,
  preferably on September 22.
• Register online at www.mobilityweek.eu/registratio
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Global Participation

• Constant increase in number of participants
• gt 2015 participating local authorities in 2007

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Awareness?
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Good idea?
good / very good idea 82,4
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Repeated more often?
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Car free zone?
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• Main conclusions of opinion poll 2006
• In Europe, the majority of citizens want to
  promote modes of transport, which are more
  respectful of the environment. Many citizens are
  worried about the quality of the air they breathe
  and put air pollution at the top of their list of
  environmental concerns.
• Most of them are also in favour of increasing the
  amount of greenways and pedestrian areas over
  highways in order to rebuild a common sense of
  neighbourhood and local community and to solve
  air quality and noise pollution.
• And they see the EMW as a good tool to tackle
  urban mobility challenges and improve the
  environmental effects linked to our day to day
  commuting habits.

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Why should a city organise a Mobility Week?

• An opportunity to initiate and test a wide range
  of measures
• Platform for local authorities and organisations
  to
• Promote existing policies, initiatives and best
  practices related to sustainable urban mobility
• Contribute to raising citizens awareness on the
  damages that current urban mobility trends
  generate on the environment
• Establish performing partnerships with local
  stakeholders
• Launch new longer term policies and permanent
  measures
• Test traffic measures and consult with citizens
• Raise awareness of citizens on growing concerns
  such as air quality, road safety or climate change

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Permanent measures

• Make the European Mobility Week last a whole year
  long !!!! It reminds people of the fact that less
  motorised traffic in town is possible and shows
  that the commitment of the city does not stop at
  the end of the Week.
• Cities are willing to invest in the future and in
  a new mobility culture !!!

6212 permanent measures launched in 2007 mainly
in the following categories cycling and
pedestrian facilities, education and
communication about transport policies and
improvements of infrastructure (accessibility).
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EMW 2007Streets for People

• Rethink the public space
• Increasing road space for cars is not the answer
  to existing transport challenges. On the
  contrary, reducing road capacity for cars can
  represent a sustainable, efficient solution and
  also allows healthier lifestyles for all citizens
  without reducing individual mobility.
• Have we got the balance right between competing
  street users?
• Should our streets and residental suburbs be
  designed in order to maximise motor traffic or
  should the emphasis be on designing social spaces
  where people can meet, shop, take exercise etc ?

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Traffic tests in Copenhagen

• Traffic tests
• Fifteen traffic tests proposed by local groups
  and implemented by the city administration
• The results gathered will allow the city to take
  informed decisions on whether or not to implement
  the tested measures on a long-term basis.
• Example A new Strandboulevard
• Turning roads into recreational areas?
• Involvement of local residents and shop owners
  in urban planning

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Traffic tests in Copenhagen (2)

• Free bicycle classes
• Free bicycle classes particularly for ethnic
  minorities and women
• gt All to use the bike as a mean of transport
• Launch of the campaign Car-pooling Saving
  money and CO2
• gt 34 companies already joined the campaign

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London Freewheel 23 September 2007

• 60,000 on bikes in London
• 14 km of car free streets
• Buckingham Palace, The Mall, Embankment etc.

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160 km² car-free in Brussels

• Every year since 2003
• 160 km² closed to motorised traffic
• Numerous activities organised in the 19 boroughs
  of the capital
• gt www.dimanchesansvoiture.irisnet.be

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Interactive Workshop

• Aims
• Learn more about EMW
• Discuss with all interested stakeholders about
  sustainable mobility
• Present EMW good practice examples
• Participate in an interactive debate on the Green
  Paper on urban mobility
• When?
• 13 14 February 2008 in Brussels

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Contact us

• European Mobility Week Info Point
• EUROCITIES Valérie Bénard
• Square de Meeûs 1 Senior Project Officer
• 1000 Brussels valerie.benard_at_eurocities.eu
• Website www.mobilityweek.eu