Move Together Share it with us

1
Move Together Share it with us !
2

• MOVE TOGETHER What is about?

• Creating a new culture of urban mobility in
  Europe (EU Green Paper),
• by means of raising citizens awareness of what
  EU research is doing
• and how it could/should help to improve the
  quality of mobility in their
• cities (Move Together Citizens Statement), and
• showing how move together practices may help
  to implement a
• better mobility in their towns, increasing the
  awareness and involvement
• of citizens (Move Together Exhibition Move
  Together Day)

3

• MOVE TOGETHER the EU Green Paper

• The EU Green Paper on Urban Mobility aims to
  implement sustainable
• transport in the urban environment across
  Europe, which means
• Free-flowing towns and cities
• Greener towns and cities
• Smarter urban transport
• Accessible urban transport
• Safe and secure urban transport

4

• MOVE TOGETHER the EU urban transport research

• RTD Framework Programmes
• Sixth FP 2002-2006 operational till 2010
• Seven thematic priorities
• Four horizontal areas
• 17.5 billion Euro of which 610 million for
  surface transport and 1075 million for
  aeronautics and space
• Urban transport
• 75 projects
• 59 funded by surface transport thematic
  priority
• 5 funded by policy support horizontal area
• 11 funded under ITS thematic priority
• Rest by other programmes

5

• MOVE TOGETHER
• Move Together citizens statement

6
Who was involved so far?Partners
Institute of Studies for the Integration of
Systems (Italy) Project Coordinator
The Interdisciplinary Centre for Comparative
Research in the Social Sciences (Austria)
Missions Publiques (France)
Italian section of the Council of European
Municipalities and Regions (CEMR)(Italy)
(Germany)
Forum for Regional, Local and Urban Sustainable
Mobility Governance (Italy)
The Clean Air Action Group (Hungary)
VII Department of Rome Municipality, Traffic
(Italy)
Province of Rome (Italy)
The project is funded by the European Commission,
under the 7th Framework Programme, transport
research.
7
Who was involved so far?Citizens
Two citizen groups were centrally involved in the
Move Together Project 27 EU citizens, one from
each EU country, and 25 citizens of Rome.

• To see how the Move Together project involved EU
  citizens in the process, please see this short
  videohttp//www.move-together-exhibition.net/inde
  x.php?optioncom_contentviewarticleid3Itemid
  5langde

8
Who will be involved now?Cities

• Five cities hosting the Move Together travelling
  exhibition
• Vienna June 2009
• Rome September 2009
• Budapest October 2009
• Nice November 2009
• Brussels December 2009

9
Who will be involved now?Cities
Eleven cities hosting the Move Together poster
exhibitions during the next European Mobility
Week (16-22 September)
10
Who will be involved now?EU Institutions

• EU Institutions will be involved in the final
  Move Together Day conference, on next 7
  December in Brussels
• European Economic and Social Committee (EESC),
  hosting
• the conference
• European Commission
• - Commissioner for Transport and DG TREN Unit
  in charge
• of the Urban Mobility Action Plan
• - DG Research Unit in charge of urban
  transport research
• European Parliament Intergroup of MEPs on
  urban issues

11

• The Move Together Exhibition

The Move Together Exhibitionshows the results of
the project, and the next few images show you
parts of this exhibition.
12
How do we Move?

• As urban citizens, we can move in many different
  ways, including

by tram
by car
by bike
by motorbike
by bus
on foot

• The Exhibition shows different areas of urban
  transport mobility
• cars and fuels
• public transport
• walking and cycling
• freight and cargo transport
• urban planning and strategies
• Each of these topics give some examples of EU
  research projects that address the challenges of
  our modern mobility needs.

13
What are the current challenges in urban
transport mobility?
14
Individual Mobility cars and fuels
15
Walking and cycling calm cities
But what do citizens think, and what do you think?
16
EU Research
The exhibition highlights a variety of EU urban
transport research projects, ranging from
sustainable fuels, to public transport access, to
urban planning.
17
How does this EU research add to urban
sustainability?
What kind of urban environment would you like to
live in? What would it take to get there?
18
What types of projects have already been
implemented in Europe? The map gives hands-on
examples.
19
What about the Move Together poster exhibitions?

• Show the common move together
• concept (12 posters)
• Show the diversity of approaches to the same
  problem (the move together practices in your
  city)
• Engage citizens and stakeholders in move
  together events
• Feedback to the Move Together Day conference in
  Brussels

20
What you will be asked to do?

• Produce the 12 posters in national languages,
  based on the common template provided by us
• Print and show the posters in one visible place
  in your city
• Produce and/or show any other relevant material
  you may wish related to urban sustainable
  transport in your town
• Organise move together events
• Report back to the Move Together Day conference
  in Brussels

21
How this should work?

• A template of the 12 posters will be provided to
  you in June.
• You will be asked to translate/adapt the text in
  the template and print the 12 posters (a copy of
  those will be also uploaded on the Move Together
  web-site)
• The EU contribution to this standard activity
  will be limited to a max. acceptable amount
• Any EU contribution to the other products and/or
  events you will organise is subject to showing
  the EU, FP7 and Move Together project logos

22
What will be your reporting duties?

• By mid July to produce a one page summary in
  English of your exhibition, describing the city
  context and problem, aim of the move together
  policy in your city, exhibition activities,
  exhibition place
• The information for this summary was already
  provided in your proposals. We will circulate a
  draft summary for all the 11 cities, asking you
  to check and modify/integrate your own summary
  description as needed
• By mid-October to produce a report of your
  exhibition, according to a template which will be
  distributed in July

23
What may be your contribution to the Move
Together Day conference of 7 December?

• Report your own view and feedback from the
  exhibition experience in the panel discussion on
  the EU Urban Action Plan (morning session)
• Discuss move together practices with a panel of
  citizens (morning session) and EU institution
  representatives (afternoon session)
• Show up your exhibition materials (photos,
  videos, reports) at the conference and/or in the
  Move Together exhibition which will be held at
  the conference place (EESC)

24
What you should read to start with ?

• The summary report of the EU Green Paper on Urban
  Mobility
• The Move Together Citizens Statement
• The summaries of the Move Together Cities
  activities (in July)

and take care of what Francesca will tell you
!