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The cities of Toulouse (France), Debrecen (Hungary), Ljubljana
(Slovenia), Venice (Italy) and Odense (Denmark), and their main
local mobility stakeholders established a European partnership
for implementing 'Mobility Initiatives for Local Sustainability'
- the MOBILIS project. The partners agreef to create a new culture
for clean urban mobility in the wider frame of sustainable development,
ensuring involvement of all relevant stakeholders and participation
of the citizens.
MOBILIS aimrf to implement radical strategies for clean urban
transport in all five cities, building on a broad range of policies
and instruments. The project containrf a total of 46 measures
integrated into a detailed work programme over a duration of four
years (2005-2009), which addressed all eight CIVITAS policy fields.
The most outstanding activities were to:
- Demonstrate the large-scale application of alternative fuels
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65 new and 42 converted CNG vehicles, bio-diesel operation (250
vehicles), soot filter installation (112 vehicles), bio-gas
operation, 6 new filling stations (3 CNG, 3 LPG), 10 LPG boats
- optimise bio-fuel production and operation and develop enabling
framework conditions for a broad deployment of alternative fuel
supply and usage (including 1000 small-scale CNG supply facilities);
- Widening experiences with EGNOS/GALILEO services and implementing
ITS applications for improving traffic conditions and public
transport services: 3 traffic management systems, 2 PT priority
schemes, 3 traveller information schemes, 2 electronic ticketing
schemes;
- Managing the accessibility of sensitive areas through innovative
zoning approaches: 2 access control areas, 2 environmental zones,
3 new parking schemes, 3 high-quality corridors, as well as
traffic control, enforcement and public space redesign;
- Demonstrating 2 new approaches to clean urban logistics, implementing
1 new freight distribution centre operated with clean vehicles;
- Ensure social inclusion by enhancing the accessibility (physical,
psychological, economic, informational) of mobility services;
- Enhance public transport quality and integration with other
transport modes substantially (private car, bicycle) through
innovative planning and service development;
- Provide new targeted mobility services changing dominant concepts
of vehicle ownership and use (2 car-pooling services, 2 car-sharing
services, 3 mobility card schemes);
- Promote sustainable mobility, modal shift (walking, cycling,
public transport) and behavioural change through targeted and
personal marketing, service development, information dissemination,
education and training; and finally
- Contribute to Europe-wide evaluation and dissemination of
the results to be put forward through the CIVITAS initiative.
The MOBILIS project undertook particular efforts in order to
demonstrate the added value of developing and implementing broad
integrated packages of policies and measures. Therefore, the exchange
of experiences and good practices between the partners played
a crucial role here. Moreover, specific coordination activities
were focusing on the promotion and integration of the following
five key topics across all sites and measures:
- Transition strategies towards alternative fuel production
and use;
- Understanding and changing mobility behaviour;
- Implementing sustainable urban transport strategies in New
Member State cities;
- Social inclusion and equity in mobility; and
- Intelligent Transport System applications for sustainable
urban mobility.
MOBILIS aimed to bring about positive change in the planning
culture and mobility patterns of all five partner cities, but
also to provide conclusions about the transferability of practices
to other urban communities across Europe.
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