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SUSTAINABLE URBAN MOBILITY PLANS
indisputable success story and are The new publication systematically For example, Stockholm’s electric
increasingly seen as a must-have for guides its readers through a 12- vehicle charging infrastructure and
aspirational cities. step cycle that encompasses SUMP information campaign, which forms
preparation, development and part of its work in the CIVITAS
As Matthew Baldwin, Deputy Director- implementation, whilst overviewing ECCENTRIC demonstration project, is
General, DG MOVE, European recommended tools and methods featured. This also contributed to the
Commission, commented, “Over related to this. city winning the prestigious Legacy
1,000 SUMPs now exist in Europe award at this year’s CIVITAS Awards.
and we need to ensure this number Over 60 case studies gathered from
continues to grow – every city has European cities put theory into Stockholm received this in
the capacity to benefit.” practice, whilst more detailed advice recognition of its “clean mobility
is given on aspects including citizen package,” which includes a
Released in 2013, the first EU SUMP engagement, monitoring and measure comprehensive electric vehicle
Guidelines have served as the key selection and financing. charging infrastructure masterplan;
reference point for cities adopting bold steps in support of low- and
SUMPs and a foundation of SUMP The document also underlines zero-emission vehicles; and safe
growth. In the intervening six years, the flexibility of SUMPs – the walking and cycling paths. CIVITAS
however, the mobility landscape has implementation process can be involvement spanning from the
changed massively. adapted to the specific circumstances TRENDSETTER project in 2002 to its
of individual cities and countries. current involvement in ECCENTRIC
New business models like “Mobility Regardless of location, they are suited has aided this work.
as a Service” and technologies like to the fast changing and increasingly
driverless vehicles have appeared; intricate world of mobility planning. The other CIVITAS Award winners
user habits are shifting towards were Antwerp (Belgium), Bremen
vehicle sharing and active mobility; Wider support for the Guidelines is (Germany), and Vinnytsia (Ukraine),
and a new political climate has already apparent. Members of the who took home the Citizen and
emerged in which local governments CIVITAS Political Advisory Committee Stakeholder Engagement award,
are bolder, openly restricting car (PAC) – consisting of local politicians Transformation award, and Bold
access and prioritising other modes. from across the EU – endorsed the Measure award respectively. The
document at the Forum. city of Kruševac (Serbia) received an
These realities and a new wealth honourable mention.
of SUMP experience, accumulated A series of 17 complementary topic
through increased SUMP guides and practitioner briefings Reflecting on the example set by
implementation, necessitated a are also available alongside the CIVITAS Award winners, Herald
revision of the Guidelines. Guidelines. All can be found on the Ruijters, Director, DG MOVE said,
Eltis Urban Mobility Portal: “These inspiring successes show
The final document resulted from www.eltis.org. that Europe can lead the way with
an intense one-year stakeholder bold, ambitious action in sustainable
engagement process that engaged The tales of Europe’s clean mobility and clean transport.”
over 300 contributors from Europe’s transport trailblazers
SUMP community. This was steered European cities are leading the way If other cities follow suit, Europe will
by an Editorial Board that included in sustainable mobility, both with become known as the place in which
members from the European respect to SUMPs and beyond. A people can move and connect in a
Commission’s DG MOVE, DG REGIO new booklet – also released at the manner of their choosing without
and INEA, the CIVITAS SUMP projects, CIVITAS Forum – chronicles the putting the planet in further peril. l
Eltis, JASPERS, and leading mobility trailblazing work of six such cities
researchers. The CIVITAS SUMPs-Up - Gdynia (Poland), Ghent (Belgium), THE CIVITAS INITIATIVE
project, coordinated by ICLEI Europe, Graz (Austria), Ljubljana (Slovenia), IS CO-FINANCED BY THE
led the authorial process. Stockholm (Sweden) and Vitoria- EUROPEAN UNION
Gasteiz (Spain).
Siegfried Rupprecht, Executive LinkedIn: CIVITAS Initiative
Director of Rupprecht Consult and Authored by ICLEI Europe, it provides Twitter: @CIVITAS_EU
one of the main authors, said, “We an overview of how cities have used Website: www.civitas.eu
have been able to draw on the and been inspired by CIVITAS in the
experience of the first Guidelines, and transformation of their urban mobility
addressed topics lacking in the first systems – and ultimately the cities
version.” themselves.
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