Dr. Maria Morfoulaki

Center for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH)Hellenic Institute of Transport (HIT)

marmor@certh.gr

Integrated REgional Action Plan For Innovative, Sustainable and LOw CaRbon Mobility

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General Project info

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Through regional and interregional learning exchang es REFORM aims to trigger the SUMP development process and amplify the SUMP adoption rate in the cities of 4 European Regions, by improving 4

Regional Policy Instruments

Greater Manchester

Emilia Romagna

Central Macedonia

ParkstadLimburg

Area of intervention

REFORM objective

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REFORM specific objectives

Specific objectives

• Make use of the key role of the Regions in the SUMP development process

� Identifying and analyzing Good Practices from the participating regions and other regions of Europe

� Preparing and implementing 4 Regional Action Plans

• Increase capacity of the local authorities’ staff

� Learning exchange events on SUMP and sustainable mobility planning addressed to

o Regional public servants

o Municipality and other relevant public servants of the region

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PROJECT STRUCTURE

PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCE COMMUNICATION

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Consortium meetingsGood cooperationQuality assuranceAlignment Interreg

State of the artGPs

Action PlansTransferability

Monitoring APs

Capacity building

Newsletters Social media Press releases Dedicated events

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M12

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M24

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KEY OUTPUTS

We are here (M22)

Methodology for selecting, describing and evaluating the GPs

Heerlen (NL): Multi stakeholder participatory processes for developing regional SUMPs

Manchester (UK): GM SUMP development workshop

Bologna (IT): How to effectively integrate SUMP in the regional planning instruments: skills, experiences and tools

Thessaloniki (GR): Use of ICT technologies for tra ffic data collection and citizens’ communication as prac tical tools for the implementation of SUMP

Learning events

Participation

Citizens’ survey

Walk & Talk meetingsFocus Groups

Scientific Cafes

Plenary Stakeholders’ meetings

Workshop on AP definition

26 Identified

GPs

Selected GPs

150 people with increased skills

Learning material

Transferability Manual

Report on monitoring and evaluating the

APs

4 APs, Policy Recommendations

High level dissemination event

PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCE COMMUNICATION

M24

Guiding material

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Region of Central Macedonia

� 36 Municipalities� Area: 18.810 km 2

� Population: 1,9 M inhabitants (density: 100/km 2)

24 municipalities in RCM have been funded by the Green Fund and are about to commence SUMP development

Region of Emilia Romagna (RER)

� 9 Provinces - 333 Municipalities� Area: 22.446 km2 � Population: 4,4 M inhabitants

(density 200/km2)� 40% of total population lives in 13

main citiesLocal SUMPs are currently being developed by 12 Municipalities (to be completed in 2018)

Region of Parkstad Limburg (RPL)

� Polycentric region, with 8 Municipalities

� Area: 211 km 2

� Population: 255.000 inhabitants (density: 1.195/km 2)

A regional SUMP has been developed in the framework of Poly-SUMP project and adopted by the regional council in 2014

Region of Greater Manchester (GM)

� Polycentric region with 10 districts� Area: 1.276 km 2

� Population: 2,8 M inhabitants (density: 2.180/km 2)

Greater Manchester has had a LTP (equivalent to SUMP) since 2000, revising the plan every 5 years. The latest plan was completed in November 2016 and approved in February 2017

Regional needs have been identified…

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REFORM will finally support the following SUMP development needs…

Emilia Romagna(RER)

Central Macedonia (RCM)

Parkstad Limburg (RPL)

Greater Manchester (GM)

�Knowledge on how to integrate sectoral planning in SUMPs

�A common set of indicators for monitoring urban mobility

�Methodologies/tools in achieving effective stakeholder engagement

�Lack of capacity and knowledge to procure local SUMPs development and monitor and participate into their development

�Use SUMPs as a tool to support transport decision-making(and funding) at a regional level

�Ensure complementarity of local plans among them and consistency with regional strategy

�Action plan with measures based on the action lines that have been defined

�Looking for good practices from otherregions’ experience

�Specific focus required on strategydevelopment, implementation aspects, monitoring and evaluation

�Emphasis is now on implementation and delivery of SUMP measures

�Wider staff across GM region having knowledge of SUMP process and issues to embed this practice for future SUMP development and updates

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26 GPs from REFORM regions and other European countries have been collected, regarding...

Different procedures for the development of SUMPs according to different models followed (local/metropolitan/regional)

Development of local know-how on sustainable urban mobility issues

Participation of interested Authorities and the public in the development of SUMPs

Quality, rules and standardization in the development of SUMPs

ICT to support the development and monitoring of SUMPs

Document available at: https://www.interregeurope.eu/reform/library/

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REFORM Good Practices that best address the regional needs (involving stakeholders’ consultation) have been selected...

Selected GPs per Region

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GP3 GP1GP4

Evaluation Procedure

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GP6GP..

Emilia Romagna(RER)

Central Macedonia (RCM)

Parkstad Limburg (RPL)

GreaterManchester (GM)

Document available at: https://www.interregeurope.eu/reform/library/

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4 Policy Instruments are addressed

in a process including consultation with the stakeholders though a series of events (i.e. focus groups, walk & talk meetings, citizens’ survey, scientific café, etc.)

Currently, each Region in the process of elaborating its Action Plan ….

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Region of Emilia Romagna (RER) Action Plan

Proposes the following Actions:

� Creation a «competence center» on SUMPs involving t he Municipalities that collects different types of data from Municipalities. It will become a tool at a regional scale for monitoring and assessing the mobility system, a support for planning/decision making and a tool for evaluating the implementation of various measures in the mobility system.

� Monitoring integrated with Regional Plans (e.g. PRIT Integrated Regional Transport Plan, PAIR Regional Air Quality Plan). RER’s vision it to monitor these plans in a coordinated way to ensure that they are in synergy with the SUMP development and that efforts are not replicated

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Region of Central Macedonia (RCM) Action Plan

Proposes the creation of a new scheme , in RCM, that would involve regional technical staff, experts and all relevant stakeholders under a common understanding about sustainable regional planning .

The scheme will operate in two levels:� The Regional level “Competence center" level , which will provide technical

support to all the municipalities of RCM and especially at those that have already been funded for the development of their SUMPs.

� The Metropolitan level - the creation of the "Urban Mobi lity Observatory" of the Metropolitan area of Thessaloniki (8 Municip alities), which will collect, analyze and organize the data from the local SUPMs for: � the designing of a Metropolitan Strategic Framework for Sustainable Mobility,� the provision of data relating to common projects and actions between

Municipalities, Region, Universities & Research labs and� the hierarchy of the projects to be funded on the basis of the priorities of the

Regional Strategy.

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Region of Parkstad Limburg (RPL) Action PlanProposes 14 actions:1. Transfer Hub Public transport (multifunctional an d sustainable).

Improving/updating public transport area2. Leisure Lane. Stimulating mobility by bike and to urism3. NextBike. Stimulating mobility by bike4. Roundtable Mobility Civil Servants. Stimulating t he use and need of SUMP5. Infrastructure E-cars (public dockingstations). P roactive charching policy E-cars6. Solarcells on parking places Heerlen. Proactive ch arching policy E-cars7. Bike stimulation incentive plan. Stimulating mobi lity by bike8. Research Windmillpark Motorways. Stimulating and i mproving wind energy9. SUMP integration, THINK SUMP. Stimulating the use and need of SUMP. 10. Barcelona SUMP example. Stimulating the use and need of SUMP. 11. SUMP Bernheze, The Netherlands. Stimulating the use and need of SUMP. 12. Bella Mossa. Stimulating mobility by bike 13. Borderless SUMP. Stimulating the use and need of SUMP14. Maastricht Bereikbaar. Stimulating mobility by b ike

as an integrated pillar on mobility and sustainability of PALET 3.1.

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Greater Manchester (GM) Action PlanGreater Manchester already has a 2040 Transport Strategy Delivery Plan which was produced alongside the SUMP in 2017, the GM2040 Delivery Plan (2017-2022). The Greater Manchester REFORM Action Plan will be updating it to the ‘Greater Manchester 2040 Delivery Plan (2019-2024).

The key priorities to be updated include:� the establishment of a Clean Air Zone� Bus Reform and � a variety of measures to deal with congestion

The Greater Manchester 2040 Delivery Plan (2019-2024) contains roughly 170 interventions that are for delivery through to 2037. The REFORM Action plan will contain the short term ones (delivered during the second ph ase of the project 2019-2020) .

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A Policy Paper “REFORM APs: lessons learnt and policy recommendations for SUMP and mobility planning” will be prepared (M24) …

Action Plans

Policy paper

..to capitalize the work carried out during the APs development process.

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REFORM Upcoming event

“Policy Conference on “Good practices for supporting thedevelopment of SUMP: effectiveness and transferability”Brussels, Belgium, December 4 th, 2018

� This event will showcase the results of REFORM project in its first 2 years: the definition of good practices, analysis of local competences and needs, involvement of stakeholders, and definition of an Action Plan on sustainable mobility.

� These achievements and the experience gained in REFORM have lead to the preparation of a Declaration of Intent on sustainable mobility planning , which will be jointly signed by high-level representatives of the Regions .

� The declaration will be presented to the European Commission to provide insights for the update of the SUMP guidelines and the development of SUMP 2.0.

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