Auditing and Certification Scheme to increase the quality of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans in Cities

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Tables of contents

Facts & Figures

Target Groups

Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan

ADVANCE Audit

Results

Lessons Learned

Next Steps

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1. Facts & Figures

ADVANCE in one sentenceADVANCE aims to develop, test and apply an Audit Scheme to increase the quality of SUMPs in at least 8 cities!

Main figures• 36 months of duration (June 2011 – June 2014)• 11 partners from Europe (AT, ES, EL, FR, BE, PL, RO, SE, SL, SK)• 8 cities test the ADVANCE Audit• Budget: € 1.312.000 • 75 % IEE funding (€ 984.000)

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1. Facts & Figures

Participant Country

Austrian Mobility Research AT

University of Piraeus Research Centre

EL

Energy Agency of Podravje SL

Traject BE

Association for Urban Transition RO

CINESI SL Transport Consultancy ES

University of Žilina SK

City of Malmö SE

EUROCITIES BE

Center for studies on urban planning, transport & public facilities

FR

City of Szczecin PL

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2. Target groups

1. Representatives of local municipalities• Transport, land use and spatial planers• Decision makers and politicians

Benefits for municipalities: • Development of sustainable mobility concept as a basis for future

EU funded projects• Benchmarking with other municipalities on European level• Potential national funding for implementation of ADVANCE Audit

Scheme• Receive local action plan (incl. recommendations for further

actions)• Better image as an innovative and sustainable city

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2. Target groups

2. External auditors• Transport consultants• Representatives of mobility / energy agencies

Benefits for external auditors:• Free training and certificate• Know-how exchange at the training event• Business model: increasing demand of cities to implement

mobility audits is expected

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2. Target groups

3. Umbrella organisations• City Networks• Mobility Management Platforms

Multipliers to disseminate the project, the ADVANCE Audit Scheme and the outcomes

4. National / federal organisations• Ministries• Federal funding organisation

Responsible for local (monetary) support of municipalities Create national standards for municipalities to obtain funding

3. Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan

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3. Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan

Traditional Transport Plan SUMP

Focuses on traffic and traffic flow Focuses on people, accessibility and quality of life

Relies on engineering Relies on interdisciplinary approach

Effects are evaluated partially Monitoring, evaluation & incorporation of lessons learnt: key components

Main actors from policy and administration

Main actors from civil society

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4. ADVANCE Audit

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4. ADVANCE Audit – Process (I)

Objective

Assist cities to develop a SUMP or to improve the quality of an existing SUMP

Target group

Cities: Small, medium and large sized cities

Approach

Comparison of existing mobility plan to an ideal SUMP

Implementation

Interactive process to assess the quality of the SUMP (3-6 months, 5 steps) external auditor (moderator, facilitator, mobility expert) internal stakeholders (self-assessment)

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4. ADVANCE Audit – Process (II)

Outputs and results

• Local action plan recommendations to city

• Audit report documentation of audit process

• Certification certification by auditor

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4. ADVANCE Audit – Characteristics (I)

• Continuous process

• External auditor as facilitator / moderator

• Guidance & assistence

• Collaboration: internal stakeholder + auditor

• Local action plan (recommendations)

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4. ADVANCE Audit – Characteristics (II)

Assessment tools: Desk Research; Site-Visit; Self-assessment Questionnaire; Checklist

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• Agioi-Anargyroi (GR) -35.000

• Ploesti (RO) – 230.000

• Maribor (SL) – 120.000

• Stetin (PL) - 407.000

• Terrassa (ES) – 210.000

• Žilina (SK) – 85.000

• Malmö (SE) – 290.000

• Judenburg (AT) – 10.000

• Schaerbeek (BE) – 125.000

4. ADVANCE Audit – Participating cities

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5. Results – Project Level

• 1 Audit and Certification Scheme for SUMPs was developed, tested and applied

• 9 Local Action Plans were carried out• 43 cities plan to implement the ADVANCE Audit• 8 national training work shops were held• 120 ADVANCE Auditors from 13 European countries were trained• Results were disseminated in 18 international conferences (more

than 1500 participants)• Flemish Region and the Association of Urban Transport

Municipalities in Catalonia are interested that ADVANCE will become a regional standard

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5. Results – City Level

Local Action Plan Judenburg

Mission fields•Definition of an annual budget for mobility investments

•Introduction of a local mobility coordinator

Action Fields

•Study to increase the performance of the inner city bus

•Promotion of cycling tourism

•Mobility Management for Schools (e.g. Traffic Snake Game)

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5. Results – City Level

Local Action Plan Schaerbeek

Mission fields•Setting up a mobility group

•Information evenings

•Setting up a framework for communication

Action fields•Continue to develop cycling facilities

•Park & Ride and Park & Bike

•Campaign speed limitation zones 30km/h

•Promoting active mobility in schools

•Mobility plan of the municipal administration

•Pilot project cargo bikes

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6. Lessons Learned

• Interdisciplinary themes need a constant exchange Important to bring stakeholder together Discuss between departments

• The assessment process is more important than the scores

More important to have a local action plan

• Involvement of all key actors Bring different key actors on the table But they need an active role in the process

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6. Lessons Learned

• Prioritized mobility measures strongly depend on the development level of the city

Starting cities were lacking basic cooperation schemes and too much focus was put on the development of road infrastructure.

Advancing or advanced cities like Malmö, Terrassa, Judenburg and Schaerbeek focused on aspects like air and noise pollution, energy consumption in transport and intermodality.

• Need to stay connected ADVANCE Association will serve this need

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7. Next steps

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7. Next steps – ADVANCE Association

Aim to establish the ADVANCE Association…

Go to www.eu-advance.eu to stay informed!

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