Best Practice Guide 2017-2018
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© C it y o f Ig o u m BEST e ni t s PRACTICE a GUIDE 2017-2018 r e n h t r ü F n a i t s i r h C , r u t n e g a s t ä it l i b o M © TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 4 EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK TOWNS AND CITIES 5 Authors INSPIRING ACTIONS EUROCITIES (European Secretariat) MOBILITY 12 Juan Caballero MORE EXAMPLES OF GOOD ACTIVITIES 19 [email protected] BEST PRACTICE AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL 22 Anthony Colclough [email protected] BEST PRACTICE BEYOND EUROPE: ARGENTINA 24 3 INTRODUCTION In 2017, EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK broke its participation record for the second year in a row. 2,526 towns and cities from 50 different countries organised activities and launched new urban mobility measures. The annual theme was ‘Clean, shared and intelligent mobility’, under the call-to-action ‘Sharing gets you further’. The present publication highlights examples of best practice from the six local authorities that were selected as finalists for the EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK Awards 2017, including the winners Igoumenitsa (Greece) for the new smaller municipalities category and Vienna (Austria) for the larger municipalities category. Best practice examples from towns and cities are accompanied by a series of examples of MOBILITYACTIONS organised by NGOs, universities and private organisations within the framework of the campaign. With this Best Practice Guide, we would also like to highlight some good examples of activities by towns and cities that applied for the award, but were not selected as finalists. Our National Coordinators also organised various activities to encourage their towns and cities to join the campaign. These examples have earned their own section in this publication. The last chapter takes us beyond Europe. A considerable number of countries from outside Europe follow the example of EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK and organise activities during the same dates to promote sustainable urban mobility. In this edition we travel to Argentina. All examples included in the Best Practice Guide aim to inspire the future work of local campaigners. EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK TOWNS AND CITIES EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK TOWNS AND CITIES 4 5 VIENNA IGOUMENITSA (AUSTRIA) (GREECE) Winner of the Winner of the EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK Award 2017 Award 2017 for larger municipalities for smaller municipalities © Führung Siemens © City of Igoumenitsa Vienna celebrated EUROPEAN Senior citizens benefited from Igoumenista is working to increase The bulk of activities were organised MOBILITYWEEK for the 18th time memory training for ‘mental mobility’; mixed modality in and beyond its around schoolchildren, including in 2017, having taken part in the children enjoyed safety training; and suburban areas, including the small a social media photography campaign since it first began! there was a campaign for adolescents towns surrounding the city. With new competition to encourage getting reminding them to unglue their eyes bus routes and an easy access bike- to class without sacrificing the Each neighbourhood in the city had its from their screens to the street. sharing scheme, behavioural change environment. Sports clubs also own way of encouraging sustainable is strongly encouraged in favour of gathered on the pedestrian walkway mobility: In Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus, a cycling and public transport. to do sports activities with children. walking tour showed locals how their area has been shaped by climate For commuters, Car-Free Day was The cultural centre got creative on adaptation measures; in Mariahilf, complemented by free bus travel, the topic of mobility for children, by residents could recline in rickshaws as well as a permanent extension of hosting a cycling and walking themed cycling through a recreation zone; the network of pedestrian and cycle exhibition of primary school students’ and in the city centre they could enjoy paths. This means safer and wider paintings, and a musical event about an enormous two-day festival on the paths for pedestrians and cyclists, a ‘world without motoring’, car-free streets. On the main street, as well as improved safety for road As a coastal city, Igoumenista also an area of 600 square meters, there traffic. Ramps and tactile paving took advantage of its shoreline to were over 70 attractions, activities have resulted in better mobility for integrate marine mobility through and exhibitions. © Mobilitätsagentur Christian Fürthner pedestrians with disabilities, or who rowing training, and by organising are visually challenged. People gathered at busy intersections Sustainable modality is making a seaside archaeological walk for every day of the week to cheer on permanent inroads in Vienna, with a senior citizens. passing cyclists, congratulating them city initiative promoting walking and There was also a workshop on for making the sustainable choice. new bicycle lanes for commuters. Igoumenitsa’s sustainable urban For those preferring a slower pace, Furthermore, a number of selected mobility plan (SUMP) for local there were ‘walking cafés’ where streets are scheduled to close residents, who were promised new people could participate in lectures regularly to allow children to play leisure and entertainment areas and activities while walking through outside in safety. These ‘play streets’ along the seafront. the city in groups. are run in cooperation with park managers, who offer professional supervision while children enjoy everything from handicrafts and gymnastics to cycling and ballgames. © City of Igoumenitsa 6 7 GRANADA PRAGUE (SPAIN) (CZECH REPUBLIC) Finalist of the Finalist of the EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK Award 2017 Award 2017 for larger municipalities for larger municipalities © City of Granada © City District Praha-Kbely In Granada, children and senior Even the tax law has been rewritten With more than two-thirds of travel There were chill-out zones featuring citizens alike showed their support to provide incentives for commuters being made by public transport, music, yoga, tightrope walking and for sustainable mobility with cross- who think twice about how to get bicycle or on foot, Prague has already golf! Cycling festivals, public walks generational bike tours and two Car- to work; companies implementing achieved an impressive modal split. and free public transport days are Free Days packed with activities. transport plans for employees, such just a few of the other activities The city is now helping people as encouraging car sharing, will be Prague is using to spread knowledge In an experiment to give residents to get even more active via their rewarded with special tax credits. and enthusiasm about sustainable a taste of the plan to develop a mobile phones: a new app provides Companies that can persuade more mobility. pedestrian zone, the space normally information on a variety of routes, than half of their staff to commute taken up by cars was reallocated to including options for mixed modality Cooperation is key, with different sustainably can look forward to a workshops on bike repair, magic, that inform cyclists which buses and departments, schools, and 34 NGOs credit of up to 20%! robotics, dance, yoga and even a trains accept bicycles, and inform joining in to show that mobility chess championship. Meanwhile, motorists how many spaces are left matters. Bars, bookshops and the public were enticed into trying out at the nearest park and ride. shopping centres helped to liven up electric bikes, and buses revamped Car-Free Day by placing tables and The city’s activities provided both their image by becoming temporary chairs in the street for those who physical and intellectual stimulation. venues for live music concerts. wished to enjoy the cleaner air. A public debate was held on the Beyond music, buses have become meaning of the Car-Free Day, as well The growth of the rail network with a a better option for residents thanks as a lecture on the history of local new central line and better suburban to the publication of public transport transport, and workshops on shared connections was celebrated with data, to be used for journey-planning transport for parents and children. free breakfasts at train stations, apps so that private companies while in the city bike and car sharing can offer free and up-to-date companies held public events to © City of Granada itineraries right to your smartphone. familiarise the public with their A new ‘responsible mobility’ quality services. hallmark is available to single out companies actively developing clean and sustainable mobility within their normal activities. 8 © Martin Svozilek 9 LINDAU BODENSEE TIVAT (GERMANY) (MONTENEGRO) Finalist of the Finalist of the EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK Award 2017 Award 2017 for smaller municipalities for smaller municipalities © City of Lindau Bodensee © City of Tivat Paradise is car free in Lindau, where Car-free mobility will be easier Tivat returned its streets to the people The city also drew the link between cars were banned from Paradise than ever in Lindau because of a with citywide events to complement the surrounding natural beauty and Plaza for a week, leaving space for permanent extension of the cycling a series of permanent measures. active mobility by organising hiking local shopkeepers to offer goods and network, a new combined public On Parking Day and Car-Free Day, and nature walks that encouraged entertainment to passers-by. transport rate in collaboration with roads and car parks became a stage people to use their feet. the surrounding counties, and a for celebrations and