Manual on “Transferability of Good Practices, Policies and Experiences from the REFORM Project to Other European Regions”
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Manual on ©Theodore Dimoschakis “Transferability of good practices, policies and experiences from the REFORM Project to other European Regions” www.interregeurope.eu/reform T1.3. ANALYSIS OF TRANSFERABILITY OF THE SELECTED POLICIES/PRACTICES/INSTRUMENTS TO OTHER REGIONS AND CONTEXTS www.interregeurope.eu/reform Table of contents 1 - INTRODUCTION 06 Aims of the Report 06 Structure of the Report 06 2 - REFORM GOOD PRACTICES FOR REGIONAL SUMP DEVELOPMENT 07 The REFORM Project 07 Overview of selected Good Practices 07 Relation and contribution of the selected Good Practices to the SUMP cycle 09 3 - A HIERARCHICAL FRAMEWORK FOR SUCCESSFUL TRANSFERABILITY 12 OF GPS Aims and scope of the Framework 12 Success factors towards effective GPs transfer 12 Description of the Framework components 13 4 - TRANSFERABILITY MANUAL FOR GOOD PRACTICE 3: BELLA MOSSA 16 INITIATIVE: A GAMIFICATION PROCESS TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY Short description of the GP 16 Problems, needs and peculiarities of the Regions that the GP answers 16 Prerequisites for successful transfer 16 Adoption Plan of relevant actions 17 Contribution to SUMP development 17 Benefits from the adoption of the GP 17 5 - TRANSFERABILITY MANUAL FOR GOOD PRACTICE 7: CREATION OF 18 TRANSPORT FOR GREATER MANCHESTER – AN ORGANISATION TO SUPPORT TRANSPORT DELIVERY ACROSS THE GREATER MANCHESTER REGION Short description of the GP 18 Problems, needs and peculiarities of the Regions that the GP answers 18 Prerequisites for successful transfer 18 Adoption Plan of relevant actions 19 Contribution to SUMP development 19 Benefits from the adoption of the GP 19 Manual on “Transferability of good practices, policies and experiences from the REFORM Project to other European Regions” 6 - TRANSFERABILITY MANUAL FOR GOOD PRACTICE 8: DEVELOPMENT OF A 20 SUMP AS A MEANS OF DELIVERING A MORE INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO LOCAL TRANSPORT PLANNING Short description of the GP 20 Problems, needs and peculiarities of the Regions that the GP answers 20 Prerequisites for successful transfer 21 Adoption Plan of relevant actions 21 Contribution to SUMP development 21 Benefits from the adoption of the GP 21 7 - TRANSFERABILITY MANUAL FOR GOOD PRACTICE 9: MOBILITY 22 MONITORING CENTRE OF THESSALONIKI Short description of the GP 22 Problems, needs and peculiarities of the Regions that the GP answers 22 Prerequisites for successful transfer 23 Adoption Plan of relevant actions 23 Other useful actions 24 Contribution to SUMP development 25 Benefits from the adoption of the GP 25 8 - TRANSFERABILITY MANUAL FOR GOOD PRACTICE 10: EMPLOYERS 26 APPROACH BY MAASTRICHT BEREIKBAAR: INFLUENCING EMPLOYEES' MOBILITY BEHAVIOUR Short description of the GP 26 Problems, needs and peculiarities of the Regions that the GP answers 26 Prerequisites for successful transfer 26 Adoption Plan of relevant actions 27 Contribution to SUMP development 27 Benefits from the adoption of the GP 27 9 - TRANSFERABILITY MANUAL FOR GOOD PRACTICE 11: SUMP EVIDENCE 28 BASE AND INFORMATION GATHERING Short description of the GP 28 Problems, needs and peculiarities of the Regions that the GP answers 28 Prerequisites for successful transfer 29 Adoption Plan of relevant actions 29 Contribution to SUMP development 29 Benefits from the adoption of the GP 29 03 10 - TRANSFERABILITY MANUAL FOR GOOD PRACTICE 14: SUMP 30 STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION Short description of the GP 30 Problems, needs and peculiarities of the Regions that the GP answers 30 Prerequisites for successful transfer 30 Adoption Plan of relevant actions 31 Contribution to SUMP development 31 Benefits from the adoption of the GP 31 11 - TRANSFERABILITY MANUAL FOR GOOD PRACTICE 18: REGIONAL 32 FUNDING SCHEME VIA REGIONAL OPERATING PROGRAMME FUNDS FOR SUMP DEVELOPMENT Short description of the GP 32 Problems, needs and peculiarities of the Regions that the GP answers 32 Prerequisites for successful transfer 32 Adoption Plan of relevant actions 32 Contribution to SUMP development 33 Benefits from the adoption of the GP 33 12 - TRANSFERABILITY MANUAL FOR GOOD PRACTICE 19: COOPERATION 34 BETWEEN MUNICIPALITIES AND STAKEHOLDERS TO DEFINE VISION, GOALS AND PRIORITIES FOR A POLYCENTRIC SUMP Short description of the GP 34 Problems, needs and peculiarities of the Regions that the GP answers 34 Prerequisites for successful transfer 35 Adoption Plan of relevant actions 35 Contribution to SUMP development 36 Benefits from the adoption of the GP 36 13 - TRANSFERABILITY MANUAL FOR GOOD PRACTICE 22: SET-UP OF A 37 SPECIAL SECTION WITHIN THE REGION EMILIA-ROMAGNA OF AN IN-HOUSE COMPANY FOR MANAGING TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY DATA Short description of the GP 37 Problems, needs and peculiarities of the Regions that the GP answers 37 Prerequisites for successful transfer 38 Adoption Plan of relevant actions 38 Contribution to SUMP development 38 Benefits from the adoption of the GP 38 Manual on “Transferability of good practices, policies and experiences from the REFORM Project to other European Regions” 14 - CONCLUSIONS 39 ANNEX I 43 EU good practices on sustainable mobility planning and SUMP 05 1 - Introduction Aims of the Report This report aims at describing the actions that should be taken for the successful promotion and implementation of the REFORM selected Good Practices (GPs) to other areas. The project has identified a series of GPs that can strengthen the role of the regions in achieving innovative, sustainable and low- carbon mobility which is also the main scope of the project. Selected GPs out of them have been the inspiration for the development of Regional Action Plans for promoting sustainable mobility that will be implemented in REFORM regions in the next two years. With the appropriate prerequisites, conditions and actions these GPs can also bring the same results to other regions and relief them also from their problems generated by urban congestion. Transferability of knowledge (in that case GPs) is a multidimensional practice that requires collective effort from many stakeholders, diverse and complex actions, as well as effective organization. All these constitute roadmaps; one for each GP, which are described in this report and for the selected REFORM GPs coming from REFORM cooperating Regions. Prior to the description of the roadmaps, a strategic framework that will enable a good cooperation between the ‘origin’ and ‘destination’ regions that will eventually guarantee the expected results is provided. Structure of the Report In addition to this introductory chapter, the report contains 13 chapters: Chapter 2 provides the correlation between the selected for transferring GPs and the Regional Needs and Gaps for the development and monitoring of Regional/Metropolitan SUMPs that they answer to. Chapter 3 provides the strategic framework that supports the roadmaps for the transferability of the REFORM GPs. The chapter also includes the success factors that have been taken into account for the formulation of the framework and the roadmaps. Chapters 3-12 include the transferability roadmaps. For each of the selected 10 GPs, a roadmap is described that includes a short description of the GP, the problems and particular characteristics of the target areas that the GP can address, the preconditions that will ensure a successful transfer, and the actions that should be taken by the target area. The actions are distinguished in direct ones and supportive. The first category includes a sequential order of actions directly related to the GP under examination, while the second more general and horizontal actions. The final chapter includes some final concluding remarks and recommendations for the near future for the stakeholders that will adopt the GPs. 6 Manual on “Transferability of good practices, policies and experiences from the REFORM Project to other European Regions” 2 – REFORM Good Practices for the Regional SUMP Development The REFORM Project Sustainable mobility planning principles are more and more promoted during the last years in Europe and are applied with different speed by various cities all over the continent. Urban means city, Municipality, or a group of adjoining Municipalities, a metropolitan area. Even more, with the urban sprawl, it could mean a wider region with metropolitan area(s) and satellite conurbations. Not putting the blame on Municipalities with active Mayors and staff that proactively – or just following the trend – have enrolled to national and international programmes, initiatives and projects which ensure financial support and grants for elaborating Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans elaboration, quite often a discontinuity of proper, integrated and coordinated planning and monitoring is evident. This leads to unbalanced and fragmented actions among the different, even bordering, Municipalities of the very same city or metropolitan area. On the other hand, citizens, users of the mobility – transport system and the system itself do not perceive nor recognize municipal borders when commuting, walking, biking for business, for leisure or any other purpose. What is directly and easily understood by them, though, is when the environment is obviously different than their “back yard”, neighbourhood or Municipality. Extending the currently adopted supporting methodologies in sustainable urban mobility planning could provide a clear guidance and support to all regional cities in their SUMPs development and deployment. Based on the above-mentioned conclusion, the goal of the REFORM project is to improve, through a mutual learning process, the policies of Regional Operational Programs supporting