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Project CREATE acronym: Project title: Congestion Reduction in Europe - Advancing Transport Efficiency Project www.create-mobility.eu website D4.2 - Technical reports for Stage 3 cities Work Package 4 “Qualitative analysis of Transport policy developments” Date of May 2018 preparation: Start date of project: 1st June 2015 Duration: 36 month Version: 1 Prepared by: C. Halpern Checked by: C. Buckingham Verified by: Status: VF Dissemination Public level: 1 1 Introduction to deliverable D4.2 “technical reports for stage 3 cities” How to reduce road congestion in large cities in Europe and the Euro-Med? How to encourage a switch from cars to more sustainable transport modes? Historically, rapid urban growth has led to a growth in car ownership and use, and consequential increases in urban road traffic levels. These increases, in turn, are associated with a range of negative impacts, including traffic congestion, traffic collisions, social exclusion and dangerous levels of air and noise pollution. Recently, some European cities (Berlin, Copenhagen, London, Paris, Vienna) appear to have been successful in decoupling economic growth from traffic growth – and in the process, have been able to offer urban living environments that are cleaner and less congested, while maintaining increases in living standards. Why have these cities been able to achieve this turnaround, and what lessons can be drawn for other parts of Europe and the Euro-Med? To answer this fundamental question, the CREATE project (Congestion Reduction in Europe, Advancing Transport Efficiency) brings together a team of international analysts in order to explore historical patterns of urban road traffic and car use, to identify success factors in encouraging modal shift and lessons learnt in Western European capital cities, and to work with Eastern Europe and Euro-med city partners (Adana, Amman, Bucharest, Skopje and Tallinn) to assist them in developing sustainable strategies.
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