HOW WE WILL MOVE? THE MOBILITY MASTER PLAN 2020-2025 06 INTRODUCTION ACTION LINES AND MEASURES IN THE PLAN 44 08 LEGAL AND TERRITORIAL FRAMEWORK THE RESULTS OF THE PLAN 64 18 DIAGNOSIS ANNEX: “HOW WE WILL MOVE”- TWO PERSPECTIVES” 76 40 OBJECTIVES OF THE pdM 5 Pere Torres Grau Director general Autoritat del Transport Metropolità Mobility –the way we move around and equitable, and intelligent digital mobility. A travel– has become one of the key factors we mobility that responds to the needs of the must respond to if we are to meet the social, whole population and that will revitalize the environmental and economic challenges territory from the social and economic point our society faces. We based our 2020-2025 of view. And a kind of mobility that enables Mobility Master Plan (pdM 2020-2025), us to respond to the local environmental which was approved by the Government of and health challenges, such as the need Catalonia in July 2020, on this cross-sectional to reduce pollution in our cities, and the view of the mobility system. global challenges of addressing the climate emergency we are already facing. The PdM, promoted by the Barcelona Metropolitan Transport Authority, consists of The pdM is directly aligned with the 86 measures agreed on by the participating strategies that are being promoted in bodies and covering for the first time the Catalonia (such as the Green Agenda, the entire Barcelona Integrated Metropolitan Urban Agenda of Catalonia, the Climate Mobility System (SIMMB), which covers an Change Adaptation Strategy or the Action "The PdM incorporates key area that includes the 12 districts of the Plan for the Improvement of Air Quality), Demarcation of Barcelona, in which 75% of as well as the global challenges that must the population of Catalonia resides. be achieved such as the Sustainable elements for a new mobility Development Goals, compliance with climate The Plan was drafted consensually with the commitments, and also the fight against participation of entities and individuals, COVID19, as it incorporates actions which management, i.e. gender and seeking a vision which, beyond the planning help address the health emergency we are of mobility systems, incorporates factors experiencing since March 2020. that are considered essential for managing social perspectives, health mobility. These include the social perspective, From this integral and collaborative environmental efficiency, innovation and perspective involving all administrations, the digitalisation, the gender perspective and the current pdM aims to be a turning point to impacts, environmental effect of transport on health. articulate a new mobility paradigm, centred on promoting active mobility, empowering This plan, which we summarize in this and improving public transport efficiency, efficiency, innovation document, aims to lay the foundations for recovering public space for citizens, developing actions that will enable us to renovating the fleet and promoting mobility design healthy and sustainable, efficient and (of both people and goods) while respecting and digitalization" productive, safe and reliable, inclusive and the health of all citizens. 6 INTRODUCTION What is the 2020-2025 Mobility Master Plan The 2020-2025 Mobility Master Plan on Mobility; it also aims to develop in the (hereinafter pdM) is the instrument we use territory the provisions of the National for planning the mobility of the Integrated Mobility Guidelines (art. 7.1 of the Act), Metropolitan Mobility System of Barcelona and in coherence and subordinated to (SIMMB), which addresses all the modes of the guidelines of the territorial planning transport for people and goods. The Plan that affects it, as well as to the Sustainable aims to ensure that travel is as sustainable, Development Goals (SDGs). efficient and adapted to citizens’ needs as possible, in accordance with the The pdM responds to a series of challenges principles and objectives established in and motivations that occur such as relevant Articles 2 and 3 of Act 9/2003 of 13 June, and complex area as ours. Legal framework New technological Evolution of the tools 2013 - 2018 pdM Effect of mobility Alignment with on citizens’ health the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Mobility Master Plan Changes 2020-2025 in mobility New social and habits economic reality Implementation New reference of T-Mobility plans and new territorial scope Emergence and Increasing social consolidation of inequalities online commerce Fig. Reasons for drafting the Mobility Master Plan 2020-2025 8 9 Map. Population density LEGAL AND 15.5 million 5,542,863 TERRITORIAL trips on weekdays inhabitants in the area FRAMEWORK TOTAL MODAL DISTRIBUTION 314 INTRAMUNICIPAL The scope of the municipalities 66.2% 2020-2025 pdM INTERMUNICIPAL 33.8% The scope of the new 2020-2025 pdM POPULATION OF CATALONIA corresponds to that of the Integrated 2 74% Density (persons/ km ) Metropolitan Mobility System of Barcelona Over 10,000 (SIMMB) in which the Metropolitan POPULATION IN AREAS WITH HIGHER- 1,500 — 10,000 Transport Authority (ATM) operates, PUBLIC TRANSPORT THAN-RECOMMENDED POLLUTION 1,000 — 1,500 except for the Ripollès district, and LEVELS (NO2) 500 — 1,000 therefore includes the 12 districts of the 21% 0 — 500 Demarcation of Barcelona. 29% Fig. Population growth in the SIMMB, 2000 - 2016 The Territory covered by the new Master Plan for Mobility has changed with respect PRIVATE VEHICLE 5,552,193 5,542,863 to the previous Plan; this is not only due 5,309,653 39% to the increase in its geographical area, but above all due to the dynamics of population redistribution and activities 4,737,003 caused by the socio-economic fluctuations and transformations of the social and FOOT AND BICYCLE productive base. Thus, the extension 40% responds to the need for the pdM to 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 adjust to the new economic, territorial, social and environmental circumstances of the whole of the SIMMB and to 1,056.4 million ensure that the latter exerts relevant public transport ticket validations influence on the mobility of the territory 658.36 and, by extension, of the mobility and Motorization index (Number revitalization of the rest of Catalonia. 667 of vehicles per 1000 inhabitants) The 2020-25 pdM plans mobility for Generated Mobility Assessment ANNUAL REGISTRATIONS OF VEHICLES 25% of Catalonia, which is home to Studies (eamg) processed almost 75% of its population. WITH ALTERNATIVE FUELS (HYBRID/ ELECTRIC/ GAS) VEHICLE FLEET WITH ALTERNATIVE FUELS 7.5% 1.8% 10 LEGAL AND The current mobility model does not encourage commuters to use TERRITORIAL some form of active mobility. FRAMEWORK Hence, the majority of commuters do not enjoy the main co-benefit Mobility, of active mobility, i.e. getting moderate physical exercise much more than moving In response to these motivations, the 2020-2025 pdM is committed to analysing the mobility system taking into account common factors (public transport, active modes, private vehicle, goods...) but integrating a series of cross-cutting issues MOBILITY CURRENT that must be kept in mind when planning the mobility of the future, such as: • PEOPLE’S HEALTH AND THE CLIMATE- EMERGENCY CHALLENGE • THE GENDER PERSPECTIVE IN ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT OF MOBILITY EFFECTS MOBILITY OF MOBILITY ON HEALTH • SOCIAL AND ACCESSIBILITY FACTORS IN MOBILITY • DIGITIZATION AND MOBILITY 4.0 GENDER AND SOCIAL ISSUES MOBILITY OF MOBILITY DIGITIZATION AND MOBILITY 4.0 CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES Fig. New cross-cutting elements of mobility 12 LEGAL AND TERRITORIAL FRAMEWORK Legal framework LEGAL AND PLANNING FRAMEWORK Legislative framework in which the 2020 - 2025 pdM falls Act 9/2003, of 13 June, Content and determinations specified in articles on Mobility 7.3 and 7.7 National Mobility Guidelines Guidance framework for applying the mobility objectives that must be used to draw up the mobility planning instruments. Act 21/2013, of 9 December, on The framework determines baselines for conducting environmental assessment and Act 16/2015, environmental assessment of plans, programmes, of 21 July, on simplification of administrative and projects that may have significant effects on the activity (which adapts its application in environment. Catalonia). Other regulatory dispositions that affect the 2020 - 2025 pdM Decree 226/2006, by which several municipalities have been declared special atmospheric protection zones (Subsequently, by means of Decree 152/2007, of 10 July, the Action Plan for Improving Air Quality, extended by Decree 203/2009, of 22 December. The scope of the Plan was modified by the Catalan Government Agreement GOV/82/2012, of 31 July). Act 13/2014, of 30 October, on accessibility, articulates a series of criteria to guarantee equality among pedestrians, taking into account the diverse functional abilities of each person. Act 17/2015, of 21 July, on the effective equality of women and men, in the fifth section on Environment, town planning, housing and mobility. Act on financing of the public transport system of Catalonia 21/2015 Act 16/2017, of 1 August, on climate change. Plans and programmes related to the development of the 2020 - 2025 pdM Energy and Climate Legislative Package 2020 (Council of Europe) / The White Paper on Transport 2050 is the roadmap adopted by the European Commission (2011) State Strategy for a Sustainable Economy 2011-2020 Infrastructure Master Plan (pdI) (and 2021 - 2030 update currently being drafted) Barcelona Metropolitan Territorial Plan and Partial Territorial