Project
CycleCities - European cities for integrating cycling within sustainable mobility management schemes
Funding origin:
European
STRIA Roadmaps:
Smart mobility and services (SMO)
Transport mode:
Road
Transport sectors:
Passenger transport
Project website:
Duration:
Start date: 01/01/2012,
End date: 01/12/2014
Status: Finished
Funding details:
Overview
Background & policy context:
Challenges and benefits from the systematic integration of cycling into urban mobility management schemes include:
- Reduced congestion (30% of car trips in Europe are under 3km, and 50% are under 5km – a 15 minute bike ride).
- Improved productivity (less work hours wasted in traffic congestion).
- Reduction of costs for infrastructure (road construction and maintenance) and equipment.
- Lower-carbon footprint (urban transport accounts for 40% of CO2 emissions and 70% of other air pollution).
- Reduced land consumption.
- Public health benefits.
- Fostering of investment and neighbourhood revitalisation.
As a result sustainable regional development can be significantly enhanced for European cities.
Objectives:
CYCLECITIES aims to carry out transfers of experience and exchanges of good practice among European cities, as well as to build up a knowledge capital regarding the integration of cycling into urban mobility management schemes.
The project, aims in particular to:
- Exchange experiences and make available transferable good practices on mobility management and cycling.
- Explore & build consensus on policies contributing to sustainable European mobility management schemes.
- Develop knowledge outcomes supporting the transfer of experiences and establish a European, multilingual, freely-accessible knowledge and experience base.
- Disseminate the field experiences and good practices project results, enhancing awareness on the integration of cycling in cities’ mobility management schemes.
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