CHAMP - Managing Energy Reduction through Cycling eXcellence
Overview
Background & policy context:
The focus of CHAMP is the exchange of good practice and lessons learned in leading cycling cities. The purpose is both to improve the cycling strategies in the CHAMP cities and to share the good practice and lessons learned with other European cities to create safer and more attractive conditions for cycling in Europe.
Objectives:
The main objectives of CHAMP are:
- To raise awareness amongst decision makers in European cities on the economic, ecological and energy efficient benefits of cycling
- To improve expertise on integrated cycling policy through capacity building and exchange of experiences
- To increase cycling in the CHAMP cities by 10 %
- To reach a 1-5% reduction in energy consumption from passenger transport and a reduction of 1-5% in greenhouse gases in the CHAMP cities
- To improve the quality of life within the cities not only through decreasing the use of motorised traffic but also through a better coexistence between cyclists and pedestrians
- To decrease the dependency on fossil fuels by stimulating an economically beneficial transport mode available to all citizens and competitive to motorised traffic
Methodology:
On the basis of the gap analysis all CHAMP cities have drawn up a revised cycling strategy. The strategy includes a description of several measures and actions for filling the gaps pointed out in the CHAMP gap analysis.
The next step is getting internal commitment for the strategy and the implementation of the proposed measures. Experience has shown that involving all key stakeholders from the beginning is an important factor for successful implementation of cycling actions and measures.
To develop an integrated cycling strategy for the longer term, it is important to involve not only the mobility/cycling department but also departments from related areas such as the economy department, health department, social department, urban planning etc.
Implementation plans
Within the CHAMP project the partner cities have implemented at least two of the innovative measures pointed out in their cycling strategy. The two measures fills important gaps in their current cycling policy.
Clear and measurable targets has been set in the implementation plans and a communication plan has been developed for every measure. Evaluation of the measures will be done 15 months after the start of the implementation.
The CHAMP cities uses the MaxSumo-methodology for evaluating the effects of the implemented measures. That means that the evaluation process will start from the beginning of the implementation procedure.
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