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Operational Project for Integrated Urban Management

Project

OPIUM - Operational Project for Integrated Urban Management


Funding origin:
European
European Union
STRIA Roadmaps:
Network and traffic management systems (NTM)
Network and traffic management systems
Smart mobility and services (SMO)
Smart mobility and services
Duration:
Start date: 01/01/1996,
End date: 01/12/1998

Status: Finished
Funding details:

Overview

Background & policy context:

Many cities are increasingly trying to 'manage' transport to support a range of policy objectives, such as reducing environmental damage and congestion and encouraging modal shift. Physical measures include restriction of road space for private cars, traffic calming, parking controls, priority for public transport, cyclists, and pedestrianisation. Such measures have been applied, often individually, in many cities - but their relative merits and the best ways of using them are not well understood.

Objectives:

OPIUM aimed to evaluate a range of physical measures for traffic management through their practical implementation in a number of cities (Gent, Heidelberg, Liverpool, Nantes, Patra and Utrecht), and make recommendations for the future development of urban transport policies.

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