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SCHOOL mobility CHAllenge in regioNal poliCiEs

PROJECTS
Funding
European
European Union
Duration
-
Status
Complete with results
Geo-spatial type
Other
Total project cost
€1 716 361
EU Contribution
€1 433 974
Project Acronym
School Chance
STRIA Roadmaps
Low-emission alternative energy for transport (ALT)
Smart mobility and services (SMO)
Transport mode
Multimodal icon
Transport policies
Decarbonisation,
Environmental/Emissions aspects
Transport sectors
Micromobility,
Passenger transport

Overview

Background & Policy context

School mobility is a hot topic: in a framework where transport-related CO2 emissions continue to increase, school traffic accounts for about a 15% of the total traffic at urban level. Researches in different EU countries show that kids driven to school by car range from 30 to 60% according to country and school grade

Objectives

School Chance aimed to explicitly incorporate children’ independent mobility into regional policies. Not only safe routes to schools, bike/walk to school campaigns and other unstructured mobility management initiatives: within SCHOOL CHANCE, partners developed a comprehensive strategy for making sustainable mobility at school an essential element of their mobility policy and increasing sustainable mobility by changing the behavior of schoolchildren-and the next generation’s mindset towards sustainability.

Methodology

School Chance focused on policies that support cleaner transport modes and promote alternative behaviours in children’ mobility to and from school, working to develop an integrated set of tools to incorporate school mobility strategies at regional level. The objective was to reduce carbon emissions by finding innovative and coordinated ways to systematically address the 4 most pressing challenges in the development and implementation of school mobility policies: information, education, promotion, infrastructure. Partners worked together and learnt from each other how to encourage safe, healthy, autonomous and sustainable travel to school. It was done by:

  • working across public authorities at different levels and other stakeholders to ensure that resources and policies are well-aligned
  • identifying good practices that will improve the policy instruments via Regional Action Plans,
  • developing a sound interregional learning program, a toolkit of best practices, and a certification of “mobility friendly schools”,
  • developing a financial model funding sustainable solutions to be implemented within the RAP.

Funding

Specific funding programme
2014 - 2020 Interreg Europe
Funding Source
European Regional Development Fund

Partners

Lead Organisation
EU Contribution
€289 475
Partner Organisations
EU Contribution
€242 325
EU Contribution
€186 993
EU Contribution
€111 655
Organisation
Gemeente Utrecht
Address
Ravellaan, 3533 JR Utrecht, Netherlands
EU Contribution
€213 844
EU Contribution
€213 347
EU Contribution
€94 338
EU Contribution
€81 997

Technologies

Technology Theme
Sustainable urban mobility plans
Technology
Mobility service planning
Development phase
Implementation
Technology Theme
Sustainable urban mobility plans
Technology
Sustainable logistics plans and platforms
Development phase
Implementation
Technology Theme
Sustainable urban mobility plans
Technology
Tools to support multimodality
Development phase
Implementation

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