Support to Sustainable Transport in the City of Belgrade
Overview
Background & policy context:
Belgrade, as many cities today, faces a multitude of challenges related to congestion, noise, air quality issues, health, safety, quality of life and the problem with a multitude of diverting policies in the field of urban transport. On the global level, the challenge of climate change and its environmental, health and economic impacts is strongly connected to transport and unsustainable mobility behaviour.
These challenges are the driving forces behind recent calls for powerful measures to address Sustainable Transport. This Project is one of the pioneer attempts in Serbia to address these challenges and issues at wider scale.
Objectives:
The overall objective of the project is to reduce the metropolitan emissions in the City of Belgrade by improving the public transport scheme, reinforce the participation of cyclists in the traffic and providing the policy framework for sustainable urban transport development of Belgrade.
The Project provides support to the main partners in implementing the actions that will place the sustainable urban mobility at the heart of their business, but also of other institutions.
Methodology:
Following steps are planned during the project:
- Base for Sustainable Urban Plan of Belgrade developed
- A shift towards clean and energy-efficient transport modes, and
- increased safety of cyclists
- Reduced the traffic flow generated by parents taking their children to/from school by car
- Increased children’s travel awareness
- Eco-driving integrated into the driving schools curricula
- Eco-driving certification
- Reduction of 285 tons of CO2 per year
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