European Research Initiativesfor Innovation in Local Transport

Sylvain Haon, Polis

Istanbul, March 13th 2008

European Research Initiatives for Innovation in Local Transport

- Introduction to Polis

- What role for local authorities in European research projects ?

- What kind of projects ? The European research framework programme and local transport, beyond FP7

- Examples of innovations supported by the European Union

- How European research projects can lead to sustainable urban mobility? Example from Lille

- Beyond research, implementing sustainable urban mobility

• 70 European cities and regions in 17 countries promoting innovation in local transport

Presidency                                                               

Municipality of Barcelona, ES       

Management Committee 

Dresden City Council, DE

Emilia-Romagna Region, IT

City of Göteborg, SE                                  

Hampshire County Council, UK

Noord Brabant Province, NL

Rome Mobility Agency, IT

Greater Stuttgart Region, DE

Public Transport Authority of Toulouse, FR 

National Assembly for Wales, UK

Polis network of cities and regions promoting innovation in local transport

Other Members                                         City of Aalborg, DK  Aberdeen City Council, UK  City of Amsterdam, NL Senate of Berlin, DE Municipality of Bologna, IT City of Braila, RO Bristol City Council, UK London Borough of Bromley, UK Brussels-Capital Region, BE   City of Bucharest, RO City of Budapest, HU London Borough of Camden, UK Clermont Ferrand SMTC, FR City of Cologne, DE Cork City Council, IRL Côtes d’Armor, FR Dublin Transportation Office, IRL Edinburgh City Council, UK City of Eindhoven, NL City of Evora, PT Flanders Region, BE

City of Frankfurt, DE State of Geneva, CH AMT Genoa, IT Glasgow City Council, UK The Hague, NL     Hunedoara County Council, RO Lancashire County Council, UK Lille Urban Community, FR Municipality of Lisbon, PT Transport for London, UK Municipality of Madrid, ES Marseille Urban Community, FR Merseytravel, UK Province of Naples, IT Municipality of Örebro, SE City of Paris, FR City of Perugia, IT City of Prague, CZ Reading Borough Council, UK City of Rotterdam, NL Southampton City Council, UK City of Stockholm, SE

Surrey County Council, UK City of Tallinn, EST City of Trondheim, NO City of Utrecht, NL Värmland Region, SE West Midlands, UK West Sussex County Council, UK West Sweden Office, SE

Associate Members AGIR, FR Transport Research Centre, CDV, CZ Cycling Scotland, UK Kennisplatform Verkeer en Vervoer (KpVV), NL Romanian Association of Public Transport, RO SUSTRANS, UK

Polis network of cities and regions promoting innovation in local transport

• Three missions:

- facilitating exchange of experience and transfer of knowledge

- supporting the participation of Polis members in European projects

- dialogue with the European institutions

All activities are structures around 4 thematic pillars:

Polis network of cities and regions promoting innovation in local transport

Sustainable urban mobility policy

What role for local autorities in European research projects ?

- Polis as an association takes part directly to 15 European projects inorder to better carry on its three main missions

- Local authorities are regulators and infrastructure managers and as such central actors of the mobility system

- They are enablers and facilitators for the development and the deployment of innovative solutions

- Innovative policies to improve local urban mobility

- Trigger innovative technological solutions

- Test new industrial solutions

- Definition of research needs and priorities

- Test sites / demonstration

- Results validation

- Support to research activities

- Support to dissemination, support to networks

What role for local autorities in European research projects ?

What kind of projects ? The European research framework programme and local transport, beyond FP7

Several European Commission services are involved.

Not only European Transport Policy.

Directorate General for Transport and Energy, manages the CIVITAS programme and some research projects.

Directorate General for Research

Directorate General for Information Society

Directorate General for Environment, Social policy, etc.

Example of innovation supported by the European Union

Heaven and CitéAir HEAVEN, with Berlin, Leicester, Paris, Prague, Rome, Rotterdam as partners.Air quality monitoring applications, Air quality modelling applications The Decision Support System (DSS) provides information about "hot spots" with short-term forecasts or long-term annual average concentrations of traffic-related pollutants, using a user-friendly interface for decision makers. This system is able to evaluate the environmental impacts for actual traffic situations and for planned Transport Demand Management Strategies. The system is composed of a number of modelling modules and operator interfaces. The Common Information Platform enables the public, the media, and professional users to obtain real-time and historic information on air quality, noise, and traffic flow. An Urban Noise Model predicts noise pollution.The Health Data Platform will define a data exchange platform with health authorities

http://heaven.rec.org/

http://citeair.rec.org

The project supports cities and regions in developing efficient means to collect, present and compare air quality data across a multitude of sites and provides an input to the air quality reporting and action planning. It created the first common air quality index in Europe

The e-SUM Project

Cities are proposing to work together with P2W manufacturers, to:• improve the diagnosis of the urban P2W problems;• identify best practice (features for safer vehicles, targeted enforcement, appropriately designed

infrastructure, and ways of improving driving and riding behaviour);• apply it through revisions of urban Motorcycling Action Plans;• demonstrate advances in the state-of-the-art;• promote a rapid adoption of best safety practice

eSUM (european Safer Urban Motorcycling): a constant reduction in P2W accidents can be achieved addressing P2W safety with an integrated european approach.Cooperation Cities-Industry to improve knowledge on PTWeSUM best practice are to be transferred to cities across Europe

The study will result in the following outputs: • eSUM Diagnosis of Urban Motorcycling Safety,• Best Practice Guidance for Improving Urban P2W Safety,• Demonstrations for Improving Urban P2W Safety,• Potential Impacts for Improving Urban P2W Safety,• Downloadable promoting safer P2Ws models on European City Streets

Participating Partners:• Cities of Barcelona, Paris, London, Rome, • BMW, Piaggio, University of Florence and Athens,

ACEM, ALTRAN, DGT,

CONDUITS: Coordination Of Network Descriptors for Urban Intelligent Transportation Systems

The main objectives of this project are to develop Key Performance Indicators that assist European municipalities in business decisions for ITS projects and to facilitate best practice experiences between municipalities on experiences with ITS. An important aspect of the research is further to link the performance indicators to the current traffic situation in the cities. The project consortium consists of the transport authorities of five European cities (London, Paris, Rome, Brussels and Istanbul).

3 main tasks:

- a review of ITS in European cities today

- an outlook on ITS developments in European cities tomorrow

- the establishment of Key Performance Indicators.

- searchable web-tool on ITS functions employed in European cities

- reviews on future R&D needs

LINK - The European Forum on Intermodal Passenger Travel

Intermodality - the combination of different transport modes on a single journey - is a challenge, a principle and a vision. The LINK project aims at the creation of a European Forum on Intermodal Passenger Travel.

Stakeholders have different opportunities to be involved in the LINK Forum:

Receiving regular information on the progress and results of the Forum. Enriching the Forum with their experience by participating in the consultation process (three survey rounds (initial consultation: autumn 2007). Active participation as experts in network activities like workshops, conferences, working groups.

Different intermodal focus:

Door-to-door information and ticketing Intermodal networks and interchanges Integration of long distance transport and the “first/last urban mile” Planning and implementation Context conditions

http://www.linkforum.eu

CVIS and cooperative systems http://www.cvisproject.org

OPTIPARK aimed at enhancing urban mobility and optimising the usage of parking space by launching an innovative implementation of parking web services. By offering and managing a whole parking service network, the project looked also - besides more efficient usage of available capability - at integrating parking services into other business activities (i.e. of hotels, theatres or cinemas).

http://www.optipark.eu

Towards the deployment of new and innovative solutions for sustainable urban mobility

NICHES promotes the most promising new concepts, initiatives and projects, moving them from their current ‘niche’ position to a ‘mainstream’ urban transport policy application.

Towards the deployment of new and innovative solutions for sustainable urban mobility

- New Seamless Mobility Services

- Innovative Approaches in City Logistics

- New Non-Polluting and Energy-Efficient Vehicles

- Innovative Demand Management Strategies

Output on www.niches-transport.org

State of the art and good practice

Feasibility and transferability

Design of integrated transport strategies

Visions for the future and recommendations

WG 1: New Seamless Mobility Services, IC

1) Urban lift sharing services: Matching services that bring people travelling in the same direction together aiming to encourage individuals to share private vehicles for particular journeys.E.g: Liftshare (UK)

2) Public bicycles: Innovative schemes of rental or free bicycles in urban areas,which provide fast and easy access and can be used for daily mobility. E.g: Vélo à la Carte (Rennes)

3) Call a bus services: Demand responsive travel schemes in public transport that adapt their itinerary and timetable to suit a particular transport demand. E.g: Publicar (CH)

WG 2: Innovative Approaches in City Logistics, IC

4) Space management for urban delivery: Efficient use of infrastructure in urban areas taking into account the specific needs of urban goods delivery. E.g: Multiuse lane (Barcelona)

5) Inner city night delivery: Delivery to retailers and shops in the inner city area during the night hours when the city is quiet and inactive. E.g: Night delivery (Barcelona)

6) Home delivery using locker boxes: To organise the «last mile» processes efficiently, alternative delivery locations, time windows for the delivery and alternative redelivery strategies are considered if the consignee is not at home. E.g: DHL Packstation (DE)

WG 3: New Non-Polluting and Energy-Efficient Vehicles, IC

7) Policy strategy to deploy AFV in the private sector: Provide long term stability for the actors at the AFV market and involve new consumer groups. E.g: Clean vehicles in Stockholm

8) Biogas in captive fleets: The use of biogas from waste water or from solid biological material as fuel; this contributes to reduce the waste problem and increase the competitiveness of the rural areas. This locally produced biogas is enough to feed city fleets, which allows to have reduced number of fuelling stations and therefore introducing it steadily.

E.g: Swensk Biogas AB (Linköping)

9) Joint procurement of AFVs: Gathering a substantial amount of buyers to overcome the uncertainty of the demand by the manufacturers and encourage the introduction of new models. E.g: Joint procurement of Renault Clio (SE)

WG 4: Innovative Demand Management Strategies, IC

10) Transportation Management Associations (TMAs): Non-profit public-private associations forming partnership with business and local government that offer commuter information and mobility services. E.g: Ride On (USA)

11) Local taxes or charges ring-fenced for transport: Taxes or charges at local level that aim at benefiting the urban transport system as a whole by the reinvestment of the collected revenues into the local transport system. E.g: Workplace parking levy (UK)

12) City-wide campaigns using marketing and branding: Schemes presenting awareness raising events at a city level in close cooperation with public and private bodies and that are run on a permanent basis. The aim is to involve citizens and raise awareness on the various mobility opportunities proposed within the city and its outskirts. E.g: Big Wheel Campaigng (Nottingham)

Open source for urban transport professionals

Providing information on innovative urban transport concepts: case studies, reports, experts contacts

www.osmose-os.org

Lille organic recovery center

and fleet of biogas buses

Objective:

Sustainable waste treatment and development of a fleet of clean buses running on biogas

Several stages and investment needed – different sources of funding at different stages

Development of a fleet of biogas buses

Strategy and investments for sustainable waste treatment

Objective of producing biogas for the fleet of public buses

COLLECTION

paper

Bottles, cans

biowaste

Non recyclable waste

from1994• Methane fuel Production trialsusing biogas. This supplies 4 buses.

1999• decision to replace the diesel bus fleet with gas and biogas-powered buses.

2004• decision to choose methanefuel for recovering biogasproduced by biowaste digestion.

2005• Selective collection of biowaste involves 500,000 inhabitants.• Organic recovery centre commissioned. Biogas Production equivalent to 4.5 million litres of diesel/year

2007•Construction of Organic Recovery Centre (Loos/Sequedin) to treat 100,000 tonnes of biowaste /year.Construction of gas/biogas bus depot in Sequedin.• 100 of the 150 buses stationed there are supplied with biogas from the Organic Recovery Centre.

2005

EIB 50 million euros loan for the waste treatment and organic recovery facility

CIVITAS Trendsetter – progressive 2001 deployment of natural gas bus fleet 2005

EFDR Objective 2

2006 Biogas max project 2009

FP5 – THERMIE project

EIB 50 M€ loan for waste treatment and organic recovery center

FEDER Objective 2: part of the extra cost of biogas buses: compression station, biogas washing station to reach the required level of purity, bus equipment

Biogasmax (Research Framework Programme) – urban landscape around the plant, development around the local project including biomethane injection in the national grid, conversion of waste collection vehilces exchange with partners, planning and managing

CIVITAS Trendsetter (Research Framework Programme 6): demonstration, evaluation, exchange of experience and reinforcement of the momentum and strategy, communication

Complementarity of EU funding sources

Long term vision and a coherent strategy are a condition for an efficient support

What is the aim of SUTP?

 SUTP aims at achieving a sustainable urban transport system, by addressing at least the following objectives:  

• Ensuring the accessibility to all;  

• Reducing the negative impact of the transport system on the health, safety and security;

• Reducing air and noise emissions, and energy consumption;

• Improving the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the network ;

• Contributing to the attractiveness and quality of the urban environment.  What does SUTP address?

All modes and forms of transport in the entire urban agglomeration: Public and private; Passenger and freight; Motorised and non-motorised; Moving and parking.

Essential characteristics of SUTP are:  • A participatory approach  • A pledge for sustainability• An integrated approach • A focus on the achievement of measurable targets

Sustainable Urban Transport Planning

www.pilot-transport.org

10 “Missions”

Timing of the planning process

Strategic coordination and actor relations

Responsibility and geographical coverage

Citizen participation

Stakeholder involvement

Integration of policies for SUTP

Social inclusion and gender equity

Skill management

Information and public relations

Management and organisation

5 key Tasks – well-structured strategic planning process

1: Status analysis and scenario development1.1: Inventarisation of existing plans and

policies1.2: Status analysis1.3: Scenario development

2: Vision, objectives and targets

2.1: Common vision of stakeholders2.2: Definition of objectives2.3: Targets for outcome indicators

3: Action and budget plan

4: Assigning responsibilities and resources

5: Monitoring and evaluation

Sustainable Urban Transport Planning

www.pilot-transport.org

Strategic and operative framework

Timing

Strategic cooperation and actors relations

Geographic coverage and responsible authorities

Information and public relations

Stakeholder involvement

Integration of policies for SUTPSocial inclusion and gender equities

CitizenParticipation

Skill management

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Sustainable Urban Transport Planning

Strategic and operative framework

Status analysis and scenario development

Vision, objectives and targets

Action and budget plan

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Sustainable Urban Transport Planning

Polis in the technology platforms

eSAFETY RTD working group

- Polis and two members

- Updated eSAFETY Strategic Research Agenda

ERTRAC

Creation of an European cluster on urban mobility research led by Polis.

Thank you !

Sylvain Haon

PolisNetwork of European cities and regions supporting innovation in local transport

shaon@polis-online.org

+32 2 500 56 71

www.polis-online.org