Smart & Green Mobility Province

of Noord-Brabant (NL)

• CORAL Workshop 28th September 2017

• Nordic Edge Expo, Stavanger

Smart & Green Mobility SolutionsEdwin MermansSenior advisor international affairs Province of Noord-Brabant

emermans@brabant.nlTwitter @EdwinMermans

B E R E I K B A AR

A c c e s s i b l e

Challenges

•Congestion

•Traffic safety

•Liveable cities

•Sustainable cities

•Social inclusion & health

•Creating economic value

Context

Rapid technological developments:• Autonomous driving• Internet of Things/Digital world• Mobility as a Service (MaaS)

Authorities to be prepared for changes in mobility demand: facilitate developments, remove obstacles.

Declaration of Amsterdam (during 2016 EU chairmanship of NL)

Smart and ITS

Innovative Mobility programme

What is SmartwayZ.NL?

Innovative mobility programme

Combining Smart Mobility with infrastructure

investments

- Total: € 1.000.000.000 in 10 years

- Smart Mobility: € 125.000.000

Partners:

- End user communities

- Knowledge and research institutes

- Private partners

- Public partners

Ambition:Consumer first

Matching supply

and demand

Quality of life, appeal,

sustainability, traffic safety

Ecosystem Smart Mobility

Within 5-7 years

implementation of innovative

mobility concepts with:

- 50% of our population

- 10-20% international

logistics companies

- 30-40% regional logistics

companies

Urban Mobility Testing

All sorts of Smart Mobility

concepts can be tested, but

focus on connected &

automated driving

Real life test bed on city motorways

Main objectives

■Social objective:

The development of innovative mobility concepts will improve liveability, traffic

safety, and accessibility and cleaner air in cities & regions.

■Economic objective:

Accelerated innovations in the field of Smart Mobility will boost the region’s

current international financial & economic front runner position (and the market

itself)

Smart mobility for health & inclusionNew mobility services such as C-ITS, CAD and MaaS and EV will:

- Improve liveability and the quality of spatial domain in cities and

communities because of more space for bikes and pedestrians

- Boost social inclusion because of improved mobility for vulnerable citizens

such as disabled persons and older adults

- Improve health of citizens because of cleaner air

- Improve health citizens because of more exercise by bike and MaaS

- Community building because of shared mobility concepts on local level

- Improve mobility from vulnerable people in remote and rural areas

Mobility

Car buddy initiatives

Looking for partners

Wed 11 October 2017 11:00 – 14:00 CEST

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

Vautier Street 29 in Brussels

Edwin Mermans

emermans@brabant.nl

Twitter @EdwinMermans