mindfuel at the heart of transport research Trans-National Cooperation – Era-net Transport Stepping Stones: “Making Mobility Patterns more Sustainable” Marien G. Bakker, Rijkswaterstaat Krakow, September 2014

mindfuel at the heart of transport research Content  Introduction  Era-net Transport ( from 2004 – 2014)  Development of “Stepping Stones”  Call process  Evaluation Proposals  Contracting Phase  The Three Research Consortia  Research Methodology

10 year anniversary! Era-net Transport April April 2014

+European Research Area Network on Transport +Improving quality and outcome of research in EU oTuning research programmes in member states oStimulating collaboration national/ regional research councils and research budget owners oPooling resources Era-net Transport

partners 19 countries/regions

+Geographical expansion Three Flagship / joint research calls o Electromobility plus20 million euro o Traveler of the Future 10 million o Infravation 9 million +Many transnational research projects o Stepping Stones +End of ENTIII: 25+ Action Groups +Lots of mutual learning +Connecting topics and people within countries/regions to international dimension +Establishment supportive tools and database A decade of ENT Contributions to shaping ERA in Transport (1)

mindfuel at the heart of transport research “Results Era-net Transport” +Era-net Plus Electromobility+ o Electric vehicles and batteries o Involving 13 countries/regions o Pooling 20 million EURO o Virtual common pot o +EN Plus Infravation o Innovations in construction and maintenance of road infrastructure o Involving 11 countries/regions (incl. USA) o Pooling 9 million EURO o Real common pot o A decade of ENT Contributions to shaping ERA in Transport (2)

Development “Stepping Stones”  Pre fase  Call process  Evaluation Proposals  Contracting Phase

mindfuel at the heart of transport research Development Stepping Stones (1) +March 2010 HLG, Paris: o Netherlands presented preliminary ideas about a new topic "Best practices for influencing travel behaviour”; +November 2010 MG16, Vienna: o Installing Action Group ENT22, AG leader Marien Bakker o First partners - Poland, Sweden, The Netherlands o Financial Crisis !!! +March 2011 AG meeting, Stockholm: Preparation documents, Position Paper, Letter of Intent, Flyer, Call text Poland, Sweden, The Netherlands euro

mindfuel at the heart of transport research +October 2011 HLG 6, Athens : Go or Not to Go? Participation Germany with Euro +March 2012 Launching Call in Berlin o Poland o Untied Kingdom (observer) o Germany o Belarus (observer o Sweden o The Netherlands +March 1 – June 7, 2012 Call Open o Budget € o Minimum 2 partners funding Countries o Time frame = 1 Year Development Stepping Stones (2)

mindfuel at the heart of transport research Call process (1) Research Questions +to understand the successful (policy) measures aimed at making mobility patterns more sustainable (WHAT), +and the underlying mechanisms (HOW) including social & psychological factors (WHY)

mindfuel at the heart of transport research Call process (2) Launching Call +Publication 13 websites + +Network of Researchers +4 National Contact points +List of Frequent Ask Questions +Partner Search +Call Secretariat

mindfuel at the heart of transport research Call process (3) Result Stepping Stones Call +10 proposals +2,2 million Euro = 4 times budget +Country Participation o 3 with 4 countries o 3 with 3 countries (no Poland) o 4 with 2 countries (mixed)

mindfuel at the heart of transport research Evaluation Proposals (1) Guidelines for the trans-national evaluation of proposals to be funded under STEPPING STONES +National Evaluation June – August 22 +Check Eligibility +Use of same Evaluation Template +Green, Orange, Red (score-points) +Joint Evaluation Group - JEG Utrecht August 30, 2012

mindfuel at the heart of transport research Evaluation Proposals (2) Criteria + Scope and Objective Call + Quality, Originality Research idea, + Perceived outcome + Quality of cases + Interaction researchers and actors + Dissimination + Scientific Competence Partners + Practical Comptence + Experienced Project Management

mindfuel at the heart of transport research Evaluation Proposals (3)

mindfuel at the heart of transport research Evaluation Proposals (4) +Selected Consortia : o GPS, Guided Principle Sustainable Mobility o Shape-It o Step-by-Step +Budget from €  € o Germany €  € o Sweden €  € o Poland €  € o Netherlands €  € o United Kingdom € 0  € ,- especially “Step-by Step” +Kick Off: May 28 and 29th, 2013

mindfuel at the heart of transport research Contracting Phase +5 funding countries +12 reseach institutes +Procurement +Virtual Common pot +Mix (Virtual) Common pot

mindfuel at the heart of transport research Three Consortia (1) Leading organisation : o Goudappel-Coffeng B.V. (Deventer, The Netherlands) Partners: o Technical University Dresden (Dresden, Germany) o Road and Bridge Research Institute (Warsaw, Poland) o WSP Analysis & Strategy (Stockholm, Sweden) Step by Step o 30 cases o Statistical analysis

mindfuel at the heart of transport research Three Consortia (2) Leading organisation: +Wuppertal Institute (Wuppertal, Germany) Partners: +Rupprecht Consult (Cologne, Germany) +Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (Linköping, Sweden) +Energy Research Center of the Netherlands (Petten, The Netherlands) +Cracow University of Technology (Krakow, Poland) Shape-It Shaping sustainable transport patterns in European Cities o 10 cases o SUMP

mindfuel at the heart of transport research Three Consortia (3) Leading organisation: +Royal Haskoning DHV (Amersfoort, The Netherlands) - TanjaTopConsult Partners: +Lund University (Lund, Sweden) +DIFU, German Institute of Urban Affairs (Berlin, Germany) GPS Guiding Principles for Sustainable mobility o 20 cases o Quality analysis

mindfuel at the heart of transport research The “Ponte Vecchio” model strengths, weaknesses & methodologies Leendert de Die, What-question | Large N | Statistical analysis  STEP-BY-STEP How-question | moderate N | Qual analysis  GPS Why question | small N Explorative  SHAPE-IT

mindfuel at the heart of transport research Thank you for your attention Marien G Bakker