1. Action Plan on Urban Mobility
Action Plan on Urban Mobility
ISG Urban Development
Magda Kopczynska, DG MOVE
EUROPEAN COMMISSION

2. Overview European transport policy Urban Transport
Urban Mobility Action Plan
Next steps?

3. Trends in society, challenges for transport
Trends in society, challenges for transport
billion global population by 2050 9
% of people will be aged 65 or more in the EU by 2060 30
% reduction in GHG emissions of developed countries by 2050 80
% of Europeans will live in urban areas in 2050 84
% dependence of transport on fossil fuels 97 | 3

4. White Paper on Transport
A 10-year working plan to reach long-term objectives (2050):
Identify trends and challenges
Aging (less public funds, skills’ shortage, changing preferences)
Migration and internal mobility (connections)
Environmental challenges (emissions)
Increasing scarcity of fossil fuels (dearer-dirtier)
Urbanisation (‘the last mile’ issue)
World trends (need for global solutions)
Define a vision for future transport and a strategy to transform it into reality
Objectives: decarbonisation, competitiveness, quality for users and workers

5. Why Action on Urban Mobility
Urban areas are home to 72% of the European population, cover 4% of the EU’s territory and are the origin of 85% of the EU’s GDP
Efficient transport is vital for economic growth and employment in urban areas
Urban areas face particular challenges in making transport sustainable
Urban mobility is of growing concern to citizens
Urban mobility is a central component of long-distance transport

6. European urban transport policy
1998: Citizens‘ networks
Support for local and regional passenger transport systems
► European public transport information system ELTIS
2001: 2nd White Paper on European Transport Policy
Importance of cities with regard to key EU policies:
► Climate and environment; security of energy supply
► Growth and employment; competiveness of EU economy
2006: Mid-term review White Paper
Announcement: Green Paper on urban mobility
2007: Green Paper on urban mobility
Added value of Community action
2009: Concrete actions; action plan
2010: Council conclusions?
2012: UMAP review

7. UMAP – an Inter-Service exercise
Interservice Group on Urban Mobility
Excellent cooperation throughout the process
Intersevice cooperation throughout the implementation
Interservice cooperation needed for any future steps in the field of urban mobility

8. 6 themes of the Action Plan
Promoting integrated policies
Focusing on citizens
Greening urban transport
Strengthening funding
Sharing experience and knowledge
Optimising urban mobility

9. What are the actions?
Accelerate the take up of sustainable urban mobility plans (A1)
Information, best practice exchange, training, promotion
Longer term: incentives? recommendations?
Sustainable urban mobility and regional policy (A2)
Better information on regional policy objectives and sustainable mobility
Information on funding opportunities
Urban Mobility Observatory (A17)
A virtual platform for urban transport practitioners to share information and facilitate exchange of best practices
Optimising urban mobility and analysing the needs for future funding sources (A14&15)

10. What are the actions?
Optimising urban mobility and analysing the needs for future funding sources (A14&15)
Campaigns on sustainable mobility behaviour (A8)
Maintain support, including for European Mobility Week
Research and demonstration for lower and zero emission vehicles (A10)

11. Urban mobility – next steps
EU2020 Strategy – urban dimension; technological developments; new financing and funding initiatives
Urban transport component in the White paper
New strategic framework for research
New Financial Perspective
Decarbonisation of transport by 2050

12. Challenges Governance Subsidiarity Money, money, money …
And subsidiarity!

13. Thank you for your attention!
Thank you for your attention!