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Cities are a central partner

How can the European Commission enhance the acceptability and success of local transport policies? Seville, 22 March 2007 Eleni Kopanezou Head of Unit Clean Transport and Urban Transport DG Energy and Transport European Commission. Because…

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Cities are a central partner

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  1. How can the European Commission enhance the acceptability and success of local transport policies?Seville, 22 March 2007Eleni KopanezouHead of UnitClean Transport and Urban Transport DG Energy and TransportEuropean Commission

  2. Because… cities with good transport attract employment and facilitate growth some 80% of Europeans live in an urban environment and they move inside and between our cities cities can take the leadership in fighting climate change and pollution through clean and energy efficient transport solutions Cities are a central partner

  3. CIVITAS cities Göteborg Stockholm Malmö Bristol Winchester Norwich Preston Kaunas Aalborg Odense Tallinn Rotterdam Cork Berlin Bremen Stuttgart Gdynia Krakow Lille Nantes Toulouse La Rochelle Prague Bucharest Suceava Ploiesti Graz Ljubljana Pecs Debrecen Rome Genoa Venice Potenza Barcelona Burgos

  4. Measures with high success rate: Clean vehicles and alternative fuels, mobility management, cycling measures, parking measures and intelligent transport management and information Measures with high failure rate: Goods distribution and logistics, multimodal interchange, zones with controlled access and road pricing Measures ‘in between’: Promotion of public transport and shared car ownership or car use CIVITAS I evaluation – main results

  5. Measure acceptability can be increased by: a strong early commitment from stakeholders structural and visible partnership arrangements exploiting the opportunities of policy synergies using different tools to increase user acceptance sound financial management and planning targeted marketing and public relations ensuring availability and maturity of new technology financial and political commitment from the EU CIVITAS evaluation – main lessons

  6. Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE) • “Intelligent Energy Europe” is the Community support programme to increase renewable energy sources and energy efficiency by overcoming the non-technological barriers (legal, financial, institutional, cultural, social barriers) • It is not funding • costs for investments in demonstration nor • large-scale technology applications • infrastructure • research on technology

  7. ALTENER - Biofuels: stimulate production/supply STEER - Alternative fuels and clean vehicles:stimulate demand STEER - Energy-efficient transport:promote a reduction of energy use in transport Common project objectives / expected impacts: Enabling policies Market transformation Behaviour change Training Intelligent Energy EuropeTransport-related themes

  8. Call expected in April 2007 Closing date end September 2007 Information Day envisaged in Brussels, 19 April 2007 More information: http://ec.europa.eu/energy/intelligent/index_en.html Intelligent Energy EuropeCall 2007

  9. Origin Preparations Main messages till now Follow-up Green Paper on Urban Transport

  10. How can the Commission help in enhancing the acceptability and success of local sustainable transport policies? promotion of research and the sharing of good practices setting frameworks and guidelines setting standards and ensuring interoperability facilitating better co-ordination and co-operation collecting harmonised data offering financial support legislation EU added-value to urban mobility

  11. Internet consultation, open until 30 April 2007 Conference in Brussels on 4 June 2007 Visit our webpage for up-to-date information, background and reports http://ec.europa.eu/transport/clean/index_en.htm Thank you for your attention! eleni.kopanezou@ec.europa.eu Join the preparations of the new Urban Transport Green Paper

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