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Planning for People – an overview of the SUMP concept and its benefits

Planning for People – an overview of the SUMP concept and its benefits. UBC Joint Commission meeting in the City of Tallinn10-12 April 2013 Maija Rusanen UBC Commission on Environment. Content of the presentation. European Policy Background on Sustainable Urban Mobility

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Planning for People – an overview of the SUMP concept and its benefits

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  1. Planning for People – an overview of the SUMP concept and its benefits UBC Joint Commission meeting in the City of Tallinn10-12 April 2013 Maija RusanenUBC Commission on Environment

  2. Content of the presentation • European PolicyBackground on SustainableUrbanMobility • SustainableUrbanMobilityPlans– Planning for People • Benefits of SUMPs

  3. Ifyouimagineyour city in 20 years, whatwouldyoulikeit to look like?

  4. “If you plan cities for cars and traffic, you get cars and traffic. If you plan for people and places, you get people and places.” Fred Kent, Project for Public Spaces

  5. EuropeanPolicyBackgroundon SustainableUrbanMobility Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans have gained increased recognition and importance at European level • Action Plan on UrbanMobility: Action 1 — Accelerating the take-up of Sustainable Urban Mobility plans (2009): • Support to local authorities in developing Sustainable Urban Mobility plans • Guidance material, best practice examples and training activities for urban mobility professionals

  6. EuropeanPolicyBackgroundon SustainableUrbanMobility • European Council of Ministers • Supports initiatives to adopt an integrated policy approach • Encourages the coordination of transport infrastructure planning and service planning with town and county planning, including land use planning • 2011 Transport White Paper • Examining the possibility of a mandatory approach for cities of certain size, according to national standards based on EU guidelines. • Link regional development and cohesion funds to cities and regions that have submitted a current, independently validated Urban Mobility Performance and Sustainability Audit certificate.

  7. Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans – Planning for People • Sustainable Urban mobility Plan is a Strategic plan designed to satisfy the mobility needs of people and businesses in cities and their surroundings for a better quality of life. • The policies and measures defined in a SUMP cover all modes and forms of transport in the entire urban agglomeration

  8. Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans – Planning for People • A SustainableUrbanMobilityplanaims to create a sustainable transport systembyaddressing – at least – the followingobjectives: • Ensure the accessibilityofferedby the transport system is available to all; • Improvesafety and security; • Reduces air and noisepollution, greenhousegasemissions and energyconsumption; • Improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the transportation of persons and goods; • Contribute to the enhancing the attractiveness and quality of the urbanenvironment and urban design.

  9. Sustainable urban mobilityplanningstandsfor beingableto plan for the future of your city with its people as the focus.  Planning for people

  10. Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans – Planning for People Characteristics of Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning: • Active involvement of all stakeholders and the engagement of citizens - Planning for People. • Looking "beyond the borders" • an integrated approach between policy sectors • cooperation between authority levels • coordination across neighbouring authorities • Commitment to sustainability, i.e. balancing social equity, environmental quality and economic development

  11. Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans – Planning for People • Focus on achieving ambitious, measurable targets • Targeting cost internalisation i.e. reviewing transport costs and benefits for society • Including all steps of the life cycle of policy making and implementation

  12. SUMPs and traditional transport planning

  13. Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans – Planning for People • Guidelines – Developing and Implementing a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan • Introduces the concept and sets out the steps involved in the preparation of such plans • Presents good practice examples, toolks and references to further information • www.mobilityplans.eu

  14. Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans – Planning for People A full SUMP cycle includes four main phases: I: Preparing well for the planning process II: Rational and transparent goal setting III: Elaborating the plan IV: Implementing the plan SUMP Action and budget plan

  15. SUMP SYKLI

  16. Benefits of SUMPs • Quality of life & attractive city centre • Safer urban environment • Stronger economy • Lesspollution,noise and emissions • Social inclusion • Avoidance of urban sprawl • Healthier citizens • Improved mobility and accessibility • Citizen- and stakeholder-supported decisions • New political vision and integrationpotential  Becoming visible especially in mid- to long-run

  17. Thankyou! Maija Rusanen, maija.rusanen@ubc.net www.mobilityplans.eu

  18. Benefits of SUMPs • Can helptomeet legal requirements, e.g. EU Air Quality Directive • Netherlands, France, England – SUMP keytogettingtransportfundingfromcentralgovernment • Work with different fields, e.g. health, getnewmoneyfortransport • Helpsto plan transportsystematicallytoallowdevelopmentofland

  19. Examples of Implemented plans France: Plans de DéplacementsUrbains • Main objectives of PDU: to assurecoordinationamongallmodes of transport, as well as promotion of lesspolluting and moreenergyefficientmodes. • Obligatory for urbanagglomerations with morethan 100 000 inhabitants • Responsibleauthority: the urban transport authoritythat is often a metropolitanauthority, a public transport authorityorindividualmunicipality • Shouldbecompatible with a range of otherplans and strategiessuch as on urbandevelopment, on air quality, and climateprotection, on territorialdevelopment, on higherlevel transport and roaddevelopmentschemes

  20. Examples of Implemented plans

  21. Examples of Implemented plans Transportplan for Örebro kommun (Sweden) Challenge: How to create a sustainablesociety, where the ability to travel and to transport goodsmeets the needs and desires of the people, butnot at the expense of eitherenvironmentaldegradationor the impairedhealth of thoselivingtodayorthose of futuregenerations? The transport plan is an importantpart of thiswork. What is needed? • New kind of thinkingthat is notonlycentredaround the use of cars • New kinds of skills and knowledge on how to utilise the existing information on transport and how to adopt a more holistic way of thinking • Cooperation across sectors and looking beyond the borders for inspiration and examples

  22. Transportplan for Örebro kommun The objectives of the transport planare groupedundersevenheadings: 1. The Scope of Traffic 2. UrbanDevelopment 3. The Regional Transport System 4. Road Safety 5. ClimateImpacts 6. Air Quality 7. Noise  The process is as important as the document

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