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Smarter Travel – Policy and Context Wednesday 11 September, 2013.

This policy framework, published in 2009, outlines 49 actions to reduce the need to travel, provide alternatives to cars, improve fuel efficiency, and strengthen institutional arrangements. By 2020, the goal is to reduce car use, ensure stable car kms, and achieve emissions savings. The 2012-2016 Multi-Annual Programme provides funding for smarter travel objectives, including Smarter Travel Areas, Active Travel Towns, National Cycle Network, Regional City Bikes, and Smarter Workplaces/Smarter Campuses. Lessons learned from the National Cycle Network and Active Travel Towns highlight the importance of evaluation, softer measures, and community support.

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Smarter Travel – Policy and Context Wednesday 11 September, 2013.

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  1. Smarter Travel – Policy and ContextWednesday 11 September, 2013. Denise Keoghan/Clare Smith Sustainable Transport Division Department of Transport Tourism & Sport

  2. Smarter Travel Policy Framework Published 2009 - 49 actions in total, corresponding to 4 key actions types: • Reducing the need to travel • Providing alternatives to the car • Improving fuel and energy efficiency • Strengthening institutional arrangements to deliver targets smartertravel >>>

  3. Ambition By 2020, our ambition is to improve the quality of life for our citizens by: • Reducing modal share for cars from 65% to 45% - 500,000 commuters switch to other forms of transport - walking, cycling, public transport • Ensuring that total car kms do not increase significantly • Emissions savings smartertravel >>>

  4. 2012-2016Multi-Annual Programme • Funding approved for 5-year multi-annual support programme • Opportunity to address smarter travel objectives in a more strategic, systematic and planned manner smartertravel>>>

  5. Programme Delivery • Smarter Travel Areas • Active Travel Towns • National Cycle Network • Regional City Bikes • Smarter Workplaces/Smarter Campuses smartertravel>>>

  6. National Cycle Network • €7m 2012/2013 funding programme to support 16 local authority NCN and greenway projects being developed across Ireland • Links to tourism • Recreational cycling • Proven economic return • Culture of cycling smartertravel>>>

  7. National Cycle Networks Lessons Learned • Successes and Demands • Scoping and Estimated Costs • Evaluation • Delivery Mechanisms • Guidance and Signage smarter travel >>>

  8. Active Travel Towns Experience to Date • Most Local Authorities now have a strategy for the development of cycling and walking for towns with populations in the region of 5,000 or greater • Local Authorities required to demonstrate that they understand that modal shift is of paramount importance smarter travel >>>

  9. Active Travel TownsLessons learned • Focus to date has been on the delivery of infrastructure • Greater focus required on evaluation of changes • Greater focus on softer measures to encourage modal shift • Community support is key to change smarter travel >>>

  10. Active Travel Towns • 4 towns have now completed their plans • 8 towns are in year two of the programme Feedback from Local Authorities??? smarter travel >>>

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