ADVANCE Audit: Improving Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans in Cities

1. Auditing and Certification Scheme to increase the quality of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans in Cities OrganisationSurname, Name Meeting / Conference Location, Date

2. Tables of contents • Facts & Figures • Target Groups • Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan • ADVANCE Audit • Results • Lessons Learned • Next Steps

3. 1. Facts & Figures • ADVANCE in one sentence • ADVANCE aims to develop, test and apply an Audit Scheme to increase the quality of SUMPs in at least 8 cities! • Main figures • 36 months of duration (June 2011 – June 2014) • 11 partners from Europe (AT, ES, EL, FR, BE, PL, RO, SE, SL, SK) • 8 cities test the ADVANCE Audit • Budget: € 1.312.000 • 75 % IEE funding (€ 984.000)

4. 1. Facts & Figures

5. 2. Target groups • 1. Representatives of local municipalities • Transport, land use and spatial planers • Decision makers and politicians • Benefits for municipalities: • Development of sustainable mobility concept as a basis for future EU funded projects • Benchmarking with other municipalities on European level • Potential national funding for implementation of ADVANCE Audit Scheme • Receive local action plan (incl. recommendations for further actions) • Better image as an innovative and sustainable city

6. 2. Target groups • 2. External auditors • Transport consultants • Representatives of mobility / energy agencies • Benefits for external auditors: • Free training and certificate • Know-how exchange at the training event • Business model: increasing demand of cities to implement mobility audits is expected

7. 2. Target groups • 3. Umbrella organisations • City Networks • Mobility Management Platforms • Multipliers to disseminate the project, the ADVANCE Audit Scheme and the outcomes • 4. National / federal organisations • Ministries • Federal funding organisation • Responsible for local (monetary) support of municipalities • Create national standards for municipalities to obtain funding

8. 3. Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan

9. 3. Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan

10. 4. ADVANCE Audit

11. 4. ADVANCE Audit – Process (I) • Objective • Assist cities to develop a SUMP or to improve the quality of an existing SUMP • Target group • Cities: Small, medium and large sized cities • Approach • Comparison of existing mobility plan to an ideal SUMP • Implementation • Interactive process to assess the quality of the SUMP (3-6 months, 5 steps) • external auditor (moderator, facilitator, mobility expert) • internal stakeholders (self-assessment)

12. 4. ADVANCE Audit – Process (II) • Outputs and results • Local action plan  recommendations to city • Audit report  documentation of audit process • Certification  certification by auditor

13. 4. ADVANCE Audit – Characteristics (I) • Continuous process • External auditor as facilitator / moderator • Guidance & assistence • Collaboration: internal stakeholder + auditor • Local action plan (recommendations)

14. 4. ADVANCE Audit – Characteristics (II) • Assessment tools: • Desk Research; Site-Visit; Self-assessment Questionnaire; Checklist

15. 4. ADVANCE Audit – Participating cities • Agioi-Anargyroi (GR) -35.000 • Ploesti (RO) – 230.000 • Maribor (SL) – 120.000 • Stetin (PL) - 407.000 • Terrassa (ES) – 210.000 • Žilina (SK) – 85.000 • Malmö (SE) – 290.000 • Judenburg (AT) – 10.000 • Schaerbeek (BE) – 125.000

16. 5. Results – Project Level • 1 Audit and Certification Scheme for SUMPs was developed, tested and applied • 9 Local Action Plans were carried out • 43 cities plan to implement the ADVANCE Audit • 8 national training work shops were held • 120 ADVANCE Auditors from 13 European countries were trained • Results were disseminated in 18 international conferences (more than 1500 participants) • Flemish Region and the Association of Urban Transport Municipalities in Catalonia are interested that ADVANCE will become a regional standard

17. 5. Results – City Level • Local Action Plan Judenburg • Mission fields • Definition of an annual budget for mobility investments • Introduction of a local mobility coordinator • Action Fields • Study to increase the performance of the inner city bus • Promotion of cycling tourism • Mobility Management for Schools (e.g. Traffic Snake Game)

18. 5. Results – City Level • Local Action Plan Schaerbeek • Mission fields • Setting up a mobility group • Information evenings • Setting up a framework for communication • Action fields • Continue to develop cycling facilities • Park & Ride and Park & Bike • Campaign speed limitation zones 30km/h • Promoting active mobility in schools • Mobility plan of the municipal administration • Pilot project cargo bikes

19. 6. Lessons Learned • Interdisciplinary themes need a constant exchange • Important to bring stakeholder together • Discuss between departments • The assessment process is more important than the scores • More important to have a local action plan • Involvement of all key actors • Bring different key actors on the table • But they need an active role in the process

20. 6. Lessons Learned • Prioritized mobility measures strongly depend on the development level of the city • Starting cities were lacking basic cooperation schemes and too much focus was put on the development of road infrastructure. • Advancing or advanced cities like Malmö, Terrassa, Judenburg and Schaerbeek focused on aspects like air and noise pollution, energy consumption in transport and intermodality. • Need to stay connected • ADVANCE Association will serve this need

21. 7. Next steps

22. 7. Next steps – ADVANCE Association • Aim to establish the ADVANCE Association… • Go to www.eu-advance.eu to stay informed!

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