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COMMERCE
Creating Optimal Mobility Measures to Enable
Reduced Commuter Emissions
ECOMM 2008
Francesca Cignola
London European Partnership for Transport
Commuter Emissions, Congestion and
CO2
• Work-related commuter emissions contribute significantly to overall CO2
emissions in the transport sector
• Stress, ill health and loss of productivity are directly connected with
congestion
• Congestion is costing the UK and France respectively 1.5% and 1.3% of
their GDP every year
• Workplace Travel Planning is an approach to change commuting and
travel behaviour and raise awareness on climate change
The COMMERCE project
• The COMMERCE project is funded under the Intelligent Energy Europe
STEER programme and will run from 2007 to 2010
• Its main objective is to increase the number and improve the quality
of Mobility Plans that are developed by public and private
organisations across Europe
• It will do so by facilitating the exchange of experiences and expertise
between two leader cities (London and Paris) and four learner cities
(Bucharest, Budapest, Kaunas and Plovdiv)
COMMERCE Partners
LEPT, London
CRIF, Paris
EPOMM
Studio Metropolitana, Budapest
RATB, Bucarest
CCIB, Bucarest
Kaunas Municipality, Kaunas
Plovdiv Municipality, Plovdiv
Expected Results
AT THE CITY LEVEL
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Mobility Plan Networks developed
in the four learner cities and new
Mobility Plans established with
local businesses
Skills developed through
exchange of experience and
mentoring between leader and
learner cities
AT THE EUROPEAN LEVEL
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Development of a set of EU
standards for Mobility Plans
•
Establishment of a Pan European
Workplace Mobility Management
Award (PEWTA)
•
Set up of a European Platform on
Workplace Mobility Plans
(EPOWT)
Pan European Award on Workplace
Mobility Plans - PEWTA
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Aim: identifying and showcasing employers that have put in place good
Travel Plans to demonstrate the essential role that public and private sector
organizations can play in reducing congestion and the negative
environmental impacts of transport
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Two categories: Companies and Municipalities
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The Award will run for the three years of the project and beyond
•
Prizes are awarded at the annual ECOMM conference
European Standards on Mobility Plans
• Benchmarking report on current best practice
• Criteria deriving from benchmarking exercise used to assess PEWTA
applications
• Collection and discussion of best practice throughout the life of the
project thorugh: awards, city experiences and European Platform for
Workplace Mobility Plans
• Guidelines for EU Mobility Plan Standards produced at the end of the
project
European Platform on Workplace Mobility
Plans - EPOWT
www.epomm.org/epowt
• EPOWT is an online community for the discussion of Mobility Plans
• It allows members to share information and best practice, request help
and support from other members, and share opinions
• It is open to Municipalities and Employers from across the EU
• It will be used as a communication and support tool by the COMMERCE
project and hopes to become a valuable instrument for the Mobility
Management sector in Europe
City Mobility Plan Forums
• Guidance produced by leader cities
• 3 year action planning by learner cities
• Development of Mobility Plan Forums
• Business to business support to the set up of Mobility Plans
• Ongoing skill share between leader and learner cities
What we have accomplished so far
• Benchmarking report produced by EPOMM
• Guide to Travel Planning produced by CRIF and LEPT will be translated
into partner languages
• Induction seminar with key stakeholders from learner cities
• First edition of the PEWTA Awards
• EPOWT Platform launched
What lies ahead
• Development of City Networks
• Expansion of the outreach of PEWTA Award
• Development of EPOWT Platform into a full operational tool for the
COMMERCE project and the European Mobility Sector
• Development of EU Standard for Mobility Plans
THANK YOU!
CONTACT
Paul Curtis
[email protected]
Francesca Cignola
[email protected]
+44 208 461 7641