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2018 EUROPEAN MOBILITY WEEK MANUAL:
Including thematic guidelines, handbook for local campaigners, and Car Free Day organizer benchmarks
Introduction
This Manual contains all the necessary information for towns and cities planning to organise EUROPEAN MOBILITY WEEK from 16-22 September 2018. It includes:
• the Thematic Guidelines for an explanation of the 2018 theme: ‘Multimodality’
• the Handbook for local campaigners presenting the requirements for taking part in this
European initiative.
The Manual starts with background information about the campaign. It also includes a list of useful links at the end of the document, and an extensive se of cautions and guidliens for the organizing of Car Free Days in your city.
The aim of this publication is to inspire local campaigners to organise attractive campaign activities, to implement relevant permanent measures and to celebrate Car-Free Day. There is also a chapter on how to apply for the EUROPEAN MOBILITY WEEK Awards. Towns and cities are free to adapt these guidelines to the local context. The information included here is not exhaustive; new ideas are always welcome to complement this Manual.
- EMW 2018 FOR DETAILS: http://mobilityweek.eu/
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction to this manual 4.
Background information about the campaign 5
Thematic guidelines 2018 6
This year’s theme: Mix and Move! 7
The benefits of multimodality 8
Towards multimodality 9
What activities can we organise to promote multimodality? 14
HANDBOOK FOR LOCAL CAMPAIGNERS 16
The three participation criteria 17
How to register online 17
How to get your campaign started 19
Activities during the week of 16-22 September 20
Permanent measures 25
CAR-FREE DAY GUIDELINES 28
Whatever your town or city is doing this year, make sure you… 32
The EUROPEAN MOBILITY WEEK Awards 33
RELATED LINKS 35
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SOME RELATED LINKS
Mobility and Transport portal http://ec.europa.eu/transport/index_en.htm
2018 Year of Multimodality https://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/logistics-and-multimodal-transport/2018-year-multimodality_en
Clean transport, Urban transport http://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/urban/urban_mobility_en
Sustainable Transport https://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/sustainable_en
Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) https://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/its_en
EU projects and initiatives CIVITAS www.civitas.eu
SuperBlocks model: http://civitas.eu/content/superblocks-model Eltis www.eltis.org
Electric trams: a new urban freight solution? http://www.eltis.org/discover/news/electric-trams-new-urban-freight-solution
Presentation by Christophe Najdovski, City of Paris, at SUMP Conference 2017 http://www.eltis.org/sites/default/files/sump_conference_2017_ops2_1_najdovski.pdf BiTiBi project – Bike Train Bike www.bitibi.eu
BiTiBi final report: http://www.bitibi.eu/dox/BitiBi_Final%20Report_2017.pdf EBSF_2 project: http://ebsf2.eu/
EBSF_2 Gothenburg demonstration: http://ebsf2.eu/demonstration-sites/gothenburg FLOW project http://h2020-flow.eu/
FLOW 15 Quick Facts for Cities: http://h2020-flow.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/Deliverables/15_quick_facts_eng_FINAL.pdf
FREVUE project https://frevue.eu/
FREVUE Madrid demonstration: https://frevue.eu/cities/madrid/ MaaS4EU project: http://www.maas4eu.eu/
MaaS4EU activities in Manchester (TfGM): http://www.maas4eu.eu/tfgm/
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Download the 2018 EU manual and guidelines here
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About European Mobility Week 2018
Since 2002, EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK has sought to improve public health and quality of life through promoting clean mobility and sustainable urban transport. The campaign gives people the chance to explore the role of city streets and to experiment with practical solutions to tackle urban challenges, such as air pollution. For full background and information —
The EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK campaign provides the perfect opportunity to present sustainable mobility alternatives to local residents and to explain the challenges that cities and towns are facing. By taking part, towns and cities can showcase the benefits of cleaner transport choices and make progress towards better mobility in Europe.
Local authorities are strongly encouraged to use the week to test new transport measures and get feedback from the public. It is also an excellent opportunity for local stakeholders to get together and discuss the different aspects of mobility and air quality, find innovative solutions to reduce car-use and transport emissions, and test new technologies and planning measures.
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Key references for participation in European Mobility Week 2018
- General information and invitation – http://www.mobilityweek.eu/
- 2018 theme: Multi-mobility – http://www.mobilityweek.eu/theme-2018/
- Short introductory Film – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPFe5sBFGXQ
- Communications toolkit – http://www.mobilityweek.eu/communication-toolkit/
- 2017 Participation report – http://bit.ly/2v91GwF
- Sign-in to participate – 2018 – http://registration.mobilityweek.eu/login.php
- 2018 Manual and handbook for local campaigns – http://www.mobilityweek.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/materials/participation_resources/2018/2018_EMW_Manual.pdf
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND QUESTIONS FROM ORGANIZERS
Ms. Madeleine Kelly-Tychtl – Policy Officer
DG MOVE European Commission
Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport
Unit B.4 – Sustainable & Intelligent Transport
Rue Jean-André de Mot 28 B-1049 Brussels
Tel: +32 2 296 31 20 E: Madeleine.KELLY@ec.europa.eu
Mr. Juan Caballero
European Info Point
Tel.: +32 2 552 08 75
info@mobilityweek.eu
EUROCITIES
Square de Meeus, 1 1000 Brussels Belgium
http://www.eurocities.eu
Mr. Jerome Simpson – JSimpson@rec.org
Topic Area Leader/Senior Expert, Smart Cities and Mobility
Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC)
Ady Endre ut 9-11. 2000 Szentendre Hungary
+36 26 504 000
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World Streets: on Car Free Days
https://worldstreets.wordpress.com/tag/car-free-days-3-0-reboot/
2018 IS THE 24th ANNIVERSARY OF WORLD CAR FREE DAYS
” Every day is a great day to take a few cars off the road, and think about it.” This was the theme of the first announcement by Eric Britton of a World Car Free Days international collaborative project that took place in Toledo Spain in October 1994 and was within months on-street reality in the first three cities launching Car Free Days of their own. World Streets continues to participate actively in planning, celebrating and analyzing the results of these Days in cities around the world.
* START – – – > Thursday: A breakthrough strategy for reducing car dependence in cities
* A SHORT HISTORY – – – > of Car Free Days (Weeks, Months, Cities): Origins, Timeline, Progress
* WORLD STREETS ON CFDs – – – > https://worldstreets.wordpress.com/tag/car-free-days-3-0-reboot/
* BOGOTA CFDs – – – >Bogotá 2000 Car Free Day in Brief
* CAR FREE DAYS 2.0 – – – > (Draft) Rethinking Car Free Days in Taipei City (Next Steps)
* FACEBOOK – – – >World Car Free Days 3.0 (Reboot!)
* WORLD CFD NEWS – – – >Keyed Google Search
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About the editor
Eric Britton
13, rue Pasteur. Courbevoie 92400 France
Bio: Founding editor of World Streets (1988), Eric Britton is an American political scientist, teacher, occasional consultant, and sustainability activist who has observed, learned, taught and worked on missions and advisory assignments on all continents. In the autumn of 2019, he committed his remaining life work to the challenges of aggressively countering climate change and specifically greenhouse gas emissions emanating from the mobility sector. He is not worried about running out of work. Further background and updates: @ericbritton | http://bit.ly/2Ti8LsX | #fekbritton | https://twitter.com/ericbritton | and | https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericbritton/ Contact: climate@newmobility.org) | +336 508 80787 (Also WhatApp) | Skype: newmobility.)
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