Cities.multimodal – urban transport system in transition towards low carbon mobility
cities.multimodal
 
PROGRAMME 2014-2020
priority
3 Transport
objective
3.5 Urban mobility

cities.multimodal

The Interreg project cities.multimodal presented environmentally friendly alternatives to driving, enhanced sustainable urban mobility planning for multimodal transport in ten cities and introduced six mobility points and smartphone-based travel planning.
The challenge

In recent years multimodality in cities has become more integrated and more visible in city planning. New business models and modality modes are constantly emerging and triggering new decisions to be taken. As hubs for the economic development the cities are striving to provide citizens with easy, well-functioning and environmentally friendly transport options. At the same time, the cities and urban areas are facing concrete problems with ever-increasing congestion, growing CO2 emissions, noise caused by heavy car-traffic and accessibility problems partly as a consequence of missing intermodal links.

In order to upgrade multimodality, the cities need a collaborative approach by involving politicians, urban planners, public transport operators, industry as well as inhabitants. Targeted measures and better incentives for shifting from driving to more environmentally friendly alternatives would enhance multimodality and make it an integrated part of city planning process.

Budgets

cities.multimodal
in numbers
  • 3.78
    Million
    Total
  • 2.91
    Million
    Erdf
  • 0.09
    Million
    Eni + Russia
  • 0.00
    Million
    Norway

Achievements

Incentives created

The project has successfully developed the sustainable urban mobility plans, established new mobility points, launched campaigns and introduced living street initiatives. Being driven by citizens, campaigns and living streets ensured stronger commitments and enhanced a better incentive structure. Visualization of how a city could look like in the future simplified understanding what could be done concretely. For 10 city partners, Rostock, Aarhus, Gdansk, Vilnius, Guldborgssund, Karlskrona, Pskov, Riga, Tartu, the multimodal city concept has become a reality.

Additionally, the project has enhanced mobility management in city quarters, schools and companies. Transnational collaboration among the participating cities resulted in a transfer of good practices. Thus, inspired by mobility points in cities like Ghent and Bremen, the participating cities got better insights into the process and found their own way through successful implementation.

Better guided and equipped

By developing guidance on sustainable urban mobility management and a handy toolbox with targeted solutions to concrete challenges, the project has provided the needed framework for public organisations like kindergartens, schools, as well as commercial and industrial companies. Aimed at enhancing institutional capacity, the supporting guide has provided better insights to the mobility mindset of the participating cities, the selection of pilot areas, planning approaches as well as the undertaken measures.

In addition, the project has evaluated the activities implemented within the project´s lifetime in order to show which measures had a major impact on successful implementation. The cities´ specific features were taken into consideration and a possible transferability of practices was accessed. Next, the project has also made multimodal travel planning analysis with a focus on web- and mobile-based travel planning applications. Based on market research, web-based applications and interviews, the analysis provided a comprehensive overview of ICT solutions tailored for different scenarios.

The Interreg project cities.multimodal used EUR 3.54 million from the European Union to find a more environmentally friendly way to driving and improving the citizens´ quality of life.

Outputs

Planner’s Handbook

The Planner’s Guide to Sustainable Urban Mobility Management inspires mobility and transport planners, politicians and NGO’s who wish to take their city’s multimodality to the next level. The Guide gives an insight to the mobility mindset of the participating cities, the chosen pilot areas, planning approaches and implemented measures.

Toolbox for Mobility Management

The toolbox provides kindergartens, schools, companies and cities with practical tools and tips for mobility management and implementation.

Multimodal travel planning analysis

The analysis focuses on website and mobile-based individual travel planning applications (ICT solutions). These ICT solutions provide different transport options and enable individualised door-to-door travel for end users. The report provides an overview of such applications and offers recommendations for the procurement process. It also covers the results of conducted market research, an analysis of partner cities’ ICT solutions, and interviews, providing a helpful starting point for cities to educate themselves about the possibilities of multimodal ICT solutions.

Project Stories

Partners

Hanseatic City of Rostock

  • Town
    Rostock
  • Region
    Landkreis Rostock
  • Country
    Germany
Approximate total partner budget in EUR
505,600.00
54.092444512.1286127

German Cyclist´s Association Schleswig-Holstein e.V.

  • Town
    Kiel
  • Region
    Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt
  • Country
    Germany
Approximate total partner budget in EUR
162,815.00
54.322708510.135555

Technische Universität Berlin, Center for Technology and Society

  • Town
    Berlin
  • Region
    Berlin
  • Country
    Germany
Approximate total partner budget in EUR
367,000.00
52.517036513.3888599

Municipality of Karlskrona

  • Town
    Karlskrona
  • Region
    Blekinge län
  • Country
    Sweden
Approximate total partner budget in EUR
140,000.00
56.162107315.5866422

City of Kalmar

  • Town
    Kalmar
  • Region
    Kalmar län
  • Country
    Sweden
Approximate total partner budget in EUR
289,730.00
56.662882616.3662382

Municipality of Aarhus

  • Town
    Aarhus
  • Region
    Østjylland
  • Country
    Denmark
Approximate total partner budget in EUR
219,500.00
56.149627810.2134046

Riga City Council

  • Town
    Riga
  • Region
    Rīga
  • Country
    Latvia
Approximate total partner budget in EUR
266,850.00
56.949397724.1051846

City of Gdansk

  • Town
    Gdansk
  • Region
    Gdański
  • Country
    Poland
Approximate total partner budget in EUR
314,500.00
54.3611928518.62860883362069

The Polish Union of Active Mobility

  • Town
    Gdańsk
  • Region
    Gdański
  • Country
    Poland
Approximate total partner budget in EUR
214,550.00
54.3611928518.62860883362069

Vilnius City Municipal Government

  • Town
    Vilnius
  • Region
    Vilniaus apskritis
  • Country
    Lithuania
Approximate total partner budget in EUR
250,000.00
54.687045825.2829111

Public transport department

  • Town
    Vilnius
  • Region
    Vilniaus apskritis
  • Country
    Lithuania
Approximate total partner budget in EUR
100,000.00
54.687045825.2829111

Tartu City Government

  • Town
    Tartu
  • Region
    Lõuna-Eesti
  • Country
    Estonia
Approximate total partner budget in EUR
118,000.00
58.39564534999999526.630885501668523

Union of the Baltic Cities Sustainable Cities Commission c/o City of Turku

  • Town
    Turku
  • Region
    Varsinais-Suomi
  • Country
    Finland
Approximate total partner budget in EUR
332,000.00
60.451753122.2670522

Institute of Baltic Studies

  • Town
    Tartu
  • Region
    Lõuna-Eesti
  • Country
    Estonia
Approximate total partner budget in EUR
203,150.00
58.39564534999999526.630885501668523

Pskov City Administration

  • Town
    Pskov
  • Region
    Pskov Oblast
  • Country
Approximate total partner budget in EUR
100,000.00
57.81161665000000528.36540390200804

Guldborgsund Municipality

  • Town
    Nykøbing
  • Region
    Vest- og Sydsjælland
  • Country
    Denmark
Approximate total partner budget in EUR
200,000.00
56.79438118.8594834