BSR electric – Fostering e-mobility solutions in urban areas in the Baltic Sea Region

BSR electric

PROGRAMME 2014-2020

priority

3 Transport

objective

3.5 Urban mobility

BSR electric

The Interreg project BSR electric fostered and integrated e-mobility solutions such as e-logistics, e-bikes, e-buses, e-scooters, and e-ferries, in urban transport systems in eight countries across the Baltic Sea region.

The challenge

The cities in the Baltic Sea region are growing and driving economic development. At the same time, the cities are big polluters, being responsible for the CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions. The more extensive use of various electric mobility solutions e.g. e-logistics, e-bikes, e-buses, e-scooters, and e-ferries, would help the cities to tackle the challenges and contribute to a greener region.

However, as the know-how in the application of the electric mobility solutions among urban transport planners and decisionmakers is still limited and fragmented, more needs to be done to improve the situation. More insights into how to strengthen institutional capacities concerning electrification of urban transport are needed.

The project aimed to enhance the use of electric vehicles in city transport systems such as public sector fleets, public transport and bike sharing in order to reduce CO2 emissions and pollution. The public authorities, business, academia and NGOs from eight countries across the Baltic Sea region wanted to explore the potential of e-bikes, e-buses, e-ferries and other e-vehicles, as well as how to integrate e-mobility into urban transport strategies.

Budgets

BSR electric
in numbers

3.83

Million

Total
2.79

Million

Erdf
0.00

Million

Eni + Russia
0.13

Million

Norway

Achievements

The gained knowledge matters

The project BSR electric has increased the knowledge of decision-makers concerning the potential of e-mobility solutions in urban transport systems. The knowledge gained has been further diversified in various ways in the participating institutions and their networks. The project targeted public administrations, public and private fleet managers, municipal companies, public and private transport operators, and other stakeholders interested in sustainable technological options and feasible solutions to integrate e-mobility into the urban transport system.

A variety of activities

The project´s pilot activities (seven use cases) have outlined how different e-mobility applications can be implemented in urban areas. The use cases provided model solutions, i.e. convincing evidence, for fostering the implementation, replication, and upscaling of the selected electric transport solutions. The lessons learned not only guided public authorities, companies, planners, and transport providers in the process of integrating the solutions into urban transport strategies but also contributed to transnational networking and learning. The project summarised all the achievements in an intuitive interactive manner on the results page. The interactive city map, being featured on the page, resembles a part of the “Baltic Sea Region Roadmap for Urban E-Mobility” and embeds the project's use cases in the context of the urban transport system of a Baltic Sea region city. The project BSR electric inspired and raised awareness of feasible solutions to transform cities into more liveable places.

Stimulating investments in electric vehicles and charging infrastructure

Besides, the project BSR electric strengthened the ability to attract new financial resources, i.e. stimulating investments into urban electric transport solutions. The project closely collaborated with the decision-makers on a set of means and ways to finance urban e-mobility solutions.

Outputs

Theme-specific recommendations

The hands-on recommendations are produced to guide public institutions and private businesses in taking the "right" informed decisions. The recommendations serve as a helpful means to fostering decisions to step up on e-mobility in urban and municipal settings:

E-Vans and e-Logistics - Action Checklist for Municipalities, local and national Politicians
E-Buses - Action Checklist for Municipalities and Public Transport Providers
E-Bikes - Action Checklist for Municipalities and Companies
E-Scooters - Action Checklist for Municipalities and Organizations
E-Ferries - Action Checklist for Municipalities

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Online learning module on urban e-mobility applications

A set of submodules covers various formats (text, pictures, video, audio, interactive (quiz) features) to reach out to the heterogeneous group of e-mobility stakeholders. This online guidance is for decision- and policymakers in public authorities as well as urban transport actors who are challenged to implement sustainable urban mobility solutions in their cities. Next, the decision-makers of tomorrow, i.e. master students in related fields of studies, will find the relevant information, for example, as input for master theses or further research. The virtual learning arrangement has been promoted worldwide to academia, public and private actors. Due to its unique open-access design and placement on an open-access learning platform owned by Hamburg project partner, it can be accessed by all interested stakeholders.

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Baltic Sea Region Roadmap for Urban E-Mobility

The Baltic Sea Region Roadmap for Urban E-Mobility compiles targets urban transport planners, municipal and regional decision-makers and civil servants, researchers, executives of city-owned companies, and public transport providers in cities of the Baltic Sea region. The Roadmap is disseminated via a nested 4-layer approach. The four different formats vary in their information depth and content and thus cater to specific target groups. The aim is to introduce to the key factors shaping the decision-making on investments into e-mobility solutions and the development of sustainable and cost-effective operation concepts. Against this background, this roadmap is divided into four parts: 1) Introduction to the thematic of e-mobility solutions in urban areas and sustainable mobility concepts in times of climate change; 2) Presentation and analysis of potential e-mobility applications tested within the BSR electric project; 3) Showcasing inspiring sustainable mobility projects; and 4) Conclusions on e-mobility solutions in urban areas in the Baltic Sea region.

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