Madeleine Kelly-Tychti Conference ECLF Donóstia San Sebastian 2015

1. Transport
• European Commission
• Policy, Promotion & Funding
for Cycling
• Madeleine Kelly-Tychtl
• Directorate-General for Mobility & Transport

2. Transport
• EC Policy

3. Transport
1. Transport policy
2011 Transport White Paper:
Two urban mobility goals
Ø Halve the use of conventionally fuelled cars in cities by 2030
Ø Achieve CO2 free city logistics in major urban areas by 2030
2013 Urban Mobility Package:
Ø Reinforces EU support to cities
Ø Focus on integrated and comprehensive urban mobility planning
Ø Call for coordinated action at all levels of government – EU,
national, regional, local

4. Transport
2013 Urban Mobility Package
Central element: Communication on 'Together towards
competitive and resource efficient urban mobility'
Call for action from the Member States
Reinforces EU support (best practice, funding)
Recommendations on Urban logistics, Urban access
regulations, ITS deployment in urban areas, Urban road
safety
Annex sets out concept of a Sustainable Urban Mobility
Plan (SUMP) which should incorporate a plan to raise the
attractiveness, safety and security of walking and cycling

5. Transport
Staff Working Documents (SWD):
• SWD 524 - A call to action on urban logistics
• SWD 525 - Targeted action on urban road safety
• SWD526 – A call for smarter urban vehicle access
regulations
• SWD 527 - Mobilising Intelligent Transport Systems for
EU cities
The Urban Mobility Package

6. Transport
• Member States invited to:
• Ensure that urban logistics is properly considered in their
national approaches to urban mobility and within SUMPs
• Create platforms for cooperation, exchange of data and
information, training, etc. for all actors of the logistics
chains
Urban logistics (I)
Urban logistics crucial for the functioning of cities,
considerable share urban transport.
But often neglected.

7. Transport
• The Commission will:
• Improve the dissemination and uptake of best practice on
urban logistics
• Prepare, with experts, guidance documents that provide
practical assistance for improving urban logistics
performance (e.g. development of delivery and servicing
plans, freight consolidation, etc.)
Urban logistics (II)

8. Transport
REINFORCING EU SUPPORT
Sharing experiences and best practices, fostering cooperation
Research and innovation
Targeted financial support
MSEU
Conditions conducive to transforming urban mobility
Coordinated
intervention
Urbanlogistics
SustainableUrban
MobilityPlans
Urbanaccess
regulations
UrbanITS
deployment
Urbanroadsafety
Future topics?
Cities

9. Transport
Two main policy papers:
White Paper 2011: Towards a "zero-vision" on
road safety
Policy Orientations on Road Safety 2011-2020:
halve the number of fatalities
q One of the 7 priority objectives is the
protection of cyclists, pedestrians and
motorcyclists
2. Road Safety policy

10. Transport
Road fatalities in EU-28 2010-2020

11. Transport
Cycling fatalities decreasing less than other users

12. Transport
Cyclist, pedestrians and motorcyclists account for 2/3
of fatalities in urban areas; 10% of them cyclists

13. Transport
3. Health policy
• 2007 White Paper 'A Strategy on Nutrition,
Overweight, and Obesity-related health issues'.
• 2014 Action Plan on Childhood Obesity.
• Third Health Programme 2014-2020 includes
financial support for health and disease prevention.
• High Level Group on Nutrition and Physical Activity.
• EU Platform for Action on Diet, Physical Activity and
Health.

14. Transport
Health policy contd.
• Cycling (and walking): practical and enjoyable
way of addressing physical inactivity, which
negatively impacts on people's health, on
healthcare costs and on the economy.
• Regular walking or cycling can also help lower
stress levels.
• Over half of the European adult population and
one in three children are overweight or obese.

15. Transport
4. Regional Policy
• During the period 2007-2013, an estimated
budget of +/- € 670 million was made
available for investments in cycle infrastructure
in regions across the EU through EU cohesion
policy.
• During the period 2014-2020, Community
support for cycling and walking infrastructure
will be maintained, in the amount of € 1-2
billion, principally via ERDF.

16. Transport
5. Tourism policy
Direct cofinancing: over 10 transnational
projects since 2010, promoting cycle
tourism (websites, observatories, maps,
promotional events, action plans, etc)
Co-funding to parts of the EuroVelo network
www.eurovelo.com
and to European Greenways Observatory
www.greenwayseurope.org

17. Transport
ü Air quality and emissions subject
to international and national
observation and action
– WHO, OECD, UNEP, UNECE, CLRTAP
and the Göteborg protocol, EU and
national/regional legislation…
ü On EU level AQ and global
emissions are regulated by:
- The EU 2005 thematic strategy on air
pollution (2005)
- Emission caps: National Emission
Ceilings Directive (DIR 2001/81/EC)
- Local air quality limits: Air Quality
Directive (DIR 2008/50/EC)
ü Major global emission reductions
achieved from 1990
ü Major incompliance still exists
6. Environment policy

18. Transport
Environment Policy contd.
• Health costs of air pollution:
€23 billion/year EU-wide
• Premature deaths due to air pollution about
400.000 /year
• i.e. 10 times the amount of deaths due to traffic
accidents.
CLARS website on urban access regulations & low
emission zones: www.urbanaccessregulations.eu

19. Transport
• EC Promotion

20. Transport
• Pan-European campaign culminating in Car-Free Day.
• Aim: to encourage European municipalities to introduce and
promote sustainable transport.
• Around 2000 cities register every year, and implement around 8500
measures improving public transport and urban infrastructure.
• 2015 theme multimodality: 'Choose.Change.Combine.'
• Merged with Commission's Do the Right Mix campaign – to
strengthen potential, and include a broader public.
16-22 September every year
(launched in 2002)

21. Transport
European Week of Sport
7-13 September
• New initiative in 2015.
• Aims to promote sport and physical activity
across Europe, and raise awareness about the
benefits.
• 4 Focus Days: Education environment,
Workplaces, Outdoors, Clubs & Fitness centres.
• 31 National Coordinators + 25 European
partners, i.e. sport (-related) organisations.
Let's #BeActive

22. Transport
The urban mobility observatory
Best practice
Cycling case studies
Tools
News
Dedicated section on SUMPs
www.eltis.org

23. Transport
• EC Funding

24. Transport
European Structural and Investment Funds
(ERDF, ESF, Cohesion Fund)
Ø €7,9 billion for urban mobility 2007-2013
Ø €11-12 billion planned for urban mobility 2014-2020 (+40%)
Ø 24 Member States will benefit including all 15 cohesion countries
Ø EC and MS develop Partnership Agreements on national level
and Operational Programmes on regional level
Ø More info at:
http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/index_en.cfm
http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/manage/authority/authority_e
n.cfm

25. Transport
Funding for research and innovation
1. Horizon 2020:
i. Mobility for Growth - Urban (= CIVITAS 2020):
100 M€ for 2014/2015
ii. Mobility for Growth – Infrastructure: 35 M€ for
2014/2015
iii. Green Vehicles: 160 M€ for 2014/2015
Calls for 2015 published:
http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html
2. Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking II
http://www.fch-ju.eu

26. Transport
• Funding of sustainable urban
mobility measures in cities
• Some 60 cities benefited
from EU support
• Logistics 2015: NOVELOG,
CITYLAB, SUCCESS, U-TURN
• Annual Forum – platform for
exchange of best practice:
Ljubljana, 7-9 October 2015
www.civitas.eu
Civitas initiative

27. Transport
CIVITAS initiative – How to get involved?
1. Submit a proposal under Horizon 2020
2. Join the Civitas Forum network of cities (free)
Ø Over 220 member cities
3. Join a thematic group (free)
Ø In 10 specific areas (e.g. clean fuels, mobility management etc.)
4. Apply to the activity fund
Ø Supports take-up activities (3rd call published in April 2015)
5. Join a regional network 'CIVINET'
Ø Spain+Portugal, French-speaking, Italy, UK+Ireland,
Netherlands+Flanders, Slovenia+Croatia, German-speaking,
Hungary, Czech Republic+Slovakia, Poland

28. Transport
Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE) Programme
• IEE supported 22 cycling projects with
EUR 26,4m of EU funding
• 9 Projects ongoing (CycleLogistics Ahead;
PRO-E-BIKE)
IEE projects database:
http://ec.europa.eu/energy/intelligent/projects/en
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29. Transport
EC on Cycling:
• Cycling, walking and public transport are essential
elements of multimodality and of sustainable urban
mobility.
• Active mobility including cycling offers major
benefits in terms of improved health; reduced air
pollution, congestion and noise; and lower energy
use. Facilitating cycling should be an integral part of
urban mobility and of infrastructure design.
• Jobs perspective: cycling employs some 650.000
people in Europe (in bicycle tourism, retail,
infrastructure, industry and services).

30. Transport
• Madeleine Kelly-Tychtl
• European Commission
• Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport
• Clean Transport & Sustainable Urban Mobility
• Madeleine.Kelly@ec.europa.eu
• www.ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/urban
/urban_mobility/urban_mobility_actions/cy
cling-walking_en.htm
• Expert Group on Urban Mobility (E03165)