Title: Caravel CiViTAS II Project
1- Caravel CiViTAS II Project
- Tomasz Zwolinski, UMK
- 18.04.07 Krakow University of Technology
2CARAVEL- Travelling towards a new mobility -
- The participating cities intend to establish a
new culture for clean mobility in European cities
in support of sustainable development, citizens
well being and safe access for all. - CARAVEL Part of the CIVITAS initiative approved
by the the European Commission - Four participating cities
- Burgos, Genoa (leading city), Krakow, Stuttgart
- Timeframe
- 01.02.2005 31.01.2009
- Total cost
- 29,8 million , 13,19 million co-funding from
the CIVITAS II Programme
3Burgos
- Inhabitants ca. 170.000
- Well-known worldwide because of ist
cultural,monumental and artistic heritage - Privileged geographical position being
locatedhalf way between Madrid and the French
border - Strategic value for varied and dynamic industries
- Modal Split on foot (53), private car (36),
public transport (11) - 7.500 parking spaces, bus network with 28 lines
and total load of 40.000 passengers daily - Measures developed within the CIVITAS project
will be focused on the historical city area, the
city along the river and residental
neighbourhoods, peri-urban areas, industrial and
university areas and new neighbourhoods - CARAVEL Budget 6.077.853 , co-funding 2.405.482
(40)
4Genoa
- Called la Superba (the Proud)
- Inhabitants ca. 630.000
- Features one of the most commercial ports in the
Mediterranean Sea - European Capital of Culture in 2004
- Very difficult street layout due to the lack of
space and the absence of alternative routes - Densely populated area in the central part of the
city, characterised buy a big Historical Centre
with a thick net of narrow streets - Measures developed within the CIVITAS project
will be focused mainly in the central and eastern
part of the city - CARAVEL Budget 11.414.355 , co-funding
4.717.041 (41)
5Krakow
- Inhabitants ca. 760.000
- European Capital of Culture in 2000, enlistedto
the World Natural and Cultural Heritage - About 140.000 students at Jagiellonian
University, the oldest University in Central
and Eastern Europe - 1100 km of road network, ca. 700.000 daily trips
by Public Transport - Modal Split Public Transport (43), on foot
(29), private car (27), bicycle (1) - 3-zone traffic restriction scheme was introduced
in the city centre in 1988 - Measures developed within the CIVITAS project
will be focused on the city area within the
second ring road and major transport corridors - CARAVEL Budget 3.903.949 , co-funding 1.771.400
(45)
6Stuttgart
- Inhabitants ca. 592.000
- Centre of the conurbation Stuttgart Region
(Greater Stuttgart) with 2,6 million
inhabitants and 1,3 million persons employed - Well-known for the automotive and
mechanicalengineering companies - Radially designed trunk roads, only partially
existing supplementing ring connections due to
topography and landscape protection - Public Transport with 1 million passengers/day
- Modal Split private car (43), on foot (27),
public transport (24), bicycle (6) - Measures developed within the CIVITAS project
will be carried out in the city centre of
Stuttgart, the event area of Cannstatter Wasen
and the Stuttgart Region - CARAVEL Budget 4.287.350 , co-funding 1.668.393
(39)
7Technical Workpackages(representing the eight
policy fields of the CIVITAS Programme)
- Clean and energy-efficient vehicles
- Access management
- Integrated pricing strategies
- Stimulation of collective transport modes
- New forms of vehicle use and ownership
- New concepts for the distribution of goods
- Innovative soft measures
- Telematics
8Clean and energy-efficient vehicles
- Objectives
- To substantially increase the use of clean
vehicles and alternative fuels in the municipal
fleets - To stimulate the demand for clean vehicles among
mobility service operators and private car owners - To increase the share of renewable energy
consumption in the cities - Measures
- Transition strategies towards clean vehicle
fleets in all transport areas. Implementation in
Genoa, Burgos and Krakow -
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9Access management
- Objectives
- To create/enlarge access-controlled and clean
zone areas - To find solutions to comply with European air
quality legislation - To achieve social consensus for integrative
policy on use of scarce public space - To enforce access control in inner-city areas
- Measures
- Expansion of access controlled area and
enforcement of access restrictions in Krakow - Establish a clean zone with access control and
develop parking strategy and management in Burgos - Development of policy options for access
restriction in Stuttgart
10Integrated pricing strategies
- Objectives
- To significantly reduce the number of cars in
protected areas through integrated pricing
strategies - To improve economic and social vitality and
maintain necessary accessibility of protected
areas by clean modes/vehicles - To achieve wide social consensus for the road
user charging policy - Measures
- Set up an integrated access control and
enforcement strategy in Genoa and enlarge and
implement a full-scale road pricing scheme in
central Genoa -
11Stimulation of collective transport modes (1)
- Objectives
- To increase the quality, accessibility and
attractiveness of Public Transport (PT) - To provide efficient flexible (demand responsive)
PT services and integrate them also
institutionally - To offer innovative services bridging the gap
between conventional large volume PT and new
mobility demands - To provide innovative services for new user
groups (i.g. tourists) - To improve the intermodality in PT
- To improve PT security through comprehensive
strategies -
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12Stimulation of collective transport modes (2)
- Measures
- Establish clean high mobility corridors in Genoa
and Krakow and high mobility services in Burgos - Agency for flexible transport services in Genoa
- Collective mobility services for target users and
new mobility services for visitors in Burgos - Demand-responsive transport services and
integrated ticketing and tariffs in Krakow - New leisure related mobility services in Genoa
and Krakow - Security action plan for public transport in
Krakow and suburban railway in Greater Stuttgart -
13New forms of vehicle use and ownership
- Objectives
- To establish collective vehicle use concepts in
highly individualised cultures - To promote a new bicycle culture
- To extend the Public Transport offer by new
shared modes - To integrate new PT modes into the joint flexible
service agency (with demand-responsive services
etc.) - Measures
- Operate new car-pooling concepts for various
target groups in Burgos, Krakow and Stuttgart - Set up and extend car sharing services in Genoa
- Study options for car sharing in Krakow
- City bike scheme in Burgos and Krakow
14New concepts for the distribution of goods
- Objectives
- To develop coherent access control system for
goods vehicles to protected zones - To establish efficient goods distribution in
protected zones (100 clean vehicles) - To improve quality of goods distribution
- To achieve wide social consensus for goods
vehicle access restrictions - Measures
- Set up new goods distribution schemes in Krakow
an Burgos - Extend the existing goods distribution system in
Genoa -
15Innovative soft measures (1)
- Objectives
- To establish a new mobility culture in all
cities based on a civic consensus building and
consultation process - To create new psychological and economic
incentives for sustainable mobility use - To ultimately develop a holistic concept for
reducing the ecological footprint of mobility - To ensure accessibility of essential urban
infrastructures through integrated mobility
planning and mobility management - To emphasize crash prevention and to establish
road safety monitoring institutions - To enable qualified decision-taking in transport
planning - Conception and implementation of public awareness
campaigns to change behaviour of road users and
foster ecologically compatible transport modes
16Innovative soft measures (2)
- Measures
- Sustainable mobility marketing in all cities,
additionally development of an CO Points
scheme for individuals in Genoa - Set up a multi-stakeholder Mobility Forum in
Genoa, Burgos and Krakow - Integrated mobility plans for the San Martino
Hospital in Genoa and the Technical University of
Krakow - Integrated mobility strategy for trade fairs in
Genoa - Access for mobility impaired people, safe access
for pedestrians and increasing bicycle use in
Burgos - Monitoring centres for road safety and crash
prevention in Genoa and Krakow, safety and crash
prevention plan in Burgos - Decision support tool for environmental impact
assessment of traffic planning measures in Genoa
17Telematics
- Objectives
- To provide intermodal traveller information
services based on Intelligent Transport Systems - To use ITS for PT quality improvements (bus lane
enforcement and bus priority) and traffic control - To implement new services based on EGNOS/GALILEO
- To manage mobility requirements of big events in
a sustainable way - Measures
- Infomobility platforms in Genoa and Krakow
- Infomobility services and traffic visualisation
system in Burgos - Bus lane control system in Genoa
- Public transport priority system in Krakow
- Event-oriented traffic management in Stuttgart
18Horizontal activities
All in close cooperation with CIVITAS, GUARD
19Project coordination and management
- Objectives
- To manage the integrated Project effectively
- To ensure quality control
- To ensure political direction to the project
- Tasks
- Financial and contract management
- Management reporting and quality control
- Risk management
- Political and scientific guidance
20Integration and technical management
- Objectives
- To coordinate site and workpackage activities
- To coordinate liaison with GUARD and other
CIVITAS projects - To facilitate a high-quality technical
cooperation among partners - To supervise technical progress including gender
issues - To achieve a fully integrated mobility policy
approach - Tasks
- Site coordination and technical integration
- Technical coordination and progress reporting
21Evaluation
- Objectives
- To agree a uniform procedure of evaluation among
the cities - To verify values of indicators for performance
measures - To evaluate the impacts of the integrated package
of measures and the individual measures of
CARAVEL at city level based on common indicators,
methods and tools - To cooperate actively on CIVITAS level evaluation
activities (Guard and other CIVITAS Projects) - To identify opportunities for transfer of result
- Tasks
- Site evaluation
- Reporting results
- Analysing transferability
22Dissemination, training awareness and exploitation
- Objectives
- To widely disseminate CARAVEL results
- To establish an intense process of experience
exchange on the national, project, and programme
level - To cooperate actively on CIVITAS level
dissemination activities (GUARD and other CIVITAS
cities) - To coordinate European-level training activities
among other project cities - To ensure that all partners can capitalise on
their investments, exploiting transfer potentials - Tasks
- Dissemination media and events (e.g. brochure,
website, newsletter) - Training and experience exchange
- Summer University
- Exploitation
23M6.1 Integrated access control strategy in Krakow
- More restricted areas and streets for individual
cars means simply better conditions for public
transport, pedestrians and cyclers, which are
still most popular means of transport in Krakow
(with modal split ca. 61 for PT and 39 for
individual cars). - Objectives
- To enlarge access-controlled areas
- To achieve social consensus for integrative
policy on use of scarce public space - To improve conditions of public transport in the
city centre - To make city centre more attractive for
non-motorised transport users - To better promote in mass media the policy about
car mobility restrictions
24M6.1 Integrated access control strategy in Krakow
- Innovations
- Integrated access control scheme in Krakow
- Concept of dividing city centre into "sectors"
- New parking management scheme including
elimination of on-street parking places - "Soft" elimination of transit moves across city
centre - Mass media promotion of mobility restrictions
25M6.1 Integrated access control strategy in Krakow
26M6.4 Enforcement of access restrictions in Krakow
- Objectives
- Improving the system of access control into the
B-zone in the city centre - Implementation and test of an electronic
identification system - Decreasing the amount of cars getting into
restricted area without permission - Elimination of traffic passing the old centre
city - Improvement of the environmental conditions in
city
27 Thank you Tomasz Zwolinski zwolinto_at_um.krakow.pl
www.civitas-initiative.org www.caravel-krakow.pl