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What can public transport do to support sustainable workplace mobility?

Predominant car-traffic infrastructure, shortage of public transport services, and hostility to active mobility are challenges that many cities face at the periphery of their cities. To support sustainable workplace mobility, public transport can develop a key role when planning for low-carbon mobility offers beyond administrative boundaries, as the general service area usually reaches into or covers the functional urban area (FUA). Thus, public transport operators can reach out to all important stakeholders and users, to understand their perspectives and needs. As mobility providers and planners, they have the expertise to co-develop solutions to mobility problems. This was realized in an integrated planning process at the level of the FUA in both Leipzig (DE) and Szeged (HU), based on a continuous dialogue with local companies in the planning areas, which resulted in the development of detailed action plans for sustainable workplace mobility for the two planning areas.

The close communication and interaction with their target group in the LOW-CARB project enabled the public transport operators LVB and SZKT and their partners to develop integrated measure packages that support attractive, intelligent, connected and, above all, intermodal mobility offers – from bus and rail, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic to sharing systems. Furthermore, the dialogue was used to create awareness and acceptance of existing low-carbon transport offers and to promote active mobility.

Find out more in the LOW-CARB recommendations for low-carbon mobility planning with companies in suburban areas (in EN).

And here is the way to all our other LOW-CARB resources including, e.g., our handbooks for low-carbon mobility pilots and strategies in all central European languages.


Gecko Webinar: How to regulate automated vehicles on March 24, 15-16:30

Join the GECKO project on Wednesday, 24 March at 15:00 – 16:30 CET for a webinar on Managing New Mobility: How to Regulate Automated Vehicles The webinar will provide an overview of regulations around automated vehicles in jurisdictions across Europe and beyond. A local authority (Michael Glotz-Richter, Bremen, Germany) and an expert on the regulatory perspective (Caroline Busquet, Absiskey) will share their views and present their priorities in navigating this emerging technology. Your participation in the following discussion is welcome! To reserve your spot, register here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3742261905224230160
Places are limited.

Beszámoló a Magyar CIVINET 19. (virtuális) találkozójáról – Szemléletformálás és kommunikáció a városi közlekedésben

Beszámoló a Magyar CIVINET 19. (virtuális) találkozójáról - Szemléletformálás és kommunikáció a városi közlekedésben

Magyar CIVINET 2021. február 24-én tartotta meg 19. találkozóját, mely az elmúlt néhány eseményhez hasonlóan a virtuális térben zajlott. A Szemléletformálás és kommunikáció a városi közlekedésben címen megtartott félnapos webináriumon hat előadás járta körül a témát.

Felvezetésként Ekés András a Mobilissimus ügyvezetője beszélt a téma apropójáról, illetve a korábban lezárult CIVITAS Prosperity projekt kapcsolódó eredményeiről. Utóbbi kapcsán kiemelt figyelmet kapott a fenntartható városi mobilitástervezés (SUMP) módszertan, melynek egyik alappillére az érintettek bevonása, a közösségi tervezés, ahol a lakosság, a szakemberek, a civil képviseletek és a település döntéshozóinak szempontjai is érvényesülnek a terv kialakítása során. A városi közlekedéssel kapcsolatos kommunikáció területéről András érdekes példákat hozott az elmúlt harminc évből, szemléltetve a kommunikáció jellegének és stílusának változását, az üzenetek megfogalmazásának módját, valamint, hogy hogyan hódítottak teret egyre inkább a szolgáltató központú kommunikációs elemek helyett az utasok legjobb informálását előtérbe helyező tájékoztatások a klasszikus hirdetményektől és különböző menetrendi arculatoktól kezdve a közösségi média adta lehetőségekig. András kiemelte a koronavírus járvány alatti kommunikáció szerepét is, melyről egy későbbi előadásban részletesebben is szó volt.

A következő előadó Szabó Noémi, a Mobilissimus várostervező szakértője volt, aki az egri SUMP, valamint a SUNRISE H2020 projekt keretein belül szerzett kommunikációs tapasztalatairól beszélt. Megismerhettük az egri SUMP során alkalmazott közösségi tervezés eszközeit: problémafeltáró kérdőív, reprezentatív kérdőív a célokról és a projektekről, valamint szakmai és lakossági fórumok, melyek keretében bevonásra kerültek a különböző érintettek. A projekt keretén belül közlekedési szemléletformáló videók is készültek kisiskolások bevonásával, e kisfilmek nagyon népszerűek lettek az egriek körében. A SUNRISE projekt keretében egy konkrét mintaterületen a zuglói Törökőrön a gyakorlatban is tesztelésre kerültek a különböző közösségi tervezési eszközök, mint például térképes problémafeltárás helyszíni kitelepüléssel, tematikus problémafeltáró séták mozgásukban korlátozottakkal (pl. vakok és gyengénlátók, kerekesszékesek), projektek tesztelése (pl. sétálóutca kialakítása időszakos utcalezárással). 

Háznagy Andor a Budapesti Közlekedési Központ munkatársa az INCLUSION H2020 projektet mutatta be, amelyben 2 pilot projekt során a kiszolgáltatott társadalmi csoportok mobilitási igényeiről való kommunikáció, valamint a közlekedési szolgáltató dolgozóinak érzékenyítése volt a fókuszban.

A továbbiakban Ekés András különböző külföldi közlekedési cégek járvány alatti kommunikációjáról mutatott be összefoglalót. Kitért arra, hogy a közösségi média felületei kiválóan alkalmasak az üzenetek gyors eljuttatására széles körű társadalmi csoportok számára, és a híreken és egzakt információkon túl a vizuális elemeknek és a humornak is különös ereje van a járvány okozta különösen nehéz időszakban. Többek között a müncheni MVG, a berlini BVG, a nagy-párizsi Île-de-France Mobilités és a londoni TFL járvány alatti kommunikációjából láthattunk kifejező, sokszor humoros példákat arra, hogy hogyan lehet az utasokat pozitív kommunikációval ösztönözni a szabályok betartására.

Hári Ernő, a Kecskeméti Közlekedési Központ ügyvezetője beszélt az újonnan megalapított közlekedésszervező utaskommunikációval kapcsolatos tapasztalatairól. Mint új szereplő a kecskeméti mobilitási piacon, modern szemlélettel és aktív kommunikációval segítették kezdettől fogva az utasok tájékoztatását, közösségi médiában való jelenlétüket pedig fokozatosan erősítik.

A találkozó zárásaként Borsi Dávid, a BKK kommunikációs vezetője beszélt a BKK koronavírus-járvány alatti utaskommunikációjáról. Szó volt a BKK tavaly márciusban megújult kommunikációs stratégiájáról, a járvány alatti szabályok , illetve a járművek közegészségügyi értelemben vett és biztonságossá tételét célzó kommunikációról, ami nagyon fontos a közösségi közlekedés iránti bizalomvesztés visszaépítésében.

Az egri SUMP kapcsán elkészült szemléletformáló videókat a Mobilissimus YouTube csatornáján lehet megtekinteni.

A Magyar Civinet, illetve aktuális városi közlekedést érintő hírekről és érdekességekről a Magyar CIVINET facebook oldalán tájékozódhat.

A Magyar CIVINET hírlevelére ITT lehet feliratkozni.

First full year results of the Vienna PV system

A new, foil-based PV system is being tested on the roof of a Vienna metro station by Wiener Linien. This kind of PV system is much lighter than the conventional one because of the lack of a metal frame. The green energy is directly fed into the stations’ energy grid: the system is used to power metro station auxiliaries. The test started on 14th January 2020 and is continuously monitored.

Photo: PV system on the roof of a metro station (Wiener Linien)

Results

The PV system with a nominal power of 60 kWp generated 58.377 kWh green energy in the first full year of operation; that is 5.7% of the station’s yearly energy consumption. The table below summarises key data about the PV installation, such as the amount of the CO2-savings.

Photo: Main results of the first full year (Wiener Linien)

The generated green energy is up to 10% of the metro-station’s monthly energy demand in Spring and Summer months. On the strongest days, the PV system can supply up to 50% of the station’s energy need.

Outlook

Regarding the feasibility, the Wiener Linien pilot project covers all obstacles (e.g. weight, electrical earthing) other potential locations of mobility providers equally struggle with. Due to the excellent experience at this metro station, Wiener Linien is currently checking other metro stations for the possibility of installing a PV system. The goal is to install a PV system on as many stations as possible, to use as much green energy as possible for powering the auxiliaries of the stations. But with a view to the financial aspect, Wiener Linien will use conventional PV-Systems where it is possible, as its costs are lower.

Source: Interreg EfficienCE

Author of the article: Wiener Linien

Cover photo: Wiener Linien

LOW-CARB proudly presents its pilots & strategies handbooks

Planning for integrated and low-carbon mobility for public transport was at the heart of the LOW-CARB project. This was achieved when planners in municipalities, public transport authorities, and private companies joined forces to cooperate beyond their respective administrative, departmental, and organizational boundaries.

Our two newly released handbooks elaborate on how we created good planning practices in our pilot measures and development of IT-based tools, and provide strategic approaches to governance and data-based planning for practitioners.

Learn about our low carbon pilot measures and their potential for transferability: Read now in EN » (also available in all central European languages here)

Explore strategic approaches to governance and data-based planning for low-carbon mobility. Read now in EN » (also soon available in all central European languages).

Hello to SUMP in Bosnia and Herzegowina!

Nerman Palic is a researcher and lecturer at the University in Sarajevo and at the “CEPS-Center for Business Studies” in Kiseljak, where he works at the Faculty of Transport and Communications. “My area of interest is sustainable urban mobility and all the concepts on which it is based, such as the development and promotion of the use of urban public transport, traffic safety, planning, and environmental awareness in traffic.” We are happy to have you on board at the SUMP-Central, especially as we can link to your website where you promote the concept of sustainable urban mobility planning in Bosnia and Herzegowina in local language.  

Új MaaS útmutató magyarul

Mobilitás mint szolgáltatás (MaaS) és fenntartható városi mobilitástervezés címmel új tematikus útmutató jelent meg magyarul, a SUMP Útmutató második kiadásához kapcsolódó kiadványok egyikeként. Bemutatja a MaaS koncepcióját és azt, hogy miért fontos beépíteni a fenntartható városi mobilitási terv (SUMP) folyamatba.

A Mobilitás mint szolgáltatás (MaaS) a városi döntéshozók és tervezők értékes segítője lehet mobilitási céljaik elérése során, mivel számos különböző közlekedési formát integrál egyetlen igény szerint használható mobilitási szolgáltatásban. Ez a szakmai tájékoztató megadja a szükséges elemeket a MaaS rendszer megértéséhez a MaaS bevezetése iránt érdeklődő városok számára, segít felmérni az adott város felkészültségi szintjét, valamint feltárni a lehetséges működési és üzemeltetési lehetőségeket és modelleket.

A tematikus útmutatót az ERTICO – ITS Europe, a MaaS Szövetség házigazdája dolgozta ki, a magyar kiadást a Mobilissimus gondozta a Dynaxibility4CE projekt keretében.

Achievements of the Low Carb project: Modern sustainable mobility for Central Europe

For the last 3 years the InterregCE project, LOW-CARB, has challenged the status quo of mobility planning in central Europe (CE). Its project partners stepped up and out of their comfort zones to develop highly innovative strategies, action plans, pilots, tools, and skills development trainings that foster low carbon mobility and transportation. All of which were addressed by introducing a new geographic scope for planning for mobility— the Functional Urban Area (FUA). Although this transnational project comes to an end it leaves behind a strong legacy of low carbon options for sustainable urban mobility planning, upon which urban planners in central Europe will continue to advance.

The concrete accomplishments of LOW-CARB include: the development of three strategies to guide urban planners with topics on open-data management, governance, and centring public transport as the backbone of low-carbon transportation systems; the co-creation of four data-based Action Plans for integrated mobility planning beyond administrative borders with key mobility stakeholders; and the demonstration of innovative low carbon mobility technologies in six pilot FUAs. The partners collectively created over 200 individual measures for low-carbon mobility! These actions have led to an estimated leverage of 107 Mio € for investments in sustainable mobility offers in FUAs by 2025.

LOW-CARB’s activities have resulted in several outputs important for future creation of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMP), including the following novel tools.

1) The SUMP-Self-Assessment Tool guides planners in local central European languages through the entire SUMP process at multiple geographic scopes. It is both a monitoring and evaluation tool that provides tailored feedback according to the assessment of unique mobility situations.

2) REACHIE, an interactive journey planner map intended for both planners and civilians to visualize available options when making multimodal trips. The routes are integrated with public transport services and estimated carbon savings are calculated for using multimodal options over conventional automobiles.

3) Like REACHIE, theSUMP GIS Monitoring Tool is a data-based  tool using maps, but it visualizes mobility measures of multiple measure packages when planning or implementing a SUMP. It provides planners with a visual cumulative overview of the measures they have selected for the FUA and provides metadata about them. The tool aids coordination and engagement activities during SUMP processes. Both REACHIE and the SUMP GIS Monitoring tools were created for their respective FUAs (City of Leipzig and Brno) and show good potential for being replicated as data applications in other CE regions.

4) The recently launched SUMP Central Competence Centre is an online platform and one-stop-shop for local planning authorities and urban practitioners to access resources and content that can support them with developing SUMPs. This knowledge-database provides news, good practices, exemplar SUMPs, tools, and access to expert networks, all in central European languages!

Not only did LOW-CARB reduce transport-related carbon emissions by introducing the above-mentioned innovations, but also increased the competencies of local authorities to better plan and transition to carbon-neutral mobility systems.  It transferred its knowledge through skills development trainings, interactive public events, and a follower program with nine other twinning cities and regions.
LOW-CARB’s public events reached over 400 participants while presenting at conferences, hosting webinars, pilot launches and more. The project’s 10 partners were also responsible for having trained a further 620 people in local, national, and transnational sessions. These actions have created institutional co-operation, fostered joint financing, and facilitated the FUAs to become the leaders of central Europe for low carbon mobility. The FUAs are Leipzig (DE), Koprivnica (CR), Brno (CZ), Skawina and Krakow (PL), Szeged (Hu), and Parma (IT).   The pursuit of low carbon mobility in CE does not end with LOW-CARB, much of its development goals will be furthered in other capitalisation projects and frameworks, most notably the InterregCE Dynaxibilty4CE project. For more info about LOW-CARB’s activities and outputs, visit the project’s news board and document repository where its pilot handbooks, strategies, and tool factsheets are available in the main central European languages.

Two new tools for planning mobility in Central Europe: SUMP-central Competence Center and SUMP Self-Assessment Tool (SSAT)

As part of the Interreg CE LOW-CARB project, two new innovative tools were recently launched to bring together interested citizens and urban planners in a unique approach to a sustainable future driven by mobility and low-emission transport. The SUMP-central Competence Center and the SUMP Self-Assessment Tool are two tools that already demonstrate promising improvements and support for sustainable urban mobility planning (SUMP) for planners at the local and national levels facing integrated planning challenges related to low-emission mobility in Central Europe.

SUMP-central Competence Center

SUMP-central Competence Center, was officially launched on November 30, 2020. It is a new online platform and knowledge hub dedicated to providing news, best practices, learning materials and resources to support planners in developing SUMPs in Central Europe (CE). Although similar platforms already exist, LOW-CARB identified further needs and requirements for Central European planners for SUMP resources during many projects and trainings where it was received feedback that SUMP resources should be available in more Central European languages and to make the planner better able to cope with the challenges facing the Central European area. SUMP Central Competence Center is trying to fill these gaps. The following is a multi-directional approach, paired with machine translations, to provide local planning authorities and urban practitioners with a single platform of knowledge in their local language. It does not seek to replace existing platforms, but to create a better connection with them, providing users with a better experience in finding relative SUMP information in a language they understand. The site is available in Polish, Czech, Croatian, Hungarian, Slovak, Slovenian, English, Italian and German.

The platform also meets an additional challenge for planners, and that is finding professionals who have experience in switching to low-emission mobility systems. On the platform, experts, networks and stakeholders can offer their contact information and area of expertise for planners to contact! By connecting planners with others on the ground, new international relationships can be achieved for those who are just at the beginning of their transition. Find out how you can get involved in this open call (https://www.interreg-central.eu/Content.Node/SUMP-Central-Open-Call.pdf) if you are a mobility expert or interested in sustainable urban mobility planning.

SUMP Self-Assessment Tool

The SUMP Self-Assessment Tool (SSAT) was developed in collaboration with the CIVITAS SUMP-up project and is intended for local authorities and practitioners to assess the level of readiness of the region for the development of the SUMPs and or how closely their existing strategic mobility plan is linked to the latest European guidelines for SUMPs. Since its launch exactly a year ago, it has soon become a source for the use of tools by many urban planners, which is not surprising given its wide range of applicability.

As part of the tool, 30 to 45 questions (depending on the mobility situation of each region) will determine the quality of the strategic mobility plan or planning approach in the region and provide an assessment of general planning activities. After only 20-30 minutes, you (or your team) will also receive further guidance, resources and suggestions based on a unique assessment of the mobility situation in the region and identifiable contextual needs.

The tool generates individualized codes that can be used to re-enter the same grade multiple times, continue where you left off in the survey, or access a review of previous results and recommendations. This is especially useful when organizing stakeholder sessions, necessary during the SUMP process, without losing information from one meeting to another! In times when online interaction is increasingly becoming the primary method of engagement, stakeholder gathering has faced severe obstacles, but this tool can be used to communicate effectively with mobility stakeholders. The LOW-CARB project has already hosted numerous workshops using it as a tool to implement activities.

SSAT is actively implemented in over 300 cities and regions around the world! It is currently available in 14 European languages and can be used regardless of the territorial boundaries of the planning authority. In short, SSAT is applicable at multiple levels of planning, either at the local city level, at the level of a functional urban area, or at the level of multiple cities. Find out more about the platform in this fact sheet (https://www.interreg-central.eu/Content.Node/LOW-CARB-SUMP-Self-Assessment-Tool-Factsheet.pdf)

For more information on the LOW-CARB project and other results visit:
https://www.interreg-central.eu/Content.Node/LOW-CARB.html

New battery technology is tested in Pilsen​

New battery technology is tested in Pilsen

The Pilsen City Public Transport Company (PMDP) has launched a series of tests of a battery buffer storage station at the final station of trolleybus line 16 in September 2020. The charging station is connected only to the trolleybus overhead wires from which its battery is continuously charged, and under load it is able to quickly supply a larger amount of energy back to the trolleybuses. The main function of the station is to strengthen places with insufficient power supply.

PMDP got the opportunity by the provider of the battery station to test a new type of such a station, equipped with more efficient lithium batteries (the charging effort of the new station is more than doubled, compared to the old station, and the usable capacity of the storage is three times bigger). The new battery station is now being tested, following a time plan where several factors are combined, so that as many as possible of imaginable scenarios are covered by the tests, to avoid any future complications in case the battery station should be launched into regular traffic as it is planned. Factors being involved into the testing scenarios are based on the battery station and feeder nr. 40 that is under standard conditions responsible for energy supply in the area where the tests take place.

Photo: Replacing of the battery station (PMDP)

Each phase of the tests runs for one week (working days only). The tests started on the 11th January, and according to the schedule, they are to be finished by the 5th March, covering the following cases:

  • Phase 0: testing of the installed battery station by its producer, feeder nr. 40 inactive;
  • Phase 1a: standard traffic, battery station inactive;
  • Phase 1b: standard traffic, both battery station and feeder nr. 40 inactive;
  • Phase 1c: standard traffic, battery station active, feeder nr. 40 inactive;
  • Phase 2a: both battery station and feeder nr. 40 inactive, feeder nr. 41 supplied from the central converter station;
  • Phase 2b: feeder nr. 40 inactive, feeder nr. 41 supplied from the central converter station, battery station active;
  • Phase 3a: standard traffic of central converter station, partial trolleybuses operation on affected lines (14 and 16), battery station inactive;
  • Phase 3b: standard traffic of central converter station, partial trolleybuses operation on affected lines (14 and 16), battery station active.

So far, all the tests are running according to the planned schedule. An unexpected, but welcomed circumstance was the unusually long period of days with sub-zero temperatures that enabled gathering data even under extreme conditions. As in the case of the test series done in last autumn with the old battery station, the data gathered is sent to Gdańsk University of Technology, PMDP´s co-partner within the Interreg EfficienCE project for detailed analysis. The outcomes will be known after the last running test.

Source: Interreg EfficienCE

Author of the article: Martin Liška (PMDP)

Cover photo: PMDP