BUMP – Boosting Urban Mobility Plans

1. BUMP – Boosting Urban Mobility Plans Contract number: IEE/12/672/SI2.644735 Duration: 05/04/2013 – 04/04/2016 Slides created on 05/05/2013

2. Project summary The BUMP partnership: AREA Science Park (Italy) – Project coordinator TUDO - Technical University Dortmund (Germany) CSDCS - Club Sustainable Development of Civil Society (Bulgaria) CIRCE - Centre of Research for Energy Resources and Consumption (Spain) ALEA – Alba Local Energy Agency (Romania) SWEA – Severn Wye Energy Agency Ltd (UnitedKingdom) VIAALTA a. s. (CzechRepublic) REC – Regional Environmental Centre (Hungary and Poland) • BUMP helps local authorities develop their SUMPsthrough training, coaching, mutual learning, networking • Pillars: • building capacity in LAs; • mutual learning and sharing of expertise among high-ranking officers and directors working for the LAs involved in the project, their peers from other LAs and stakeholders; • easily replicable BUMP model using existing materials from the ELTIS platform; • international and national networking to boost sustainable urban mobility.

3. Background Congestion, pollution, noise, land use issues, inadequate public transport systems, vehicle speed decline are a reality of a vast majority of European cities. Transport and mobility are becoming key policy concerns for local authorities often ill-prepared for the challenge. BUMP offers a fresh approach, with integrated, strategic multi-sector and multi-level planning. • Among the most significant drivers for the problem: • insufficient political commitment, policy coordination and long-term political planning; • insufficient incentives for consumers; • insufficiently developed markets for energy efficiency improvements; • low awareness of energy saving opportunities; • cultural barriers, mistrust of new technologies and lack of willingness to adopt EE solutions BUMP’s way to implement sustainable mobility goes through comprehensive, structured support, insisting on capacity building, coaching, mutual learning and exchange of expertise, know-how and best practices at a national and international level.

4. Objectives and main steps • 3-stage implementation: • definition of the model and national adaptations; • training (capacity building, exchange of expertise, mutual learning); • coaching to help LAs develop their SUMPs. • Specific Objectives: • reducing transport-related energy consumption and environmental impact • building capacity inside local authorities to develop and keep updated SUMPs • promoting mutual learning and sharing of expertise among officers and directors working for the local authorities involved in the project, building upon existing materials and models developed by the EU’s ELTIS platform. • spurring 50 local authorities to join the CIVITAS network and contribute to a wider dissemination of the results achieved and further mutual learning among the members of the network. • Strengths: • international networks (ICLEI; REC; EPOMM PLUS; Cities for Mobility; CIVITAS); • support by 40 local and regional authorities, consortia and associations of LAs; • focus on the specific requirements of the target groups to customize the training and coaching model.

5. Expected impacts • Impacts within the project’s lifetime: • 90 cities with a population ranging from 40.000 to 350.000 inhabitants in 9 countries benefitting from BUMP’s services • 36 new SUMPs drafted in 9 countries • 180 directors and experts from 90 cities from 9 countries trained • 180 directors and experts from 90 cities and 320 local stakeholders from 9 countries take part in the mutual learning workshops • 50 cities joining the CIVITAS network • 40 cities benefitting from study visits to foster the replication of the BUMP experience • 2.000 local authorities informed about the project results • Expected impacts by 2020: • 96 new SUMPS • 250 local authorities’ directors and experts trained • 450M litres of fuel consumption reduction • CO2emissions reduction: -20% • Hydrocarbons emissions reduction: -10% • NOxemissions reduction: -33% • PM10 emissions reduction: -10% • - 30% deaths due to traffic incidents. • 65 M € (total of the 96 cities where a SUMP has been introduced)

6. Partners and contact AREA Science Park – Project coordinator www.area.trieste.it fabio.tomasi@area.trieste.it Fabio Tomasi: +39 040 3755268 VIA ALTA a. s. (Czech Republic) www.via-alta.cz/en/ TUDO - Technical University Dortmund www.tu-dortmund.de REC – Regional Environmental Centre www.rec.org REC Poliand country office http://poland.rec.org/ SWEA – Severn Wye Energy Agency Ltd www.swea.co.uk CIRCE - Centre of Research for Energy Resources and Consumption http://fcirce.es/ ALEA – Alba Local Energy Agency www.alea.ro/en CSDCS - Club Sustainable Development of Civil Society www.csdcs.org