CH4LLENGE
Addressing the four Key Challenges of Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning
CH4LLENGE (2013-2016) addresses the four most pressing challenges in the development and implementation of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans. Nine European cities will test innovative and transferable solutions in participation, cooperation, measure identification as well asmonitoring and evaluation. CH4LLENGE kits, as the key outputs of the project, will recapitulate the lessons drawn from the cities’ pilot schemes and the results of the project’s training activities to facilitate the take-up of SUMPs in Europe.
Achieving sustainable, energy-efficient and environmentally friendly transport systems is one of the European key aims. Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) are an instrument that contributes to reaching the climate and energy targets set by EU leaders and is promoted by the European Commission in relevant documents such as the Transport White Paper and Action Plan on Urban Mobility. Cities frequently face major barriers while creating their own Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans.
In CH4LLENGE (2013-2016), nine European cities and eight supporting organisations have teamed up for overcoming the four most pressing challenges in sustainable urban mobility planning:
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Stakeholder participation and citizen involvement
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Institutional cooperation between sectors and disciplines
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Identification of the most effective policy measures
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Monitoring and evaluation of progress in SUMP development
For each challenge, the project cities analyse their local mobility situation, develop new strategies how to tackle their urban mobility problems and test solutions to overcome barriers in participation, cooperation, measure selection as well as monitoring and evaluation in more than forty pilot schemes.
Nine European cities are involved in CH4LLENGE and are grouped according to their status of sustainable urban mobility planning. The Optimising Cities of Amiens, Dresden, Gent and the county of West Yorkshire have all worked extensively with SUMPs and will optimise their SUMP processes in the four thematic areas. The Advancing Cities of Brno, Budapest, Krakow, Timisoara and Zagreb are ambitious partners from New Member States and currently moving towards sustainable urban mobility planning. The Optimising Cities will assist them in developing strategies and implementing pilots in all four challenges.
CH4LLENGE also supports 26 Follower Cities outside the consortium which are committed to improving their mobility planning. They are involved in the project’s take-up and learning process and will receive tailor-made advice from the CH4LLENGE SUMP Expert Team to tackle their unique mobility challenges.
Implementation period
03/2013 - 03/2016
Project partners
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Rupprecht Consult, Cologne, Germany - coordinator
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The Association for Urban Transition (ATU), Bucharest, Romania
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Budapesti Közlekedési Központ (BKK), Budapest, Hungary
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FGM-AMOR - Forschungsgesellschaft Mobilität, Graz, Austria
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Polis, Brussels, Belgium
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Union of the Baltic Cities (UBC), Turku, Finland
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University of Leeds, Institute for Transport Studies Leeds (ITS), Leeds, United Kingdom
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University of Timisoara (Politehnica), Timisoara, Romania
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Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia (UIRS), Ljubljana, Slovenia
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West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (WYPTE), Leeds, United Kingdom
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City of Amiens, Amiens, France
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City of Brno, Statutárni mesto Brno, (SMB), Brno, Czech Republic
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City of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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City of Gent, Gent City Council, Gent, Belgium
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City of Krakow (UMK), Krakow, Poland
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City of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania
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City of Zagreb, Croatia
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