Matthew BoyleAbout 30 % of the greenhouse gas emissions in the EU come from transportation, with a significant portion coming from the use of passenger cars. Reducing car use in cities is essential for lowering emissions and achieving climate goals. This entails a noticeable change in the streets and industrial settings of our cities. In other words, changing a city’s mobility requires audacity and an intense desire to bring about significant change. In order for a city to raise mobility ambitions, it must establish clear, tangible objectives that people can see in their streets and feel on their daily commutes.
Are you prepared to step up your game in terms of the green mobility plan for your city? This list of visible targets for your city that are related to mobility, influenced by citizen assemblies, neighborhood pacts, and various initiatives across Europe, can serve as inspiration.
One bus and bike route per school
The city of Dublin wants to reduce the number of kids driving to school in its Roadmap for 2030. The city depends on developing bikebus routes to accomplish this goal. The city could begin by creating a bikebus route for each school.
The highly developed bikebus routes, or” bicibus ,” in Barcelona are well known. The project, which was initially led by citizens in 2021, is then backed by the City Council. Every morning, nearly 100 people( children and their parents ) ride the oldest route.
Urban areas’ default speed limit is 30 km / h.
The default speed limit in urban areas is set to 30 km / h, which is another intriguing feature of the Dublin Roadmap.
As evidenced by the results in Brussels, implementing such a speed limit appears to have significant effects on car traffic. The green party, Ecolo-Green, aimed to cut car traffic by 25 % in 2018. Along with other measures, the Good Move Pentagone established a 30 km / h speed limit in the city’s center. After six months of operation, they noticed a 20 % drop in vehicle traffic.
1 meter of bicycle space per person
The Flemish Pact suggests building 1 meter of bicycle lanes per citizen in order to address the mobility issue.
Bremen is the most important city in Germany, where some cities have developed an effective network of cycling lanes. Bremen has 821 kilometers of bike paths and has more than 500,000 residents. The city took it a step further in 2020 by designating the Neustadt neighborhood as’ bicycle zone. Streets, 12 & nbsp, and about 2.5 kilometers of road space make up the zone.
One completely day per month without a car
A complimentary car per month with complimentary public transportation is proposed by the Local Citizen Covenant of Est-ensemble.
In all of Albania’s cities, the government made the decision to implement a car-free day each month. This action was taken by the nation for both economic and health reasons, as well as to conserve fuel during the energy crisis.
75 % of the city’s center is occupied by people.
Vitoria – Gasteiz, a Hispanic city, properly accounted for 75 % of the city center’s pedestrian traffic. The entire surface area for pedestrians today is roughly 500, 000 m2.
In Europe and even in bigger cities, comparable initiatives have been implemented. Belgium’s Gent is well-known for both its walking and novel low emission zones. Both areas take up a sizable portion of the city center and have significantly improved air quality and increased the use of other modes of transportation( bike, foot, and public transportation ).
100 % lower emissions in the fleet of public buses
Dublin made the decision to switch its open bus fleet to only emitting zero emissions.
The Netherlands set a standard for new buses that is 100 % emission-free. About 80 % of the country’s buses are now powered by electric vehicles.
For every 100 residents, one EV charging point
To support the advancement of electric vehicles( EVs ), the Flemish pact adopted the goal of 1 charging point per 100 citizens.
In terms of electric vehicles, Norway is currently leading Europe because it wants to have a fleet of zero-emission vehicles by 2025. The nation has 18, 000 charging points spread out across the entire nation, which is the highest density. There are 5.47 EV charging points per square kilometer in Oslo, which equates to about 4 points for every 1,000 residents.
