Smart planning to unlock urban mobility innovation

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1 Smart planning to unlock urban mobility innovation ITF Summit Leipzig, 31 May 2017 Karen Vancluysen, Polis Secretary General ITF Open Stage Café Smart Planning to unlock urban mobility innovation Karen Vancluysen, Secretary General, Polis the crucial role of cities in the deployment of transport innovation Erik Verroen, Expert Robust Networks, Rijkswaterstaat, the Netherlands the Dutch NUVIT approach Françoise Rossignol, Mayor of Dainville, Vice President of the urban community of Arras in charge of Mobility and Transport, Vice President of GART Mobilise Your City initiative 7 July

2 What is Polis? Network Exchange of experiences 70 European cities & regions European research Innovation European Institutions Sustainable urban mobility SMART CITIES SUMP URBAN 7 FREIGHT July Urban mobility key challenges & policies Congestion Costs Europe about 1% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) every year Journey time reliability (all modes) Road safety In urban areas, 68% road fatalities are VRUs (2011/12) Air pollution and climate change 70% of pollutant emissions caused by urban traffic Physical inactivity Around EU citizens die prematurely every year, hundreds of thousands of other people suffer from illness due to preventable causes, such as pollution from exhausts of diesel vehicles, and nitrogen dioxide (WHO 2015) Physical inactivity was responsible for twice as many deaths in Europe ( ) than obesity ( ) in 2008 (according to medical research project EPIC) The Guardian, 16/1/15 In urban areas, 68% road fatalities are vulnerable road users (VRUs) (2011/12) - EC Road Safety Vademecum The Lancet EHFG Floris Oudshoorn ComicHouse.nl 2

3 How can innovation help to address these challenges and reinforce related policies? Understanding Innovation Measure that is perceived as new and provides a better solution to existing challenges than traditional measures Higher potential to effectively respond to current challenges than already well-established measures Pragmatic perspective Mainstream in some countries versus new in other parts of the world 7 July

4 Reduce the risk of starting something new Many cities want to be innovative, but not all want to be the first to implement a new measure Various risks Financial: will we be able to afford the measure? Political: will the measure be accepted, will citizens vote in favour of it? Effectiveness: will the measure solve the problems it is meant to solve? Implementation: will we be able to introduce the measure smoothly, without delays or extra cost? How can we shorten the innovation cycle? Understanding the context conditions of innovation How to successfully transfer innovative measures from one city to another 4

5 Understanding the intrinsic value of a measure Local authorities need guidance on the costs, benefits and overall impacts of innovative urban transport measures Integrated planning framework for innovation Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans From megaregions to neighbourhood level... Importance of supporting and enabling national frameworks, national incentives and national guidance for SUMPs! 7 July

6 Integrated Sustainable Urban Mobility Policy Multimodal Intermodal Clean Safe Flexible Affordable Connected - User-centric Inclusive - Shared 11 Hot urban transport innovations Electromobility Active travel Sharing economy Cooperative ITS Mobility as a Service Automation Innovations should be enablers serving policy goals they are a means to an end! 7 July

7 Electromobility: Multi-faceted transition Importance of national frameworks and incentives for electromobility to empower cities as pioneers! Existing electric public transport infrastructure as backbone for EV strategies Electric PT as a backbone of transport chains 7

8 Active travel Addressing multiple societal challenges in one go Urban mobility: air quality, congestion Physical inactivity Obesity HEAT tool Quantifying the economic health benefits of active travel Unlock investment in active travel across different policy domains 7 July Sharing economy Shared space Shared modes 8

9 Bikesharing in Paris, Carsharing in Milan 5 carsharing operators in Milan City, metropolitarea, wider region From round-trip to free-floating Residents, commuters, tourists E-car sharing Congestion charge Promotion of shared mobility services as alternative to private car Clear, efficient regulations & incentives Cooperative ITS Standardised platform for communication between vehicles, vehicle to infrastructure and potentially infrastructure to infrastructure Why is this relevant to cities and regions? Offers direct communication to/from all equipped vehicles (not just cars) for traffic management and information purposes C-ITS applications may offer a more (cost) effective way of delivering certain traffic management functions than ITS does today, e.g. traffic data to support adaptive traffic management 7 July

10 Traffic/demand management functions C-ITS could enable Source: 7 July Mobility as a Service Delivering integrated mobility services is not new to local government Open data is happening Growing momentum for opening up transport data More and more local authorities commit to open transport data where technically, legally and financially feasible What is needed to make MaaS happen? Transport services Access to data Commercial agreements Users What can MaaS deliver beyond current (integrated) transport information and payment services? Private transport service providers, e.g. taxis, private car-share Different mobility packages 7 July

11 Mobility as a Service Positive where MaaS can support sustainable transport practice Prevent and reduce car ownership and car trips, increase vehicle occupancy, maintain/increase public transport patronage, promote active travel Enable improved accessibility and more efficient service than traditional PT in specific circumstances, e.g. where demand is low & dispersed (rural areas) Issues to be clarified How to avoid greater number of trips that are less sustainable and higher costs for the user or the transport provider? What should be the role of the local authority? To what extent should travel planning/booking/payment be left to the private sector? Customer-centric principle: deliver better customer experience but not at any cost collective need takes precedence over individual need What is the impact of MaaS on travel behaviour? What is the business model? Who will pay? Could MaaS affect way in which authorities tender transport services in the future? 7 July Automated vehicles: hype or holy grail? Source: ITF study Urban Mobility: System Upgrade 7 July Source: Impact of self-driving vehicles on Amsterdam 11

12 Automated vehicles: aspects for cities to explore Urban planning & development Vehicle use rather than tech. VRU safety Tackling predicted growth in trips/km driven Traffic management implications 7 July Conclusion: the changing role of cities Changing institutional landscape Dynamics towards the best institutional setting to manage mobility in cities Cooperation between different levels of governance Provide supporting national frameworks and incentives! Adopt a long-term and integrated planning vision going beyond political cycles Initiate and test new mobility services together with the private sector Regulatory and legal aspects adopt clear regulations for existing and new services Enable ITS service development through open data policies Unlock investment by adopting new economic approaches Procurement of innovation Public-private partnerships, etc. HEAT Cities as living labs for testing and deploying innovation 12

13 Upcoming Polis position papers on Maas and Automation June July