COMMERCECreating Optimal Mobility Measures to Enable

Reduced Commuter Emissions

ECOMM 2008

Francesca Cignola

London European Partnership for Transport

Commuter Emissions, Congestion and CO2

• Work-related commuter emissions contribute significantly to overall CO2 emissions in the transport sector

• Stress, ill health and loss of productivity are directly connected with congestion

• Congestion is costing the UK and France respectively 1.5% and 1.3% of their GDP every year

• Workplace Travel Planning is an approach to change commuting and travel behaviour and raise awareness on climate change

The COMMERCE project• The COMMERCE project is funded under the Intelligent Energy Europe

STEER programme and will run from 2007 to 2010

• Its main objective is to increase the number and improve the quality of Mobility Plans that are developed by public and private organisations across Europe

• It will do so by facilitating the exchange of experiences and expertise between two leader cities (London and Paris) and four learner cities (Bucharest, Budapest, Kaunas and Plovdiv)

COMMERCE PartnersLEPT, London

CRIF, Paris

Studio Metropolitana, Budapest

RATB, Bucarest CCIB, Bucarest

Kaunas Municipality, Kaunas

Plovdiv Municipality, Plovdiv

EPOMM

Expected Results

AT THE CITY LEVEL

• Mobility Plan Networks developed in the four learner cities and new Mobility Plans established with local businesses

• Skills developed through exchange of experience and mentoring between leader and learner cities

AT THE EUROPEAN LEVEL

• Development of a set of EU standards for Mobility Plans

• Establishment of a Pan European Workplace Mobility Management Award (PEWTA)

• Set up of a European Platform on Workplace Mobility Plans (EPOWT)

Pan European Award on Workplace Mobility Plans - PEWTA

• Aim: identifying and showcasing employers that have put in place good Travel Plans to demonstrate the essential role that public and private sector organizations can play in reducing congestion and the negative environmental impacts of transport

• Two categories: Companies and Municipalities

• The Award will run for the three years of the project and beyond

• Prizes are awarded at the annual ECOMM conference

European Standards on Mobility Plans

• Benchmarking report on current best practice• Criteria deriving from benchmarking exercise used to assess PEWTA

applications• Collection and discussion of best practice throughout the life of the

project thorugh: awards, city experiences and European Platform for Workplace Mobility Plans

• Guidelines for EU Mobility Plan Standards produced at the end of the project

European Platform on Workplace Mobility Plans - EPOWT

www.epomm.org/epowtwww.epomm.org/epowt

• EPOWT is an online community for the discussion of Mobility Plans• It allows members to share information and best practice, request help

and support from other members, and share opinions• It is open to Municipalities and Employers from across the EU• It will be used as a communication and support tool by the COMMERCE

project and hopes to become a valuable instrument for the Mobility Management sector in Europe

City Mobility Plan Forums

• Guidance produced by leader cities

• 3 year action planning by learner cities

• Development of Mobility Plan Forums

• Business to business support to the set up of Mobility Plans

• Ongoing skill share between leader and learner cities

What we have accomplished so far• Benchmarking report produced by EPOMM

• Guide to Travel Planning produced by CRIF and LEPT will be translated into partner languages

• Induction seminar with key stakeholders from learner cities

• First edition of the PEWTA Awards

• EPOWT Platform launched

What lies ahead

• Development of City Networks

• Expansion of the outreach of PEWTA Award

• Development of EPOWT Platform into a full operational tool for the COMMERCE project and the European Mobility Sector

• Development of EU Standard for Mobility Plans

THANK YOU!

CONTACT

Paul Curtis

Paul.Curtis@bromley.gov.uk

Francesca Cignola

Francesca.Cignola@bromley.gov.uk

+44 208 461 7641