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Integrating Transport Programmes for Sustainable Reduction in Urban Road Congestion—Best Practise Examples from Local Authorities Working with SUITS

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Capacity Building in Local Authorities for Sustainable Transport Planning

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Abstract

This chapter highlights selected sustainable transport measures that were implemented in nine partner cities during the SUITS project and discusses outcomes and learnings. Mutual exchanges, either in workshops or focussed meetings between the cities, provided inspiration for planning and implementing sustainable transport measures. For the project team, such exchanges provided insights into challenges the cities faced on a day-to-day basis which were used to develop training material and further understand the organisational process. During the project, cities worked on transport measures in five broad topic areas: clean fuels and low emission vehicles, collective passenger transport, vulnerable road users, safety and security and intelligent transport systems and services. Here, we present a selection to illustrate the scope of the undertaking and, how the project was able to enhance the implementation of each initiative.

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  1. 1.

    These are variously referred to as ZTL, or LTZ, in this chapter we will use LTZ.

  2. 2.

    https://civitas.eu/project/2move2.

  3. 3.

    https://civitas.eu/content/caravel.

  4. 4.

    https://cbt.suits-project.sboing.net/guidelines.

  5. 5.

    https://www.pumsroma.it/ (accessed 27/10/2020).

  6. 6.

    More can be found about Rome’s participatory approach at: https://www.eltis.org/resources/case-studies/giving-people-what-they-want-romes-sump-and-its-participatory-co-creation (accessed 26/01/2021).

  7. 7.

    Information provided by RSM and also from presentation at POLIS 2019 https://www.polisnetwork.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/3G-Fabio-Nussio.pdf [16].

  8. 8.

    As above.

  9. 9.

    See also an article about use of these in Valencia: https://www.themayor.eu/en/a/view/a-3d-zebra-crossing-to-be-painted-in-almussafes-in-the-valencia-region-988.

  10. 10.

    https://www.communityspeedwatch.org/,(accessed 07/09/2020).

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    https://www.mypolislive.net/.

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    http://www.ukautodrive.com.

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    https://ukcite.co.uk/.

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    vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-everything, vehicle-to-Infrastructure.

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  1. Coventry University, Coventry, UK

    Janet Saunders & Ann-Marie Nienaber

  2. Coventry City Council, Coventry, UK

    Sunil Budhdeo

  3. West Midlands Combined Authority, Birmingham, UK

    Keelan Fadden-Hopper

  4. TUIL, Ilmenau, Germany

    Sebastian Spundflasch

  5. Roma Servizi Per La Mobilità S.R.L, Rome, Italy

    Marco Surace & Fabio Nussio

  6. DIATI - Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy

    Miriam Pirra

  7. Las Naves, Valencia, Spain

    Angel Navarro

  8. Smart Continent LT UAB, Palanga, Lithuania

    Ieva Girdvainienė

  9. Alba Iulia Municipality, Alba Iulia, Romania

    Tudor Drambarean

  10. Municipality of Kalamaria, Kalamaria, Greece

    Krinos Ioannis

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Saunders, J. et al. (2023). Integrating Transport Programmes for Sustainable Reduction in Urban Road Congestion—Best Practise Examples from Local Authorities Working with SUITS. In: Woodcock, A., Saunders, J., Fadden-Hopper, K., O’Connell, E. (eds) Capacity Building in Local Authorities for Sustainable Transport Planning. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 319. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6962-1_9

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