Examples of other travel plan policies in elsewhere

Examples of other travel plan policies in elsewhere in the EU Jakub Bojczuk

Traffic and Public Transport Authority The City of Göteborg

Mobility plan policy in Göteborg The purpose: to successively influence employees’ travel patterns when at work as well as to and from work Objectives: • • Environmental adaptation Efficiency Safety Models

Examples of measures implemented • Car pool - 100% environmental cars • Bicycle pool, leasing bicycle and bicycle service Flying is not permitted for distances less than 500 kilometres • Reduction of parking spaces and private car use • Parking space fees for employees • Travelling Incentives, for example subsidised card for public transport • Video conferenceequipmentin the authorityｴs office • Flex-timeagreementbetween 06. 00 and 21. 00

Car & bike pool One system For • Business trips • Private trips • For public use Available to: • All citizens of Göteborg

Private bicycle • Employees are offered bicycle service for free if they use their bike at least 5 months to work. • One day every other week you leave the bike at the office and it will be served in the afternoon

New parking policy • • Higher fees for working place parking Fewer cars parked on city streets More parking for bikes Car-sharing & electric vehicles

CO 2 -emission savings • Car travel decreased 50% until 2006 (compared to 2000) although the number of employees increased. • CO 2 -emissions decreased: • 44% (7 tons) by car pool travels, 2006 to 2008 • 35% (0. 7 tons) by private car travels, 2006 to 2008 • 42% (39 tons) by air travels, 2007 to 2008

Workplace Mobility Plans in Brussels Region

Workforce in Brussels • The Brussels-Capital Region offers employment to about 680, 000 people • More than half of these workers live outside the Region • 57% of them travel to work by car (most of them alone!) • Improving mobility is essential to maintaining the economic appeal of Brussels.

Objectives of travel plan policy in Brussels • To involve around 300 to 350 sites and 300. 000 workers (44% of total employment in Brussels region) • Bring a reduction of about 21, 000 tons of CO 2 in 2010 (equivalent to 2. 5% of the 2005 total regional transport emissions) • The target audience are the companies employing more than 200 people.

Financial Resources and Partners involved • Budget for implementations Workplace Mobility Plan strategy: around € 1 million • Since 2008, the annual budget is around 250 k • Mainly for staff costs, developing software, map and awareness tools, and subsidies to STIB (regional public transport), Taxistop (carpooling) and Cambio (carsharing).

Results • The obligation of a Workplace Mobility Plan covers now about 250 sites and 220. 000 workers (32% of the number of workers). • On avarage 5% of modal shift from cars in Year 1 according to individual reports from 200 companies.

Sources of best practice • European Platform on Mobility Management (EPOMM) http: //www. epomm. org/ • Allinx - European Community on Mobility Management http: //www. allinx. eu/ • ASTUTE - Advancing Sustainable Transport in Urban Areas http: //astute-eu. org/flash/video. php