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Selection from the CIVITAS Policy Note Series:
Guidance for using ICT’s and social media in
Urban Planning and Operations
20 May 2015
Teije Gorris, TNO/CIVITAS
THE CIVITAS INITIATIVE IS CO-FINANCED
BY THE EUROPEAN UNION
40% of CO2 from road transport70% of other pollutants from urban trafficMillions of hours are spent in urban and regional congestion
72% of Europe’s citizens live in cities
Xtra infrastructure is not an option
THE CIVITAS INITIATIVE IS CO-FINANCED
BY THE EUROPEAN UNION
EC Policy Dimension• Mobility: Urban Mobility Package (COM)• Air quality: New Air Quality Directive• Climate / Energy: Strategy for competitive,
sustainable and secure energy (COM)• Noise: Sound levels motor vehicles Directive
Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning
(SUMP)
THE CIVITAS INITIATIVE IS CO-FINANCED
BY THE EUROPEAN UNION
Other Developments• Decreasing public financial resources• Multi stakeholder cooperation• Apps, data, technology• Online and social media
• …Opportunities / uncertainties
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Social mediaICT for transport (ITS)
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Involvement
Planning Operations
Event managemen
tPublic
services
Traffic managemen
tMonitoring
Listening
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Feyenoord football club – Accessibility App
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Twitcident – sensing sentiment
THE CIVITAS INITIATIVE IS CO-FINANCED
BY THE EUROPEAN UNION
CIVITAS
• > 200 M€ EC investment• 69 demonstration cities• 220 cities member of the
Forum Network• 700 measures tested
Thematic areas
- ITS & Traffic management
- Mobility management
- Public involvement
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2 CIVITAS Policy Notes
To help practitioners in cities to
• Choose and define suitable ITS/Traffic Management measures for their city
• Choose and define suitable social media strategies for their city
• Convince their councillor an citizens of these measures (explain added value)
by providing overview, explanation, guidance and examples
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Step by step guidance
Policy plan
Current situation & bottlenecks
Measures
Services
Implementation
Multi objective, in line with other policy instruments
Understanding your city, using data and smart (free) tools.
Awareness of legacy
Assessment and selection of measures,
using measure catalogue
Selling the story, funding opportunities, smart
partnerships
RedistributionMode choice
Departure time
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Measure catalogue: example
What it is
How it looks like
Benefits
How it works in other cities
Implementation barriers
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Infographics
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Upcoming developments – Intelligent crossing
Accurate situational awareness
All road users and
infrastructure
Up to 13% fuel savings possible (Freilot) Improved throughput of >30%>50% of accidents
between cyclist-carshappen at intersections
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Understanding your city and your citizens
• Network characteristics
• Mobility patterns
• Identification of bottlenecks
• Prioritisation of bottlenecks
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Closing remarks
• Do not jump into solutions – first identify local challenges and targets
• Turn key solutions available – some of them are free of charge
• Cooperate with Involve other stakeholders• CIVITAS knowledge base contains valuable
information – use it
Further questions? Contact me!Teije Gorris | [email protected] | about.me/teije
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