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Direction générale de la Santé

Direction gDirection géénnéérale de la santrale de la santééTHE PEP WORKSHOP ON SAFE AND HEALTHY WALKING AND CYCLING IN URBAN AREAS30 September – 1 October 2010 (Batumi, Georgia)

SESSION II: Laying the groundwork - policy, legislation and institutions to support infrastructure and planning

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PoliciesPolicies and Actionsand Actions

Caroline Paul French Ministry of Health


The French Challenge : Promoting Safe and Physically Active Mobility : Policies and Actions

Promoting Safe and Physically Active Mobility (walking, cycling,…)

= an objective of several French Action Plans

- 2nd NEHAP (action Nr.14)

- National Nutrition & Health Program (1 of the 9 priority goals is Physical Activity)

- National Cancer Plan (measure Nr.11)

- Particle Plan (action Nr.3 of Transports section)



- 2nd NEHAP

Action 14-1 Action 14-2 Action 14-3

Promoting «active transport & soft mobility»

Encouraging local authorities to develop these modes of transport

Encouraging private and public enterprises to develop these modes of transport Encouraging

alternative modes to the private car in developping and securing zones for pedestrians and cyclists



- National Cancer Plan

Promoting preventive actions on the links

between food, physical activity

and cancers



- Particle Plan

Promoting «active transport & gentle mobility»



Objective : promoting safe and physically active mobility

the ministry of Health and the ministry of Environment-Transport have brought together different partners :

- local authorities (WHO French Healthy Cities Network,...),

- public agencies (on health, on environment, on urbanism and transports, on sport,…)

- associations (promoting biking, promoting hiking,…)

- organisms of education- ….

concrete actions



Terminology : how to call these modes of transport ???

Active mobility ? Gentle

mobility ?

Active transport ?

???

Mobilité active ?

Transport actif ?

Mobilités douces ?



Drawing up an action programm on «active mobility»

with 4 parts :

Research - Studies (taking into account expertise, and report on the benefit of the physical activitie on the health, complete with studies on accidentology, on socio-economicalbenefits of these modes of transport)

Information - Education for general population, for local councillors(promotion of good examples, creation of a specific website, translation in French of the PEP toolbox,...)

Regulations (taking theses modes of transport into account in local urbanism plans,...)

Specific actions to target populations (children, elderly, workers,…)(increase the use of walking to go to school, actions with the enterprises to promote active mobility, and decrease accidents from house to workplace... )



Some examples of actions :Documents on cycling and walking in town for local councillors

Pedestrian zone, 20 km/h zone and 30 km/h zone: which one to choose ?



Helping local authorities to set up «walking/cycling school bus»



Promoting «bike-campus»



Promoting the walkability of a town

Speed limited to 30 km/h in the center of Lyon12-minutes walk



Providing to doctors communication tools to promote active mobility



Thank you for your attention !