Sharing Opportunities for Low Carbon Urban TransporTatION

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Acronym: SOLUTIONS
Official reference: 604714
Funding body: European Commission, 7th Framework Programme
Type of funding: Public
Main Researcher: Susana Val
Other Researchers: Blanca Esteban
Duration (1-05-2013 to 30-04-2016): 36 months


Project Description

Transport is a key enabler of economic activity and social connectivity. While providing essential services to society, transport is also an important part of the economy and it is at the core of a number of major sustainability challenges, such as climate change, air quality, safety, energy, security and efficiency in the use of resources (EC 2011: Transport White Paper).

The overall mission of this project is to support the uptake of innovative sustainable urban mobility solutions in Europe and other regions in the world, in particular in Asia, Latin America and the Mediterranean.

SOLUTIONS will cover the following regions: the Mediterranean, Asia (in particular China and Singapore) and Latin America. SOLUTIONS brings together some of the leading experts and city networks from these regions, aiming to foster knowledge exchange and boost the uptake of innovative sustainable urban mobility solutions through the further exploitation of existing knowledge, focusing primarily on policy and the assessment of implementation processes. Building upon previous experience in Europe, China, Singapore and Latin America, as well as the experience that will be gained during the various phases of this project, the SOLUTIONS transferability guidelines will aim to bring about detailed steps towards the uptake of innovative sustainable urban mobility solutions and technologies in Europe and beyond.

The cities selected for the various phases of this project represent a range of comparable urban environments in the target regions. The focus will be less on mega-cities and more on second-tier cities, aiming in that way to achieve a high level of transferability. The regions addressed in this project present different levels of maturity in terms of experience with sustainable urban mobility related actions.

Web: www.urban-mobility-solutions.eu

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Participants

Coordinator

  • WUPPERTAL INSTITUT FUR KLIMA, UMWELT, ENERGIE GMBH. Germany

Other participants

  • RUPPRECHT CONSULT – FORSCHUNG & BERATUNG GMBH – Germany
  • POLIS – PROMOTION OF OPERATIONAL LINKS WITH INTEGRATED SERVICES, ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE – Belgium
  • ICLEI EUROPEAN SECRETARIAT GMBH (ICLEI EUROPASEKRETARIAT GMBH) – Germany
  • ICLEI(INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES) – LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR SUSTAINABILITY – SOUTH ASIA – India
  • CENTRO DE TRANSPORTE SUSTENTABLE DE MEXICO ASOCIACION CIVIL – EMBARQ Mexico
  • CENTRO DE TRANSPORTE SUSTENTAVEL DOBRASIL ASSOCIACAO – EMBARQ Brasil
  • WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE INC NON PROFIT CORPORATION – United States
  • SURDURULEBILIR ULASIM DERNEGI Embarq Turkiye -Turkey
  • Centro Andino de Transporte Sostenible y de Salud, Membro de la Red EMBARQ, Representación en Perú EMBARQ Andino Peru
  • CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS, CERTH – Greece
  • FORUM DES LABORATOIRES NATIONAUX EUROPEENS DE RECHERCHE ROUTIERE, FEHRL – Belgium
  • UNITED NATIONS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME, UN-HABITAT – Kenya
  • INSTITUT FRANCAIS DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DES TRANSPORTS, DE L’AMENAGEMENT ET DES RESEAUX, IFSTTAR – France
  • AUSTRIATECH – GESELLSCHAFT DES BUNDES FUR TECHNOLOGIEPOLITISCHE MASSNAHMEN GMBH – Austria
  • CHINA ACADEMY OF TRANSPORTATION SCIENCES CATS – China
  • TECHNION – ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY – Israel
  • CLEAN AIR INITIATIVE FOR ASIAN CITIES (CIA-ASIA) CENTER INC
  • ASSOCIATION NON STOCK CORPORATION Clean Air Asia – Philippines
  • LABORATORIO NACIONAL DE ENGENHARIA CIVIL LNEC – Portugal
  • MOBILI-T Mobili-T Tunisia
  • ICCT – INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL ON CLEAN TRANSPORTATION EUROPE GGMBH ICCT – Germany
  • FUNDACION ZARAGOZA LOGISTICS CENTER, ZLC – Spain
  • ASSOCIATION EUROPEENNE DES VEHICULES ELECTRIQUES – A BATTERIES, HYBRIDES ET A PILE A COMBUSTIBLE AVERE – Belgium

“This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No 604714.”