PROJECT IDEA
Project Title: Tbd
Lead partner: Legambiente
Subject / priority: Sustainable mobility / STEER – behavioural change
approaches
State of the art and problem identification:
Studies conducted in several cities have shown that the introduction of 30
km/h zones in urban areas causes a reduction of (the use of private
transportation) fuel consumption because people prefer to travel by foot or
bike, instead of using private car. These results have pushed the European
Commission to accept the European Citizens'
Initiative “30 km/h – making the streets liveable!” in November 2012, after a
two-month legal check.
The proposal: An EU-wide default speed limit of 30 km/h in urban areas, unless
local authorities set other speed limits for certain sections. Such a scheme
is simple, effective and inexpensive. Past experiences with speed limit of 30
km/h have shown that the number and severity of accidents as well as noise and
exhaust pollution decrease significantly. Often, however, citizens initially
oppose to measures that limit the speed of vehicles, considering them as a
limitation of their freedom, without really taking into account the advantages
coming from them in terms of improvement of quality of life.
Project aims
General aim: Support the transition process towards a mobility based on
smarter travel choices, such as walking and cycling.
Specific aims:
- reaching 20% decrease in car use in the areas selected through the
establishment there of 30 km/h zones;
- spreading the 30 km/h zones model.
- evaluating the quality of life level in 30 KM/h zones, both at real and
perceived level.
Activities
1. Bringing together researches on the matter and gathering EU Best Practices
2. Survey on quality of life and on citizens’ perception of 30 km/h zones,
before and after their establishment.
3. Participatory design together with citizens for the implementation of 30
km/h speed limit areas 4. Citizens awareness campaign on 30 km/h zones 5.
Monitoring 6. Results capitalization. It will involve citizens and authorities
of various municipalities (not only the areas selected by the project)
Project beneficiaries:
- Citizens (to be defined more specifically)
- Local authorities
Expected results at the end of the project (monitoring indicators included):
- 20% decrease of car use from the beginning of the project
- 40% increase in the 30 km/h measures acceptance from the first
implementation (from the first implementation measures is expected a decrease
of 40% in the percentage of people against the measures)
- identifying 8 indicators on life quality that can be used by local
authorities to demonstrate and promote the advantages of the measure
- Reduction of 30% of nitrogen oxide and of 20 % of carbon monoxide emission
in 30 km/h zones
- Noise reduction of at least 10 dB
- 40% decrease of car accidents causing injuries/death in the 30 km/h zones
- Extension of the measures in N more areas of the cities involved
- N Involving citizens in participatory processes
Final outputs for results dissemination:
- Brochure describing the project
- Project website
- Advertising posters
- Guidelines for participatory planning processes regarding 30 km/h zones,
including the 8 indicators identified and to distribute to the municipalities
selected
- N. copies of the report
Initiative innovative aspects:
The project innovative idea is that of designing a participatory process
leading to the establishment of 30 km/h zones, in order to improve citizens
acceptance and to develop a functional and easy-to-replicate method.
Moreover, a report will be published to give precise and science based
data/evidences on the advantages of the establishment of 30km/h zones on life
quality, i.e.:
- Reduction of congestion;
- Noise reduction;
- Reduction in the use of downers and sleeping pills among citizens;
- Increase of stores sales volume;
- Decrease of air pollutant emissions;
- Increase of citizens safety perception;
- …
European added value
In various European cities have been experimented the effects of 30 km/h
zones, but the results obtained are not scientifically comparable. Obstacles
to the creation of 30 km/h zones and levels of participation/conflict to their
implementation vary from country to country depending on cultural and
citizenship differences. Experiencing a participatory design of these areas
aim at validating a common way to implement the right process. At the same
time, different social and geographical situations will allow to experiment
the process everywhere and to find common and relevant indicators for all
milieu .
Partner required:
- 3-4 European cities (180.000 - 250.000 inhabitants)
- environmental analysis and research company (private or public)
- civil-society organizations in the involved cities (e.g
http://en.30kmh.eu/the-initiative/partner-organisations-2/)
Project duration: 36 months.
Cost heading:
Project budget is not defined, we can imagine budget for staff, material
communication, facilitators, subcontracting (consultant), travel cost for
project meeting and to participate to the event in the involved cities;
perhaps we can consider some budget for road ignage.
EU co-financement:
Up to the 70% of the project total eligible costs.
If you are interested, please write to progetti@legambiente.it before April
2nd, 2013 More info: Ms Francesca Battistelli, f.battistelli@legambiente.it,
+39 06.86268322