HARMONY participated in theTopic Guide “Planning for more resilient and robust urban mobility” promoted by CIVITAS SATELLITE, and supported by projects from the CIVITAS Initiative, POLIS and Rupprecht Consult
What is SUMP?
Sustainable urban mobility planning (SUMP) is a strategic and integrated approach to dealing with the complexity of urban transport. Across Europe, local authorities and their private operating partners are striving to create sustainable solutions for passenger transport and freight that foster accessible, safe and affordable mobility, while aligning with European Green Deal emissions reduction objectives.
As part of the CIVITAS SATELLITE Coordination and Support Action, and supported by projects from the CIVITAS Initiative, POLIS and Rupprecht Consult have compiled a Topic Guide, “Planning for More Resilient and Robust Urban Mobility”.
Drawing on lessons learned during the COVID-19, it exhibits possible avenues for accelerating the transition towards more resilient and sustainable urban mobility systems and increasing preparedness for any future crises that arise.
Urban transport systems must be able to endure and respond to crisis situations, from pandemics to climate change. An immediate crisis can cause further long-term changes and increase the impact of other major trends, such as climate change. Managing such fundamental change processes is a key challenge for urban mobility practitioners to integrate into their plans.
Transitioning toward more sustainable and resilient solutions requires comprehensive changes in transport systems, expanding active travel, public and shared transport and electromobility infrastructure.
Cities’ and regions’ responses to COVID-19 exhibit that change is possible. From pop-up cycle lanes to parklets, transport options have been transformed and extended to build resilient and robust mobility services which are embedded in SUMP agendas.
The Topic Guide introduces the concept of resilience in urban mobility and presents the importance of integrating it into the SUMP process.
How did HARMONY participate?
The topic guide presents a range of case studies from different cities such as Dublin, Madrid, Rotterdam and Helsinki, examining how pioneering CIVITAS projects such as ReVeal, Handshake, SPROUT, and Park4SUMP are working in different fields towards increasing the resilience of cities. HARMONY participated with case studies, best practices and policy recommendations to integrate resilience in SUMPs. In this way, the project contributed to explore the challenges faced, goals achieved and lessons learnt along the way.