Policy instruments
Discover the policy instruments that the partners of this project are tackling.
A means for public intervention. It refers to any policy, strategy, or law developed by public authorities and applied on the ground to improve a specific territorial situation. In most cases, financial resources are associated with a policy instrument. However, an instrument can also sometimes refer to a legislative framework with no specific funding. In the context of Interreg Europe, operational programmes for Investment for Growth and Jobs as well as Cooperation Programmes from European Territorial Cooperation are policy instruments. Beyond EU cohesion policy, local, regional, or national public authorities also develop their own policy instruments.
Public space refers to all streets managed by the County of Seine-Saint-Denis, as well as the surroundings of departmental facilities like parks, middle schools, social services, health centers, and childcare facilities. The public space strategy reaffirms Seine-Saint-Denis' commitment to transforming its territory. It aims to calm traffic, increase greenery in urban areas and adapt to climate change, enhancing the living environment by creating resilient public spaces that foster social cohesion and are accessible to all.This strategy places residents and the environment at the heart of public policies. It aligns with other major policies, including the Cycling Plan, Canopy Plan, Scheme for the autonomy of the elderly and people with disabilities, and major transportation projects like the Grand Paris Express and Tramway T1.The strategy revolves around several key strategic areas, supported by ongoing and future projects set to be completed by 2030,such as:
-Creating attractive and high-quality public spaces
-Promoting active modes of transportation, such as walking and cycling0
-Designing resilient, cooler, and greener public spaces
-Expanding public services beyond their traditional locations
-Ensuring inclusive spaces for women, seniors, and people with disabilities
Additionally, the strategy emphasizes community engagement and transitional urbanism, experimenting with and co-creating new ways to develop and use public spaces with residents before making permanent changes
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Transport system work is the long-term cooperation between different actors to develop the transport system and coordinate the different transport needs in a given area. The transport system consists of transport routes, passenger and freight transport and traffic management systems. The Regional Council of Southwest Finland coordinates the transport system work of the region of Southwest Finland and the Turku urban area. Regional transport system plan is the guiding document of this work.
The Transport System Plan of Southwest Finland defines the key development needs for the future of the region, its businesses and residents. It promotes their implementation through cooperation between the state, municipalities and stakeholders. The Transport System Plan is based on the identification of the specific characteristics and needs of the region and its sub-regions and the promotion of objectives relating to the functionality of the transport system, the smooth running of everyday activities, the reduction of transport emissions and the promotion of sustainable and safe transport. The plan focuses on themes and measures at county level.
The aim of the plan, together with the regional strategy and regional planning of Southwest Finland, is to promote good accessibility, smooth everyday life for residents, sustainable strengthening of the transport system and regional structure, and identification of the specific features of the region.
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The Budapest Mobility Plan (BMT) is a comprehensive transport strategy for Budapest, aiming to improve the city’s competitiveness, transport efficiency, and overall liveability by 2030. The main features:
Objectives
• Sustainability: Focus on sustainable urban mobility planning (SUMP) guidelines.
• Competitiveness: Enhance the city’s transport system to boost economic competitiveness.
• Liveability: Improve the quality of life for residents and visitors.
Characteristics
• Integrated Approach: Combines various transport modes and infrastructure developments.
• Public and Institutional Consultation: Developed with input from stakeholders, including public consultations and expert forums.
• Strategic Environmental Assessment: Evaluates the environmental impact of proposed projects.
Priorities and Measures
• Improving Connections: Develop an integrated network, enhance public spaces, and create convenient intermodal nodes.
• Attractive Vehicles: Invest in comfortable, passenger-friendly, and environmentally friendly vehicles.
• Better Services: Improve service quality and raise public awareness.
• Efficient Governance: Ensure consistent regulation and foster regional cooperation12.
The plan is structured into two main volumes: Objectives and Measures and the Transport Development and Investment Programme, along with supporting documents like project data sheets and monitoring handbooks.
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The aim of the SUMP is to create a framework of strategic goals and macroscopic planning measures, which will lay the foundations for upgrading the infrastructure and services related to the movement of people and goods within the Municipality of Heraklion.
The preparation of SUMP has as its starting point the fulfillment of the national and international imperatives regarding the achievement of sustainable transport and movement systems, as well as the findings and directions of the Operational Program and the various individual strategies of the Municipality of Heraklion.
The preparation of the SUMP is carried out in accordance with the methodology and the individual steps and tools resulting from the directives of the European Union, the ELTIS Observatory and the national legislation as well as the Directions of the Green Fund.
The second package of measures aims to reduce the use of passenger cars and increase the share of trips within the Municipality by walking, cycling, public transport and collective means of transport.
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Bologna metropolitan SUMP includes policies for mobility that concerns also the promotion of mobility transition increasing inclusiveness in the Metropolitan mobility policies.
The SUMP pursues its objectives while keeping people, with their rights and needs, at the centre. This is translated into 4 specific objectives: accessibility, climate protection, health & air quality, road safety. Mobility is considered as an essential support for realizing this vision emphasizing the concept of Universal accessibility. Target objective for 2030 is reducing traffic emissions by 40% compared to 1990, in line with EU proposals to guarantee compliance with the Paris Climate Agreements.
The SUMP was approved by the Metropolitan council in 2019. Competent implementation bodies of the foreseen measures are mainly Emilia-Romagna Region and Bologna Municipality, with involvement of Metropolitan city, SRM (PTA), PTOs & shared mobility operators. The SUMP lists various transport options (e.g. tram, buses, mobility hubs, bikes, sharing mobility) and for all of them within the INCLUDES framework, SRM will select specific measures to be addressed, by also identifying responsible body/ies, stakeholders and time horizon.
SRM involves Metropolitan city of Bologna in INCLUDES as Associated policy authority & will establish direct collaboration with other decision makers for selected measures.
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The Operational Program Transport 2021-2027 (OPD3) is the largest operational program in the Czech Republic. Its objective is to support interventions whose goal is to contribute to increasing the competitiveness of the Czech Republic by improving transport accessibility. Transport and transport services are still among the most important problem areas in the Czech Republic, which need to be paid attention to. OPD3 is divided into three substantive priorities (supplemented by a fourth priority focused on technical assistance). The first priority mainly includes interventions on the railway and the TEN-T road network supplemented by interventions in the field of interoperability or intelligent transport systems (ITS). The second priority then targets road projects outside the TEN-T network, and the third priority targets projects in the field of urban transport (tram and trolleybus lines) and alternative fuel infrastructure. The key national document for OPD is the Transport Policy for the period 2021 – 2027 with a view to 2050, which primarily implements the objectives and indicators of the European transport policy, identifies the main problems in the entire transport sector and proposes measures to solve them. OPD incorporated the necessary shift towards greater consideration of sustainability principles, in particular goals related to the decarbonization of transport and the transition to low-emission mobility.
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