2015 annual POLIS conference

Active Travel Modes: Congestion busters & health boosters

Christophe Reuter, Ministry for Sustainable Development and Infrastructures

Brussels, November 20th 2015

The ideal animal(to some people)

The ideal urban transport mode

FAST

SocialSpace efficient

7-10x moving8-50x parked (or NO parking)

Simple

Good forlocal business

EMISSIONS

NOISEHEALTHYSaving lives and money

If every adult in the EU... (not to mention youth)

… walked or cycled for an additional 15 minutes a day

100 000 premature deaths linked to a lack of physical activity

would be avoided every year.

Informal meeting of EU ministers for TransportLuxembourg, October 7 2015

Declaration of Luxembourg on Cycling as a Climate Friendly Transport Mode

Action plan

Call upon the Commission to consider the following actions: • Integrate cycling into multimodal transport policy.• Develop an EU level strategic document on cycling: goals, policy and funding instruments.• Set up a European focal point for cycling.

Recognize that Member States can contribute by:• Designating a national focal point for cycling.• Ensuring that national transport infrastructure projects consider and aim to strengthen

cycling networks.

Welcome initiatives by urban authorities to: • Include cycling in urban, local or regional projects.• Draw on national and international best practices and funding instruments by working

with national and European focal points.

Focal points for cycling share international and local best practices

Regional level

Local level

National level

EU level

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Example: Luxembourg

Thank you