Warsaw actions for sustainable energy and climate in context of

transport and e-mobility

Marta Bugaj, Infrastructure Department , City of Warsaw

Poland

Warsaw

Poland in EuropeArea – 312 683 km2

Population – 38.5 million23.7 million in urban areas14.8 million in rural areas

Unemployment – 13.9%

Mazovian Region

Area – 35 600 km2

Population – 5.2 million3.3 million in urban areas1.9 million in rural areas

Unemployment – 11.4%

City of Warsaw

Main features of the capital city of Poland: •administrative area: 517 km²

•inhabitants within this area: 1.7 million

•inhabitants within agglomeration: 3.3 million

•density of population: 3300 per km²

•registered enterprises: 360 000

•registered vehicles: 1.2 million

•budget expenditure for 2014: $ 4,73billion

•unemployment: 4.9%

•78 universities and colleges

•270 th. students

City of Warsaw

City Council60 members – directly elected

18 Districtswith District Council (directly elected)

District Management Boards (elected by district councils)

Mayor of Warsaw(directly elected)

Deputy Mayor(nominated by Mayor)

Deputy Mayor(nominated by Mayor)

Deputy Mayor(nominated by Mayor)

Deputy Mayor(nominated by Mayor)

35 Departments

Climate Protection Team

• Established in July 2008, chaired by Mayor of Warsaw.

• The Team comprises Directors of competent city departments and representatives of NGO partners.

• Provides monitoring and coordination of all climate initiatives (e.g. actions to reduce energy consumption).

City of WarsawInternational cooperation

International cooperation with:•C40 •EUROCITIES•ICLEI

Cooperation with embassies of:Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Japan, Germany, Norway, USA, Switzerland, Sweden, UK

Cooperation within EU co-funded projects, Norway Grants

Warsaw challenges

EU's 20-20-20 targets possible to achieve only with cities involvement

Covenant Of Mayors initiative•Warsaw joined in 2009 •Key document: Sustainable Energy Action Plan for Warsaw in the perspective of 2020

City of WarsawStrategic documents

Main goals and overall strategy

Specific objectives and strategy, tasks to be performed

Sustainable Energy Action Plan

SEAP target – improvement of energy efficiency and reduction of GHG emissions - calculated as:

• 80% of CO2 emission in 2020 comparing to the base year,

• 80% of energy consumption in 2020 comparing to the base year,

•at least 20% of energy will be produced from RES,

•information and promotion actions regarding energy management/conservation will be implemented.

SEAP target for 2020 compared to the base year 2007

Year Energy consumption [MWh/year]

CO2 emission [MgCO2/year]

2007 28 394 431 12 952 984

2020 22 715 545 10 362 387

SEAP – main activities

Tasks

Planned energy savings in 2020

Reduction of CO2

Investments

[MWh/a] [t/a] [million €]

Complex buildings retrofit in housing sector 1 399 200 415 562 1020

Complex buildings retrofit in service sector 1 150 783 341 782 612

Complex buildings retrofit in public sector 359 718 106 836 191

Modernization of heating system (e.g. replacement of local heat sources with more efficient heat sources) 105 000 31 185 87

Retrofit of industrial buildings 185 820 55 189 49

Modernization of indoor lighting 85 228 83 693 9

Modernization of street and outdoor lighting 55 000 54 010 25

Modernization and development of public transportation system

3 268 766 843 342 950

Public transport system - administration

road administrator road investorPT organiser

Roads and Public Transportation Department

Municipal operators

Direct award to in-house operator(gross contracts)

Private operators

Tendered contracts for a parts of the network(gross contracts)

Railway (Joint ticket)

Railway contracts for partial acceptation of ZTM fare system(compensation of lost income)

rail operators bus operators

37.4 km of line

Public transport system

Public transport system

Public transport system - ticketing

All ticket categories exist in 2 versions: for 1st zone (so within Warsaw borders) and for both 1st and 2nd zone; 2nd zone covers adjacent municipalities as to commuting by Rapid City Train (SKM) and by bus communication managed by Warsaw Transport Authority (ZTM).

Standard tickets (from single-travel tickets to 1-hour ones) for Warsaw buses and trains as for now remain in paper form only.

1-day and 3-day tickets also exist in paper form – they allow to use the Joint Ticket scheme.

30-day and 90-day tickets (also in the Joint Ticket scheme) are only coded in electronic form on Warsaw City Cards, and Student Electronic Cards (national scheme) as well.

Public transport system - ticketing

In addition to purchasing tickets in shops, ticketing machines or from bus/tram drivers, you can buy your ticket by mobile phone (up to 3-day category) or online (in case of long-term

tickets on Warsaw City Card).

Warsaw City Card is currently only for travel purposes, without a payment option. There is a combined travel/payment functionality available due to the agreement with Citi

Handlowy Bank about coding Warsaw City Cards on their credit and debit cards.

The Joint Ticket scheme allows for travelling with Warsaw ticket in the City and the adjacent municipalities using not only communication controlled by ZTM, but also a regional

provider Mazovian Railways (KM) and a light rail line Warsaw Commuter Railway (WKD), owned by municipalities serviced by the line.

Negotiations on voluntary basis with neighbours were long and hard (the joint system cannot have gaps, which would be some municipalities not willing for significant financial

contribution to the scheme, despite their citizens commuting to Warsaw being its main beneficiaries).

This is one of the reasons why the City of Warsaw is lobbying on behalf of adopting metropolitan law, which would allow for smoother coordination of services working on behalf of

the whole agglomeration, including transport services.

Public transport system - ticketing

Ticketing – coverage of Joint Ticket for trains in the Warsaw area

Plans and present activities:Transport

Main activities:

• improvement of public transport network,• replacement of vehicular and rolling stock261 new trams capable of recovering braking energy

35 six-coach energy efficient underground sets

273 modern buses including hybrids

19 units for Rapid City Train

• construction of second metro line,• setting bus-only lanes,• development of P&R car park system,• expansion of the bicycle paths system,• Veturilo public bike system,• training of drivers in eco-driving,• promotion of public transport.

Public transport system

Sustainable public transport system is essential for the development of the City.

Crucial investments planned for 2014-2020:

•2nd metro line,

•Expansion of the tram network,

•Purchase of rolling stock for metro, tram and urban rapid railway,

•Development and modernization of railway infrastructure for travels within metropolitan area,

•Dynamic expansion of P&R system.

Development of low-emission bus fleet

• Purchase of bus fleet that reduces emissions of pollutants and using modern technologies (hybrid and electric vehicles).

• Tender for 10 electric buses, half of which will appear on the streets of Warsaw in September 2014. MZA strategy premises 120 e-buses till 2020.

• Operation of electric buses besides environmental benefits will also bring significant savings in operating costs.

• In 2015 35 gas buses will join Warsaw fleet.

„Veturilo” public bike system

• Launched in 2012 ,

• Almost 2 millions bikes rentals in 2013,

• 1120 bikes available in 173 stations,

• The number of users has doubled over two years - to about 150 thousands,

• "Veturilo" has been recognized internationally – among 10 best public bike systems around the world.

Bicycle paths in Warsaw

• 340 km - the largest network among cities in Poland

• each year the network is extended by 30-40 km

Vistula Bicycle Route

--- 28 km lane along the Vistula River, within city borders (under construction, 10 km is completed)

„E-Mobil” Cluster

The „E-Mobil” Cluster:

formally created on 4 July 2011

cooperation between 18 stakeholders working in the Warsaw area

does not have a legal personality.

based on voluntary agreement

18 Partners

„E-Mobil” Cluster

Main goals of the Cluster :

Initiating mentoring programs dedicated to E&HEVs technology and the related necessary infrastructure

Disseminating the implementation by the demonstration program of EV fleet

Developing new business relations among Warsaw City Hall, car companies and electricity and natural gas power companies

Promoting new E&HEVs and other ecological technology (eg. CNG, biofuels)

Facilitating access to finance, including applying for funds from the EU and operational programs

Transportation System problems

• lack of ring road systems: inner ring and central area by-passes

• lack of new bridges

• bad technical state of road surface

• system bottlenecks

• lack of strategic parking system

Energy efficiency selected projects Low-Carbon Area (in preparation)

• Following such world-leading projects as Stockholm’s Hammersby district.

• City area which will feature solutions on behalf of energy efficiency, natural environment and low GHG emissions, both in the field of city planning, energy networks, buildings construction, transport, waste management, and water and wastewater management.

• The most probable location - Targówek Przemysłowy,where the major RES source will be available in form of the expanded waste-to-energy incineration plant.

Education of citizens

Education programme „Warsaw Energy – from learning to ECO-action”•Dedicated to youngest – children in preschool and primary school age,•It aims to raise awareness of energy, its importance in everyday life and teach in an accessible and interesting way how to save energy, possibilites of obtaining energy from renewables and activities aimed at lowering energy consumption at home, school and preschool.

Information and education campaigns:•Picnic with Climate•Earth hour •Tree day•Warsaw Recycling Days•European Mobility Week•World Water Day

COP 19 Conference

• Selecting Warsaw for a host of the COP19 climate conference

constitutes prestigious culmination of Warsaw sustainable policies.

• The conference was organized within the UN Framework Convention

on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and took place in 11th – 22nd November

2013 in Warsaw.

• It was accompanied by multiple side-events, attracting private. The

main venue was the National Stadium.

Warsaw Dialogue on Scaling-Up Local and Subnational Climate Action

• Conference organized by the City of Warsaw and The Ministry of the Environment in close collaboration with the global cities network ICLEI and supported by the UNFCCC Secretariat,

• Day before first official „Cities day” during COP19,• An open exchange on addressing climate change on various levels, sharing

experience and best practices,• It offered various perspectives on cities role in climate change mitigation

and adaptation – from mayors of world cities, through local organizations (ICLEI, C40, EUROCITIES) to representatives of governments and scientists,

• The results of works during Warsaw Dialogue, including suggestions for national level, challenges and best practices to replicate, are presented in OUTCOMES OF WARSAW DIALOGUES on Scaling-Up Local and Subnational Climate Action

Suggestions for national level:

(1) allow flexibility and creativity and leadership at urban level

(2) training and spreading of expertise, and knowledge platforms

(3) financial support

(4) remove counter-productive incentives

(5) provide long-term certainty in terms of direction of national policies

The voice of the cities during COP19Cities and Sub-national Dialogue

• First time in history during COP conference „Cities day” took place,

• High level segment – Mayoral and Ministerial level,• The goal was to create a link between the high level,

national governments and regions,• It can be considered as the direct and immediate

implementation of the Nantes Declaration of Mayors and Sub-national Leaders on Climate Change adopted in September 2013,

• The discussion focused on enhancing adaptation and resilience in regions and on enhancing global mitigation efforts through acting at the local level. Participants shared their ideas and experiences that can be used in global struggle with climate change.