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Catarina
Freitas,
Head
of Environmental Planning Department, Municipality of Almada
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"
Almada integra a Área
Metropolitana de Lisboa, localizando-se na margem sul do Rio Tejo. O Concelho
recebe mais de 8 milhões de pessoas por ano que, sobretudo, procuram os seus 13
Km de frente de praia. Num contexto como este, a procura por uma mobilidade
sustentável é uma prioridade nas políticas municipais. A Autarquia tem vindo a
empenhar-se neste processo, envolvendo vários Departamentos Municipais assim
como diferentes entidades com competências e trabalho no tema da Mobilidade. As
prioridades da Autarquia nesta área são: ‘Políticas & Integração’ (com
destaque para a promoção da utilização da bicicleta, e as questões relacionadas
com intermodalidade e utilização do novo Metro de superfície), ‘Veículos
Limpos’ e ‘Sensibilização para a Mobilidade Sustentável’. Existem experiências
neste campo por toda a Europa: o projecto PIMMS será uma óptima forma de
conhecer melhor esses casos de sucesso e tentar adoptar experiências similares
em Almada. " |
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" Almada is part of the Greater Lisbon area, located
at the south bank of the river Tagus. With
more than 8 millions visitors per year, mainly visiting its 13 km beachfront,
sustainable mobility management is a key issue in our policies. An effort has
been made to involve different departments in the municipality itself as well
as local actors and entities with an influence in mobility management. Our priorities are ‘Policy & Integration’
(especially how to encourage everyone to cycle and use the future tramway,
promoting modal transfer), ‘Clean Vehicles’ and ‘Travel Awareness’. We know that there is good practice elsewhere in Europe: the PIMMS benchmarking exercise will help us to
identify where to find successful examples that can be adopted in Almada."
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Our interest in PIMMS is to...
• exchange experiences/best practices
• learn from others experiences
• contribute with our best practices
1. Main characteristics of the city/region
• 160,000 inhabitants
• 72 km2
• 8,000,000 visitors/year,
mainly visiting local beachfront
• Mainly urban,
and located in the South of Lisbon
2. Main transport issues
• High car use
• High energy
consumption from transports (~
45%)
• Not enough soft
modes
• Main
N/S highway bisects the Municipality and is crossed by
160.000 commuter vehicles
a day
• Bus,
boat and train network available (tram system under construction)
• Public
transport is a government competence
• The
Municipality manages traffic circulation and can promote awareness campaigns
3. Mobility management domains of special interest
| WHAT OTHERS MIGHT WANT TO LEARN FROM US
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| CLEAN VEHICLES
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Fleet
of hybrid vehicles for the City Councillors
Natural
gas fuelled vehicle
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| INDIVIDUALISED TRAVEL MARKETING
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Participation in
the Step-by-Step project to promote the new tram (SAVE project)
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| MOBILITY & EDUCATION
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Campaign
Almada, Better
without Cars - "Give your car a day off, and a better city for all of
us".
Organizing
local European Car Free
Day and European Mobility Week since 2001
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| POLICY & INTEGRATION
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Urban
Mobility Plan
Almada's
Cycle Plan
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| ROAD PRICING
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| ROAD SAFETY
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| TRAVEL AWARENESS
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Communication
plan to promote
the new tram
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| TRAVEL PLANS
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Primary School
in the area where the Car Free Day took place (2004)
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| WHAT WE WANT TO LEARN FROM OTHERS
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| CLEAN VEHICLES
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Integration of alternative vehicles in municipal fleets –
experiences and results
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| INDIVIDUALISED TRAVEL MARKETING
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| MOBILITY & EDUCATION
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Experiences on how to convince people
to leave the car at home
and prefer public transports and soft modes |
| POLICY & INTEGRATION
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Bicycles and their integration in the urban environment
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| ROAD PRICING
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| ROAD SAFETY
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| TRAVEL AWARENESS
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| TRAVEL PLANS
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Learn more about other examples/exchange experiences
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