Active Mobility
Most public transport trips start and end with a walk. That makes active mobility, like walking and cycling, vital to UITP’s mission and vision of seamless and sustainable urban mobility.
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How can we integrate active mobility and public transport? UITP partnered with Walk21 to show how successful integration can reduce car use, cut emissions, and improve the fiscal viability of public transport.
Explore strategies to successfully – and inclusively – limit private vehicle access.
Meeting people’s daily mobility needs requires multimodality – in short, a seamless travel experience. Discover case studies and UITP recommendations to advance active and intermodal behaviour.
The success of public transport depends on active mobility. When integrated, cities can induce a powerful modal shift away from private vehicles. In fact, cities that have high levels of both walking and public transport have the least amount of car traffic.
It’s simple – a pleasant walk or cycle can triple public transport’s catchment area. That reduces car use, cuts emissions, and improves the fiscal viability of public transport, all while making cities more liveable.
However, it’s true that many decisions around active mobility are not in the hands of the public transport sector alone. That’s exactly why we must collaborate.
And at UITP, we bring all types of stakeholders to the table.
UITP coordinates and collaborates with operators, authorities, industry, and international organisations on a number of research projects.
Researching the push & pull measures of mobility to unleash public transport’s potential in Europe.
As a UITP Member, you can become eligible to join committees and working groups and collaborate with operators and authorities on advancing public transport.
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