CIVITAS SUMP-PLUS

CIVITAS SUMP-PLUS helped towns and cities of all sizes and at varying stages of development to enhance their SUMP and SULP implementation process and addressed diverse mobility challenges.

Europe Climate and Environment Policy and Regulation Urban Planning

Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning: Pathways and Links to Urban Systems

This project achieved this by working in co-creation laboratories in six cities – Antwerp (Belgium), Alba Iulia (Romania), Greater Manchester (UK), Klaipeda (Lithuania), Lucca (Italy), and Platanias (Greece).

In some labs, groups of citizens developed context-specific mobility transformation pathways. For local authorities with no Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) and lacking the resources to produce one, SUMP-PLUS developed a “SUMP-lite” approach.

The labs further along on their SUMP journey tested new, innovative solutions for more efficient and sustainable freight and passenger transport.

The project also forged stronger links with other urban system components, such as education, health and land-use planning, as well as with Sustainable Urban Logistics Plans (SULPs).

Finally, new partnerships and business models were tested that allowed mobility objectives to be met cost effectively through public-private partnerships.

Following intensive application, demonstration and evaluation, this rigorous evidence base inspired practical guidance tools and a comprehensive training programme.

Through these actions, SUMP-PLUS laid the foundations for a new generation of SUMP cities and put mobility where it belonged – at the heart of sustainable urban transformation.

The project was coordinated by Stad Antwerpen.

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This project received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 814881.

Key Facts

Partners: 16
Duration: September 2019-September 2022
Budget: €4 million