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CIVITAS VANGUARD
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| CIVITAS - VIVALDI |
| Under the CIVITAS - VIVALDI initiative, the European Commission is supporting Aalborg (Denmark), Bremen (Germany), Bristol (United Kingdom), Kaunas (Lithuania) and Nantes (France) to combat congestion and pollution using measures that take an ambitious and coherent approach to energy and urban transport policies. |
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| Description of work |
“Increasing the urban transport systems sustainability and efficiency through radical strategies for Clean Urban Transport” (CIVITAS). It also jointly addresses the objectives of the ENERGIE5-T1 call for proposals, targeted action D “Rational use of Energy-Clean Urban Transport”.
More generally the VIVALDI demonstration project aims to contribute to European policy development with regard to :
- the Citizens’ Network ;
- the Green paper on Clean Urban Transport ;
- the European Transport Policy white paper ;
- the Environmental Action Programme “Towards Sustainability” ;
- and the implementation of the Kyoto protocol.
The VIVALDI project seeks to demonstrate an integrated package of innovative transport strategies and measures, in EU city laboratories, and to assess their contribution to improving the four key urban policy goals of :
- urban vitality and economic success ;
- social inclusion ;
- the health and well being of citizens ;
- sustainability.
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| Expected Results and Exploitation Plans |
The demonstration activities will be carried out across five laboratory sites in the EU and Eastern Europe.
The 5 cities that are taking part in the VIVALDI project , Bristol, Nantes, Aalborg, Bremen and Kaunas are major European cities at the forefront of the transport policy development and innovation. They have populations of between 160 000 and 550 000 and are regional centres for employment.
As such, these cities need to support the mobility needs of their own citizens as well as of the many people accessing the cities for jobs, retail and leisure activities. |
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| Contacts |
Project Manager:
Barbara Davies
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Project Evaluation Manager:
Mike Freeman
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Project Dissemination Manager:
Sofie Aelterman
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