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2015 annual POLIS conference
Active Travel Modes: Congestion busters & health boosters
Christophe Reuter, Ministry for Sustainable Development and Infrastructures
Brussels, November 20th 2015
The ideal animal(to some people)
The ideal urban transport mode
FAST
SocialSpace efficient
7-10x moving8-50x parked (or NO parking)
Simple
Good forlocal business
EMISSIONS
NOISEHEALTHYSaving lives and money
If every adult in the EU... (not to mention youth)
… walked or cycled for an additional 15 minutes a day
100 000 premature deaths linked to a lack of physical activity
would be avoided every year.
Informal meeting of EU ministers for TransportLuxembourg, October 7 2015
Declaration of Luxembourg on Cycling as a Climate Friendly Transport Mode
Action plan
Call upon the Commission to consider the following actions: • Integrate cycling into multimodal transport policy.• Develop an EU level strategic document on cycling: goals, policy and funding instruments.• Set up a European focal point for cycling.
Recognize that Member States can contribute by:• Designating a national focal point for cycling.• Ensuring that national transport infrastructure projects consider and aim to strengthen
cycling networks.
Welcome initiatives by urban authorities to: • Include cycling in urban, local or regional projects.• Draw on national and international best practices and funding instruments by working
with national and European focal points.
Focal points for cycling share international and local best practices
Regional level
Local level
National level
EU level
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Example: Luxembourg
Thank you