GreenCharge Project Deliverable: D7.2 Recommendations and Guidelines for Integrating Electric Mobility into SUMPs

E-mobility is one of the key elements for decarbon- ising the transport sector, but the ambitious Europe- an targets require a profound change in the wider transport and energy system. Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning (SUMP) is a key participatory planning framework – integrating and focussing different mobility-related planning activities towards a common vision. As cities develop or revise their SUMPs, it is important to include emerging servic- es and technologies such as charging and energy infrastructure in public space, new city logistics modules and electrification of public transport, taxis and car sharing cars. This document supplements the existing SUMP guidelines with the insights of the GreenCharge project, which focusses on 1) vehicles with the greatest use to maximise decarbonisation and emission reduction, and 2) on the role of munic- ipalities to encourage the uptake of good practice e-mobility solutions.

Simply electrifying vehicles will not solve the mobility problems facing cities and rural areas. Congestion, parking, road safety and connectivity are other challenges facing the transport sector. With SUMPs, priority is put on reducing transport needs, shifting to active modes, strengthening public transport and electrifying the fleets with greatest use: buses and municipal fleets, commercial vehicles and taxi and car sharing fleets.

Cities must be easily accessible, and rural areas must be connected. The reduction of traffic jams requires new services and technologies to be as convenient as car ownership, but to take up less space. The gap between individual transport needs and public transport supply can be bridged by Mo-bility as a Service (digitally mediated public trans- port, carpooling, car and bike sharing, ride pooling, on-demand shuttles or micro-mobility). Multimodal solutions need appropriate infrastructure, including mobility hubs and digital access.

Neighbourhoods are the starting points for our mobility. A diverse range of transportation options must provide residents with an attractive alternative to owning a car. Car sharing plays an important role, but reducing the space consumed by private car parking is a prerequisite for the establishment of sustainable mobility options and for the installation of curbside charging infrastructure. Comprehensive parking management, one of the most important fields of action for a mobility transformation, is astarting point for a fair distribution of space.

Both pull and push measures are necessary to achieve a lasting shift in mobility behaviour, but this won’t happen without strong political leadershipand a participatory process within an SUMP. With a range of good practice examples, GreenCharge encourages broad uptake of the lessons and results that have shown success or promise of success.

The central roles of municipalities in this transforma- tion process are to foster the SUMP process and to practice what they preach. This starts with electrify - ing their own fleet and integrating sustainable mobility options - like using public transport or bicycles - in their own daily practices. Another important role for municipalities is to provide a planning and legal framework and public space to create a sustainable urban mobility environment. This can include the integration of car sharing into housing develop- ments, improvements for walking and cycling and in the environmental quality and climate resilience of street space.

The GreenCharge pilots described in this document include software solutions for charging at home and at work and the integration of car sharing. All pilots aimed to optimise energy use and improve charging management and smart booking systems. The GreenCharge examples are supplemented byan example from the See4City project of charging at points of interest. All examples provide cost-ef- ficient charging solutions for electric vehicles and enable increased consumption of locally produced solar energy. Accompanying aspects are presented, including the promotion of car sharing and walking in the city of Vienna and making cycling safer and more attractive. In all cases, the electrification of transport is presented as an integrated component of the wider transformation of mobility.