Piloting Sustainable and Green Urban Transport Solutions for Sub National Governments

Project Summary:

Energy efficient measures and integrated transport networks support sustainable development in cleaner and greener cities and regions. The program aims to improve public transport management in cities where newly established transit authorities want to improve inter-municipal coordination, increase the use of public transportation, and encourage city-level CO2 emission accounting. The program will incorporate Korean experience with reducing transport CO2 emissions in line with European Union energy and climate guidelines for sustainable urban mobility.  

List of Activities:

• Legal, Financial and Technical Framework for Public Transport Fare Integration in Poland – prepare a roadmap on how to facilitate tariff integration between the sub-modes
• Contracting in Urban Public Transport: Assessment of Options for Bialystok and Lublin – analysis of existing contracts awarded directly to public operators in Bialystok and public and private operators in Lublin, taking into account the market dynamic between public and private operators in the case of Lublin, as well as the efficiency of contractual arrangements
• National Conference on Smart Public Transport – conference will focus on how urban transport authorities are using data generated by ITS applications for strategic planning, service adjustments, and for performance evaluation

Outcomes:

Output 1:

• Assessment of urban transport energy efficiency

Output 2:

• Developing Subnational Transport Strategies and Plans - Assessment of current urban transport condition and performance, using appropriate commercial transport modeling software and Identification and estimation of benefits of medium-term priority projects for public transport expansion and upgrading

Outcomes:

The expected outcomes of the project have been in the contribution to sustainable development of transport at sub-national governments level in Poland, by improved energy consumption in urban and regional transport services. Other outputs included the promotion and encouragement of a more efficient use of public transport, thereby contributing to reduction of transport CO2 emissions and other negative impacts. Overall, the project intended to contribute to more efficiently managed cities with optimized municipal operation costs and improved quality of infrastructure services. Activities under the project should translate into a lower CO2 emission in Polish cities and regions.

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others:

KOTI (Korea Transport Institute) and KRIHS (Korea Research Institute of Human Settlements) have been primary partners in leading the work on one pilot location in Poland under the proposed project and providing good practice examples (and failures) of Korean energy efficient transport solutions, some input into the methodology for transport energy efficiency assessment of urban/metropolitan areas and into development of specific municipal/metropolitan and regional transport strategies and master plans. Thanks to Korean partners (primarily KOTI and KRIHS), the project facilitated the establishment of contacts with respective Polish research institutions and academic circles active in urban and transport development.