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Urban RESEARCH: MOMENTUM Click here to browse the final summary report

Project Acronym: MOMENTUM
Type of contract: Shared Cost
Project title: Mobility management for the urban environment
Main contractor: NEA - TRANSPORTONDERZOEK EN -OPLEIDING
Type organisation: Research Organisation
Country: NL
Start date & duration: 1996-02-01 - 36 months
Area: Urban
Relevant tasks: 5.2.16
Total cost in kECUs: 1885
Total EU contribution in kECUs: 1099


Objectives of research

Main objectives:

Mobility management develops (low cost) concepts, strategies and actions that safeguard a given transport need for individuals, institutions and companies through the efficient use of available transport facilities or through strategies for avoidance of trips, promoting a sustainable development. The strategies can include information on available public transport, arranging of new collective transport, coordination of goods transport, coordination of car pooling and communication strategies. A mobility management centre is the operational unit. 1- Presentation of a survey of mobility management concepts, mobility management strategies and mobility management tools. 2- Definition of integrated concepts for mobility management strategies and for operational mobility centres. 3- Demonstration, application and evaluation of mobility management strategies and mobility management tools in a number of mobility centres. 4- Identification of the concepts for the transfer of mobility management strategies. 5- Dissemination of the results of the project to all interested parties in Europe.

Demo Sites:

Leicester (UK), Leuven (BE), Graz (AT), Münster (DE), Bologna (IT), Gladbeck (DE), Göteborg (SE), Potsdam (DE), Coimbra (PT), Corfu (GR), Namur (BE), Arnhem (NL)

Links with other projects, tasks, areas, programmes, policy actions:
For task 5.2/16 another contract has been awarded to the MOSAIC project. Synergetic effects between both projects will result from a joint analysis of the state-of-the-art, a common approach to the project evaluation and a common dissemination plan.


Participants

Organisation Type Country
NEA - TRANSPORTONDERZOEK EN -OPLEIDING Research Organisation     NL
LANGZAAM VERKEER VZW Research Organisation     BE
INSTITUT FÜR LANDES- UND STADTENTWICKLUNGSFORSCHUNG DES LANDES NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN Research Organisation     DE
AUSTRIAN MOBILITY RESEARCH Research Organisation     AT
LEICESTER CITY COUNCIL Other     GB
CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AB Education     SE
PLANNINGSBÜRO VIA VERKEHR INFRASTRUKTUR ASSESSMENT Other     DE
ARGE SYNERGO - BALANCE Other     CH
UNIVERSIDADE DE COIMBRA Education     PT
CITY COUNCIL OF LEUVEN Other     BE
STADT GRAZ Other     AT
INSTITUT WALLON DE DEVELOPPEMENT ECONOMIQUE ET SOCIAL ET D'AMENAGEMENT DU TERRITOIRE A.S.B.L.. Other     BE
TRANSPORTATION, DEVELOPMENT, ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS LTD Industry     GR
CITY OF CORFU DEVELOMENT ENTERPRISE LTD Other     GR

Coordinator's name: Mr Pieter B.D. HILFERINK
Address: NEA - TRANSPORTONDERZOEK EN -OPLEIDING
POLAKWEG, 13
2280DZ Rijswijk
NL
Tel: +31-70-3988305
Fax: +31-70-3954186
E-mail: phi@nea.nl


European Commission Contact Point

Name: Mr. Marcel ROMMERTS
Tel: +32-2-2955334
Fax: +32-2-2954349


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