Rethinking the dEsign of streets And pubLic spaces to Leverage the mOdal shift to Climate-friendly Active Transport Everywhere

Project Information

REALLOCATE

Grant agreement ID: 101103924

DOI

10.3030/101103924

EC signature date 18 April 2023

Start date 1 May 2023

End date 30 April 2027

Funded under

• Climate, Energy and Mobility

Total cost

€ 12 690 025,00

EU contribution

€ 11 998 600,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, DUBLIN
Ireland

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - REALLOCATE (Rethinking the dEsign of streets And pubLic spaces to Leverage the mOdal shift to Climate-friendly Active Transport Everywhere)

Reporting period: 2023-05-01 to 2024-10-31

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

The REALLOCATE project, coordinated by University College Dublin and involving 37 partners, is a Mission Project and part of the CIVITAS initiative. The project runs from 1 May 2023 to 30 April 2027 under the call HORIZON-MISS-2022-CIT-01. It addresses the urgent need to reduce transport emissions by 55% by 2030 and 90% by 2050 towards climate neutrality, by promoting active, safe, and inclusive mobility.
The project empowers ten twinned Mission Cities—Gothenburg with Tampere, Heidelberg with Utrecht, Lyon with Warsaw, Budapest with Zagreb, and Barcelona with Bologna—by providing horizontal thematic expertise to develop zero-emission, shared, inclusive, active, and human-centred mobility interventions. The project includes 15 pilots in urban and peri-urban areas, demonstrating innovative strategies to promote walking, cycling, and sustainable transport through urban design, behavioral nudging, and data-driven solutions to improve safety and livability. The project's impact is further expanded by engaging ten Cascade Cities, which participate in capacity-building activities and receive replication packages and guidelines to help them develop plans for implementing at least one of the innovative solutions piloted. In summary, REALLOCATE advances sustainable urban mobility to help European cities achieve climate neutrality by 2030, setting a precedent for future initiatives focused on environmental sustainability and urban well-being.

Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far

In the first 18 months of the project, REALLOCATE successfully identified the needs of each pilot site and developed tailored action plans. Additionally, the project created innovative tools and solutions for urban redesign, established robust monitoring and evaluation systems, and developed knowledge-sharing initiatives, empowering cities to implement sustainable mobility strategies. The activities and key achievements for each of the technical work packages are summarised as follows:
WP2 activities aimed to identify SSML needs and define their deployment and implementation through stakeholder mapping, co-creation workshops, and user needs assessments, which are summarized in Deliverable 2.1. These insights informed tailored action plans for 15 pilot cities, facilitating innovative planning approaches aligned with SUMPs. Comprehensive deployment plans and implementation strategies developed are detailed in Deliverable 2.2. Concurrently, governance frameworks are being developed in collaboration with SSMLs.
WP3 provides horizontal expertise to help partner cities deploy safe, affordable, and sustainable mobility solutions. RP1 concentrated on identifying how the horizontal partners could support the SSMLs with their expertise, resulting in the development of specific tools and methodologies. The tools developed (either transversal or context specific) include utilising AI modeling and innovative methods to monitor and aid in the redesign of urban spaces, particularly with a focus on safety for vulnerable road users.
WP4 focused on peer-learning and capacity-building activities, equipping cities with the necessary tools to adopt inclusive mobility strategies. To support knowledge sharing, a baseline was established, and regular webinars, peer-learning visits, mentoring, and dedicated workshops during consortium meetings have been organised. The benchmark for integrated learning (Deliverable 4.1) and the cities’ self -assessments (Deliverable 4.2) address specific aspects pertaining to integrated mobility and climate planning.
WP5 established an evaluation framework (Deliverable 5.1) with KPIs for mobility, sustainability, and inclusivity, supported by data collection tools and workshops. An AI-powered dashboard (detailed in Deliverable 5.2) will enable real-time monitoring, predictive analytics, and assessment of road safety, green street design, and SSML interventions.
In addition to communication and dissemination activities, WP6 has advanced the engagement of 10 Cascade Cities establishing connections with the 15 SSMLs - laying the groundwork for ultimately developing a Replication Plan based on one REALLOCATE pilot and it’s respective interventions.
All of the aforementioned activities have been carried out in line with the coordination and monitoring of WP1, ensuring the effective execution of the project.

Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)

REALLOCATE aims to help Mission Cities achieve climate neutrality by 2030 through human-centered, zero-emission mobility solutions, co-developing innovations with citizens and practitioners to reallocate street spaces, nudge behavior, uncover user needs, and test and evaluate solutions.
In the first 18 months of the project, progress has been made towards REALLOCATE’s ambition and advancement beyond the state of the art. This progress includes developing a multi-faceted approach for identifying contextual stakeholder and user needs, towards which all cities and horizontal partners involved contributed. Innovative means for identifying needs were employed, such as stakeholder mapping, digital and physical interactive co-creation workshops, and new needs assessments tools. Advanced mapping of preliminary results from engagement tools, such as from the development of preferred green spots survey or other similar image-based and map-based surveys were visualised for several pilots. Open-source data was modelled using AI, while a specific AI-driven chatbot tool developed for one pilot site that assists in evaluating future traffic rearrangements against specific regulatory requirements.
Furthermore, a standardized KPI framework and assessment layers facilitate consistent multi-scale evaluation across SSMLs, supported by a Distributed Dashboard and Data Hub (in development) for monitoring KPIs in all 10 cities.
Further results beyond the state of the art are expected as the pilot interventions proceed, and the data evaluation and assessment frameworks develop further.

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