A video outlining how municipalities can implement e-mobility policies has been released by the EU-funded E-MOBILITY WORKS project, looking at how cities in Austria, Germany, Finland, Estonia, Spain and Italy have achieved e-mobility success. The video also gives a wide-ranging overview of the benefits of electric mobility for urban areas, such as lower levels of CO2 and harmful pollutants, reduced noise, and the opportunity to develop new business models around electric vehicles.

The video lists five steps to achieve a successful e-mobility policy: ensure commitment from decision makers, include local stakeholders, analyse current behaviour and the municipal fleet composition, formulate an action plan, and finally, implement the action plan.

Taking stock of citizen needs, local infrastructure and the behaviour of municipal employees enables cities to identify where changes should be made. The city of Turku (Finland) carried out an analysis of how municipal vehicles were being used and estimated that up to 40 percent could be replaced with electric vehicles. The aim of an e-mobility action plan, the video says, is to create a win-win situation where citizens benefit from higher quality of life, the municipality improves its mobility situation and moves closer to meeting climate targets, and businesses reap the benefits of new commercial opportunities.

To view the video, click here.Image copyright: Image (E-MOBILITY WORKS) more   15 August 2016 Lisbon is ICLEI Europe's latest Member in the SpotlightThe achievements and ambitious sustainability plans of ICLEI Member Lisbon (Portugal) can be read about on the ICLEI Europe website as part of the ongoing Member in the Spotlight series. Lisbon was chosen for the series thanks to its success in developing sustainability policies in fields including mobility, green infrastructure, waste management and energy efficiency. The City of Lisbon also recently endorsed the Basque Declaration.

Lisbon's sustainability efforts have had a significant effect on the local environment over the last years, helping the city to reach ambitious goals such as reducing their CO2 emissions by 50 percent and lowering energy consumption by almost a quarter between 2002 and 2014. A green infrastructure plan is being implemented as a tool to face local urban climate challenges, which could be replicated in other European countries facing similar issues.

Mr. José Sà¡ Fernandes, City Councillor of Lisbon, said: "We are now working hard and fast to create an ambitious green city (...) Remarkable energy and water savings as well as CO2 reductions in the last years are giving us strength to proceed with our ambition to be a green capital city." If you'd like to share your city's progress in building a more sustainable future, contact us at information.services@iclei.org.

To view the Lisbon MITS page, click here.Image copyright: Image (City of Lisbon) more

» Publication Date: 16/08/2016

» Source: Iclei Europe

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