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The main objective of the project is to reduce car usage in Warsaw. In 2016 there were 571 passenger cars per 1000 inhabitants in Poland which accounted to a total of 21 million cars. Car trips account to 77.3% of all passenger-kilometers travelled (2015) and the use of buses and coaches to 14.5% which is more than the EU28 average (9.4%) (EC, 2019). Since parents driving to schools generate a substantial portion of traffic this project focuses on school communities. Together with parents, municipalities, and local businesses we will co-create and examine possible changes in school neighborhood to reduce car usage. As a result we will deliver a package of tools and methods that can help to change citizens’ mobility choices such as a method for co-designing inclusive and evolving mobility in local communities; air quality and climate change projections for future mobility scenarios; identification of barriers and opportunities for reduction of car ownership in Poland; promotion of active mobility and public transport in local communities; etc.
This will result in delivering knowledge for policy-makers and access to data-driven solutions, access to information for general public, citizens and journalists, innovations in local business, improved air quality, better health, and reduction of economic losses due to ill-health.
All partners will benefit from the project’s unique opportunity to co-design interdisciplinary processes by being exposed to and learning from each other’s expertise. Each researcher will benefit from the holistic approach of the project and the access to the project’s data. The new partnerships between different scientific institutions and disciplines aim at expanding their collaboration beyond this project.
References:
[1] Report: Poland. https://ec.europa.eu/environment/eir/pdf/report_pl_en.pdf
[2] EC, European Commission. (2019) The EU Environmental Implementation Review 2019. Country