MODERN

The "mission" of the MODERN - MObility, Development and Energy use ReductioN -  project is "to increase the overall quality of life in the cities, through the reduction of pollution generated by transports, the implementation of energy saving measures, the respect for the environment and the promotion of a less car dependant life-style".

The project will be constituted by 49 different measures within 4 middle-size cities: Craiova (Project Coordinator) (Romania), Brescia (Italy), Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain) - as leading cities - and Coimbra (Portugal). The three leading cities are proposing actions all 8 the CIVITAS policy fields, while Coimbra will develop specific actions only in some thematic areas.  The whole consortium is composed by 26 partners mixing skills from Public Agencies, Research Institutes and PT Private Companies.

The project pursues the following objectives:

• To increase the quality and the effectiveness of the public transport system (from the environmental and from the service point of view), increasing the number of users;
• To limit the waste of energy and to support the diffusion of the use of clean fuels among the citizens;
• To support the effort of improvement of public transport through a series of measure capable of limiting the circulation of private cars;
• To give value at alternative "sweet" mobility modes improving safety and liveability for their users;
• To lower the number of accidents on the roads;
• To increase the technological endowment of the cities as a support to more and more intelligent mobility management policies and as a service to citizens;
• To diffuse as much as possible the culture of an environmental sustainable mobility among citizens and to increase the social awareness of the vital importance of these themes.

Another crucial target is to assess a wide communication and debate among the cities at the level of political decision makers and important stakeholders, and a strong cooperation among scientists and technicians of the European team to circulate experiences and best practice.

Funded by·the
European Commission
DG TREN
7 Framework Programme

26 Partners
4 European cities

Project Web Site:

http://www.modern.ipacv.ro/
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Related CIVITAS Projects:

MIMOSA
CATALIST
METEOR