Changing Course
The European project Trendsetter involves 54 individual projects, all of which aim to; improve mobility, quality of life, air quality, and reduce noise and traffic congestion. Five European cities participate to ensure real impact, by setting good examples and encouraging others to follow.
Change is possibleThe TRENDSETTER project aims to: - Improve mobility and quality of life
- Improve air quality
- Reduce noise and traffic congestion.
A challenging goal is to prove that cities can reduce emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels that contribute to global warming and climate change, i.e. that cities can meet the Kyoto goals/Bonn commitments of achieving a 5% annual CO2 reduction solely by using biogas from waste/sewage and bio-fuels from organic waste products.
Other quantified Trendsetter-targets are:
- Reduce NOx emissions by 900 tonnes per year (all cities combined) and
- particulate matter by at least 1800 tonnes per year (all cities combined)
- Save over 850 TJ (20 300 TOE) energy per year (all cities combined).
All Trendsetter objectives are described in the Trendsetter Evaluation Plan.
Mixture of activitiesThe spontaneous development of transport in Europe is not sustainable. To change this it is necessary to mobilise and present a carefully chosen combination of measures that cover several areas and involve various responsibilities in the cities rather than a list of isolated efforts. Or in other words, to have an integrated approach. All Trendsetter Cities work in this way both within Trendsetter and elsewhere to achieve this break through.
In Trendsetter this is illustrated by the promotion of innovative management methods to enhance mobility; improved logistics for greater energy efficiency; the use of public transport and car-sharing and increased use of zero and low emission vehicles.
Some examples of measures: - Introduction of more than 1200 public and private clean cars, vans, buses and lorries
- Several IT-based transport information systems and traffic management systems
- Material logistic centre to optimise freight deliveries
- Environmentally focused parking zones.
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