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Towards Smart Rural Transport Areas: the SMARTA Project Andrea Lorenzini Giorgio Ambrosino MemEx Srl Webinar series SMARTA Webinar | 17 th June 2020 June – July 2020 www.ruralsharedmobility.eu

2 The context The context A quarter of Europe’s population lives in rural areas, that is about 150 million people Naturally diffuse, much higher need for mobility than in urban areas Public transport weak, high dependency on private car Mobility How to live a daily life without a car The issues Traffic generated in rural areas Environment SMARTA | Smart Rural Transport Areas

3 Mobility in rural areas needs attention Depopulation Cities Austerity Ageing measures population Towns and suburbs 27% of Europe’s population means 137 million people , which equates to the population of the 40 largest Metropolitan areas in Europe Rural Same level of attention not been paid in areas transport policy, innovation, capital investment and ongoing subsidy for rural mobility needs Distribution of population (%) by degree of urbanisation, EU-28 Eurostat 2017 SMARTA | Smart Rural Transport Areas

4 The SMARTA Project www.ruralsharedmobility.eu Sponsored by European Parliament Funded through EU Transport Explore ways to ensure sustainable Ministry - DG MOVE mobility by improving shared mobility integrated with public transport services The SMARTA Consortium across different European rural areas 3 Main strands of activities Research Demonstration Engagement Recommendations and Policy Guidelines SMARTA | Smart Rural Transport Areas

5 Rural shared mobility landscape Asset sharing Flexible Transport Services Allows the traveller to utilise/pick- Include a range of services that act as an up a specific means of transport additional layer between conventional (bike, car, e-scooter, etc.) without (fixed route and schedule based) any property issue; users must be transport and personal transport (car or registered. taxi) Fixed-route bus and rail Ride sharing Allows aggregation of the mobility The ‘shared mobility services’ include both the mobility services demand for sharing a ride in the themselves and the supporting same vehicle (e.g. carpooling); services including traveler and/or to use the same service (e.g. information, reservation, payment taxi) together with other persons and operation management. SMARTA | Smart Rural Transport Areas

6 Task1: Research 7-10 pages each “Insight Papers” Analysis of the challenges of mobility in rural areas and the framework in each of the 28 EU countries (including selected EEA states, North America and Australia) “Good Practices” Comprehensive overview of Good Practices in rural shared mobility from around Europe and beyond SMARTA | Smart Rural Transport Areas

7 The Insight Papers: 10 key issues Are there Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMP) or equivalent for rural areas Which is the layer of Government at which Is there a specific rural mobility/transport rural mobility is primarily determined? policy with objectives and targets? Yes, with specified objectives National and target outcomes Yes, but only with aspirational State / Region goals and without target objectives Municipality/County On what basis does the public transport No give coverage of villages and rural areas? … SMARTA | Smart Rural Transport Areas

8 Insight Papers: preliminary results Some Key Motivations Financing Policy There is near-total absence of specific policy for mobility in rural areas There are different Authority levels acting Different in rural mobility Frameworks There are few obligations to provide rural mobility services Organisational Institutional The organisational arrangements for rural shared mobility are weak Frameworks are not conducive to Regulatory developing rural shared mobility http://ruralsharedmobility.eu/index.php/insight-papers/ SMARTA | Smart Rural Transport Areas

9 Task1: Good Practices Shared Mobility [SM] SUMA,Elba, IT [SM1] SOPOTNIKI. SI [SM2] Demand Responsive Transport [DRT] Alpine Bus – Bus service in tourist Rural Mobility Ring a Link, Kilkenny, IE [DRT1] Shotl Platform, ES Bummelbus (DRT), LU [DRT7] Flexible mobility services in area, CH [SM3] [DRT4] Byala, BG [DRT10] Programmes [MP] Talybont Energy, UK [SM4] Prontobus, Modena Province, IT [DRT2] The Village Bus in Western Region DRT Pilot DRT in rural areas of Rural Transport Rezo Pouce, FR [SM5] Kolsillre, SE [DRT5] Stage 1 – AUS [DRT8] Castilla y Leon, ES [DRT11] Programme, IE, [MP1] DRT in the region of Middle Tejo, PT [DRT3] RegioTaxi, NL [DRT6] Suffolk Links DRT, UK [DRT9] EcoVolis community bike-sharing, ITNAmerica, USA, [MP2] Albania [SM6] CT Program, Ontario, Northern Commute, Limerick, IE Canada, [MP3] [SM7] Fare-free buses, EE, [MP4] Autonomous shuttle in Bad Birnbach, DE [SM8] National MaaS Framework, Bürgerbuses, Baden-Württemberg, FI, [MP5] DE [SM9] Flexi Tec, BE [SM10] Hybrid cases [HYB] (Rail and Bus) Public Transport Network [PT] ArrivaClick On-Demand PT SmartMove project in Langadas, GR Service, UK [HYB1] [PT1] Badenoch&Strathspey Krakow Metropolitan Transport, PL Community Transport [PT2] Company, UK [HYB2] Smart Move in Alba Iulia, RO [PT3] Texelhopper, NL [HYB3] Muldental in Fahrt, DE [PT4] Go-Mobil, AU [HYB4] Donegal Local Link, IE [PT5] SMARTA | Smart Rural Transport Areas

10 SMARTA Report on rural Good Practices Main reference typologies More than 30 GPs in More than 20 rural mobility domain countries covered Available at https://ruralsharedmobility.eu/report-on-rural-good-practices/ SMARTA | Smart Rural Transport Areas

11 Some examples Demand Responsive Transport Services Community-based solutions SMARTA | Smart Rural Transport Areas

12 SMARTA Report on rural Good Practices SMARTA | Smart Rural Transport Areas

13 Task2: Demonstration and Evaluation Validation and evaluation in real-field conditions of effectiveness , efficiency , response , impacts and prospects for shared mobility services connected with public transport Combining travellers more efficiently by different service schemes Long-distance coach Local bus Improving the availability and integration of transport offer and mobility options Carsharing / Bus On-Demand E-hitchhiking Ride sharing Support ITS such as user info, booking, E-Bikesharing SMARTA Evaluation Framework ticketing, fleet control, …. MaaS schemes 4 Layers 1. Enabling factors for change SMARTA Consortium is supporting and engaging 2. Mobility & Accessibility indicators with 13 different sites across Europe 3. Implementation process 4. Feasibility of strategies SMARTA | Smart Rural Transport Areas

14 Task 2: Pilot sites and Good Practices 4 SMARTA Pilot sites 13 Different mobility practices ▪ Ring a Link, Kilkenny, Ireland ▪ School bus and ITS, Toscana Sud, Italy Vidzeme, LV Vejle, DK ▪ RezoPouce, Herault, France Groningen Drenthe, NL ▪ Bürgerbus , Germany Bürgerbus , DE Kilkenny, IE 4 SMARTA2 Pilot sites Bielsko-Biala, PL East Tyrol, AT ▪ East Tyrol, Austria Herault, FR Brasov, RO ▪ Municipality of Trikala ▪ Municipality of Águeda Águeda , PT ▪ Brasov Metropolitan Area Trikala, GR 5 in-depth Good Practices Toscana Sud, IT Vallirana, ES SMARTA | Smart Rural Transport Areas

15 Task 2: Pilot sites and Good Practices 4 SMARTA Pilot sites Bürgerbus Ring a Link, Kilkenny Germany Ireland Who Community based Who Demand responsive transport services in and door-to-door Kusel District and service by a non-profit Dreisam Stromer making, charitable transport organisation What Analysis of different business cases and What Integration of models conventional and shared mobility services Kilkenny, IE Bürgerbus , DE ‘Open door’ school bus, Toscana, RezoPouce Italy France Herault, FR Who Public Transport Who Hitch-hiking service Operator of Arezzo, organized by Grosseto, Siena, Municipalities with Piombino and Val di Rezopouce association Cornia What Evaluation of (new) What Transport services RezoPouce services in dedicated to students 2 areas of Herault Toscana Sud, IT managed with innovative ITS CELSO sytem SMARTA | Smart Rural Transport Areas

16 Task 2: Pilot sites and Good Practices 4 SMARTA2 Pilot sites East Tyrol Austria Who Regional Brasov Management East Romania Tyrol no profit organisation Who Brasov Metropolitan What Expand the existing Agency for Águeda car-sharing system Sustainable with four new Portugal Development stations and four Who Municipality of Águeda , cars & Integrated What Carpooling Portugal ticketing platform that will enable users to offer and book What Expand the electric shared trips bike-sharing system by East Tyrol, AT installing five e-bike Trikala parks and 15 e-bikes Greece Brasov, RO Who e-Trikala (Trikala Municipality) Águeda , PT Trikala, GR What Application for real-time PT information and carpooling options SMARTA | Smart Rural Transport Areas