1. Action Plan on Urban Mobility
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
ADOPTED ON 30 SEPTEMBER 2009

2. Why is action necessary?
Mobility in urban areas is closely related to a variety of policy challenges: climate change, competitiveness, energy, cohesion, road safety, …
Actions at local level are not taken in isolation but in the framework of EU policy
Urban mobility is of concern to EU citizens. Nine out of ten citizens believe that the traffic situation in their area should be improved

3. Fully respecting competences
Urban areas are diverse, face different challenges and have different needs. They are best placed to define and implement urban mobility policies.
The Commission has no intention to prescribe one-size-fits all or top down solutions, but it can support, enable and encourage.
Much is to be gained from working together!

4. The Green Paper - a sound basis
Green Paper ‘Towards a new culture for urban mobility’, adopted on 25 September 2007
The consultation and debate that followed the Green Paper clarified the added value of action at EU level
Twenty actions, centred around six themes that respond to the main messages from the Green Paper consultation

5. Six themes Promoting integrated policies Focusing on citizens
Greening urban transport
Strengthening funding
Optimisation of urban mobility
Sharing experience and knowledge

6. Sharing experience and knowledge
Upgrading data and statistics
Study on improving data collection for urban transport and mobility
Urban mobility observatory
Internet platform for sharing information, data and statistics, best practices

7. Study on data collection
Study on harmonised data collection of European data and statistics in the field of urban transport
Objectives:
Address the limited availability of data and statistics in the field of urban mobility;
Identify possible data sources and synergies;
Improving data collection in the field of urban transport

8. Study on data collection
The study will:
(1) consult key data providers/data users/stakeholders and undertake a scan of existing recommendations on possible indicators and definitions;
(2) prepare overview of existing sources of data and statistics at local, regional, national and EU level, and assess their quality;

9. Study on data collection
(3) explore possible synergies with existing Commission initiatives, for example via Eurostat or the Urban Audit, or link-ups with data collection activities for transport modelling and road safety;
(4) prepare proposals on how to improve data collection for urban transport and mobility