S4C Colloquium Aveiro 2016 https://scientistsforcyclingaveiro2016.wordpress.com/ University of Aveiro (Portugal), Region of Aveiro (CIRA), ABIMOTA/Portugal Bike Value and the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) with its global network Scientists for Cycling (S4C)

1. SCIENTISTS FOR CYCLING COLLOQUIUM
AVEIRO
17TH NOVEMBER2016

2. Agenda
I Introduction
II Government Program
III The IMT
IV U-bike Portugal Project
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3. I
Introduction
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4. Sustainability
• Efficiency in the use of resources
• Circular Economy
• Reduce air pollution
Transport sector
• 25% Europe's GHG
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5. Sustainable mobility assumptions (I)
•The EU needs to achieve a strong reduction of CO2
emissions and achieve sustainable growth and job creation.
•The modernization of the mobility system in general and
the transport sector in particular will help to achieve these
objectives.
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6. Sustainable mobility assumptions (II)
•Mobility is suffering a profound change. The digital economy and a
more competitive global market forces European policymakers and
businesses to rethink how they regulate, invest and operate, implying a
more comprehensive approach to mobility. This approach requires
maximizing efficiency and creating synergies between different sectors
(transport, energy and digital).
•To achieve sustainable development, land use planning, urban
development and transport planning should be applied together.
•Innovation as a motor of competitiveness: includes
investments to develop the vehicle of the future
(namely batteries and digital devices, and collaboration
between traditional and emerging companies.)
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7. Transport decarbonisation
• Green Energy
(including synergies between
transport, energy and digital)
• Sustainable Mobility
(including development of the vehicle
of the future, promoting intermodality
and modal shift to soft modes)
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8. II
Government Program
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9. XXI Government Program (I)
• Promote the reconversion of vehicles and fleets, in order to use
natural gas, of lower carbon intensity;
• Encourage modal integration in terms of ticketing, tariffs, routes,
schedules and cost management by the user;
• Encourage the development of digital platforms regarding the travel
simulation, integrating the real-time schedules and the actual cost of
the trip;
• Boost and expand electric mobility;
• Leverage of new behaviours, promoting modal shift (from individual
vehicles to public transport, soft modes, car sharing, carpooling) and
energetic efficiency;
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10. XXI Government Program (II)
• Develop the technological cluster of energy;
• Encourage soft modes of transport, such as bicycles and pedestrians;
• Develop and implement a Bicycle Promotion Plan and other modes of
soft mobility;
• Favour soft mobility in municipalities and at intermunicipal level,
reducing the distance between city and suburbs promoting
infrastructures and green corridors;
• Attribution of new capabilities to local authorities regarding
transports, namely on transport planning and network management;
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11. XXI Government Program (III)
• Encourage the construction of cycling infrastructures, taking into account
three user profiles and three different functions: sports practice, tourism
and leisure practice and urban mobility;
• To allow the transport of bicycles in public transport (namely in the train
and the subway);
• Reduce the area occupied by individual transport, roads and parking,
favouring the use of public transport and soft mobility, in particular
pedestrian mobility and cycling, as means of promoting youth mobility and
accessibility by senior citizens;
• Encourage operators of car sharing and bike sharing services;
• Accomplish the “Rail Plan 2020”, regarding infrastructures and network.
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12. III
The IMT
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13. DL n.º 236/2012, of October 31, amended and republished by DL n.º 77/2014, of May
14, with the amendments of DL n.º 83/2015, of May 21
DL n.º 78/2014, of May 14, with the amendments of DL n.º 18/2015, of February 2.
Ministry of Planning and Infrastructures
Institute for Mobility and Transports
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 Is a public institute, integrated in the indirect administration of the State,
endowed with administrative and financial autonomy and its own assets.
 Has jurisdiction over the entire national territory.
 Pursues assignments of the Ministries of Internal Administration, Planning
and Infrastructures, the Environment and the Sea, and is under the
oversight and supervision of the Ministry of Planning and Infrastructure.
Characterization
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14. To satisfy the mobility needs of people and goods
Mission
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 The exercise of the functions of technical regulation, licensing, coordination,
supervision and planning in the sectors of land and river transports, and related
infrastructures, and in the economic sector of commercial ports and maritime
transport.
 The management of concession contracts in which the State is conceding, in above
sectors or in others, namely in relation to air transport and airport infrastructures.
Ministry of Planning and Infrastructures
Institute for Mobility and Transports
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15. 17 nov 2016
Ministry of Planning and Infrastructures
Institute for Mobility and Transports
Activities
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Road Transport
(driving licences, vehicles inspections, …)
Road Infrastructures
Railway transport
Railway Infrastructures
Inland Navigation
Shipping
(cabotage, …)
Port infrastructures

16. 698 employees (Headquarters and decentralized services)
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Legend
Regional Directorates (5)
District Delegations (10)
• Traffic District Units (2)
• Vehicles Units (4)
• Drivers Units (4)
• Transport, Supervision and
Contraventions Units (3)
Decentralized services
Institute for Mobility and Transports
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17. IV
U-bike Portugal Project
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18. The project
❶U-BIKE PORTUGAL
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19. The project❶
U-bike Portugal Project:
• Framed within Europe 2020 Strategy, the project is co-financed by the
national thematic programme dedicated to the Environment - the
Operational Programme for Sustainability and Efficient Use of Resources
(PO SEUR)
• Promote cycling mobility in academic communities, providing electrical
and conventional bicycles for long term rental (semesters or school
years)
• Nationwide
• Developed by Higher Education Institutions (HEI)
• Coordinated by IMT
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20. Goals
U-BIKE PORTUGAL❷
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21. Goals
• CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY
‒ Modify the modal split in urban movements, especially transferring
private motorized transport mode to soft mobility.
• CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT
‒ Contribute to the reduction of primary energy consumption;
‒ Contribute to the reduction of emissions of gases with greenhouse
effect, noise and air pollutants.
The Project is directed to young adults intending to demonstrate, by
giving the example, the advantages of a more sustainable mobility
option and thus attract other young people and population groups.
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22. Design
U-BIKE PORTUGALU-BIKE PORTUGAL❸
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IMT
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• Integrated nationwide
projects related to the bicycle
acquisition, for public use
• National coordination of these
projects
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24. Design❸
 Project application - Initiate and coordinate the actions
 Design Manual - Set the image and identity
 Develop the National Communication Plan
 Prepare the Monitoring Plan
 Develop the National Awareness-raising
 Dissemination activities and public nationwide communication
 Ensure the monitoring and evaluation of the project
IMT’s FUNCTIONS:
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25. Design❸
 GENERAL REGULATION OF THE U-BIKE PROJECT PORTUGAL
‒ Scope and objectives
‒ Membership procedures
‒ Entity's responsibilities and obligations
‒ Technical managers
‒ Local and national communication plans
‒ Monitoring plan
‒ Local and national monitoring committees
‒ Deadlines for preparation and project starts
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26. Design❸
 Procurement of bicycles and padlocks
 Provide parking spaces
 Define the management model (distribution by students, teachers
and other staff; access criteria and selection of the service users;
usage periods)
 Define and implement a maintenance plan
 Develop promotional campaigns
 Monitor bicycles’s usage
 …
Higher Education Institutions’s Functions:
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27. Applications to PO SEUR Results
U-BIKE PORTUGALU-BIKE PORTUGAL❹
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28. Applications Results❹
15 HEI’s
Geographic
location
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Lisbon
Aveiro
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29. 7 out 2016
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Electric and
conventional
bicycles by
adhering HEI
Applications Results
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30. Applications Results❹
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Total: 3 234 bicycles
ConventionalElectric
(65%) (35%)
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31. Applications Results❹
Applications submitted / approved: 15
Expressions of interested:
+ than
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Accession requests 17
Total investment (approx.): 6 M €
Fonte: http://noticias.universia.es/net/images/cultura/j/jo/jov/joven-en-bicicleta.jpg
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32. Timeline activities❹
Signing of the acceptance terms
September 2016 - UTAD - Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro
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Next steps
• Implementation of the dissemination and communication plan;
• Implementation of the project monitoring system to evaluate its
results and impacts;
• Launch of the tender for the purchase of bicycle fleets;
• Communication actions and awareness of the target audience
• Local authorities involvement in the achievement of project
objectives.
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33. Expected Results
❺U-BIKE PORTUGALU-BIKE PORTUGALU-BIKE PORTUGAL
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34. Expected results❺
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Behaviour change in the academic communities;
Spread behaviour change across the territory and to other
segments of populations;
Requalification of urban space;
 Improving air quality;
Traffic congestion reduction.
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35. Expected results❺
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60 trips around the world
Estimated travel distance
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36. Expected results❺
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Estimated energy saving
Energy saving
166,34 toe*
*tonne of oil equivalent
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37. Expected results❺
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Estimated emission reduction
Emission reduction
505 tCO2eq*
*tonne of CO2 equivalent
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38. Thank you for your attention
Eduardo Peralta Feio
President of IMT Directive Board
www.imt-ip.pt