Esta presentación de WUF7 es sobre necesidad de crear más acceso a de transporte digno y mejores condiciones de vida para personas a población.Muestra la situación actual en muchos aspectos difíciles de manejar, que se pueden solucionar con pequeños esfuerzos. This WUF7 presentation is about the necessity to create a better access to a better transport and life conditions for the poor. Showing the acual situation for difficult in some aspects which are difficult to manage. Lugar: Medellín Evento: Wuf7 Fecha: Abril de 2014

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The complete Chain towards Sustainable Urban Transport
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Acknowledgement of Mobility as Public Good
Manfred Breithaupt,
Mathias Merforth
World Urban Forum 2014

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The role of transport & mobility for
sustainable development
• provides access to jobs, markets, education, health, social/political
participation for urban and rural populations.
• however it implies negative impacts which effect at first hand vulnerable
groups (health/poverty impacts through accidents, air pollution etc.)
• transport & mobility is one of the pre-conditions for achieving Sustainable
Development Goals:
Achieve Universal primary education
Promote gender equality and empower women
Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other dieseases
Develop a Global Partnership for Development
Ensure Environmental Sustainability
Improve Maternal Health
Reduce Child Mortality
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Transport &
Mobility
Passenger
Freight
Source: Slocat/Embarq

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More roads = more mobility?
• The number of private cars has increased from 625 mn.
to 1000 mn. (2000-2012), projected to rise to 3 bn.
vehicles in 2050  air pollution and GHG emissions,
road accidents, space consumption
 Still does not support mobility for all!
• 1 bn. people without access to an all-weather road,
additionally: urban and rural populations without access
to affordable public transport services
 What about rural populations and slum dwellers?
• 1,3 mn. „official“ traffic deaths und 50 mn. injured in
road accidents
 poor suffer most, induced poverty

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Access to mobility as necessity for poverty alleviation
and sustainable development
Poor households…
… often lack access to transport services / supply,
… spend a significant part of their income on transport services,
… life further away from job opportunities and other key destinations, thus
spending more time in transport.
Key challenges
 Access to health services, education,
social and political participation, jobs
and markets by walking, cycling and
public transportation
 Availability/affordability of basic
transportation services

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Mobility for all!
Decision-makers,
planners and the
general society
must set the right
priorities…

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The complete chain towards Sustainable Transport:
A country‘s sustainable development, climate & energy goals
Appropr. Institutions and a legal framework supporting
these goals
The country‘s transport policy & strategy – including
the national sustainable urban transport policy
Transport taxation and charging policies (Where
the money comes from?)
Appropriate spending - based on standardized evaluation
criteria, urban mobility plans (Where the money goes?)

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Acknowledge Mobility as a public Good!
 Many European countries regard mobility as a part of public service, the access
to mobility services is often treated as a citizen‘s right & public responsibility.
Derived from the constitution (Basic Law of Germany):
o Article 72: “… the establishment of equivalent living conditions throughout the federal
territory…” (constitutional aim with relevance for public transport)
o Article 106a [Federal grants for local mass transit]: “Beginning 1 January 1996 the
Länder shall be entitled to an allocation of federal tax revenues for purposes of local mass
transit. Details shall be regulated by a federal law requiring the consent of the Bundesrat.”
German Regional Transport Law (RegG):
o §1.1: “Guarantee of adequate public transport services for the population is part
of the Public Service.”
o §1.2: “The responsibilities for this task will be determined by federal state law.”

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The role of planning:
A Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan
(SUMP) is a …
“… strategic plan designed
to satisfy the mobility needs of
people and businesses
in cities and their surroundings
for a better quality of life.
It builds on existing planning practices
and takes due consideration of
integration, participation, and evaluation
principles.”
www.mobilityplans.eu
A framework and guideline
for inclusive Urban Mobility
Planning in EU

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 Too low prices for individual fuel-driven mobility increase traffic on road!
 Appropriate charges through fuel and vehicles taxes, parking fees and road
user charges can help to AVOID unnecessary traffic or SHIFT transport to
more sustainable modes
 Generated revenues can be used to MAINTAIN appropriate transport
infrastructures and to IMPROVE sustainable mobility alternatives (investments
in public transport, cycling, walking, carsharing, bikesharing,…)
The role of transport pricing
Transport Finances Transport!
TU Dresden estimates that each car in Germany is subsidies with annually
2.100 € by the society (not considering infrastructure costs).
„Prices for transport services are currently set without reflection of
their full costs, thereby permitting car users to travel without being
fully aware of the costs of his/her travel activity“
Source: The True Costs of Automobility: External Costs of Cars - Overview on existing estimates in EU-27, TU Dresden

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How to use scarce funds most
efficiently for sustainable urban mobility?
 Investment priorities derive from national urban transport policy and urban
mobility planning (Planos de mobilidade urbans (PUM), SUMPs in EU)
An important lesson learned from the past:
Cities can‘t improve everything at the same time!
 Investment priority should be given to public transport, walking, cycling &
integration of different transport modes (Modal integration, transit-
oriented/mixed land-use development)
 Clear investment priority for sustainable transport pays off in the short
and long-term!
 Improved institutions, strategic planning and civic participation pay off!
 Maintenance and upgrade of existing infrastructures first!

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… unsustainable transport infrastructure investment
and settlement patterns are likely to continue
… less sustainable development world-wide in terms of
access, safety, pollution, GHGs, inequality and poverty
… slowing of institutional and policy transformation to
support sustainable transport
… momentum from Rio+20 sustainable transport
voluntary commitments will be harder to sustain
…. Setting clear priorities is also required at the global level:
If transport is no active part of post-2015 development
framework…
We must act now!

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First-hand knowledge on
Sustainable Urban Transport on
www.sutp.org and www.capsut.org
GIZ Sourcebook on Sustainable
Urban Transport
• addresses the key areas of
sustainable transport policy
framework
• consists of over 70 modules,
technical papers and training
packages
• intended for policy-makers and their
advisors
Contact: transport@giz.de