The document discusses the history and future developments of greenways in Central Europe. It notes that greenways provide over 8,000 km of trails that protect cultural and natural areas while promoting sustainable mobility and local economic development. Greenways help reduce carbon emissions and encourage healthier, more active lifestyles. They also integrate protected natural areas with cultural sites and local business initiatives. The document outlines how greenways can shift transportation patterns towards non-motorized options and support local tourism through products, services and social enterprises located along trails.

1. Greenways – Future Developments
David Murphy, Director
Environmental Partnership Association

2. History of Greenways
in 30 seconds or less

3. Central European Greenways
Framework for cooperation,
Forum for exchange of ideas, good practices, brainstorming
Methodology for implementation
Legal framework for funding
Links to other organizations (EGWA, ECF, Sustrans, PPS)
BG, CR, HU, PL, RO, SK, DE, A, BR, SR, UA, USA, FR, UK, BE

4. „MORE than just
8.000kms TRAILs…“

6. Protected areas, cultural and
natural monuments
Local initiatives, local products

7. Two Main Directions
1. Implementing Sustainable Mobility Many knock on
2. Promoting Economic Development Benefits
Reducing environmental impact
Healthier, more active societies
Reduction of carbon footprint
Protecting cultural and
natural heritage
Promoting public participation
Changing individual behavior

8. Why Sustainable Mobility?
73 % of the population
lives in urban areas
73% (2005) to 78.0% in 2025
Since 1989 CEE has lowered its CO2 in
every area Except TRANSPORT

9. …and then there are concerns about Climate Change

10. The automobile is NOT your friend
91% of Copenhageners cycle
because it is fastest
Cars are destroying our streets

11. 73 % of the
population of CEE
lives in urban areas
73% (2005) to 78.0%
in 2025

12. Without great streets you don’t have great cities

13. Greenways and Sustainable Mobility
Beyond sport and leisure
Daily mobility On average, people make 3 trips per day,
spending 1 hour travelling
Activities Only 1 in 5 trips is work-related
Spatial orientation
5 out of 6 trips begin or end at home
10% of car trips are not further than 1km
Car usage
30% not further than 3km
50% not further than 5km

14. Transportation Paradigm Shift
Old Paradigm New Paradigm
• Large area planning • Small area planning
• Arterials • Boulevards
• Access to shopping centers • Access to corner markets
• Retail market area - large • Retail Market area - small
• Single family bedroom • Mixed residential/office/services
communities with local businesses
• Big roads, wide intersections, and • Bike paths, sidewalks, narrow
parking lots streets, and transit
• Big solutions • Small solutions (road connectivity,
(interstates/bypasses) context sensitivity)
• Standards-based (Green Book) • Place-based
• Performance is about transport • Performance is about access and
sense of place

15. Greenways are sustainable mobility
Soon the choice will not be between your car or your bike, but between your car or your future
Greenways provide:
Safe infrastructure
Non-motorized transport
Innovative ideas:
•Mobility Plans
•Safe Routes to Schools
•Traffic calming

16. Mobility Plan Manuals
a strategy to help an organization or locality
reduce its transport impacts and influences the
travel behavior of its employees, suppliers,
visitors and/or customers.
reducing or limiting individual automobile
transport to the lowest possible level and
increasing the level of environmentally
responsible transport.

17. Safe Routes to School –
Czech Republic
School mobility plans, mapping problematic places, creating solutions

18. Greenways and Economic Development

19. Statistics
• The Little Miami Scenic Trail is very popular, with over 150,000 users per
year. On a weekend day, users include over 400 bicyclists and almost 200
pedestrians. Trail users spend an average of $13.54 per visit on food and
auto expenses and $277 per year on related clothing and equipment
• for every foot closer to the Little Miami Scenic Trail a single-family
residential property is located, its sale price increases by $7.05
• The Mispillion River Greenway in Delaware is credited with creating 250
jobs in the last 10 years.
• 61 business located along the Missouri River State Trail reported that the
trail was having a positive effect on their businesses. Eleven of the
businesses reported that the trail had strongly influenced their decision to
establish their business, and 17 (28%) had increased the size of their
investment since the trail had opened

20. CYCLIST WELCOME: Based on German, Austrian and French
certification schemes: Bett und Bike
Czech Republic:
1000 certified tourist services
Cooperation with internet server and cycling web pages
Slovakia:
Transferred in 2008: around 80 certified
Poland:
Bike Friendly, Clean Tourism
Romania: Transylvania
Authentica

21. State of the art tourism products

22. Beyond branding
2000 2010

23. Social Enterprises on
the Greenways
local heritage products
Cultural Heritage Tourism
tour operator

24. Monitoring – information gathering

25. Festival of Open Wine Cellars

26. Iron Curtain Trail – supported by DG Enterprise – Tourism Unit

27. Polish Greenways
Stronger links to Eurovelo
Greenways Methodology
Association (Hungary)
Cycling coordinators
Mobility planning/master
Adopt an integrated approach
to both mobility and tourism
beyond cycling

28. • Greenways are a tools for sustainable development
• Greenways concept is attractive and internationally accepted
• CEG has accumulated a large database of know-how.
• The program is managed by a well-motivated team
• Greenways is an increasingly strong Brand
• Geographic corridors for sustainable development projects &
initiatives that connect municipalities, regions, countries
•Mobility – jobs.

29. More information
Central European Greenways:
CEG: http://www.environmentalpartnership.org/regionalceg/
Czech Greenways:http://www.nadacepartnerstvi.cz/greenways
Hungarian Greenways:http://zoldutak.hu/
Slovak Greenways
Polish Greenways: http://greenways.pl/en/blog/news
Romanian Greenways: http://greenways.ro/
Cycling in Central Europe:
FoCG: http://pragueviennagreenways.org/
Top Bicycle: http://www.topbicycle.com/
Greenways Travel Club: http://www.visitgreenways.com/
National Cycle Strategy CR: http://www.cyklostrategie.cz/en/tourism/
Velo-touring Hungary: http://www.cyclehungary.com/
Cycling Slovakia: http://www.cyclingslovakia.com/index.php?menuid=2