Additional Information Document

 

 

 

4th  and 5th Calls for Proposals

 

DRAFT OCTOBER DECEMBER 2000

 

Task Descriptions

 

Key Action

“Sustainable Mobility and Intermodality”

 

 

Thematic Programme

“Competitive and Sustainable Growth”

 

 

5th Framework Programme

 

 

615 October December 2000


INTRODUCTION

 

This document gives additional information concerning the specifications and objectives of all tasks foreseen in the fourth and fifth calls for proposals of the Key Action “Sustainable Mobility and Intermodality” of the Thematic Programme “Competitive and Sustainable Growth”.

 

All proposals submitted for this Key Action in the framework of these periodic calls should address one of these tasks or sub-tasks as indicated in the task description, all of which are linked with the strategy and priorities defined for this call in the work programme, as updated.

 

The first three digits of the reference number mentioned together with each task title indicates the work programme reference number. An example: 2.1.1 stands for “Socio-economic scenarios for the mobility of people and goods”, subheading “Quantitative tools for decision making”. The number after the slash is the sequential number of the task within one research areas following the last number of the previous call.

 

Involvement of Non-EU countries (Item 8). Entities from Associated States to the Fifth Framework Programme are always welcome to participate. The information given within this item aims at inviting more expresly consortia to involve their entities for a given task, and sometimes entities from other identified third countries.

 

This document can also be downloaded from the Homepage of the Grwoth Programme 3 on the Internet:

 

http://www.cordis.lu/growth

 

Appended to this document, you can find the list of tasks launched in the 1st call  (March 1999), in the 2nd call (December 1999) and in the 3rd call (June 2000)

 

 

 

TASK DESCRIPTIONS

 

4th CALL. December 2000

 

 

 

This call includes

CIVITAS and GALILEO

OVERVIEW OF TASKS

4th CALL – December 2000

 

CIVITAS

 

Objective 2.1  Socio-economic scenarios for mobility of people and goods

2.1.3       Policies for sustainable mobility

2.1.3/8    Increasing the urban transport system’s sustainability and efficiency through radical strategies for Clean Urban Transport

2.1.3/9    Accompanying measure for monitoring and evaluating the introduction of radical strategies for Clean Urban Transport

 

 

GALILEO

Objective 2.3 Modal and intermodal transport management systems

2.3.3       Second Generation GNSS

2.3.3/6    Local eElements Ddefinition

2.3.3/7    Impact of interoperability on the system definitionImpact of Interoperability on the System Definition

2.3.3/8    Frequencies allocation and protection, Certification and Standardisation

Standardisation, Certification and Frequencies

2.3.3/9    Development and Ooptimal Uuse of sSatellite nNavigation for all mModes of Ttransport

2.3.3/10   Detailed Sservice aAnalysis

2.3.3/11  Legal, institutional and regulatory framework for GALILEO Regulatory framework for GALILEO

 

 

           
Task 2.1.3/8

Task 2.1.3/8   Title:    Increasing the urban transport system’s sustainability and efficiency  through radical strategies for Clean Urban Transport

 

This task description offers additional information about the combined call for proposals for Clean Urban Transport demonstration projects, the CIVITAS initiative (CIty – VITAlity – Sustainability), which is supported by the Key Action Economic and Efficient Energy of the ‘Energie’ Programme and the Key Action Sustainable Mobility and Intermodality of the ‘Growth’ Programme[1]. A budget of up to 50 Million Euro has been earmarked as EU contribution, depending on the quality of the proposals received.

 

1. Problem description

 

 

About three-quarters of the EU population live in urban areas. Over 30% of all transport kilometres are made in towns. Traffic congestion is expected to increase and this not only results in problems at local level, it also creates bottlenecks on the Trans-European Transport Networks, especially in the interface with urban areas. According to estimations around 80 % of all external costs of transport in urban areas result from congestion.

 

Energy consumption of transport in cities is increasing rapidly, with private cars and commercial vehicles being responsible for 98% of energy consumption in urban transport. Urban traffic is responsible for more than 10% of all C02 emissions in the EU. The danger of unsustainable traffic growth and worsening living conditions, as well as political commitme