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SMILE - Sustainable Mobility Initiative for Local Environment

Introduction

‘Gateway to sustainable mobility’ comprising a database and various guidelines on local experiences with sustainable mobility published online (English and Spanish).

Problem

SMILE aimed to help local authorities reconcile citizens' mobility needs with their quality of life and the environment, by presenting good practices and introducing innovative approaches to mobility.

Description

Documents accessible online include: "Towards Sustainable urban transport Policies: Recommendations for Local Authorities", "Public Transport: A Pillar for Sustainable Mobility" and "Guidelines on Noise Abatement Planning Principles for Road Traffic at the Local Authority Level" and 170 case studies of sustainable mobility projects.

Approach

See documents for details of each piece of guidance.

Results

The project looked at many different examples of sustainable mobility initiatives (170°) and the results vary for each case study. The guidance documents have the following aims:

"Welcome to 14 European Cities... An Invitation to take Action" (EN, ES), the SMILE Study Tour Catalogue and Site Visits,
"Towards Sustainable Urban Transport Policies: Recommendations for Local Authorities" (EN, ES), the SMILE recommendations to facilitate the replication of good practices and to enable a successful Sustainable Urban Transport Policy,
"Public Transport: A Pillar for Sustainable Mobility" (EN, ES), the SMILE recommendations on how to better integrate public transport in sustainable mobility activities,
"Sustainable Mobility for All!" (EN, ES), the SMILE Guide and Experience on how to consider the needs of specific target groups in local sustainable transport policies...,
"Guidelines on Noise Abatement Planning Principles for Road Traffic at the Local Authority Level" (EN, ES), the guidelines include recommendations on how to proceed with noise abatement planning, which, at the same time, is illustrated with examples taken from real life

EU involvement

EU supported project through the EC’s LIFE Programme. EU supported project through the EC’s LIFE Programme. Sustainable urban transport policies are relevant to EC laws on the air quality and noise.

Contact info

Agence de l'Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l'Energie, France
Mr Laurant Languar, tel. +33 4 93 95 79 99/ - 72 45

Project start date

01/01/2001

Links

Agence de l'Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l'Energie SMILE Europe

Document type

case

Themes

Urban Policy > Urban environment > Environmental sustainability

Keywords

Noise, Air quality