Active2Public Transport
Better combining cycling, walking and public transport
in the Danube region
Active2Public Transport project area
Why Active2Public Transport?
Europe will not achieve a climate-neutral transport sector simply by replacing conventional vehicles by electric cars. Policy measures for passenger transport need to have a stronger focus on supporting a multimodal shift towards active and public transport (APT). Cycling and walking are the most efficient and the only truly carbon-free means of transport especially on short distances. By better linking APT it will be possible to even provide attractive alternatives for car trips on medium and longer distances. Solutions developed and tested in the project will help to overcome the existing gaps of the multimodal transport system and will include all forms of active travel to any public transport (PT) station. This includes parking, bike carriage while riding bus or train or getting away from the PT station e.g. by bike sharing.
Project Results
The Danube A2PT Action Plan supported by national and regional action plans will provide the strategic framework to improve the connectedness of APT in transport nodes systematically and towards contemporary mobility hubs. A unique A2PT online toolbox will provide guidance for the implementation of innovative solutions to overcome common gaps in the multimodal APT system. This toolbox will show how to upscale existing state of the art solutions enriched by the experiences from pilot actions of the A2PT project all over the Danube region. Joint project implementation in a transnational setting will inspire the experts of all involved organisations (local/regional/national public authorities, NGOs, services/infrastructure providers) to overcome their traditionally narrow, unimodal - often car-oriented – focus leading to more and better A2PT services and infrastructure beyond the limited geographical area of the pilot implementations. See more about results of Active2Public Transport.
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Project overview
Start date:
01 January 2024
Status: ongoing
End date:
30 June 2026
€2,856,024
budget
80.00 % funded by
Interreg Funds
9
countries
11
partners
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Irene Bittner
Lead Coordinator of the A2PT Project
Irene Bittner studied landscape architecture in Vienna and Copenhagen and focuses her work on sustainable mobility and livable streets. Among others, she has worked as a lecturer and researcher at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, and the University of Graz. Since 2022, she has worked as a mobility expert for the Austrian climate protection initiative ‘klimaaktiv mobil’ at the Österreichische Energieagentur – Austrian Energy Agency. Irene holds a driver's license but has never owned a car in her life. She really enjoys traveling by train – for work and for holiday trips. Living in cities like Vienna, Copenhagen, Berlin, or Graz, she loves to take the metro, buses, and tramways, as well as cycling or walking to get in touch with urban street life. Sometimes, taking a taxi or using car sharing is sufficient to cover her need for the automotive travel experience or simply to transport goods.
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