Synopsis
Rotterdam has the largest port in the world and is the central main-port of Europe. The city is the second largest and the economic centre in The Netherlands and has about 600,000 inhabitants from which 300,000 inhabitants have to commute to work every day. The majority of the population in Rotterdam travels by bicycle or walks for trips shorter than 5 km, 24% travels by car and only 5% uses public transport. For longer trips, the use of car and public transport increases to 65% and 23% respectively. The high mobility needs in Rotterdam causes the city policy to aim for reduction of the negative impact on environment and public space, especially reducing noise and air pollution caused by mobility. The environmental mobility problems can be divided into 3 categories, contribution to worldwide emissions (green house gases), local emissions cause air pollution and (car) mobility also affects the quality of life (noise, vibration and effecting public space). The standard approach for solving these problems are mainly stimulating use of public transport, introducing environmental friendly vehicle technologies and guiding the mobility. A modal shift towards energy efficient and environmental friendly means of transport is being promoted and the supply of traffic and transport infrastructure will be in line with the users and their demand for transport. In Rotterdam the E-TOUR project introduced electric scooters as a perfect alternative to fuel scooters and mopeds. Electric bikes have been introduced for service trips and commuting transport (about 5-12 kilometres), not only to improve the environment, but also to introduce the normal cyclists pleasure of commuting without getting delayed by traffic congestion.
Target groups: employers / employees - residents
Fields: cycling
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