Cooperation
Effective cooperation between active mobility and public transport stakeholders is essential to create integrated, user-centred transport systems. Bringing together cycling, walking, public authorities, employers, and transport providers fosters shared understanding, coordinated action, and stronger impact, enabling infrastructure improvements and making active and public transport natural choices for daily mobility.
Building partnerships
Bringing together cycling, walking and public transport experts – who have traditionally worked separately– is crucial for generating common understanding of challenges and opportunities and for improving A2PT infrastructure and services. This is even more important considering that changing infrastructure in an area with fragmented competences and governance levels requires multi-stakeholder involvement.
Partnerships are key to changing the situation at the ground level and amplifying impact. Collaboration between transport providers, local authorities, employers, and community organizations ensures consistent and credible messaging. Employers can support commuting initiatives through flexible schedules or incentives, while cities can integrate campaigns into urban planning, such as expanding pedestrian zones or cycling networks. Partnerships create a supportive environment where active and public transport become natural, efficient choices for commuters.
Good Practice
THE PEP / EHP Partnership Healthy Active Mobility
Promoting active modes – walking and cycling – standalone or in combination with public transport requires the cooperation of many stakeholders. The partnership Healthy Active Mobility is an example of how bringing together the relevant stakeholders can be inspirational and supportive for many.
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Advisory Board for infrastructure development of Railway stations
For the successful modernization of a train station, a broad stakeholder involvement is essential. In the past, not all stakeholders were able to participate in an equal and structured manner. For this reason, the Austrian state of Vorarlberg has established an advisory board to support the planning team from the initial ideas to the final concept.
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The project Active2Public Transport is supported by the Interreg Danube Region Programme project co-funded by the European Union. The project was initiated by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure (BMIMI), Department II/6 in cooperation with klimaaktiv mobil – the Austrian Federal climate protection initiative on sustainable mobility.