Consultation on the EU new urban mobility initiative
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The public consultation was conducted from 01 July 2021 to 23 September 2021 and was accessible via the Commission’s central platform Have your say. Using EU Survey, the consultation was available in all official languages. A total of 849 responses were received from 27 EU Member States and 6 non-EU countries.1 Data were screened and cleaned in line with the Better Regulation Toolbox.2 Two duplicates were identified. Therefore, the final number of responses for the analysis amounted to the valid 847 responses submitted. A total of five workshops with stakeholders and representatives of Member States took place between 14 June 2021 and 28 June 2021. Stakeholders submitted 50 position papers, 38 of them in reply to the Roadmap and 12 in reply to the Open Public Consultation, or by email to the European Commission in the context of the different consultation activities. The results provided in this report take into account detailed analysis of the answers received during the open public consultation (OPC), the position papers received during the OPC and the feedbacks of the stakeholder workshops that took place. The key take-aways from the analysis of the OPC are as followed: Improve conditions for cyclists and pedestrians Public transport should be the backbone of sustainable urban mobility Make SUMP mandatory Improve urban freight and logistics Other frequently mentioned opinions included the improvement of the infrastructure for intermodal travel, the harmonisation of Urban Vehicle Access Regulations (UVAR) throughout Europe, the promotion of mobility management plans for organisations and the increase of the number of sustainable mobility choices between urban and sub-urban areas.