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European Platform on Mobility Management
Posted on: 27 March 2012
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EPOMM, the European Platform on Mobility Management, has developed two new services that are rapidly gaining recognition:
TEMS: The EPOMM Modal Split: This is an online tool allowing access to modal split data from currently more than 330 cities across Europe, with more cities added all the time. This is the first publicly accessible database that allows easy access to such data on a European-wide scale. Users can select a city from the map or compare a group of cities using search and benchmarking options. This allows, for example, to compare all cities in Europe with between 100.000 and 200.000 inhabitants and a cycling modal share of over 10%. The aim of EPOMM is to be able to provide the modal split data of all of the more than 600 European cities with more than 100.000 residents, and to foster discussion on a European standardisation of such data.
MaxEva is an interactive web tool that guides and helps cities to evaluate and collect monitoring data of their projects. It provides an overview of results at any time during the project and automatically calculates the effects in terms of modal split, reduced mileage and reduced CO2-emissions. Projects that have already used MaxEva can be found by using either an interactive map or a search and benchmarking tool. For each project, a large array of background data is available.
Urban transport and energy efficiency
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This guide provides a comprehensive overview of measures and policies designed to promote greater energy efficiency in transport, and assigns specific tasks and responsibilities to particular parties. Case studies illustrate international experiences in implementing measures to increase energy efficiency in transport. Registration is required to access the document.
Cycling in Lviv, Ukraine
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The Western Ukrainian city of Lviv has taken the strategic decision to develop cycling as regular mode of transport: Improved cycling infrastructure and active promotion of cycling as modern, clean and truly European mode of transport will help to increase the share of cyclists.
From transition to transformation: Sustainable and inclusive development in Europe and Central Asia
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A new report on sustainable development in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, prepared by 13 UN agencies, has highlighted the need for the region to remove fossil fuel subsidies, invest in green jobs, and establish social protection floors in order to ensure a sustainable future. The report was launched at the first Global Human Development Forum in Istanbul, Turkey, on 23 March 2012. Three concepts underpin the report: resource depletion and environmental degradation; poverty; and inequality.
Rental Britain
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Savills and Rightmove have issued a comprehensive review of the private rented sector in Britain. Rental Britain looks in detail at the state of the sector and examines its outlook, both from the perspective of tenant and landlord.
Localism Act: Neighbourhood Plans and Community Right to Build – Impact Assessment
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Neighbourhood planning is a new community right introduced by the Localism Act 2011. This document assesses the impact of neighbourhood planning that empowers parish councils and communities to shape the development and growth of their local area through the production of a Neighbourhood Development Plan or Neighbourhood Development Order or where communities wish to bring forward small scale development themselves, to give them a Community Right to Build.
Planning policy for traveller sites
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This is the government’s new planning policy for traveller sites, which comes into effect at the same time as the National Planning Policy Framework. The new planning policy should be read in conjunction with the National Planning Policy Framework.
National Planning Policy Framework
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The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) came into effect at 12.30pm on 27 March 2012 for local authorities with no up to date plan. Local authorities with a post-2004 local plan that is broadly in line with the NPPF will be able to use those policies for 12 months. The final version of the NPPF includes:
The definition of sustainable development: this has been strengthened to include the Bruntland definition.
Brownfield first policy: this has been strengthened to prioritise more clearly the use of previously developed land.
Five-year land supply: local authorities with a good track record at allocating land for housing must earmark a five-year supply plus 5%. Others must earmark a five-year supply plus 20%.
The intrinsic value of countryside: this has been included in the NPPF following its removal from the first draft.
Town centre first policy: this has been strengthened and office development re-included, with an exemption for rural businesses.
Decent Homes Impact Study: The effects of secure, warm, modern homes in Nottingham
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For the first time research has focused on the wider social, economic and environmental benefits of Decent Homes. Previous studies have focused on the individual benefits of the scheme, such as tackling crime or health issues. The study is the first to look holistically at the overall impact of the scheme, known as Secure Warm Modern in Nottingham, on tenants and communities. It covers the impact on crime and security, health and well being, the environment and fuel poverty, and on the local economy and employment.
Hotting up? An analysis of low carbon plans and strategies for UK cities. Vol.1: Main findings
Posted on: 27 March 2012
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This research, published by the RICS, was carried out in 2011 to analyse how UK cities were engaging with the low carbon agenda with a particular emphasis on mitigation measures. The research: examines the background and legislative context for low carbon cities in the UK; draws comparisons between UK approaches and international approaches where appropriate; critically reviews and compares low carbon plans (including climate action plans) in UK cities in terms of their timeframes, targets, and pathways to the future; identifies the drivers and barriers to implementing such plans; and highlights best practice and best ideas in low carbon cities. See also Volume 2: Appendices
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