02/10/2017 – Transport Malta has hosted the first in a
series of major stakeholder consultations which are being held in view of the
development of a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP). This process is being
compiled as part of the CIVITAS DESTINATIONS Project which is being funded by
Horizon 2020.
Through desktop research, data collection, stakeholder
and public consultation and feasibility analyses, the SUMP will address the mobility challenges and needs encountered by
businesses, residents and tourists in the Northern and Southern Harbour
Districts and formulate an Action Plan to effectively deal with said challenges.
Some of the actions to be included within the final SUMP shall also be piloted
during the SUMP process, thus enabling the final action plan to be populated
with tried and tested measures which are ready for up-scaling.
The Northern and Southern
Harbour Districts have been selected for the purposes of this project due to
the fact that the region hosts the main international gateways (Malta
International Airport, the Valletta Cruise Port, the Malta Sicily Ferry); hosts
over 45% of the resident population, the main employment nodes as well as the
most visited localities by tourists. This means that during peak tourism season
the area experiences an increase in temporary population and puts further pressure
on the current infrastructure. To this affect, tackling the pressures caused by
tourist mobility shall be one of the main focuses of this study and eventual
Action Plan.
During the Stakeholder
Consultation, six thematic workshops, each moderated by an expert in the field,
were organised. One of the workshops focused specifically on freight and
services logistics as part of the initial development stage of a Sustainable
Urban Logistics Plan (SULP) for the city of Valletta which will eventually be
integrated within the SUMP. The other themes discussed were; urban traffic
congestion and parking issues; land and maritime public transport; soft modes
and cycling; mobility management and unscheduled transport and the smart city
concept, alternative and sustainable modes of transport, environment and
climate change.
The afternoon session was
dedicated solely to Local Councils falling within the region under study.
During the workshop the local councils’ representatives voiced their concerns
on mobility issues that they face in their locality, suggestions were also given
which will be further analysed during the SUMP process.
A total of 85
participants, representing over 40 of the major stakeholder entities of the
Region participated in this event.
Presentations
Sustainable Urban Mobility: From Predict and Provide to Avoid, Shift and Improve
Civitas Destinations: Malta Measures
Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan for the Valleta Region
Stakeholder Involvement: Concept, Expectations and Format
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