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Portfolio of measures

Portfolio of measures

Cities have different options for fostering walking and cycling, ranging from infrastructural to behaviour-centred approaches. Depending on local circumstances, different options have different effects on congestion.

FLOW produced The Role of Walking and Cycling in Reducing Congestion: A Portfolio of Measures to inform about the range of measures available to cities to foster walking and cycling, and to point particularly to the impact of such measures on congestion. As impacts on congestion are situation-specific, the Portfolio of Measures includes case studies of different measure types.

The first part of the Portfolio provides some general findings about the role of walking and cycling measures in relieving congestion, based on a literature review and an expert survey carried out within the FLOW project. This is followed by 20 cases in which walking measures, cycling measures or combinations of measures have been successfully implemented in Europe and abroad. The case studies are clustered in five main topic groups: cycling infrastructure (moving traffic); walking and cycling infrastructure (moving traffic); cycling infrastructure (parking and bike sharing); traffic management strategies; mobility management and measures for more than one mode. The final chapter summarises the effects of the 20 cases and elaborates some general lessons learned. One general finding: the measures described have helped to reduce congestion or have increased walking and/or cycling levels without increasing congestion.

To access the Portfolio, please go to link. 

For cities

FLOW supported systematic knowledge transfer with a group of Exchange and Follower cities in assessing the effectiveness of walking and cycling measures to address urban congestion.

For decision makers

The FLOW project dedicated particular attention to decision makers and politicians as they are the ones taking the strategic decision to integrate a measure into the local policy.
For businesses

Private sectors has, in its field of competences, a key role to play in reducing congestion and promoting walking and cycling in cities. The tools they propose may not be known by the end users.