FLOW

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Project name: FLOW (Furthering Less Congestion by creating Opportunities for more Walking and cycling)

Project Acronym: FLOW

Duration: 01.05.2015 – 30.04.2018.

 

Description

The goal of the FLOW project is to contribute to a shift in mindset, whereby walking and cycling are placed on the same level as motorized modes of transport in order to collectively reduce urban congestion. The assumption of the FLOW project is that city representatives do not consider walking and cycling as potential solutions because there is insufficient data on the direct impacts of walking and cycling, and there are no appropriate tools for evaluating this data. Therefore, the FLOW project will develop user-friendly transport modeling methodologies that will enable the effective assessment of pedestrian and cycling projects.

FLOW was the first project to explicitly demonstrate the connection between urban congestion and pedestrian and cycling measures. The project's objectives are:

  • Defining the role of walking and cycling in reducing congestion;
  • Developing and applying methodologies and tools to analyze the congestion-reducing effects of pedestrian and cycling measures;
  • Evaluating and demonstrating the congestion-reducing impact of pedestrian and cycling measures;
  • Supporting the implementation of congestion-reducing measures;
  • Raising awareness of the congestion-reducing impact of pedestrian and cycling measures;
  • Encouraging market actors to introduce new pedestrian and cycling products and services;
  • Communicating the fact that pedestrian and cycling measures reduce congestion.

The BKK's role in the project was to develop the cycling layer of the Integrated Traffic Model (EFM) and integrate the MOL Bubi public bike-sharing system into the model. With the enhanced EFM, BKK evaluated the implementation of the MOL Bubi bike-sharing system and the related bicycle-friendly developments in the city center during the project. Additionally, it enabled more accurate assessment of planned projects. By modeling cycling traffic at the network level, the FLOW consortium realized world-class innovation, which will make it possible to evaluate cycling within the entire transportation system in the future.

Project website: http://www.h2020-flow.eu/

Lead partner: Rupprecht Consult - Forschung & Beratung Gmbh, Németország

Projektmenedzser: Bernard Gyergyay

Partners: PTV Planung Transport Verkehr AG, Germany;
European Cyclists’ Federation, Belgium;
Walk21, United Kingdom;
POLIS – Promotion of Operational Links with Integrated Services, Belgium;
Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories, Belgium;
Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BUTE), Hungary;
Gdansk University of Technology, Poland;
Traject Mobility Management, Belgium;
Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Germany;
BKK Centre for Budapest Transport, Hungary;
Dublin City Council, Ireland;
City of Lisbon, Portugal;
City of Munich, Germany;
Sofia Urban Mobility Centre, Bulgaria;
City of Gdynia, Poland;

Project budget: 3.781.696€, BKK budget in project: 138.813 €

Grant Agreement number: 635998

Funded by: Horizon 2020 - Research and Innovation Action – RIA (100%)

BKK’s role in the project: Project partner