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OPTIMUM² is a European project that has as its primary aim the improvement of the accessibility of busy locations in urban areas.
OPTIMUM² stands for "Optimal Planning Through Implementation of Mobility Management".
The reason for starting the project is the increasing traffic congestion at busy locations in urban areas. Building new roads and adding more parking space is often neither possible nor desirable. The result is locations that are hard to reach and traffic flooding into the surrounding neighbourhoods. Attempts to limit the use of cars have as of yet not had the hoped-for result.
OPTIMUM² searches for attractive alternatives to cars and has introduced a user-oriented approach. This transnational project was started to find out if this approach works, in the UK and the Netherlands as well as in other countries of North-West Europe. Eight partners will conduct ten trial projects, to tackle the accessibility issue. For this project, two types of locations were selected: hospitals and business areas. The project will last until mid 2008.
Click here for the brochure.
Click here for the OPTIMUM² factsheet.
OPTIMUM² articles
Article in English
Article in Dutch
Article in French
Article in German
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Where can you find all recipes for mobility management?
In the OPTIMUM² Cookbook you can find the outcomes of the 10 OPTIMUM² projects. It will show you their experiences, the successes, but also failures to learn from. Click here to see the OPTIMUM² Cookbook.
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Accessibility site
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