Rural mobility
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Rural mobility

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  • Rural Pact
  • Rural Revitalisation Platform
    • European Union created on English
    European Union created on English

    • 8 Members

    • 1 Discussions

    Description

    Rural mobility is one of the fundamental enablers for the long-term vision for EU's rural areas, but public transport and shared mobility services are limited in most regions. The lack of explicit policies on rural mobility in most European countries is a fundamental cause identified by the SMARTA project (2018-2019). With 130 million Europeans living in rural areas, existing solutions are small scale, resulting in low mobility, restricted access and increased car dependency.

    There are a number of proven rural mobility solutions, including flexible transport services and asset sharing services. However, their implementation at local level is hampered by limited organisational and financial capacity, as well as a lack of knowledge and practical experience among local implementers.

    A collective voice is needed to highlight the challenges and opportunities for change, urging European and national responses to address the urgent need for rural mobility. 

    Objectives of the Community Group

    • Establish pan-European networking, dialogue, information exchange through the formation and animation of a Rural Pact Community Group on rural mobility; 
    • Create linkages with the European Rural Mobility Network (ERMN), so its mechanisms can endure beyond the SMARTA-NET project; 
    • Develop outreach to organisations, communities, and practitioners with interest in rural mobility, who currently have no forum to engage; 
    • Increase the capacity of rural municipalities, communities, associations, regions and practitioners through knowledge sharing; 
    • Identify needs of the stakeholders within the sector, including capacity building and methods;
    • Identify and propose solutions to barriers to what rural municipalities, communities and other local actors could do themselves;
    • Identify enablers that would allow them to do more, aligned with broader rural development, societal and mobility policies, and which layer needs to act; 
    • Provide a collective voice for the stakeholders in the rural mobility sector; 
    • Provide a channel for EU and national levels to discuss with and gain better understanding of the sector.

    Group coordinators

    • Andrea Lorenzini (MemEx srl)
    • Brendan Finn (MemEx srl)
    • Eleonora Ercoli (MemEx srl)

    Topics

    Rural-urban linkages Transport and mobility Tourism and heritage