Pushing a parking management approach on the agendas to green mobility strategies in functional urban areas

Programme 2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B Central Europe

Date of latest update: 2025-03-13

Description

Description (EN):

The key challenge tackled by the NXTLVL ("NeXTLeVeL") Parking (NLP) project is that of promoting and ensuring efficient, greener and sust. urban mobility. The overall project objectives are to reduce car use in CE functional urban areas and to improve the provision of sust. alternatives, and more liveable environments, by the wider use of parking management: managing, rationing and pricing on- and off-street parking so its cost becomes more transparent to drivers and thus influences their travel choices. The project is innovative in several ways. The use of parking management as strategic tool to influence travel demand is uncommon in CE cities; the project aims to change this so that cities understand how to use it as a key plank of their Sust. Urban Mobility Plan. Key means will be a novel parking policy audit tool, ParkPAD, to prioritise improvements in a city’s parking policy; and cross-departmental, cross city-limits and multi-stakeholder groups to develop a consensus on future parking policy, and the new parking measures needed. The main outputs will be parking policy audits and a Parking Policy Implementation Plan that will better integrate parking and SUMP and cut car use; and measures already implemented in the lifetime of the project. The ParkPAD tool itself will be improved so that other cities can use it and will benefit from an improved, more effective parking policy that is broadly accepted. Guidance documents in all partner languages and extensive nat. & transnat. trainings transfer the most important results to interested followers free of charge. The implementation approach is one built on collaboration within and between city partners and other levels of government. A transnational approach is crucial to give partners the knowledge, confidence and support to develop sometimes controversial measures; and to exploit exchange and learning at legislators’ side because Ministries / higher levels of government. are involved and work with their peers.

Actual Achievements (EN):

The project has made significant strides towards its objectives, with major achievements across several partner and follower cities. The ParkPad tool has been central to these efforts, facilitating audits, consensus meetings, and the development of action plans. In the cities of Žilina, Olomouc, Budapest (Ferencvaros), and Ljutomer, the ParkPad audits were completed, and consensus meetings were successfully held. Each city has developed and, in most cases, approved action plans based on the audit results. in the City of Rostock the audit is complete, and the action plan is in preparation, expected by June 2024. In the Province of Bolzano (Prettau) due to local elections, audits are scheduled for Autumn 2024. Ten follower cities formed working groups in Poland, distributed questionnaires, and conducted in-depth interviews. A consensus meeting is planned after the election. In Hungary, audits started in Szentendre, Siófok, and Szeged, with working groups set up and initial steps completed. Audits for Brunneck and Sand in Taufers are planned for October 2024. Initial steps to identify potential follower cities have begun in Slovenia, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia. The cooperation among cities has yielded substantial benefits, including enhanced local capacity to manage parking and mobility challenges, improved cross-city learning and strategy sharing, fostering innovation and best practices, and streamlined action plans that are tailored to each city's unique needs. Despite some delays due to local elections, the project is on track to meet its objectives, with most ParkPad audits completed and action plans either approved or in development. The ongoing activities and upcoming audits promise to further the project's impact across partner and follower cities, ensuring sustainable and efficient urban mobility solutions.

Project outputs: Greening urban mobility in the context of functional urban areas encompassing a city core and surrounding municipalities (EN)
Joint development of Parking and Mobility Action Plans in functional urban areas following a hierachy of implementation readiness(EN)
Joint development of solutions being the Parking and Mobility Implementation Plans in FUAs integrating joint activities on transnational pilot action, co-creation elements and evaluation frameworks (EN)
Joint transnational pilot action on testing parking and green mobility actions in Central Europe’s Functional Urban Areas using different pilot demonstrations(EN)
Cooperation on “Parking and Mobility Action and Implementation Planning” in functional urban areas by local and supra-local public and private entities(EN)
Joint creation of a strategy on advice to regional and national responsible entities for parking regulations and legislation exploiting the project’s lessons learnt(EN)
Website: https://www.interreg-central.eu/projects/nxtlvl-parking

Thematic information

Urban development Transport and mobility

Priority: (VI-B_CE_2) Cooperating for a greener central Europe

Priority specific objective: RSO2.8. Promoting sustainable multimodal urban mobility, as part of transition to a net zero carbon economy

Priority policy objective (Interreg specific objective): PO2 A greener, low-carbon transitioning towards a net zero carbon economy and resilient Europe by promoting clean and fair energy transition, green and blue investment, the circular economy, climate change mitigation and adaptation, risk prevention and management, and sustainable urban mobility

Type of intervention: 081 Clean urban transport infrastructure

Partners (11)

Lead Partner: Politechnika Krakowska im. Tadeusza Kościuszki

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999516519

Partner’s ID if not PIC: PL6750006257

Department: Department of Rail Vehicles and Transport

Address: Warszawska, 31-155 Kraków, Poland

Department address: Jana Pawła II, 31-864 Kraków, Poland

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: http://www.pk.edu.pl

Total budget: EUR 231 180.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 184 944.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 46 236.00

Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock

Name: Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock

Department: Mobility office

Partner’s ID if not PIC: DE137385469

Address: Holbeinplatz , 18069 Rostock, Germany

Department address: Holbeinplatz , 18069 Rostock, Germany

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Local public authority

Website: http://www.rostock.de

Total budget: EUR 398 940.80

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 319 152.64

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 79 788.16

Contractors:

Name: ECOVIS Audit AG
VAT registration or tax identification number: 27/271/50246

Občina Ljutomer

Name: Občina Ljutomer

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 937668058

Partner’s ID if not PIC: SI60214406

Address: Vrazova ulica, 9240 Ljutomer, Slovenia

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Local public authority

Website: http://www.ljutomer.si

Total budget: EUR 202 431.40

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 161 945.12

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 40 486.28

Urbanistični inštitut Republike Slovenije

Name: Urbanistični inštitut Republike Slovenije

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 986002382

Partner’s ID if not PIC: SI38747669

Address: Trnovski pristan , 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Department address: Trnovski pristan , 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: http://www.uirs.si

Total budget: EUR 153 750.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 123 000.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 30 750.00

CityOne s.r.o.

Name: CityOne s.r.o.

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 912512369

Partner’s ID if not PIC: CZ01770713

Address: Královo Pole 34E, 61200 Brno, Czech Republic

Legal status: private

Organisation type: SME

Website: https://www.cityone.cz/

Total budget: EUR 232 500.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 186 000.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 46 500.00

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER Article 20

VISION5 OG

Name: VISION5 OG

Partner’s ID if not PIC: ATU76497079

Address: Gartengasse, 8010 Graz, Austria

Legal status: private

Organisation type: SME

Total budget: EUR 250 000.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 200 000.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 50 000.00

GBER schemes / de minimis: GBER Article 20

Autonome Provinz Bozen – Südtirol / Provincia autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige

Name: Autonome Provinz Bozen – Südtirol / Provincia autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige

Department: Ressort Raumentwicklung, Landschaft und Landesdenkmalamt Abteilung 28 - Natur, Landschaft und Raumentwicklung

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 984168306

Partner’s ID if not PIC: IT00390090215

Address: Rittnerstraße, 39100 Bozen / Bolzano, Italy

Department address: Rittnerstraße, 39100 Bozen / Bolzano, Italy

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Regional public authority

Website: http://www.provinz.bz.it

Total budget: EUR 359 934.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 287 947.20

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 71 986.80

Contractors:

Name: Starter Srl
VAT registration or tax identification number: IT01363320936
Name: Mobiel 21
VAT registration or tax identification number: BE0423517539

Budapest Főváros IX. kerületi Ferencváros Önkormányzata

Name: Budapest Főváros IX. kerületi Ferencváros Önkormányzata

Department: Department of Chief Architect

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 931898692

Partner’s ID if not PIC: HU15735722

Address: Bakáts tér, 1092 Budapest, Hungary

Department address: Bakáts tér, 1092 Budapest, Hungary

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Local public authority

Website: http://www.ferencvaros.hu

Total budget: EUR 212 473.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 169 978.40

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 42 494.60

Mobilissimus Kft.

Name: Mobilissimus Kft.

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 925564883

Partner’s ID if not PIC: HU25360260

Address: Lónyay utca, 1093 Budapest, Hungary

Department address: Lónyay utca, 1093 Budapest, Hungary

Legal status: public

Organisation type: SME

Website: https://mobilissimus.hu/

Total budget: EUR 215 427.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 172 341.60

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 43 085.40

GBER schemes / de minimis: General de minimis

Statutární město Olomouc

Name: Statutární město Olomouc

Department: City Development Office

Partner’s ID if not PIC: CZ00299308

Address: Horní náměstí, 779 11 Olomouc, Czech Republic

Department address: Hynaisova, 779 11 Olomouc, Czech Republic

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Local public authority

Website: http://www.olomouc.eu

Total budget: EUR 127 520.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 102 016.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 25 504.00

Žilina

Name: Žilina

Partner’s ID if not PIC: SK2021339474

Address: Nám. obetí komunizmu, 011 31 Žilina, Slovakia

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Local public authority

Website: https://www.zilina.sk

Total budget: EUR 127 520.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 102 016.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 25 504.00

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Summary

Project name (EN): Pushing a parking management approach on the agendas to green mobility strategies in functional urban areas

Project acronym: NXTLVL Parking

Project ID: CE0100058

Project start date: 2023-05-01

Project end date: 2026-04-30

Project status: ongoing

Relevant linked projects:

Park4SUMP (Horizon 2020) (EN) | The Park4SUMP project will be finalised in summer 2022 which is before the start of NLP, therefore no overlaps in foreseen activities. Synergies or better lessons learnt from this project, especially regarding the need for an uptate of the ParkPAD Tool and the communication / participation in cities of new member states participating in NLP will give a valuable baseline. (EN), SUMP PLUS (Horizon 2020) (EN) | Ongoing project while writing the proposal but already finalised when starting the project – so no overlapping activities.
The good practices and lessons learned from the city labs that are transferred to politicians, practitioners, and researchers via a three-tier sharing and learning community and practical guidance tools will provide a source of inspiration for project.
The engagement strategy with citizens, policy makers, business, and civil society to agree city visions, tailored solutions, and delivery pathways will feed into the to be developed communication, participation and co-creation activities of NXTLVL Parking
(EN)

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 511 676.20

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 2 009 340.96

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 80.00%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 2 009 340.96. Co-financing rate, 80.00%.

Investments, deliverables, policy contributions

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Deliverables:

Updated PARKPAD Tool
Report on curriculum for awareness raising and capacity building activities
ParkPAD Training report
NXTLVL Parking working group report
Report ParkPAD Phase 1: Assessment state of play and Consensus Building
Report ParkPAD Phase 2: Action and Mobility Action Plans
Report on ParkPAD processes of follower cities
Guidance document “how to run a ParkPAD process”
NXTLVL Parking work group extension report
Report on planning pilot and citizen idea competition
Report on pilot and citizen idea competitions
2 pilot demonstrations on parking management and sustainable mobility measures in Zilina
2 pilot demonstrations on parking management and sustainable mobility measures in Olomouc
2 pilot demonstrations on parking management & sustainable mobility measures in Budapest-Ferencvaros
2 pilot demonstrations on parking management and sustainable mobility measures in Prettau
2 pilot demonstrations on parking management and sustainable mobility measures in Ljutomer
4 pilot demonstrations on parking management and sustainable mobility measures in Rostock
Report on final Parking and Mobility Implementation Plans
Report on adoption and kick-start of implementation
Report on transfer activities to follower cities to use the ParkPAD implementation planning approach
Guideline “Implementation Planning for a ParkPAD driven Parking and Mobility Action Plan”
Institutionalisation report
Report on national training activities
Report on capacity building activities for politicians & decision makers
Report on policy advice activities and recommendations for change of national/regional conditions
Report on lessons learnt of transnational exchange webinar on ParkPAD results at legislators' level
Report on lessons learnt of the transnational exchange webinar for policy advice to legislators
Report on transfer webinars to non-partner countries in Central Space territory

Contribution to wider strategies and policies:

EuropeanGreenDeal EU GREEN DEAL
Key objectives of the Green Deal and the way in which the project responds to them are as follows:
The price of transport must reflect the impact it has on the environment and on health. For cities in most member states, parking management is the only tool they have to make the price of car use reflect its environmental impacts. This includes charging more polluting vehicles more to park, but also using parking in general as a demand management tool. NLP will help more cities achieve this.
Provide users with affordable, accessible, healthier and cleaner alternatives to their current mobility habits. NLP is about using parking as part of an integrated package that provides exactly this.
Transport should become drastically less polluting, especially in cities. Parking management is a means of stimulating the use of less polluting vehicles, for example by differentiating tariffs and permit prices according to vehicle pollution characteristics.
A just transition. Parking pricing, when carefully introduced, is a means to transfer resources from car users, who are generally wealthier and among whom there are more men than women, to the young, old and women who are more dependent on public transport and walking. Parking management also facilitates a fairer allocation of public space.
Overcoming the barriers to successful implementation [of greener alternatives] into older legacy systems and ageing infrastructures. NLP's overall approach is one of using a „Push&Pull“ approach of innovative mobility forms as a means of maximising the effectiveness of the existing mobility system – especially of the statuary traffic such as parking, managing the existing rather than building completely anew.
TerritorialAgenda2030 NXTLVL Parking contributes to the following key areas of the Territorial Agenda:
- Sustainable Connections – it reduces car dependence and congestion
- Healthy Environment – it facilitates parking measures that create better public space.
- Functional Regions – it facilitates dialogue between municipalities in these regions.
EUStrategyDanubeRegion Whilst the project will not directly implement measures in this Region, learning from NLP can help to achieve environmentally-friendly (including low-noise), low-carbon and safe transport systems and balanced accessibility of urban and rural areas; and also improve institutional capacities to tackle major societal challenges, such as greening mobility.
EUStrategyAdriaticIonianRegion Parking management is a means to reduce urban traffic congestion and thus to improve the reliability of travel on TEN corridors where they pass through urban areas. Whilst the project will not directly implement measures in the Region, learning from NLP can help to achieve this.
EUStrategyBalticSeaRegion Whilst the project will not directly implement measures in the Region, learning from NLP can help to achieve Objective 3.3 of this strategy: to achieve zero greenhouse gas emissions for the mobility in its cities, towns and rural areas.
Other The URBAN MOBILITY PACKAGE
In February 2020 the European Court of Auditors (ECA) issued its assessment of the EC’s 2013 Urban Mobility Package (UMP). The UMP sought a “step change” in dealing with urban mobility problems in order to reduce congestion, improve safety and cut climate emissions. In particular it looked to Member States to speed up the implementation of innovative mobility measures, of access regulations, of integrated public transport systems, and innovative solutions for urban logistics, all of these measures integrated within a strengthened framework of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs). NLP addresses the heart of the problem the ECA issued. It is focused on improving project design and (speeding up) implementation of parking management – which, though an essential part of effective SUMPs, remains implemented in a patchy way - through training, coaching, capacity building and matchmaking, and flexible, tailored support for cities.
The project’s methodology directly addresses challenges identified in the ECA’s review of the UMP, such as “in institutional setup; policy coherence; policymakers’ mind-set; outdated or incomplete legislation/methodologies; and data/statistics”.
NLP will deliver six validated test cases from 6 countries with the findings being incorporated into enhanced guidance paying attention to the needs of vulnerable groups and users with different cultural backgrounds, taking into account gender issue through proactive engagement mechanisms (e.g. via focus groups and participative workshops etc.), both in terms of their requirements and behaviour patterns, and the types of commercial services and policy interventions that will best address their needs.
EUStrategyAlpineRegion The Priority Area 2: Carbon neutral and resource sensitive Alpine region as well as the Priority Area 4: Cooperatively managed and developed Alpine region and in some parts also Priority Area 1: Climate resilient and green Alpine region of the Alpine Space Programme is in accordance with the activities of the NXTLVL Parking project. Everything that is proposed via NLP meets also the specific actions of the Alpine Space programme like "Promoting energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions" and "Enhance transnational as well as institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders to implement macro-regional strategies and sea-basin strategies, as well as other territorial strategies". The transnational activities of NLP is also something that is asked for in Alpine Space. Since five partners of this Central Europe project (three of them implementation sites) are situated also in the Alpine Space area implementations of the above mentioned specific actions will be implemented.
Other The New EU Urban Mobility Framework (COM(2021) 811 final)
The EC set out major goals and actions for the future development of urban mobility. It states the need for a transition to safe, accessible, inclusive, smart, resilient and zero-emission urban mobility with clear focus on active, collective and shared mobility. NXTLVL Parking directly contributes to delivering the framework:
TEN-T urban nodes
The EC recognises the need to improve access to the TEN-T network and within the own functional area for rural and peri-urban areas attached to urban nodes, specifically beyond car use. NXTLVL Parking works to green and improve mobility options in functional urban areas by de-motivating car use and fostering sustainable alternatives. 5 of 6 partner cities are TEN-T urban nodes, with 4 being newcomers in this. NXTLVL Parking enables them to create efficient passenger transport structures that provide inclusive and sustainable access to the TEN-T network and within their functional area.
SUMPs
The EC calls for a stronger role of its member states in delivering high-quality SUMPs, emphasises the need to improve linkages of cities with surrounding areas and sets clear priorities to favour sustainable solutions. NXTLVL Parking already connects local with national authorities by pushing the potential that parking management holds for greening mobility. It connects the potentials to steer car traffic by parking management with enhancing quality, attractiveness, and availability of sustainable choices to deliver integrated urban-rural connections.
Awareness and governance
NXTLVL Parking addresses the need for the framework chapters “awareness raising and capacity building” and better “governance and coordination”. It fosters sectoral, horizontal and vertical integration in action and implementation planning. It addresses awareness levels to the need and benefit of greening mobility within political, public and private stakeholders.

Programme Common Output Indicator:

RCO 084 - Pilot actions developed jointly and implemented in projects, Measurement unit:
RCO 116 - Jointly developed solutions, Measurement unit:
RCO 083 - Strategies and action plans jointly developed, Measurement unit:
RCO 087 - Organisations cooperating across borders, Measurement unit:
RCO 120 - Projects supporting cooperation across borders to develop urban-rural linkages, Measurement unit:

Delivered output indicator(s):

(RCO120) Projects supporting cooperation across borders to develop urban-rural linkages: 1.0
(RCO83) Strategies and action plans jointly developed: 3.0
(RCO87) Organisations cooperating across borders: 17.0

Programme Common Result Indicator:

RCR 084 - Organisations cooperating across borders after project completion, Measurement unit:
RCR 104 - Solutions taken up or up-scaled by organisations, Measurement unit:
RCR 079 - Joint strategies and action plans taken up by organisations, Measurement unit:

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Project part of European Union Macro-Regional or Sea Basin Strategy: EUSDR

Project part of European Union Macro-Regional or Sea Basin Strategy: EUSAIR

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Pushing a parking management approach on the agendas to green mobility strategies in functional urban areas

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