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PEWTA Awards 2010 – Sponsored by EPOMM

The Ceremony of 2010 Pan European Workplace Mobility Plan Awards (PEWTA) was held on Thursday 6 May in Graz, Austria, as part of the European Conference on Mobility Management.

This is the 3rd year of the award and is sponsored by the European Platform on Mobility Management. It recognises and rewards the strongest and most innovative Mobility Plans (or ‘Travel Plans’) across the EU making significant steps in reducing carbon emissions from the transport sector, particularly in the field commuting journeys.

The awards were presented by Lisa Rücker,Deputy Vice Mayor and city-councillor of Graz.

At the ceremony, EPOMM Vice President, Wim Van Tilburg said that: “The standard of mobility plans has improved year on year and we have received over 100 entries to date from public and private sector organisations from across the EU, from France and the UK to Hungary and Romania”.

There are 4 categories of awards.

Award categories and the 2010 winners

1) Public Authorities Award

This recognises the efforts of local authorities to promote and implement workplace Mobility Plans in urban areas, regionally and locally.

2010 WINNER -Tisseo, Grand Toulouse Public Transport Authority, FRANCE

Tisseo offers a package of support to companies throughout the city region to help them get their Mobility Plans started. They have 2 dedicated Personalised Travel Assistants who engage companies and then offer tools such as car sharing, car pooling and bicycles.  This will help the city reach its target of 15% cycle modal share by 2020.

2) Employers Award

This is for large and medium-sized organisations which have delivered innovative and successful workplace Mobility Plans for their own staff.

WINNER - British Sky Broadcasting, London, UK

BSkyB’s Mobility Plan covers its 7,000 staff across its Osterley site and has achieved a significant decrease in car use at this site between 2006 and 2009. During the same period the modal share of walking and cycling have both increased thanks to extra showers, personalised travel plans for staff and an on site cycle centre among other things.

3) Networks Award

This is for Mobility Plan Networks such as business parks, shopping centres, airports and hospitals all of which are major journey generators.

WINNER - HeathrowAirport, London, UK

There are 42 companies signed up to the Heathrow Travel Plan which accounts for 75% of the 76,000 staff that work at Heathrow. Between 2004 and 2009, the Travel Plan achieved a reduction in single occupancy car use from 72% to 62% modal share.

The 3 winners received €1000 cash to spend on Mobility Plan measures as well as a study trip to the destination of their choice to boost their travel plan knowledge and to help them to continue reducing Co2 emissions in urban areas.

Special Achievement Award

This special award gives acclaim to organisations that have made significant progress in Mobility Planning, overcoming significant local barriers.

WINNER - Rakoczi Avenue, Studio Metropolitana, Budapest, Hungary            

The Urban Research Centre, Studio Metropolitana, has worked tirelessly to develop Mobility Plan measures for the businesses and residents along Rakoczi Avenue to make it more attractive to shoppers and improve the walking environment.

The awards are part of the EU-funded COMMERCE Project co-ordinated by Paul Curtis of the London European Partnership for Transport.

Email: Paul.curtis@lept-eu.org

Pan European Workplace Mobility Plan Awards 2010

Gain EU-wide recognition for your Workplace Mobility Plan and win the following prizes:

  • €1000 to develop your own Mobility Plan facilities
  • Paid travel and delegate fees to ECOMM 2010 for shortlisted candidates
  • Paid travel and expenses to a Mobility Plan study trip in the EU

As this is a pan-European award, it's worth noting that Mobility Plan and Travel Plans are synonymous.

AWARDS:
The COMMERCE Project and EPOMM invite you to submit your applications to the Pan-European Workplace Mobility Plan Award 2010, this year comprising 3 categories:

Public Authorities - concentrates on local authorities' efforts to facilitate the implementation of workplace mobility plans regionally and locally.

Employers - concentrates on companies or local authority organisations which have delivered a successful workplace mobility plan (travel plan) for their own staff (minimum 100 employees).

Networks - concentrates on the coordinated efforts of a set of local organisations, which are based within the same locality and which may collectively be responsible for a large percentage of traffic generation, for example business parks, shopping centres, airports and hospitals.

 

SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES ANNOUNCED

Who is up for the title of best Mobility Plans in Europe? Ceremony 6th May at ECOMM, Graz. The shortlisted candidates for the 2010 Pan European Workplace Mobility Plan Awards have been announced.

Nine organisations in total have been shortlisted with three in each of the three categories. The winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony to be held at the European Conference on Mobility Management on 6th May 2010 in the beautiful city of Graz, Austria. There is a strong showing from the UK and France this year, with Belgium and Ireland are also represented. Budapest has been awarded a Special Prize for the progress they have made over the last year in developing an area-based travel plan.

Award categories

  • Public authorities – for local authorities’ efforts to facilitate the implementation of workplace mobility plans (travel plans) regionally and locally.
  • Employers - for companies or local authorities which have delivered a successful workplace mobility plan for their own staff.
  • Networks - for the coordinated efforts of a group of local organisations, which are collectively be responsible for a large percentage of traffic generation, for example business parks, shopping centres, airports and hospitals.

2010 shortlisted candidates:

Public Authorities Award

  • Brussels Environment IBGE (BE)
  • London Borough of Lambeth (UK)
  • Tisseo (FR)

Employers Award

  • Mater Misericordiae Hospital (IE)
  • British Sky Broadcasting (UK)
  • University Catholique de Lille (FR)

Networks Award

  • Heathrow Airport (UK)
  • Saint Quentin en Yvelines & CCIV (FR)
  • Teddington Travel to Work (UK)

Special Progress Prize

Rakoczi Avenue, Budapest (HU)

These organisations are being offered paid travel and accommodation to the event and the winners will each receive €1000 cash to spend on Mobility Plan measures as well as a study trip to the destination of their choice to boost their travel plan knowledge and to provide commuters with real alternatives to the car and ultimately reduce CO2emissions. These are some of the aims and objectives of both COMMERCE and EPOMM.

They will also take part in a Mobility Plan workshop on 6 May to disseminate their good practices to the conference delegates.

2008 and 2009 Winners

  • Employers - ST Microelectronics Grenoble (FR), City of Götheborg (SE)
  • Public Authorities - Grenoble Alpes Metropole (FR), WESTTRANS, London (UK)
  • Networks – Geneva International Airport (CH)
  • Special Jury Prize – Siveco, Bucharest (RO)

Contact: Paul Curtis
Phone:  020 7934 9536
Email: paul.curtis@lept-eu.org

Prizes and ECOMM
Shortlisted candidates will receive an all-expenses trip to the European Conference on Mobility Management in Graz, 5-7 May 2010, where the prize winners will be announced. The Conference has been an annual event since 1997 in cities across Europe and regularly attracts 400 delegates from over 30 countries - predominantly European but often Asia and the Americas also. The delegates are a cross-section of national political and ministry representatives, city municipality decision makers, practical implementers of innovative ideas, businesses and consultants.

The winners of the 3 award categories will also receive an all expenses study trip to a city and workplace with well established mobility management best practice. This furnishes the winners with new ideas to further roll out sustained and innovative measures, to provide commuters real alternatives to the car and ultimately reduce CO2 emissions. These are some of the aims and objectives of both COMMERCE and EPOMM.

Finally, the €1000 prize for each winner will allow them to fund a few new actions to reward them for their efforts to date.

Winners 2009
The winner of the Employers category was Traffic and Public Transport Authoriy, Göteborg. The shortlisted candidates were Meadowhall Shopping Centre, UK and Merck-Serono, Switzerland.

The winner of the Public Authorities category was Westtrans, UK. The shortlisted candidates were Seltrans, UK and provincial Di Asti, Italy.

The winner of the Networks category was Aéroport International De Genčve. The shortlisted candidates were Lyon7, France and Sutton Town and Cheam Village Business Travel Network, UK.

Special Jury Prize

SIVECO - Although the application did not make it to the shortlist of "Employers", the jury decided to award the Romanian company SIVECO with a special price for its state-of-the-art approach and promising initial results.

 



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