Elaboration of the Mobility Plan Essen 2035.
The city of Essen pursues different concepts, programs and measures to develop sustainable mobility. In 2014, as part of the application for the European Green Capital 2017, the goal was formulated to develop the modal split in Essen to 4 x 25% by 2035. To this end, the city and Ruhrbahn GmbH developed a Modal Split 2035 action plan in a phase model in phase 2. In this concept, the initial situation and fields of action were described and initial strategic goals and approx. 170 approaches to realigning mobility in Essen were formulated. The City Council of Essen took note of the concept on September 25, 2019, adopted strategic guidelines for mobility and commissioned the administration to describe the further processing process for the creation of a mobility plan.
Many other activities in Essen and the region must be observed for this processing process. So the city works z. B. as one of 5 municipalities in Germany in the federal model city program in numerous measures to improve air quality, in particular to avoid driving bans. A transport master plan was drawn up in 2018 with the same objective. In December 2019, a settlement was made with the Deutsche Umwelthilfe before the Higher Administrative Court in Münster, which lays down further measures to reduce pollution from traffic in Essen.
As the Green Capital of Europe 2017, the city - with many local and regional partners up to the European level - worked on a large number of projects for a future-proof city and also for sustainable mobility. A broad-based culture of participation down to the level of community projects is still having an effect today.
At the level of traffic development and planning as well as sectoral plans and concepts, z. B. the local transport plan for local public transport, the bicycle traffic concept, the concept for parking space management as well as various measures and programs for the expansion of the environmental network in cooperation with the Ruhrbahn are relevant. In addition to the environmental lane in downtown Essen, this includes the expansion of mobile stations to link public transport with car and bike sharing offers, the bicycle axes A, B and C, digital information about mobility offers or the further development of price and ticket systems for use of the environmental association. The clean air plan, the noise reduction plan, the city's energy and climate protection concept, the administration's mobility concept or the “bicycle-friendly employer” project and the first bicycle parking garages in the city also contribute to changing mobility in Essen.
Due to its central location in the Ruhr area, the city of Essen is particularly closely linked to the municipalities in this region. In this respect, a regional view of mobility is also important. In addition to the state, the main contact persons are the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VVR) and the Regionalverband Ruhrgebiet (RVR). VRR and RVR are currently working on regional mobility and transport concepts.
As part of this tender, a general planner or a working group is sought who will provide all the necessary planning, participation and consulting services for the development of the Mobility Plan Essen 2035.