Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg is a state located in the southwest of Germany bordering France and Switzerland. The region counts approximately 11 million inhabitants and it is the third-largest German state by both population and area. In 2024, Baden-Württemberg hosted the Annual POLIS Conference 2024 with the City of Karlsruhe.
The region aims to pave the way for good, climate-friendly mobility that enhances the quality of life for everyone. In 2022, a 55% reduction in emissions by 2030 has been fixed as a legal target for the transport sector. The Ministry of Transport developed a Climate and Mobility Concept, which serves as a regional Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP). It includes 28 concrete measures that aim to reduce car traffic, electrify private and freight transport, and expand public transport as well as active mobility. One of the 28 measures is ‘Ortsmitte’ [town centre], an instrument that aims to enhance the liveability of rural and suburban areas by managing through-traffic. Baden-Württemberg has developed a systematic approach to creating lively and traffic-calmed town centres, supporting municipalities by funding, quality assessments, visualisations and lending street furniture for temporary road redesigns. Another measure targets the availability of mobility-relevant data by the implementation of the open source platform MobiData® BW, which further facilitates cross-border data exchange. The Concept was refined through discussions with various associations and input from a citizens’ panel.
Baden-Württemberg's strong spirit of collaboration is evident in its involvement with the Management Committee and the Working Groups of POLIS. By chairing the Regions Working Group Baden-Württemberg played a central role in bringing Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMP) as a key topic of conversation not just for cities, but for regions as well.
For more information on Baden-Württemberg's transport policy strategy and its Ministry of Transport, you can check out the following links:
- Targets: Ministerium für Verkehr Baden-Württemberg (baden-wuerttemberg.de)
- Mobility and Climate Concept: Ministerium für Verkehr Baden-Württemberg (baden-wuerttemberg.de)
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