ReVeAL
ReVeAL will enable cities to optimize urban space and transport network usage through new and integrated packages of urban vehicle access policies and technologies for the benefit of people living in these cities.
Urban Vehicle Access Regulations (UVAR) are one of the most effective levers to achieve the collective goals of climate neutrality, air quality and urban liveability, and one of the inevitable pillars of the urban mobility transition.
There is a need to concretely demonstrate that state-of-the-art UVAR approaches are - if planned and executed in smart ways – effective, financially viable, make productive use of the latest technologies, fit into modern governance structures, can gain public acceptability and are compatible with legacy systems as well as with emerging mobility patterns, concepts and business models.
Running from June 2019 until November 2022, ReVeAL - Regulating Vehicle Access for Improved Liveability - aims to undertake concrete action with
regards to 'smarter Urban Vehicle Access Regulations' (UVAR). The overarching mission of the project is to enable cities to optimize urban space and transport network usage through new and integrated packages of urban vehicle access policies and technologies for the benefit of people living in these cities, in sense of reductions in emissions, noise, increased accessibility and quality of life.
ReVeAL is a partnership between POLIS, Rupprecht Consult, Ghent University, V-TRON and other stakeholders. It combines desk research and case study research with hands-on UVAR implementation in six pilot cities: Helmond (NL), Jerusalem (IL), London (UK), Padova (IT), Vitoria-Gasteiz (ES) and Bielefeld (DE).
Check some of the project's key outputs below!
- How to regulate vehicle access in urban areas: Guidance from the EU ReVeAL project for cities putting in place access regulations (2022): This document is part of the ReVeAL toolkit. The guidance aims to support cities through the ReVeAL decision support tool, provide advice on the process of implementing UVARs, highlight aspects common to many UVARs, as well as UVAR-specific issues, and connect to other key resources. Read it here.
- ReVeALations: Recommendations from the EU ReVeAL project for cities considering access regulations (2022): The ReVeAL recommendations are intended for cities interested in putting access regulations in place. They have “ReVeALed” themselves to project partners over the course of 3½ years of studying and implementing access regulation measures in six cities in Europe and beyond. Discover it here.
- The Big ReVeAL: Insights from the implementation of Vehicle Access Regulations in six cities (2022): These insights present the experiences and lessons learned by the six partner cities in the ReVeAL project, offering a detailed overview of their journey and challenges, while also introducing the ‘ReVeAL approach’ and its associated tool. You can now explore it in its entirety here!
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