All Transport

Reaching Critical MaaS: Interregional Co-operation for Seamless Mobility in the Brussels-Capital Region

Case-Specific Policy Analysis, Policy Insights,

15 October 2024

Establish an interregional MaaS foundation document to guide collaboration.
Structure collaboration through the MaaS network coordinator (MNC) and MaaS Governance Authority (MGA).
Develop a trust model for the MaaS ecosystem.
Identify, adapt or develop building blocks to support the implementation of the trust model.
Develop a repository of standard and agreed data sharing clauses that set out clear requirements.
Work on enhanced compatibility rather than full interoperability.
Explore the application of the EU’s Only Once principle to MaaS.
Address existing power imbalances to encourage participation within the ecosystem.

Advancing Sustainable Mobility in Greece: Promoting the Uptake of Electric Vehicles

Case-Specific Policy Analysis, Policy Insights,

26 September 2024

On subsidy schemes:

Target the marginal consumer to ensure the maximum impact of subsidy budgets
Target subsidies for used vehicles and lower-income groups to unlock mass-market EV adoption
Consider revising the administrative operation of subsidy schemes towards indirect disbursement models
Plan for the introduction of subsidies for electric medium and heavy-duty vehicles

On charging infrastructure in local and regional authorities:

Prioritise concession tender models for charging infrastructure deployment
Disaggregate concession areas and bundle profitable locations with less economically viable locations to ensure widespread coverage
Provide support for local and regional authorities to work on charging infrastructure. This includes both financial resources for staff and guidance to help support decision-making
Develop regional charging plans

On meeting the Alternative Fuels and Infrastructure Regulation:

Proactively prepare the electricity grid for EV charging demand
Align network reinforcement strategies with AFIR requirements and real-world demand projections
Define priority charging locations and tailor charging infrastructure deployment policies
Accelerate permitting and approval processes for charging infrastructure deployment
Develop strategic platforms to improve coordination between electromobility stakeholders

How Governments Can Bring Low-Emission Trucks to Our Roads – and Fast

Case-Specific Policy Analysis, Policy Insights,

13 December 2023

Now or never. Given the urgency of the climate crisis, governments cannot let technological uncertainty be a barrier to action.
Assess the likelihood. Governments need to carefully assess the likelihoods with which different technologies will deliver effective climate action. They must promote the most likely technologies, even with uncertainty.
Bet on batteries. Battery-electric vehicles currently have the highest likelihood of successfully decarbonising road transport.

New but Used: The Electric Vehicle Transition and the Global Second-hand Car Trade

Corporate Partnership Board Report, Policy Insights,

5 December 2023

Improve the traceability of internationally traded used cars.
Avoid hampering exports of used electric vehicles to emerging economies.
Ensure used cars for export meet clear roadworthiness criteria, including their emissions performance.
Develop sustainable transport strategies in emerging economies to avoid their over-dependence on cars.

Shifting the Focus: Smaller Electric Vehicles for Sustainable Cities

Corporate Partnership Board Report, Policy Insights,

26 September 2023

Shift the focus of policies that promote electric vehicles to end the dependency on large, under-used vehicles.
Help make smaller electric vehicles an attractive choice for citizens.
Ensure the transition to smaller electric vehicles goes in hand with adequate safety provisions.
Fast-track the electrification of shared mobility services in complement with public transport.
Ensure the availability of enough charging points to make electric mobility attractive.

Decarbonising Europe’s Trucks: How to Minimise Cost Uncertainty

Case-Specific Policy Analysis, Policy Insights,

4 September 2022

Ensure that policies to promote direct electrification of trucks remain technology-neutral.
Launch targeted studies and pilot projects to assess the merits of electric road systems for road freight decarbonisation.
Further investigate decarbonisation technologies for particularly challenging road freight applications.
Introduce policies that help zero-emission vehicles become cost-competitive sooner.
Accelerate the deployment of zero-emission vehicle infrastructure.
Strengthen regulations that make trucks more energy-efficient.

Implementing the ASEAN Fuel Economy Roadmap

Case-Specific Policy Analysis, Policy Insights,

27 March 2022

Strengthen alignment on fuel economy measurement as a key prerequisite for further action.
Ensure availability of testing capacity for fuel economy.
Build data processing and storage capacity for benchmarking, monitoring and decision making.
Adopt and align policy tools to strengthen ASEAN fuel economy ambition.
Align fuel taxation policies across ASEAN.
Include low- and zero-emission vehicles in the ASEAN fuel economy roadmap.
Target all motorised vehicles with policies that reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.

Road Safety, Climate Change, Gender Equality, and Public Health: Linkages and Tensions

Presentation, slides, speech,

17 November 2021

Healthy Cycle Route promoting sustainability, safety, physical activity and gender equity

Presentation, slides, speech,

17 November 2021

Micromobility, Equity and Sustainability

Roundtable Report, Policy Insights,

5 September 2021

Base regulation on sustainable urban mobility policy objectives.
Consult micromobility companies on public policy issues early and often to avoid distorting regulations.
Apply outcome-based regulations linked to specific performance criteria.
Ensure limits on market access allow competition; avoid static caps on shared micromobility vehicle fleets.
Limit data-reporting requirements to information used for mobility planning.
Set regulatory fees in light of the potential value of micromobility for sustainable mobility and the uncertain viability of business models.
Support equitable and affordable micromobility services.
Follow the principle of mode-neutrality when developping an urban transport system.
Reallocate road and parking space to micromobility users, cyclists and pedestrians.
Address motor vehicle speeds when regulating micromobility speed.
Apply coherent regulation that treats micromobility operators equally.
Adopt a permissive and adaptive regulatory approach to micromobility.

Cleaner Vehicles: Achieving a Resilient Technology Transition

Case-Specific Policy Analysis, Policy Insights,

20 July 2021

Support the adoption of clean vehicles with targeted policy action and by increasing transparency of their carbon footprint.
Prioritise a transition to direct electrification of vehicles and renewable energy.
Address challenges in resource efficiency and sustainable supply chains.
Prepare for a transition from fuel duties by seizing opportunities arising from increased connectivity and accelerating enabling regulatory actions.
Include infrastructure for easy access to clean energy and digital connectivity of road transport in Covid‑19 recovery packages.
Prepare for the impact of the sustainable mobility transition on jobs, required skill sets and social equity.
Accelerate the development of other low-carbon technologies.

Zero Carbon Supply Chains

Case-Specific Policy Analysis, Policy Insights,

27 June 2021

A more proactive strategy from the port authority.
Stronger involvement of the city administration in zero carbon freight.
Facilitation of zero carbon freight transport by the federal government.

How Urban Delivery Vehicles can Boost Electric Mobility

Case-Specific Policy Analysis, Policy Insights,

9 December 2020

Prioritise electrification of vehicles with high mileage and regular daily activity, including LCVs in last-mile delivery.
Promote electric light commercial vehicles in cities and tightly regulate combustion-engine vehicles.
Strengthen fuel economy standards, zero-emission mandates and economic incentives for light commercial vehicles.
Define regulatory requirements and clarify costs for upgrades to the electricity grid needed for electric vehicles.
Use vehicle design and components of electric passenger cars to unlock price reductions of electric light commercial vehicles.
Strengthen co-operation among stakeholders to reduce investments risks for the manufacturing of electric light commercial vehicles.

Good to Go? Assessing the Environmental Performance of New Mobility

Corporate Partnership Board Report, Policy Insights,

16 September 2020

Leverage existing reporting obligations and introduce new requirements for micromobility providers to make evidence-based policy decisions.
Focus interventions aiming at clean mobility on ridesourcing vehicles with high lifetime travel.
Set incentives to increase occupancy of ridesourcing vehicles.
Standardise methodologies for the evaluation of shared micromobility’s life-cycle emissions and introduce minimum performance requirements via market entry rule and/or operating licenses.
Strengthen synergies between public transport and shared micromobility.

Regulations and Standards for Clean Trucks and Buses

Case-Specific Policy Analysis, Policy Insights,

14 September 2020

Ensure that vehicle safety regulations and standards for electric and hydrogen cover all classes of road vehicles and better differentiate between light and heavy vehicles.
Leverage the experience of international regulatory fora to extend the coverage of safety-related requirements to heavy electric vehicles.
Ensure that the scope of regulations on the safety of hydrogen-powered heavy vehicles addresses aspects that are currently not adequately considered.
Involve diverse transport and energy stakeholders in the development of charging standards for electric heavy vehicles.
Address missing elements in regulations and standards related to electric road systems.
Develop hydrogen refuelling protocols for heavy vehicles using gaseous storage at 70 MPa, new nozzles and instruments guaranteeing compliance with stringent fuel quality requirements.
Increase the focus of pre-normative research on the safe use of low- and zero emission vehicles with existing vehicle infrastructure, especially for hydrogen-powered options.
Harmonise regulations on tailpipe GHG emissions and energy consumption of heavy vehicles, also integrating instruments evaluating energy use for low- and zero-emission vehicles.
Fully integrate electricity and hydrogen into regulatory policies on low-carbon fuels.
Address non-regulated pollutants and integrate hydrogen-powered vehicles using internal combustion engines in regulations on tailpipe pollutant emissions.
Address the environmental performance of vehicle batteries with regulatory innovation targeting their durability, carbon footprint and the sustainability of associated supply chains.
Develop an internationally harmonised regulatory framework for the application of differentiated road charges and access restrictions based on environmental performances of vehicles.

Are Shared E-scooters Good for Climate Change?

Presentation, slides, speech,

26 May 2020

Electrifying Postal Delivery Vehicles in Korea

Case-Specific Policy Analysis, Policy Insights,

4 March 2020

Continue replacement of motorcycles in the current delivery fleet with compact e-vehicles.
Carry out focus group studies to capture qualitative data and pilot studies to reflect local context.
Prioritise driver confidence through training and clear communication of vehicle safety features.
Communicate overall efficiency gains with e-vehicles to drivers.