CARAVEL Final Project Report EN - CIVITAS

Foreword
For the four partner cities
of Burgos, Genoa, Krakow
and Stuttgart the CARAVEL
project presented an excellent
opportunity to take a giant step
forward in matters of urban
mobility quality and in the
communication of a clean and
sustainable mobility culture to
a wide public. It is an experience
worth communicating and this
report is a descriptive summary
of the four year journey.
Travelling Towards a New Mobility
– the CaraVel Experience has been
created by all CARAVEL partners
and will be published in English as
well as the four languages of the
project, namely Spanish, Italian,
Polish and German. In a unique,
readable and colourful way both
the overall project understanding,
its foundation and structure,
the general strategic approach
and history are described and
detailed insights given into the
measures taken, the process
of implementation, final results
and first impacts.
services viable and appropriate
approaches, tangible solutions
and measurable results.
The endearing characters Cara
and Vel lead you through this
report. The idea to introduce
Cara and Vel to guide through
the report developed from “little
Caravel”, a character already used
in Burgos to market the CARAVEL
measures taken in this city. Once
again, an idea borne in one
CARAVEL city has been transferred
to the other members of the
project consortium.
In this report Cara and Vel
pay a visit to Burgos, Genoa,
Krakow and Stuttgart and meet
Carlos, Anna, Marek and Sabine,
the characters representing
the citizens of the cities, who
talk about their experiences
and thoughts on the changes
CARAVEL has brought. With their
typical childlike curiosity and
refreshing frankness Cara and Vel
always have something to say
about the achievements made in
each partner city.
support afforded to the cities in
implementing these ambitious
measures, but also for all the
opportunities provided to
exchange knowledge, information
and culture with many other
European cities within the” CiViTAS
Family” during so many events.
We should also like to thank all
the staff working for the partner
cities for their untiring efforts: civil
servants, engineers, technicians,
scientists who have also become
friends and not simply partners
over these four years. We hope
that this fruitful cooperation will
continue into the future to the
benefit of our cities.
Finally, we wish to thank
our colleagues, the political
representatives of our partner
cities, for the most interesting
exchange of opinions during our
meetings and for the political
support given to the project.
Without their work and effort,
CARAVEL would never have
reached such a satisfactory
conclusion.
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The report is generally aimed
at showing other cities,
institutions, scientists, politicians
and other parties throughout
Europe interested in advanced
urban transport systems and
At the end of a long, challenging
and demanding path, we would
first like to extend our thanks
to the European Commission
not only for the strong financial
Paolo Pissarello
Deputy Mayor
Municipality of Genoa
Vice-Mayor and Councillor for
Sustainable Mobility of Genoa