Carfree Area Pilot Project
SEARCH FOR MUNICIPALITIES
interested in realising a model settlement
within the Carfree Area Pilot Project
Organised by: World Carfree Network (WCN)
Supported by: Council of European Municipalities and
Regions (CEMR)
Municipalities from all over Europe are invited to express interest in
co-operating to realise carfree model settlements in their area,
demonstrating sustainable and liveable urban environments.
Three of the responding municipalities will be selected by a jury of international experts to
participate in the international Carfree Area Pilot Project.
Benefits for participating municipalities
They can elaborate plans for a carfree model settlement, advised by an international expert
team on carfree urban development, exchanging information and experiences with other
municipalities and possibly with financial support by the European Commission.
Benefits of a Carfree Area
A Carfree Area offers reduced air and noise pollution and a lower risk of injuries by traffic
accidents. There is more space for people in an attractive, quiet, safe and healthy
environment, promoting a slower-paced, more relaxed, healthier and thus more sustainable
lifestyle. This allows more personal interaction with neighbours resulting also in the presence
of more people in public areas during day and night thus creating a greater sense of
community. And such developments contribute to diversify the housing market, giving people
more choices about how they want to live.
Criteria
Interested municipalities are asked to send proposals for appropriate sites. Most important is
the availability of an area of sufficient size to allow the advantages of carfree living (space for
people, safety, lack of noise pollution, etc.) to be experienced and to accommodate a
population and urban density high enough to support internal retail businesses and services
(about 10 hectares), integrated in an axis of settlements with sufficient population to support
attractive local public transport. In the carfree area the ownership of private cars should be
avoided as far as possible.
The Carfree Area Pilot Project
The main matter of this project will be the development of concepts for the model settlements
in the selected municipalities (including the design of master plans) by a planning team in each
municipality advised by the World Carfree Network Expert Team. A proposal for the project
shall be submitted to the European Commission under the programme “INTELLIGENT ENERGY
– EUROPE” in the field of Energy in transport (STEER).
For more information, write to World Carfree Network - E-mail: capp[at]worldcarfree.net
- Download CAPP in english (PDF, 267 kb)
- Download CAPP abstract in english (PDF, 43 kb)
- Download CAPP abstract in german (PDF, 46 kb)
Project coordination:
- Franz Skala, Institute of Ecological Urban Development, A-Vienna
- Markus Heller, Autofrei Wohnen / Carfree Living, D-Berlin
- Randall Ghent, World Carfree Network, UK-York
e-Mail: capp[at]worldcarfree.net
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