ITS and sustainability Chapter | 13 151In the context of achieving sustainable mobility, other programs have been
developed at regional (e.g., European) level. One of them is the ATTAC proj-
ect (Attractive Urban Public Transport for Accessible Cities), which aims to
improve coordination in the promotion, design, and operation of public trans-
port networks.
13.3.2 Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans
The European Commission, in the Urban Mobility Action Plan, has decided
to speed up the uptake of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs).
SUMPs are essentially strategic urban mobility action plans, which aim to
create a sustainable urban transport system based on existing planning prac-
tices, covering the mobility needs of individuals today and in the future. In the
White Paper on Transport (EC, 2011), it proposed to examine the feasibility
of SUMPs as a mandatory approach for cities of a certain size, as well as the
possibility of creating a European support framework for the implementation
of SUMPs in European cities (Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans, Planning
for People).
The EU countries that are pioneering the adoption of SUMP principles are
the United Kingdom (with Local Transport Plans-LTP) and France (with Plande
Déplacements Urbains-PDU).
Overall, the objectives of SUMPs are:
a) to establish urban transport and sustainable mobility;
b) to ensure the accessibility of jobs and services to everyone;
c) to improve security and safety;
d) to reduce pollution, energy consumption, and gas emissions;
e) to increase efficiency and cost-effectiveness for the transport of people
and goods;
f) to enhance the quality and appeal of the urban environment;
g) to improve the health of residents and the quality of the urban environment;
h) to improved accessibility and mobility;
i) to promote of public transport;
j) to develop better spatial planning plans, etc.;
k) to provide a better quality of life;
l) to use available resources effectively.
13.4 Why we need to have sustainable ITS
Transport plays a key role in generating economic progress through trade
and mobility, but it also account for global CO 2 emissions and air pollution
worldwide, particularly due to road freight transport. In this sense, these sec-
tors urgently need to be transformed and made more sustainable. The author
concurs with Stephenson, Spector, Hopkins, & McCarthy (2017) that unsus-
tainable consequences include environmental impacts, [e.g. GHG emissions