SMILE-Project

Malmö and Tallinn have set out to work towards sustainable urban transport systems in the European Union CIVITAS-project SMILE.

Together with Norwich (UK), Potenza (Italy) and Suceava (Romania) they aim to create a sustainable, safe and flexible traffic system that improves urban air quality as well as the quality of city life.

The lead cities Malmö and Norwich will undertake a large number of measures including such as mobility management, stimulating car pooling, improving public transport, introducing new forms of bio fuels, integrated pricing strategies and improved efficiency in distribution of goods. The other cities will implement a fewer number of measures implement successful measures basing on the experiences from the lead cities.

Measures in Malmö include for instance:

• Free parking for clean vehicles
  
• Marketing of a new and more efficient bus route system
  
• Better integration of cycling with public transport, e.g. by improved parking for bicycles
• Promotion of car sharing for businesses and private persons
  
• A municipal car fleet using clean vehicles only
• Developing an Internet tool for traffic planning cycling, making it easier for the public to plan efficient journeys.
  
• Real-time mobile and Internet services information about public transports

A total of 18 measures will be implemented in Malmö. However Tallinn will not only wait for experiences from other partners but also will undertake some measures of its own from the start of the project, including automatic stop calls and information signs in buses and trams and a bus priority system at traffic lights.

In the five cities, a total of 50 measures will be carried out by 27 municipalities/regions, public enterprises or private companies. SMILE started in February 2005 and terminates in January 2009.