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SPAcE
Supporting Policy and Action for Active Environments
Radu Colț 1, Sorin Ganea 1, Diane Crone 2, Sonja Kahlmeier 3, Nick Cavill 4,
Charlie Foster 4, Tanja Onatsu 5, Susana Aznar Lain 6, Rosina Ndukwe 7, Zane
Siliņa 8, Marios Goudas 9, Pantoleon Skayannis 9, Ourania Zalvara 10, Vasilena
Mitsiadi 10
1 Agenția Metropolitană Brașov, România
2 University of Gloucestershire, UK
3 University of Zurich, Switzerland
4 University of Oxford, The BHF Centre on
Population Approaches for Non-
Communicable Disease Prevention, UK
5 Fit for Life Program, Finland
6 University of Castilla, Faculty of
Sports Sciences, Spain
7 CESIE, Palermo, Italy
8 Tukums Municipality, Latvia
9 University of Thessaly, Greece
10 Municipality of Trikala, Greece
România – Region Centre
Brașov Metropolitan Area:
• most developed urban area
• over 400.000 inhabitants
ASSOCIATION OF
PUBLIC BODIES
✓3 cities
✓4 towns
✓11 rural communities
WHO ARE WE?
BRAȘOV
LOCAL
CONTEXT
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Population
(thousands)
Vehicle ownership
(per 1000
inhabitants)
LOCAL CONTEXT
➢ Lack of public policy
dedicated to active urban
environment
➢ Urban planning focuses on
functionality and access
➢ Top-down decision
➢ Sedentariness, health
problems, etc.
LOCAL CONTEXT
SPAcE
Supporting Policy and Action
for Active Environments
➢New trends in lifestyle
➢ Tourism development
➢ European Youth Olympic Winter
Festival 2013
➢ Increasing the pressure of civil
society (cycling groups) - bottom-up
approach
LOCAL CONTEXT
SUPPORT GROUP
Type of institution Organisation
NGOs
Cyclists
Community
Youth
Runners
Ecologists
Sports
Public body Brasov City Hall
UniversityUniversity of Transilvania - Faculty of
Psychical Education and Mountain Sports
Health County Public Health Department
Education School County Inspectorate
Youth County Department for Youth and Sports
Traffic police
Strengths
- the generous natural environment -
ideal for outdoor physical activities
- touristic city – attractive for sports
enthusiasts (especially winter sports)
- the existence of strategic documents of
development goals that have as central point
physical activity / sports
- increasing trend in the number of those
who regularly practice physical activities
- the existence of public spaces dedicated to
physical activities (gym equipment)
- the existence of a large number of
institutions and organizations sports
dedicated
Weaknesses
- the heavy traffic
- increased traffic risks for cyclists and pedestrians
- high number of road traffic accidents in which cyclists
and pedestrians are involved
- underdeveloped bike lane network
- inaccessible sports infrastructure from the premises of
educational institutions
- the lack of specially dedicated spaces for runners and
mountain runners enthusiasts
-weak school sports infrastructure
-- lack of accessibility for the disabled in the urban
environment
- weak use of public transportation means
- poor promotion of informal sports clubs/groups
-low budgets dedicated to public owned sports clubs
- the poor promotion (or the lack of it) of the existent
possibilities of practicing sports / physical activities.
Local Action Plan – 1st part
a. Setting priority for intervention
1. The rehabilitation and open access of sports
designated spaces within educational institutions
2. Awareness campaigns among children and
teenagers
3. The development of running infrastructure
4. The cycle network development
Action Plan – 2nd part
b. Target group
8 - 80 years old
c. Vision
BRAȘOVUL – THE CITY WHERE
CYCLING IS A WAY OF LIFE
d. General objective
Promoting an active lifestyle by
creating an urban environment
that facilitate the use of bicycles
for transportation and
recreational purposes
Specific objectives
1. Creation of the urban planning of the setting of cycle lanes and
related facilities
2. Extension of the bike paths network (and related infrastructure) at
25 km by 2023
3. Creation of recreational facilities for bicycle users (bike park for
children - 1, bike sharing facilities - 3)
4. Promoting the bicycle for transportation and recreational purposes
among residents
Action Plan – 2nd part
✓ on going process
✓ all parties involved –Support Group
✓ quantitative and qualitative assesment
Indicators of achievement
✓ Urban Plan for cycle network
✓ Project list (counted by importance)
✓ Public tenders for technical projects
✓ Public tenders for projects` implementation
✓ Built cycle lanes (km)
✓ Built facilities (bike park, bike sharing facilities)
Action Plan – Evaluation
CHALLENGES
➢ lack of statistical data
➢ getting involvement from all the stakeholders
➢ harmonizing the different interests of the stakeholders
➢ legal issues / bureaucratic procedures
➢ lack of interes from some politicians
➢ lack of vision and spirit of change
➢ budget constraints
MAJOR RISKS
1. The Plan worths nothing for stakeholders
➢ politicians and cycle groups are involved in suporting and promoting
activities
➢ civil servants involved in developing the Plan
2. The municipality has no budget
➢ there are European funds dedicated to urban mobility
➢ HEAT for promoting the Plan
3. The route for cycle lane is not universally accepted
➢ the route will be proposed by a small working group: cyclists, traffic
police and municipality
4. Overwhelming bureaucracy for accesing the funds
➢ Brasov Metropolitan Agency provides the technical support for
writing the application
➢ cyclists provide technical support for designing themes
POSITIVE ASPECTS
➢ the large number of ideas delivered for the Action Plan
➢ support from mass-media
➢ enthusiasm of the cyclist groups
➢ technical support offered by voluntary architects
➢ willingness to help offered by the traffic police
➢ support from young politicians
➢ better civic involvement in the local development process
➢ know-how suport from the partners
➢ best practices examples
➢ usefull tools and guidance provided by partners
➢ cooperation among partners (sharing experience)
www.activeenvironments.eu
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Thank you!
