CIVITAS Success Story: Spotlight on Aachen (Germany) 10 elements, while also ensuring the possibility for public participation. By 2013, a draft version of the city’s long-term Vision Mobility 2050 was presented to the public, accompanied by in-person and online engagement to tweak and finalise the vision. It is thus unsurprising that DYN@MO helped secure city-level approval of the Vision Mobility 2050 within the project’s lifetime; a Mobility Strategy 2030 was also approved in that time. This city-wide approach and visions also led to wider acceptance among politicians, stakeholders and citizens of an intermodal mobility approach and of new mobility offers. Arguably the most unique and impactful aspect of Aachen’s SUMP is that it is accompanied by concrete indicators that allow the city to measure implementation success. Aachen treats SUMP implementation as cyclical – the city is constantly moving through the repeated phases of: assessment, setting targets, planning, making decisions, organising, implementing, and back to assessing. Based on monitoring and assessment, mobility reports are produced every two years, ensuring that the city’s SUMP is truly impactful. Furthermore, the availability of mobility indicators has acted as an additional basis for city-level political discussions on mobility. Aachen’s main advice for others: seek early adopters within the administration; use pilot and demonstration projects early on; and embed e-mobility into broader strategic plans. Taking a joint, city-wide approach to the Aachen SUMP A collection of measures enabled Aachen to successfully bring together representatives from different city departments and stakeholder groups to jointly work on sustainable mobility. The city’s goal was to strengthen partnership among 140 individuals working on the SUMP’s various This work was done in tandem with the establishment of: a city-wide e-bike sharing scheme, an electric carpool fleet at the city administration, and the first car-sharing stations in Aachen’s neighbouring municipalities. Through another DYN@MO measure, a public housing company, the city administration and an energy provider cooperated to launch demonstrations and a promotional campaign on e-mobility, leading to faster rates of growth in utilisation of e-car sharing, compared to traditional car sharing. In 2014, the municipality also began a process of regulating the use of e-mobility for city administration business trips. This made great headway in shifting perspectives; today, e-carpooling is standard for business trips among city staff. The impacts of these measures have been clear. By the end of DYN@MO, 10% of cars used in car-sharing operated purely electrically, and the share of e-bikes in Aachen on workdays increased by 75% (from 2013–2016). Furthermore, and going beyond DYN@MO, electromobility is positioned as a cross-cutting topic across all of Aachen’s SUMP. That serves to ensure that stakeholders spanning the city administration, policy makers, and institutions consider e-mobility when planning for walking, cycling, public transportation and car traffic. Aachen has already rolled-out charging infrastructure, cleaner fleets, prioritised e-mobility in parking management, and more. INterview “We are always testing alternative drives. Our fleet now has – since October 2019 – seven elctro-solar buses. In July and August 2021, we bought seven more electro-buses, five articulated and two solar buses, and at the end of 2021 we will get three more solar buses and 10 more articulated buses. And, in 2023, we plan to purchase five hydrogen-fuelled buses.” Isabell Brenner, Project and Product Management, ASEAG – the Aachen public transport operator Hear more: click below to listen to our interview with Isabell Brenner. “We are always testing alternative drives. Our fleet now has – since October 2019 – seven elctro-solar buses. In July and August 2021, we bought seven more electro-buses, five articulated and two solar buses, and at the end of 2021 we will get three more solar buses and 10 more articulated buses. And, in 2023, we plan to purchase five hydrogen-fuelled buses.” Isabell Brenner, Project and Product Management, ASEAG – the Aachen public transport operator Hear more: click below to listen to our interview with Isabell Brenner. “We are always testing alternative drives. Our fleet now has – since October 2019 – seven elctro-solar buses. In July and August 2021, we bought seven more electro-buses, five articulated and two solar buses, and at the end of 2021 we will get three more solar buses and 10 more articulated buses. And, in 2023, we plan to purchase five hydrogen-fuelled buses.” Isabell Brenner, Project and Product Management, ASEAG – the Aachen public transport operator Hear more: click below to listen to our interview with Isabell Brenner. “We are always testing alternative drives. Our fleet now has – since October 2019 – seven elctro-solar buses. In July and August 2021, we bought seven more electro-buses, five articulated and two solar buses, and at the end of 2021 we will get three more solar buses and 10 more articulated buses. And, in 2023, we plan to purchase five hydrogen-fuelled buses.” Isabell Brenner, Project and Product Management, ASEAG – the Aachen public transport operator Hear more: click below to listen to our interview with Isabell Brenner. “We are always testing alternative drives. Our fleet now has – since October 2019 – seven elctro-solar buses. In July and August 2021, we bought seven more electro-buses, five articulated and two solar buses, and at the end of 2021 we will get three more solar buses and 10 more articulated buses. And, in 2023, we plan to purchase five hydrogen-fuelled buses.” Isabell Brenner, Project and Product Management, ASEAG – the Aachen public transport operator Hear more: click below to listen to our interview with Isabell Brenner. “We are always testing alternative drives. Our fleet now has – since October 2019 – seven elctro-solar buses. In July and August 2021, we bought seven more electro-buses, five articulated and two solar buses, and at the end of 2021 we will get three more solar buses and 10 more articulated buses. And, in 2023, we plan to purchase five hydrogen-fuelled buses.” Isabell Brenner, Project and Product Management, ASEAG – the Aachen public transport operator Hear more: click below to listen to our interview with Isabell Brenner. “We are always testing alternative drives. Our fleet now has – since October 2019 – seven elctro-solar buses. In July and August 2021, we bought seven more electro-buses, five articulated and two solar buses, and at the end of 2021 we will get three more solar buses and 10 more articulated buses. And, in 2023, we plan to purchase five hydrogen-fuelled buses.” Isabell Brenner, Project and Product Management, ASEAG – the Aachen public transport operator Hear more: click below to listen to our interview with Isabell Brenner. “We are always testing alternative drives. Our fleet now has – since October 2019 – seven elctro-solar buses. In July and August 2021, we bought seven more electro-buses, five articulated and two solar buses, and at the end of 2021 we will get three more solar buses and 10 more articulated buses. And, in 2023, we plan to purchase five hydrogen-fuelled buses.” Isabell Brenner, Project and Product Management, ASEAG – the Aachen public transport operator Hear more: click below to listen to our interview with Isabell Brenner. “We are always testing alternative drives. Our fleet now has – since October 2019 – seven elctro-solar buses. In July and August 2021, we bought seven more electro-buses, five articulated and two solar buses, and at the end of 2021 we will get three more solar buses and 10 more articulated buses. And, in 2023, we plan to purchase five hydrogen-fuelled buses.” Isabell Brenner, Project and Product Management, ASEAG – the Aachen public transport operator Hear more: click below to listen to our interview with Isabell Brenner. “We are always testing alternative drives. Our fleet now has – since October 2019 – seven elctro-solar buses. In July and August 2021, we bought seven more electro-buses, five articulated and two solar buses, and at the end of 2021 we will get three more solar buses and 10 more articulated buses. And, in 2023, we plan to purchase five hydrogen-fuelled buses.” Isabell Brenner, Project and Product Management, ASEAG – the Aachen public transport operator Hear more: click below to listen to our interview with Isabell Brenner. “We are always testing alternative drives. Our fleet now has – since October 2019 – seven elctro-solar buses. In July and August 2021, we bought seven more electro-buses, five articulated and two solar buses, and at the end of 2021 we will get three more solar buses and 10 more articulated buses. And, in 2023, we plan to purchase five hydrogen-fuelled buses.” Isabell Brenner, Project and Product Management, ASEAG – the Aachen public transport operator Hear more: click below to listen to our interview with Isabell Brenner. “We are always testing alternative drives. Our fleet now has – since October 2019 – seven elctro-solar buses. In July and August 2021, we bought seven more electro-buses, five articulated and two solar buses, and at the end of 2021 we will get three more solar buses and 10 more articulated buses. And, in 2023, we plan to purchase five hydrogen-fuelled buses.” Isabell Brenner, Project and Product Management, ASEAG – the Aachen public transport operator Hear more: click below to listen to our interview with Isabell Brenner. “We are always testing alternative drives. Our fleet now has – since October 2019 – seven elctro-solar buses. In July and August 2021, we bought seven more electro-buses, five articulated and two solar buses, and at the end of 2021 we will get three more solar buses and 10 more articulated buses. And, in 2023, we plan to purchase five hydrogen-fuelled buses.” Isabell Brenner, Project and Product Management, ASEAG – the Aachen public transport operator Hear more: click below to listen to our interview with Isabell Brenner. “We have managed to get really good integration between the Environmental and the Mobility Departments within the city administration, through our common goals of climate neutrality and environmentally-friendly traffic. This very good interaction between these two departments helps a lot in implementing all kinds of measures.” Julia Scholtes, Project Lead, #AachenMooVe!, City of Aachen “We have managed to get really good integration between the Environmental and the Mobility Departments within the city administration, through our common goals of climate neutrality and environmentally-friendly traffic. This very good interaction between these two departments helps a lot in implementing all kinds of measures.” Julia Scholtes, Project Lead, #AachenMooVe!, City of Aachen “We have managed to get really good integration between the Environmental and the Mobility Departments within the city administration, through our common goals of climate neutrality and environmentally-friendly traffic. This very good interaction between these two departments helps a lot in implementing all kinds of measures.” Julia Scholtes, Project Lead, #AachenMooVe!, City of Aachen “We have managed to get really good integration between the Environmental and the Mobility Departments within the city administration, through our common goals of climate neutrality and environmentally-friendly traffic. This very good interaction between these two departments helps a lot in implementing all kinds of measures.” Julia Scholtes, Project Lead, #AachenMooVe!, City of Aachen “We have managed to get really good integration between the Environmental and the Mobility Departments within the city administration, through our common goals of climate neutrality and environmentally-friendly traffic. This very good interaction between these two departments helps a lot in implementing all kinds of measures.” Julia Scholtes, Project Lead, #AachenMooVe!, City of Aachen “We have managed to get really good integration between the Environmental and the Mobility Departments within the city administration, through our common goals of climate neutrality and environmentally-friendly traffic. This very good interaction between these two departments helps a lot in implementing all kinds of measures.” Julia Scholtes, Project Lead, #AachenMooVe!, City of Aachen “We have managed to get really good integration between the Environmental and the Mobility Departments within the city administration, through our common goals of climate neutrality and environmentally-friendly traffic. This very good interaction between these two departments helps a lot in implementing all kinds of measures.” Julia Scholtes, Project Lead, #AachenMooVe!, City of Aachen “We have managed to get really good integration between the Environmental and the Mobility Departments within the city administration, through our common goals of climate neutrality and environmentally-friendly traffic. This very good interaction between these two departments helps a lot in implementing all kinds of measures.” Julia Scholtes, Project Lead, #AachenMooVe!, City of Aachen “We have managed to get really good integration between the Environmental and the Mobility Departments within the city administration, through our common goals of climate neutrality and environmentally-friendly traffic. This very good interaction between these two departments helps a lot in implementing all kinds of measures.” Julia Scholtes, Project Lead, #AachenMooVe!, City of Aachen “We have managed to get really good integration between the Environmental and the Mobility Departments within the city administration, through our common goals of climate neutrality and environmentally-friendly traffic. This very good interaction between these two departments helps a lot in implementing all kinds of measures.” Julia Scholtes, Project Lead, #AachenMooVe!, City of Aachen “We have managed to get really good integration between the Environmental and the Mobility Departments within the city administration, through our common goals of climate neutrality and environmentally-friendly traffic. This very good interaction between these two departments helps a lot in implementing all kinds of measures.” Julia Scholtes, Project Lead, #AachenMooVe!, City of Aachen “We have managed to get really good integration between the Environmental and the Mobility Departments within the city administration, through our common goals of climate neutrality and environmentally-friendly traffic. This very good interaction between these two departments helps a lot in implementing all kinds of measures.” Julia Scholtes, Project Lead, #AachenMooVe!, City of Aachen “We have managed to get really good integration between the Environmental and the Mobility Departments within the city administration, through our common goals of climate neutrality and environmentally-friendly traffic. This very good interaction between these two departments helps a lot in implementing all kinds of measures.” Julia Scholtes, Project Lead, #AachenMooVe!, City of Aachen INterview