New mobility concepts for rural areas. Lessons learnt in the European cooperation project “Peripheral Access”.

Abstract

European border regions, peri-urban and rural areas suffer from an undersupply of adequate local public transport. The consequences are manifold: high individual traffic, air pollution and reduced mobility for disadvantaged groups. Numerous initiatives, including transnational European cooperation projects, are developing and testing solutions for this at the local level. When applied consistently and expanded further, they can achieve great success an a small scale - if political support is available. The partners in the EU project Peripheral Access have approached this in different ways.