During the last EMAH workshop on 18 February 2015, which took place in the premises of the Government Building at the Vienna Stubenring, it came to the topic of "Mobility management: problem areas, new ideas and solutions." As part of the creative workshop traffic experts came together to discuss the subject of mobility management in small groups and to propose solutions towards eco-mobility. Specifically, the following three questions were discussed.

• How do I get employees to commute eco-mobile to work?

• How do I get employers to promote eco-mobility within their employees?

• How do I get "politics" to promote eco-mobility for employees and employers?

Different funding methods, tax advantages and other incentives for promoting and supporting eco-mobility, particularly cycling, were discussed in the last EMAH workshop organized by KTI in Győr. After giving the status of the project, colleagues of KTI presented the eco-mobility toolkit which recommends specific measures intended to increase the share of sustainable transport modes. In the second part of the workshop, legal and financing incentives of cycling as a commuting transport mode were highlighted via Austrian and Dutch good practices. The participants had valuable and constructive discussions on all the presentations.

On Monday 15 December, the final conference of the EMAH project took place in the ceremony hall 1 at the Vienna University of Business and Economics. After a guided tour of the WU campus with a special focus on transport issues the results of the EMAH studies were presented by the individual project partners. The conference was officially closed with a panel discussion on "The Challenge of mobility management".

 In the third EMAH Workshop, the previous project results that had already been presented in the first two Workshops were further commented and brought up on a broader scale and new findings that were elaborated in the meantime were put forward.

In this regard, the transport strategy of Land Burgenland was analysed in depth, presentations on the issue „Co-operation between transport companies and local companies“ were made including practical examples from Hungary, and the scientific background as regards the assessment of potentials for eco-mobility and their methodology were explained. The results of the recently organised focus groups were also presented and set in the context of the analysis at the participating companies so far.

Like every year, also this year the Car Free Day took place on 22 September. Following the spirit of this day, members of the EMAH project team took the opportunity and distributed leaflets on eco-mobility at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) and organised a bike service free of charge for the employees of WU.

There was a heavy rush of people and Peter Vesecky from the bicycle workshop of the same name, who executed the bike check, had a lot to do. Highlight of the day: spontaneous help could be offered to a cyclist who passed by incidentally with a flat tyre!

The whole EMAH project team consisting of KTI, TU, and WU came together for an information event at Vorgartenmarkt, a small market in the second district of Vienna. The goal was to present the recent scientific work at the EMAH co-operation partners to a broader public. An exhibition with pictures of the on-the-spot analysis at the companies and organisations participating in EMAH and a tombola with eco-mobile prizes completed the programme. Several transport experts took part in the event and discussed about EMAH and other transport issues. There was also media interest in the event.

The results of all staff surveys, on-the-spot analysis, and interviews with the transport responsibles at the EMAH co-operation partners were presented at the second EMAH project workshop. In addition, the potentials for eco-mobility were analysed and discussed. Apart from the EMAH project team, several representatives of companies participating in EMAH, staff of transport companies, officials, and numerous other transport experts joined the workshop. The event is supposed to be the basis for the elaboration and implementation of eco-mobility measures at the EMAH co-operation partners.

The presentations of the EMAH Workshop can be downloaded here:

Presentation Vienna University of Economics and Business (German)

Presentation KTI (Hungarian)

Co-operation with selected companies and organisations in the programme area on mobility is the major activity of the EMAH project. This includes the analysis of mobility behaviour of the co-operation partners‘ staff and the elaboration of mobility concepts with the participating companies and organisations. Eco-mobility measures are envisaged that will be implemented in the sense of the environment and sustainability.

The companies and organisations that take part in the EMAH project are:

Unger Steel

Seehotel Rust

Spa Lutzmannsburg

ENERCON

Designer Outlet Parndorf

Vienna University of Economics and Business

Velux

Unimas

University Győr

In the past weeks and months, staff surveys on the mobility issue were held at the co-operation partners. This included questions on the respective households, the trip chain on a specific sample day, and general mobility questions. In addition, qualitative interviews with the transport experts of the participating employers and on-the-spot analysis of the corresponding transport infrastructure of the companies and organisations were executed. All this will now be processed and leads then to mobility concepts for the co-operation partners.

KTI, TU, und WU met for a project meeting on 13 May 2014 at the Vienna University of Technology. The project partners exchanged infomation on the recent project developments and planned the next steps. The topic corporate mobility management was in the centre of interest. The implemented research activities at the nine co-operation partners were presented and discussed. Methodological questions as regards the interpretation of the gathered data were debated as well as the mobility reports that will be worked out for the participating employers.

 The EMAH project partners KTI, TU, and WU met on 5 March 2014 in Győr for a project meeting. The currently running activities on the issue corporate mobility management were one the agenda, especially the staff surveys of the nine selected employers in the programme area and their follow-up measures. In addition, organisational aspects concerning the next project workshop and the second EMAH Newsletter as well as administrative issues were discussed.

The first workshop in the framework of the EMAH project took place on 4 December 2013 in Sopron. At this event, the results of the recent cross-border railway and road survey were presented. Important players of the transport field attended the workshop.

The presentations of the first EMAH project workshop can be found for downloading here:

1. General introduction

2. Train survey (May and July 2013)

3. Road survey (October 2013)

4. Recommendations

A short film on the road survey can be watched here.

A report on the first EMAH workshop is included in the first EMAH newsletter