Alpe-Adria Clean Transport Alliance

Electrification of transport plays a significant role in the transition towards net-zero greenhouse gas emissions energy systems. Strategic documents such as National Energy and Climate Plans (NECP) recognise this as well. In order to fulfil the NECPs and to meet the targets of the EU Clean Energy Package, it is imperative that actors implement concrete measures on a local level.

To facilitate this goal, the “Alpe-Adria Clean Transport Alliance network” was established, consisting of decision makers from Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia and Austria, to apply implementation measures for the decarbonization of urban transport and to integrate them into local strategy documents. The network involved relevant stakeholders at local, regional and national level to ensure knowledge transfer and capacity building for all relevant actors.

Four white papers were elaborated to analyse the state of decarbonization of road transport and participation opportunities for local governments in the respective countries. Based on these, the project developed a customized toolbox to support decision makers in their efforts to decarbonize the transport sector. In total, 285 participants were reached through various exchange formats of the project and were empowered to use the toolbox. Based on the feedback received from the participants, the tools were regularly adapted and improved according to their needs. In the long term, the project aims to contribute to the harmonization of standards in decarbonizing the transport sector in the participating countries.

• Optimisation of locations for charging stations: With the Alpe-Adria Clean Transport Alliance Toolbox, local authorities in Styria, Croatia, Slovenia and Montenegro can for the first time precisely calculate where new charging stations will be used the most and are also the most cost-efficient. This avoids bad investments, accelerates planning and embeds electric mobility projects in municipal budgets and strategies in a financially realistic manner. The toolbox has thus contributed directly to more professional infrastructure planning and concrete decision-making processes on the ground. 
• Good practice examples for faster decarbonisation: The brochure "Alpe-Adria Clean Transport Alliance Best Practices Collection" brings together successful measures for the decarbonisation of road transport from Austria, Croatia and Slovenia for the first time. It makes effective solutions visible and transferable, giving cities and regions concrete ideas on how they can reduce emissions - from innovative mobility offers to efficient administrative instruments. The collection thus serves as a practical tool that helps other regions to replicate successes more quickly. 
• Input for political strategies and decisions: The close cooperation with local and regional authorities in Austria, Croatia, Montenegro and Slovenia provided direct political added value: the project results were incorporated into strategy documents for the decarbonisation of transport and helped administrations to plan their climate targets in concrete terms. The project thus became an important driver for political decisions and contributed to making transport-related climate protection measures more binding and action-orientated at regional level.