VCÖ Mobility Award Tyrol: “Implementing the traffic turnaround” | State of Tyrol
Sustainable mobility reduces CO2 and costs
- Commuting by public transport is significantly cheaper
- VCÖ Mobility Award Tyrol is looking for projects and concepts for climate-friendly mobility and sustainable goods transport
- Submission deadline June 1, 2022
Under the motto “Implementing the traffic turnaround”, the call for entries for this year’s VCÖ Mobility Prize in Tyrol was announced today, Thursday, by LHS DeputyinIngrid Felipe, the VCÖ and the ÖBB started. “Sustainable mobility not only reduces CO2emissions, but is also significantly cheaper than the car. 21 percent of Tyrolean households are now car-free, which is the second highest value after Vienna and the trend will probably continue in the coming months due to the high fuel prices,” says Mobility Minister Felipe. She explains that “switching from the car to public transport when commuting saves an average of just over 1,000 euros on the Schwaz – Innsbruck route, for example, and on the Imst – Innsbruck route even more than 2,700 euros per year.”
According to Statistics Austria, even before the increase in fuel prices in recent weeks, 16.1 percent of household spending in Tyrol was spent on mobility, which is around 560 euros per month. Around a sixth of this is for fuel, with the remainder split between purchasing vehicles, servicing and repairs, accessories, vehicle insurance, public transport tickets and other mobility services.
“Anyone who switches from the car to public transport can earn a 15th month’s salary in Tyrol with the climate ticket, depending on the route,” explains the VCÖ expert Michael Schwendinger. “But even with a fuel-efficient driving style, around 230 euros and 300 kilograms of CO2 can be saved on the Schwaz – Innsbruck route, for example2with one home office day per week over 300 euros or. over 400 kilograms of CO2 and with a carpool for two over 600 euros or. over 800 kilograms of CO2 in the yearbe saved. Switching to public transport would result in an annual CO2– Bring savings of more than 1,800 kilograms on the 30-kilometer route between Innsbruck and Schwaz.”
A significant reduction in CO2 isalso the declared goal of ÖBBlike regional manager Rene Zumtobel explains: “Without the railways, holistic climate protection will fall by the wayside. Anyone who gets on the train is 30 times more climate-friendly than by car – safe and comfortable, and in Tyrol at speeds of up to 220 km/h. We look forward to many people joining us on this path to climate protection and therefore to many creative submissions for the VCÖ Mobility Prize.”
The VCÖ Mobility Prize is therefore again looking for projects and concepts that show today what mobility of tomorrow could look like. Businesses and companies, start-ups, tourism regions, municipalities and cities, schools and universities, initiatives and repetitions are invited to participate. “The traffic turnaround has many actors. Together and with the contribution of many, we can achieve the climate goals LHS Deputyin Felipe, VCÖ expert Schwendinger and ÖBB-Regional Manager Zumtobel in unison.
The VCÖ Mobility Award Tyrol is organized by the VCÖ in cooperation with the state of Tyrol and the ÖBB carried out and supported by TIWAG. Projects can be submitted until June 1, 2022. The submission documents and further information can be found at https://www.vcoe.at/mobilitaetspreis and at (01) 893 26 97.
The submissions for the VCÖ Mobility Award Tyrol are evaluated by a specialist jury. In September, the projects with the best prizes will be awarded. Last year, Binderholz and the Zillertaler Verkehrsbetriebe won the VCÖ Mobility Prize Tyrol 2021 for shifting transports to rail.