CATCH

catch_logoCATCH stands for Carbon-Aware Travel Choice. It is an EU-funded project that has developed a resource to raise awareness among urban stakeholders of problems arising from greenhouse gas emissions, and the potential of local and international policy to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from urban transport. CATCH has developed a knowledge platform that enables local decision-makers to move their city’s population towards less carbon-intensive transport. The platform is:

  • Primarily aimed at decision-makers, but also for citizens, businesses, planners, and other mobility stakeholders in cities.
  • Grounded in behavioural research.
  • Developed in cooperation with end-users.


e-Forum participates in CATCH as a communications partner.

The CATCH consortium

The CATCH consortium consists of 11 partners from across the world. It is coordinated by the urban mobility consultancy MRC McLean Hazel, and supported by the international networks Polis (European network of cities and regions), UITP (International Association of Public Transport) and E-Forum (Forum for European E-Public Services). Academic expertise is provided by the Centre for Transport Studies (CTS) at UWE (University of the West of England, Bristol), COPPE (Transport Engineering Programme) at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, along with expert advice from the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) and input from the municipality of Handan located in the Hebei province in China. The knowledge platform development is driven by the software service providers Q-Sphere, the reference systems integrator SICE (Sociedad Ibérica de Construcciones Eléctricas) and the engineering & architectural consultancy firm Systematica.

The CATCH interest group provided invaluable input to the project in helping to design and test the knowledge platform. The interest group consists of representatives from four cities: Baia Mare (Romania), Lisbon (Portugal), the London Borough of Hounslow (UK) and Odense (Denmark) as well as other experts in transport and climate change.

For more information visit the CATCH website at www.carbonaware.eu/

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