Figure 33. Structure of Chapter 4

4. Data Analysis & Results

This research has explored the extent to which strategic documents from EU Capitals follow the SUMP guidelines by scrutinizing the technical dossiers from Vienna, Brussels, Budapest, Rome, and Lisbon using descriptive coding to organize the data analyses workload in order to unfold the SUMP 12 Steps, based on the SUMP 32 Activities coverage. In addition, the SUMP SAT has been used to uncover the SUMP Principles complementing, enriching, and wrapping up the sole investigations. All selected case studies have documents structured toward SUD, however, with different approaches from each other. For instance, while Vienna, Brussels, and Lisbon have straightforward documents, Budapest and Rome have developed their SUMPs long-winded. Thus, this chapter firstly shows the findings of the documents from Vienna, secondly Brussels, thirdly Budapest, followed by Rome, and lastly Lisbon. All the analyses have trailed the same structure (Figure 33), first a general overview of their documents, followed by four subsections of the SUM phases analyses that have underpinned the SUMP 12 Steps and the coverage of their 32 Activities. Afterward, the fifth and last subsection revealed to what extent the SUMP Principles are present in the selected case studies.

Figure 33. Structure of Chapter 4. Source: Author

4.1. Vienna | STEP UMP | STEP 2025 Fachkonzept Mobilität

In the STEP 2025 Urban Development Plan (STEP UDP) adopted by the municipal administration in 2014, urban mobility was integrated and addressed with the other urban systems. development. In addition, the municipality is taking this tendency as an opportunity to improve the Viennese community. These changes bring more diversity to the city and focus on urban development as a collective responsibility (Vienna City Administration, 2014b).

In addition, STEP 2025, in the thematic concept of urban mobility plan, has been divided into three main parts. The first part presents the mission statement, strategic framework, objectives and indicators, city structure, and mobility. Further, the second part addresses the fields of action, i.e., governance: responsibilities and resources; public space: sharing streets in a fair way; efficient mobility by mobility management; sharing instead of owning; transport organization: a smarter way of managing mobility business in motion; transport infrastructure: the backbone of the city; mobility needs innovation; together in the region. Lastly, the third part shows the way the urban mobility plan has been developed, pointing proposed measures interlinked with the transportation modes into two chapters, respectively, i.e., and measures by mode of transport (Vienna City Administration, 2014a). Therefore, the STEP 2025 Urban Mobility Plan has been based on t processes, corroborating the SUMP guidelines.

In a nutshell, STEP UMP guidelines are well structured and cover essential fields for 12 Steps to a certain extent (Figure 34); however, the activities related to funding/financing and implementation specifics have not been clearly displayed. Further detailed results have been presented in the following subsections, showing the 32 SUMP Activities that have been covered (12), partially covered (9), and also pointing out the ones that are unclear (11).