Abstract:

The Sustainable Mobility for All (SuM4All) Initiative was established in 2017 as a multi-stakeholder platform to advance policies on sustainable mobility at global, national, and local levels. SuM4All aims to facilitate the delivery of four primary objectives of sustainable transport, which include Universal Access, Efficiency, Safety, and Green Mobility. This analysis also explores how the four SuM4All objectives are reflected in the 2017 VNRs (Voluntary National Reviews). In this review, SLoCaT has developed a binary assessment on countries’ references to two transport modes, seven transport sub-sectors, and 21 transport policy measures in the VNRs, based on the AvoidShift-Improve framework. The assessment also considers whether these transport references are made in relations to nine different sustainability-related impacts, including poverty alleviation, food security, social inclusion and equity, urban access, rural access, regional connectivity, road safety, congestion reduction, and air pollution/ public health. Lastly, SLoCaT has considered the treatment of sustainable transport in the recently-released 2017 SDG Progress Report, the HLPF Ministerial Declaration, and the thematic papers submitted by the 14 Major Groups and other Stakeholders.