Ljutomer, Slovenia

Population agglomeration: 11,329 city: 3,324 Land area 107 km2 Population density 106 inhabitants/km2

Ljutomer is a settlement of short distance, which the people make it in a bigger part by walking or cycling. This potential has not been enough exploited by the planners in the past - the deployment of some new activities (mainly shops) has extended the routes and encourage residents to use more cars. The similar restrictions for residents represent also the conditions for walking and cycling - a network of sidewalks or cycle tracks is not continuous and it is subordinate to car and often blocked. Although recent road projects include sidewalks and bike paths, their implementation is lagging behind for good practice elsewhere.

Participation in previous and current EU transport related projects

• ACTIVE TRAVEL NETWORK (2011 - 2012)   (show/hide more information)
  The basic goal of the project is to set up a network of international partners to encourage Active Travel in cities as appropriate means of transport for short trips to tackle environmental problems.
• CH4LLENGE (2013 - 2016)   (show/hide more information)
  In CH4LLENGE, nine European cities and eight supporting organizations have teamed up for overcoming the four most pressing challenges in sustainable urban mobility planning: 1. Stakeholder participation and citizen involvement, 2. Institutional cooperation between sectors and disciplines, 3. Identification of the most effective policy measures and 4. Monitoring and evaluation of progress in SUMP development. For each challenge, the project cities analyze their local mobility situation, develop new strategies how to tackle their urban mobility problems and test solutions to overcome barriers in participation, cooperation, measure selection as well as monitoring and evaluation in more than forty pilot schemes.
• MOVECIT (2016 - 2019)   (show/hide more information)
  Development of methodology for institutional mobility plan development.
• PROSPERITY (2016 - 2019)   (show/hide more information)
  CIVITAS PROSPERITY supports local and national governments to improve the quality and take-up of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans. The project brings together European cities, regional and national governments and mobility experts in one of the most ambitious sustainable urban mobility planning projects in Europe.
• CIVITAS Forum Network
• CIVINET Slovenija-Croatia

Status of the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan

Sustainable Urban Moblity Plan exists

Ljutomer has also Local Action Plan for non-motorised modes which is a strategic document since it involves systematic implementation of "soft" mobility measures for different target groups in the Municipality of Ljutomer until 2020.

Ljutomer was awarded as finalist for its SUMP within the "Do the Right Mix Campaing" of the European Commission. See video.