FAQs Climate Mobility Plan

Many individual measures are already being implemented in the municipalities of the Ludwigsburg district to make transportation more climate-friendly. Individual measures are not enough to significantly and permanently reduce greenhouse gas emissions in transportation.

The special feature of the climate mobility plan is that it takes a holistic, multi-modal approach to mobility and transport in the district of Ludwigsburg, taking into account all forms of mobility and means of transport. By bringing together the individual district municipalities in the analysis of mobility, synergy effects can be exploited.

According to the climate protection concept of the district of Ludwigsburg, the transport sector is responsible for around 1.2 million tons of_CO2 per year, or just under a third of total greenhouse gas emissions in the district. The transport sector has a high potential for saving climate-damaging greenhouse gases. This potential is to be exploited by the climate mobility plan.

30 of the 39 municipalities in the district of Ludwigsburg actively participated in the development of the climate mobility plan. The participating district municipalities can be found on the map at www.landkreis-ludwigsburg.de/klimamobilitaetsplan. The participating district municipalities cover 85.9 percent of the area and 88.7 percent of the population of the district.

Some district municipalities have not agreed to participate in the development of the climate mobility plan due to a lack of time or personnel resources, but the district administration would like to work with them during the implementation period of the climate mobility plan to promote sustainable mobility in the district.

The municipal plenum met five times to discuss and further develop the catalog of measures in the climate mobility plan. Each municipality involved in the project sent one or more contact persons to represent their municipality in the development of the climate mobility plan. This could be both the management level (e.g. mayors, heads of office) and the administrative level (e.g. climate protection management, environmental officers, etc.).

In addition to the representatives of the participating towns and municipalities in the district, the following stakeholders involved in the creation of the climate mobility plan came together in the municipal plenum: the district administration, the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Transport, the planning offices accompanying the project and specialist representatives from the district's transport sector (e.g. bus companies, the Stuttgart Region Association, etc.).

Yes, associations and organizations from the fields of mobility, environment, industry and trade were also involved in the development of the climate mobility plan. They made an important contribution to the development and discussion of the measures in the climate mobility plan, which is why there were two separate meetings for this purpose.

The basis for the development of the catalog of measures to_{reduce CO2 emissions} in the district's transport sector is a detailed analysis of the current situation / status quo. This involved examining and evaluating existing plans at district and municipal level. The climate mobility plan is not a stand-alone plan, but builds on a large number of existing plans, brings them together and supplements them. The measures and objectives already developed in these plans and concepts can also be found in the climate mobility plan. Thanks to the close contact between the district administration and the participating municipalities, results from plans that were drawn up at the same time as the climate mobility plan were also incorporated into the development of the catalog of measures.

The overarching goal of the climate mobility plan is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation in the district by 40 percent by 2030 compared to 2010. To achieve this, it will be necessary, among other things, to reduce the share of motorized private transport in the total volume of traffic in the district.

The result of the development of the climate mobility plan is a catalog of measures that shows ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the district's transport sector by 40 percent by 2030. This catalog contains targets, packages of measures and individual measures that contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The more than 1,000 individual measures in the catalog of measures come from various sources: for example, from measures already developed in existing plans of the district municipalities, concepts successfully implemented elsewhere, proposals from local authorities or suggestions from the public. They were examined in the district's digital transport model for their potential contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and then discussed and developed with the participating municipalities, specialist planners, associations and the public. All individual measures in the climate mobility plan were explicitly included in the catalog of measures by the project municipalities.

A detailed transport model of the district was created as the basis for the creation of the climate mobility plan. Measures aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in transport can be simulated in it to a certain level of detail. This makes it possible to see whether the measures, when implemented, contribute to climate protection in the district's transport sector. This contribution to CO2 reduction was a prerequisite for the inclusion of the measures in the catalog of measures. The total contribution of all measures to reducing greenhouse gas emissions amounts to 40.7 percent and therefore meets the 40 percent target.

In close cooperation with the participating district municipalities, transport stakeholders and the general public, the drafted measures were discussed and developed in several cycles. A preliminary catalog of measures was drafted. This draft was commented on and evaluated online by the public in summer 2024. The final version of the catalog of measures was largely determined by the members of the municipal plenum, as the responsibility for the final implementation of the measures lies with the municipalities.

The development of the measures in the climate mobility plan was based on current scientific findings on the one hand and successfully tested and implemented concepts on the other. This involved examining which concepts are promising in order to learn from them and possibly implement them in the district of Ludwigsburg.

Projects such as the intermodal tool stadtnavi from Herrenberg are therefore also conceivable for the district of Ludwigsburg. The stadtnavi is already being implemented in the city of Ludwigsburg and can theoretically be transferred to other municipalities.

No, the climate mobility plan was drawn up without explicit collaboration with climate scientists. The climate mobility plan pursues the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the district by 40 percent by 2030, compared to 2010. A detailed transport model of the region shows which measures need to be implemented to achieve this goal.

The concrete individual measures were developed in cooperation between the participating district municipalities and the district administration, incorporating input from the participation events with the public and interest groups in the district.

The goal of the climate mobility plan is very ambitious. In order to achieve it, many different measures need to be implemented, which is why the project municipalities looked at all realistically conceivable measures.

In order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation in the district, the climate mobility plan contains various pull and push measures. Pull and push measures are also known colloquially as "carrots and sticks". The catalog of measures in the climate mobility plan will be published on the district administration's website once it has been adopted by the district council.

According to the climate protection concept of the Ludwigsburg district, almost 95 percent of_{CO2 emissions} in the district's traffic are caused by motorized private transport (MIT). In this context, pull measures ("carrots") aim to encourage people who use private motorized transport to switch to more climate-friendly forms of mobility by increasing the attractiveness of climate-friendly alternatives.

Pull measures that aim to reduce the share of private motorized transport in the district's total traffic and thus also its greenhouse gas emissions will appear in the climate mobility plan. However, the specific measures have not yet been determined.

According to the climate protection concept of the district of Ludwigsburg, almost 95 percent of_{CO2 emissions} in the district's traffic are caused by motorized private transport. While pull measures ("carrot") aim to increase the attractiveness of climate-friendly forms of mobility, push measures ("stick") are intended to specifically reduce the attractiveness of using your own car with a combustion engine. The aim is to encourage people to switch to more climate-friendly forms of mobility by making it more difficult or less free to use their (own) car and increasing the associated costs.

By reducing the share of private motorized transport in the district's total traffic, push measures also reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.

Several types of push measures have already been implemented in the district of Ludwigsburg. For example, the regional environmental zones 'Ludwigsburg' and 'Leonberg/Hemmingen and surroundings' have been set up and the speed limit in Ludwigsburg, Gerlingen and Bietigheim-Bissingen, among others, has been set at 40 km/h to reduce noise. Resident parking concepts exist in Besigheim, Ludwigsburg and Kornwestheim, for example. In the city of Ludwigsburg, parking spaces have also been removed to create a cycle lane and lanes have been converted into bus lanes.

The Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Transport provided the district of Ludwigsburg with financial support for the creation of the climate mobility plan. The staff position for the climate mobility plan project management in the district administration received 50 percent funding from the Ministry for the duration of the project up to and including June 2024. The Ministry funded 80 percent of the invoiced material costs of the commissioned offices PTV Transport Consult GmbH and ifok GmbH. The remaining costs were borne by the district.

No extra costs were incurred by the participating district municipalities in drawing up the climate mobility plan. They used their own time and personnel resources to participate in the process.

In addition to drawing up the climate mobility plan, the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Transport provides financial support for the municipalities participating in the project to implement the measures in the climate mobility plan. Under the State Municipal Transport Financing Act (LGVFG) , the implementation of measures included in a climate mobility plan can be funded with 75 percent instead of 50 percent. This increased funding rate is known as the "climate bonus".

The increased funding rate is limited to so-called investment measures. These are measures that include purchases or construction activities, such as the construction of a cycle path, the installation of a bus lane or the expansion of publicly accessible charging stations.

No. The budget for administrative staff is not funded via the climate mobility plan.

The online survey, which lasted several weeks in July 2024, concluded public participation in the development of the content of the climate mobility plan. The further development and finalization of the climate mobility plan will be carried out in cooperation between the project municipalities and the district administration. The final document of the plan is due to be published in spring 2025.

Information on past and upcoming participation events for the climate mobility plan can be found here.

The website

www.landkreis-ludwigsburg.de/klimamobilitaetsplan

The dates and venues for the above-mentioned participation opportunities will be announced in good time. We also send this information to the print media and municipal gazettes in the district.

You can also find out more on the above-mentioned website and the district administration's social media channels. If you have any questions, you can also contact the Climate Mobility Plan project manager, Mr. Lukas Göppner(lukas.goeppner[at]landkreis-ludwigsburg.de).

It is important for politicians to know what citizens want. Your suggestions play an important role in this. You are the experts of your everyday life and your experiences are an important basis for the climate mobility plan.

By creating the climate mobility plan, democracy is put into practice and you are heard. All in all, this leads to a better result. We are therefore dependent on your participation in the creation of the climate mobility plan!

There are different approaches to citizen participation. The Climate Mobility Plan aims to motivate as many people as possible from different localities and with very diverse backgrounds to participate. All interested parties can get involved via the on-site events and online participation. Selection by lot means that only those who are selected by lot can participate. This can be a good alternative or addition in many cases. For the climate mobility plan of the Ludwigsburg district, however, it is more important that all interested parties can participate.

So get involved by taking part and telling others about the participation processes. The more perspectives that are brought in, the better the climate mobility plan will be.

Many individual measures are already being implemented in the municipalities today. The climate mobility plan is an opportunity to bundle these individual measures and look at them together.

Once the climate mobility plan has been adopted (probably in July 2025) at the latest, the measures included in it can be implemented. In order to contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, they must be implemented as soon as possible, but by the end of 2029 at the latest.

No, no interim targets have been defined on the way to the 40 percent target. The 40 percent target is to be achieved by 2030.

The climate mobility plan also has a monitoring and evaluation concept. This involves checking the_{CO2 reductions} achieved.

The question of whether and which of the measures included in the climate mobility plan are ultimately implemented is the responsibility of the municipalities concerned.

The municipalities took part in the development of the climate mobility plan on their own initiative. They see the need for a more climate-friendly transformation of mobility in the district and will implement as many measures as possible within the scope of their specific needs and financial possibilities.

With the increased funding rate of the "climate bonus", the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Transport has created a significant financial incentive for this.

Many social and political processes can have an impact on achieving the 40 percent target in the district. They can be of a transport policy nature (Germany ticket, general speed limits, adaptation of road traffic regulations) or urban planning nature (affordable housing to avoid traffic, "city of short distances" concept).

The climate mobility plan has no direct influence on developments for which other political levels are responsible. However, the climate mobility plan and its findings can be used to identify requirements for state and federal policy. One task of the Climate Mobility Plan is also to work towards a conducive framework.

The shares of bicycle and pedestrian traffic are counted, for example at counting stations. The traffic model can also provide important information here. The basis for the model is a representative household survey on which journeys are made by which means of transport. This can show, for example, how the expansion of cycling infrastructure affects the composition of the traffic volume from the various modes of transport (modal split).

The expansion of infrastructure is a high priority overall, especially for public transport and cycling. Suitable infrastructure is a prerequisite for using these forms of mobility. Measures in this area will benefit from the increased funding rate ("climate bonus").

The topic of freight transport is dealt with in the climate mobility plan. In the city center, this is an important topic when it comes to the so-called last mile. Shifts to cargo bikes or electrified transportation are also being considered here. The establishment of delivery zones, for example, is also conceivable.

There is currently no central platform for all forms of mobility.

When it comes to cycling, it depends on where the cycle path runs, for example within a municipality or between two municipalities. More information can be found on the district's website https://www.landkreis-ludwigsburg.de/de/verkehr-sicherheit-ordnung/radverkehr/. There you will find the contact persons of the municipalities. Problems can also be reported to the district administration's cycling officer, who will forward the information accordingly.

The municipalities are generally responsible for pedestrian traffic. Citizens can contact them directly at any time with information.

The expertise and needs of industry and trade are important for the development of the measures in the climate mobility plan. For this reason, representatives from industry and trade, as well as environmental and mobility associations, were involved in the creation of the climate mobility plan as part of workshops.