About LEPT

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The London European Partnership for Transport (LEPT) was established in 2006 as a new partnership to coordinate, disseminate and promote the sustainable transport and mobility agenda for London and London boroughs in Europe. LEPT works with the 33 London boroughs to build upon European knowledge and best practice, helping cities to work together to deliver specific transport policies and initiatives, and providing better value to London.

One of LEPT’s main roles is to identify, bid for and manage EU transport and mobility projects involving London boroughs which support their local priorities as well as fitting into the Mayor’s Transport Strategy.

The work of LEPT has three main strands:

  1. Best practice personal exchange and information dissemination as a two-way process between London boroughs and European cities.
  2. Increased development, participation in, and management of EU projects. 
  3. Active participation in EU decision making process for transport policy and legislation

LEPT's key objectives are to:

  • Ensure a coordinated approach to London borough interest and activities in European project work
  • Provide an efficient two-way communication process between all relevant stakeholders in London and Europe
  • Provide an effective management structure that allows boroughs to maintain their individual interests and issues whilst benefiting from an overarching objective to promote London within the EU
  • Coordinate bids for funding through the appropriate bidding processes, on both a local or national level and a European level

Policy areas 

LEPT’s policy areas include encouraging increased cycling and walking; mobility as a service; new mobility services; parking management; air quality; road safety; clean freight and logistics and automated vehicles.

Projects

LEPT has a track record of successfully bidding for and delivering EU-funded projects which encourage sustainable transport. Through LEPT, London boroughs can join projects with other European cities to address shared challenges, bringing extra knowledge, capacity and resources to the capital.Each initiative is monitored and evaluated as part of the delivery process, focusing on measurement of modal shift and the resulting environmental and health benefits.

LEPT has concluded the STARS and PTP-Cycle projects in 2016.  Information about previous projects and others taking place in London boroughs can be found on our Project Page.

Partners

LEPT works closely with a number of national and European partners to ensure effective lines of communication between London and the EU.

  • Transport for London - Transport for London is responsivle for running London's transport services
  • Department for Transport - The UK Department for Transport works to deliver the UK's transport system
  • ACT TraveWise is the UK's premier network for all organisations working to promote sustainable travel
  • EPOMM - EPOMM is a network of EU governments which works to promote mobility management
  • Polis - Polis is a network of EU cities and regions promoting innovation in local transport
  • CIVITAS - The CIVITAS initiative help cities to achieve a more sustainable, clean and energy efficient urban transport system.