The STEER-NWE Project

Integrated transport solutions to steer NWE's just energy transition

30 June 2025ContactFrédérique Prédali, Emmanuel Marion

Running from 2025 to 2028, STEER-NWE aims to increase accessibility to sustainable transport, more liveable and healthy cities, and reduced socio-economic disparities and car-dependence linked to transport poverty. How? By empowering public authorities to develop integrated, energy-efficient, and inclusive electric carsharing approaches.

In the pursuit for a fair energy transition, metropolitan across Northwest Europe (NWE) face a major challenge: the dominance of fossil-fuelled private car use has led the transport sector to become the largest energy consumer and major contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Low Emission Zones (LEZs) help reduce pollution, but often create conflicting interests between energy, housing, and transport policies. Against this background, electric carsharing emerges as an energy-efficient solution that supports and aligns with EU climate and environment goals. The STEER-NWE project aims to enable the upscaling of electric carsharing through a transnational and cross-departmental approach, focused on three thematic areas:

  • Public Space Optimization & Housing Integration: integrating e-carsharing into housing developments, optimizing public space and reducing private vehicle ownership.
  • Charging Infrastructure & Energy Incentives: expanding charging networks, promoting renewable energy use, and developing incentives like dynamic pricing and off-peak charging.
  • Governance & Business Models: developing governance models and business strategies together with operators for scaling e-carsharing in LEZs/UVARs, ensuring inclusive access.

Supported by the use of digital tools and community input, STEER-NWE helps local governments create inclusive, energy-smart e-carsharing systems. The project brings together 11 partners (6 cities and 5 knowledge and dissemination partners) from 6 countries (Netherlands, France, Belgium, Ireland, Germany, and Luxembourg).

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Institute Paris Region's input

In STEER, IPR will provide expert support to local authorities, focusing on sharing knowledge and experience from urban planning and electromobility perspectives. As a leading research and policy organization in the Paris Metropolitan Region, IPR brings deep expertise in sustainable mobility, vehicle access regulations, and integrating carsharing into urban frameworks. IPR will support the development of STEER-NWE’s strategy and methodology. IPR will guide the co-construction of the project’s framework, contributing its knowledge on participatory processes, co-creation, and urban mobility solutions. IPR’s role will be instrumental in ensuring that local urban contexts and challenges across project cities are integrated into the transnational strategy. IPR will contribute significantly to the design, implementation, and assessment of the pilot projects. In collaboration with partners like MGP (Paris Metropolitan Region), IPR will help define and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and survey methods to evaluate pilot success. IPR’s expertise will ensure that the governance and economic viability of the e-carsharing solutions are considered throughout the pilot phase. IPR will be involved in providing urban planning guidance and helping assess the impact of carsharing integration in housing developments and public spaces. IPR will focus on disseminating the results of the project through its role in the STEER-NWE Academy. IPR will contribute to capacity-building efforts, offering training on service implementation, policy alignment, and stakeholder engagement. IPR will also co-author sections of the final project guide, integrating visual materials to communicate outcomes and best practices for the adoption of e-carsharing solutions across North-West Europe.

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Frédérique Prédali

Frédérique has been working in the Mobility Department of L'Institut Paris Region for more than 15 years after a four-year experience as transport economist consultant. She has carried out numerous comparative studies on topics such as the financing of transport infrastructure, the supply of public transport in London and Paris, the pricing of public transport in big metropolitan areas, taxis and mobility services... She is now in charge of studies in Ile-de-France, European or foreign countries in link with mobility and transition.

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