CATCH was a demonstration project in the European Commission's Life-Environment Programme. It supported the EC's Sixth Environmental Action Programme by promoting sustainable mobility in order to improve air quality. CATCH was implemented in Liverpool (UK), Suceava (Romania) and Potenza (Italy).

CATCH adopted an innovative and multi-disciplinary approach to reducing air pollution in Liverpool (UK), driving forward and demonstrating both hard measures, such as the provision of clean buses and new bus services, and soft measures, such as personal travel plans, calorie mapping and the production of new transport policies.

The success of CATCH was evaluated through advanced pollution monitoring techniques and the impact on community health was evaluated by using a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) methodology. Related schemes were also implemented in Romania (Suceava) and Italy (Potenza) and the results are being used for best practice guidance throughout Europe

The results from CATCH have been reported in three separate documents; a non technical summary of key outcomes, a best practice guide and a technical evaluation of the whole project. These documents are available for download from the homepage of this site.

Project co-ordinator:
	www.merseytravel.gov.uk Karen Booth, karen.booth@merseytravel.gov.uk
Partners:
	www.liverpool.gov.uk michael.peet@liverpool.gov.uk
	www.arrivanw.co.uk Nigel Cross, crossn@arrivanw.co.uk
	www.ttr-ltd.com Alan Lewis, alan.lewis@ttr-ltd.com
	www.ctpn.it Valentina Russo, v.russo@cotp.it
	http://www.primariasv.ro/ Dan Dura, Suceava dandura@primariasv.ro
Main subcontractors:
	www.liv.ac.uk www.cims.org.uk Joe Spencer joe@liverpool.ac.uk
	www.ihia.org.uk Debbie Abrahams, abrahams@liverpool.ac.uk
	Bob Crawford, orbisconsultants@aol.com