INFOPOLIS Newsletter

Editorial

Dear members,

With a few new projects about to start soon, and an increasing number of European consultations for Polis and its members, we continue to offer a broad range of topics on innovation and transport for you to be involved in at the European level.

We are happy to have received a large number of expression of interests for the upcoming call for proposals and we will do our best to support you joining successful bids.

We have the pleasure this month to welcome our new colleague Florinda Boschetti. Florinda is involved in the Environment and Health pillar and is working on the European project MOLECULES (ICT for electric vehicles), CIVITAS VANGUARD and the three-year Sustainable Urban Mobility campaign. In the past Florinda worked in the PRESTO project at the European Cyclists’ Federation, and has extensive knowledge on cycling policies and planning liveable communities. She holds a Masters degree in Urban, Regional and Environmental Planning and a Doctorate in engineering focusing on slow mobility and town planning.

Yours sincerely,
Sylvain Haon

QUICK NEWS

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Members in action

Dresden's officials test electric cars

Dresden's mayors are using electic cars within the joint activity week on electromobility on 20-24 February.

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Milan launches the campaign “Live, don’t drive”

A communication campaign to promote the use of public transport at provincial level rather than private cars has been launched by the Province of Milan (Italy), together with Autoguidovie.

Children aged 10-16 years can benefit from a free bus pass in Bologna

From 1 September 2011 children in Bologna (Italy) can travel by bus for free throughout the whole urban network.

European projects

PIMMS TRANSFER releases European Mobility Week and Legacy videos

London and Frankfurt were involved in the PIMMS TRANSFER project, which finished in December 2011, and increased the capacity of city and regional municipalities and authorities in Mobility Management. Videos including interviews about each project partner’s experiences and achievements and a best practice guide have been released.

PRESTO's Lessons Learnt brochure is now available in a number of languages

The document sums up the PRESTO cycling project’s main recommendations for different aspects of cycling infrastructure, cycling promotion and pedelecs (pedal-assisted bicycles), structured by “starter”, “climber” and “champion” cycling cities.

News from the institutions

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Funding opportunities and partner search

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Around Europe and beyond

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EPOMM Awards 2012: Call for entries

EPOMM PLUS presents an annual award for the most effective policy or best practice transfer on Mobility Management. Application is open until 13 March 2012.

TRA 2012 takes shape and negotiated airline discounts

The third newsletter of the 2012 Transport Research Arena (TRA) - 23 to 26 April in Athens - has been released. In addition on updates on the programme and an insight into waterborne transport modes practical information is given.

European Mobility Week award 2011: The nominees are..

Bologna (Italy), Larnaka (Cyprus) and Zagreb (Croatia) are the three finalists for the award of 2011 being the campaign central theme “Alternative Mobility”. The winner will be announced at a ceremony in Brussels on March 5th.

I-Sup2012: Call for Abstracts - deadline extended

The 3rd international conference i-SUP2012 (Innovation for Sustainable Production), held in Bruges from May 6-9, 2012, invites transport experts to submit an abstract for presentations. Deadline is 29 February. The conference is organised by VITO, the Flanders Institute for Technology and Research.

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