In 2013, the Annual Polis Conference will take place in Brussels. The Annual General Assembly for Polis members will take place around the conference....
In partnership with MasterCard we invite you to the opening cocktail of the 2013 Annual Polis Conference. The cocktail will mark the launch of Thinking Cities magazine, a joint initiative between Poli...
The next meeting of the POSSE Open ITS Systems Forum will take place in Brussels on 3 December. The meeting will take place the day after the European Commission conference on ITS (organised by DG M...
The conference will provide an opportunity to learn about the progress made with regard to a number of key actions and initiatives in the field of ITS....
The 6th edition of the Truck & Bus World Forum will take place at the new headquarters of the Rhône-Alpes Region, located in the modern Confluence down town area of Lyon on the 21st and 22nd of Novem...
Within the framework of EVS27, the European Electromobility Observatory (EEO) jointly with the Green eMotion project invite local and regional authorities to an electromobility workshop on 19 November...
The 27th International Electric Vehicle Symposium & Exhibition will be hold in Barcelona from the 17th to 20th of November 2013. This event will look into research and activities across all fields rel...
On 15 November 2013 the European Commission organises day-long discussions about how to enable the emergence of EU-wide deployment of Multimodal Travel, Information, Planning and Ticketing Services....
The conference "Horizon 2020 : a major opportunity for research and innovation in regions" will take place on Wednesday 13rd November (11.00 to 17.30) in Ile-de-France Europe premises. Interpretatio...
The inaugural 2013 European Rail Awards ceremony will take place in London where the winners of 22 prestigious awards will be announced. Entries will be accepted until 19 April 2013....
The 17th IRF World Meeting provides a forum for sharing industry technologies, solutions and best practices. Surface transportation experts and researchers from all over the world are invited....
The conferences is attended by around 400 transport practitioners and researchers and covers policy issues, best practice and research findings across a broad spectrum of transport modes....
The 11th edition of the annual CIVITAS Forum Conference will take place between 30th September and 2nd October in the main metropolitan center of Western Brittany....
Workshop organised by the Amsterdam Group (of which Polis is a member) to present and discuss the group's roadmap for cooperative systems deployment....
The results of seven innovative urban freight demostrations will be presented. These include an urban consolidation centre, a city logistics mobile depot, night time distribution, loading and unloadi...
This workshop will debate about the Green Corridor development, best practices in Co-Modality and economically feasible solutions on Green Logistics....
The 1st VRUITS interest group workshop on ITS for the safety of vulnerable road users will take place in Brussels on the 18th of September. The European project VRUITS, co-funded by the European Com...
On the 18th of September, the Sustainable 2Wheels event will for the fourth time bring together European businesses, policy makers and citizens to explore how 2wheel transport can contribute to cleane...
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The aim of European Mobility Week is to encourage local authorities to raise public awareness of sustainable mobility issues and implementing measures to achieve a shift towards sustainable urban tr...
OPTIMISM project's final conference will take place on Monday 16th September 2013 at the Universitaire Stichting, rue d'Egmont/Egmontstraat 11 in Brussels, Belgium. This event will gather leading t...
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The event will focus on good practice in planning, operating and enforcement of on street parking. Aspects such as information and data management will be addressed as well....
The conference will discuss the results from the project, highlight the experiences from cities involved in the project and touch upon the European policy framework for sustainable urban mobility....
Opening for the EcoMobility World Festival 2013 (1-30 September), the EcoMobility Suwon 2013 congress (1-4 September) enables international actors, united through mutual interest in sustainable transp...
MOLECULES project will present its approach to deploy electro-mobility in intelligent cities at event on "Innovative tools for energy management in Smart cities" during EUSEW 2013 at the Puglia Regio...
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07/11/2024
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This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific
disabilities to adjust the website’s UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs.
Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the background and optimizes its accessibility level constantly. This application remediates the website’s HTML,
adapts Its functionality and behavior for screen-readers used by the blind users, and for keyboard functions used by individuals with motor impairments.
If you’ve found a malfunction or have ideas for improvement, we’ll be happy to hear from you. You can reach out to the website’s operators by using the following email
Screen-reader and keyboard navigation
Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various different behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with
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alongside console screenshots of code examples:
Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website.
In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels;
descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups),
and others. Additionally, the background process scans all the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag
for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology.
To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on
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These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.
Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML, and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally, keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus, available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, and not allow the focus drift outside it.
Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
Disability profiles supported in our website
Epilepsy Safe Mode: this profile enables people with epilepsy to use the website safely by eliminating the risk of seizures that result from flashing or blinking animations and risky color combinations.
Visually Impaired Mode: this mode adjusts the website for the convenience of users with visual impairments such as Degrading Eyesight, Tunnel Vision, Cataract, Glaucoma, and others.
Cognitive Disability Mode: this mode provides different assistive options to help users with cognitive impairments such as Dyslexia, Autism, CVA, and others, to focus on the essential elements of the website more easily.
ADHD Friendly Mode: this mode helps users with ADHD and Neurodevelopmental disorders to read, browse, and focus on the main website elements more easily while significantly reducing distractions.
Blindness Mode: this mode configures the website to be compatible with screen-readers such as JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack. A screen-reader is software for blind users that is installed on a computer and smartphone, and websites must be compatible with it.
Keyboard Navigation Profile (Motor-Impaired): this profile enables motor-impaired persons to operate the website using the keyboard Tab, Shift+Tab, and the Enter keys. Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
Additional UI, design, and readability adjustments
Font adjustments – users, can increase and decrease its size, change its family (type), adjust the spacing, alignment, line height, and more.
Color adjustments – users can select various color contrast profiles such as light, dark, inverted, and monochrome. Additionally, users can swap color schemes of titles, texts, and backgrounds, with over seven different coloring options.
Animations – person with epilepsy can stop all running animations with the click of a button. Animations controlled by the interface include videos, GIFs, and CSS flashing transitions.
Content highlighting – users can choose to emphasize important elements such as links and titles. They can also choose to highlight focused or hovered elements only.
Audio muting – users with hearing devices may experience headaches or other issues due to automatic audio playing. This option lets users mute the entire website instantly.
Cognitive disorders – we utilize a search engine that is linked to Wikipedia and Wiktionary, allowing people with cognitive disorders to decipher meanings of phrases, initials, slang, and others.
Additional functions – we provide users the option to change cursor color and size, use a printing mode, enable a virtual keyboard, and many other functions.
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We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers).
Notes, comments, and feedback
Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs. There may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to