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Global Tourism Resilience Day 2025: Strengthening tourism and transport resilience for a sustainable future

Global Tourism Resilience Day 2025: Strengthening tourism and transport resilience for a sustainable future

On Global Tourism Resilience Day 2025, we reflect on enhancing the resilience of tourism and transport amidst interconnected challenges....
Read more 17/02/2025
PT Lab – Level up public transport for healthier & more sustainable cities in Europe with UPPER tools and resources

PT Lab – Level up public transport for healthier & more sustainable cities in Europe with UPPER tools and resources

Public transport is more than just buses, trams, and metros—it is the backbone of urban mobility, shaping how people move and how cities function. But as urban challenges evolve and sustainability t...
Read more 11/02/2025
PT Lab – The Return of the Bus: BRTs and BHLS to power mobility networks in Catalonia and Barcelona

PT Lab – The Return of the Bus: BRTs and BHLS to power mobility networks in Catalonia and Barcelona

Buses are making a comeback, and the first Public Transport Lab webinar, The Return of the Bus: BRTs and BHLS to Power Mobility Networks in Catalonia and Barcelona, explored why. Experts from Transpor...
Read more 11/02/2025
Vote for SMALL in the 2024 Interreg Slam!

Vote for SMALL in the 2024 Interreg Slam!

The Shared Mobility For ALL (SMALL) project has been selected as a finalist in the Interreg Project Slam 2024-2025....
Read more 10/02/2025
Let’s talk about parcel lockers: Location, size, and operation

Let’s talk about parcel lockers: Location, size, and operation

POLIS, ETP-ALICE, and C40 Cities co-hosted a webinar on 29 January 2025 on parcel lockers, facilitating an ad-hoc exchange with experts and city representatives from Europe and North America. The web...
Read more 06/02/2025
POLIS joins open letter calling for a stronger EU transport budget

POLIS joins open letter calling for a stronger EU transport budget

POLIS has joined a group of 45 transport organisations in an open letter to call for a stronger EU transport budget....
Read more 05/02/2025
Save the date for the MOBILITYAWARDS ceremony!

Save the date for the MOBILITYAWARDS ceremony!

The EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK / MOBILITYACTION award ceremony and workshops will take place in Brussels on 27 March 2025....
Read more 29/01/2025
Learn from Mission Cities and join peer learning acitivities in 2025

Learn from Mission Cities and join peer learning acitivities in 2025

The Mission Platform is now offering peer learning opportunities with Mission Cities and access to related online resources....
Read more 28/01/2025
Global New Mobility Coalition releases new ambition statement on the future of urban deliveries

Global New Mobility Coalition releases new ambition statement on the future of urban deliveries

POLIS backs Global New Mobility Coalition's statement to improve the efficiency and sustainability of urban deliveries by 2030....
Read more 26/01/2025
POLIS celebrates the increasing relevance of International Day of Clean Energy

POLIS celebrates the increasing relevance of International Day of Clean Energy

The International Day for Clean Energy raises awareness and mobilises action for a just and inclusive energy transition....
Read more 24/01/2025
Local Alliance shares vision for next EU Budget (2028-2034)

Local Alliance shares vision for next EU Budget (2028-2034)

The Local Alliance shares vision on how the new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) should be shaped in new position paper....
Read more 23/01/2025
Great training opportunity opens to Italian cities working on SUMPs

Great training opportunity opens to Italian cities working on SUMPs

The EC and the EIB are holding a training programme to support Italian cities in the redaction of SUMPs under the revised TEN-T regulation....
Read more 22/01/2025
Member in the Spotlight: Catalonia

Member in the Spotlight: Catalonia

January's Member in the Spotlight is Catalonia, known for prioritising environmental responsibility, community needs, and accessibility....
Read more 22/01/2025
Girona and Salt get a new bus corridor

Girona and Salt get a new bus corridor

The BRCAT project has taken a major step forward, with works now underway on the Girona-Salt bus corridor. Aimed at easing congestion and boosting public transport, this €5.5 million investment is p...
Read more 20/01/2025
Madrid expands BiciMAD to the municipality of Pozuelo de Alarcón

Madrid expands BiciMAD to the municipality of Pozuelo de Alarcón

Madrid and partners announced plans to extend the city’s electric bicycle network, BiciMAD, to Pozuelo de Alarcón....
Read more 16/01/2025
Câble C1: Île-de-France’s first urban cable car nears completion

Câble C1: Île-de-France’s first urban cable car nears completion

Île-de-France Mobilités, the transport authority for the Paris region and a member of the POLIS network, is advancing the Câble C1 project, an innovative urban cable car system set to become the fi...
Read more 15/01/2025
POLIS launches two new Taskforces

POLIS launches two new Taskforces

Focusing on Urban Air Mobility and Urban Nodes, the new POLIS Taskforces tap into conversations that are becoming central in EU's mobility....
Read more 14/01/2025
Cerema’s guide on the ‘Plan de mobilité simplifié’ is now available in English

Cerema’s guide on the ‘Plan de mobilité simplifié’ is now available in English

Cerema’s guide on the Plan de mobilité simplifié, a tool to organise mobility in medium-sized towns and rural areas, is available in English....
Read more 13/01/2025
MOVE21 launches White Paper on Public-Private Collaboration in Urban Mobility and Logistics

MOVE21 launches White Paper on Public-Private Collaboration in Urban Mobility and Logistics

MOVE21 launched its new White Paper on Public-Private Collaboration in Urban Mobility and Logistics at the last Smart City Expo in Barcelona....
Read more 10/01/2025
EMT Madrid sets new passenger record in 2024 with 476 million travelers

EMT Madrid sets new passenger record in 2024 with 476 million travelers

This record-breaking achievement surpasses the 2023 figure by 21.4 million users, marking a 4.71% increase....
Read more 08/01/2025
Launching MONA webinar series: Sustainable mobility planning in tourism destinations

Launching MONA webinar series: Sustainable mobility planning in tourism destinations

The MONA project hosted its first webinar to explore sustainable visitor mobility planning for tourism destinations....
Read more 20/12/2024
Local Alliance calls for unlocking the potential of local and regional governments in the Social Climate Fund

Local Alliance calls for unlocking the potential of local and regional governments in the Social Climate Fund

The Local Alliance has produced a report highlighting that the €86 billion EU Social Climate Fund (SCF) is at risk of mismanagement....
Read more 12/12/2024
POLIS joins Arthur D. Little to exchange insights on the future of mobility

POLIS joins Arthur D. Little to exchange insights on the future of mobility

POLIS Secretary General Karen Vancluysen joined the panel discussion at Arthur D. Little's Executive Insight on the future of mobility....
Read more 11/12/2024
Diversity is high on the EU agenda for 2025!

Diversity is high on the EU agenda for 2025!

The European Commission is committed to actively promoting diversity and inclusion in our societies. As part of these efforts, there are many initiatives on the agenda for 2025, such as the European C...
Read more 11/12/2024
Political Group Meeting in Karlsruhe: Pioneering solutions for sustainable mobility

Political Group Meeting in Karlsruhe: Pioneering solutions for sustainable mobility

The POLIS Political Group Meeting of November 2024 brought together top political figures from across Europe to address urban mobility challenges....
Read more 11/12/2024
SMALL launches second Insights Paper on implementing inclusive shared mobility pilots

SMALL launches second Insights Paper on implementing inclusive shared mobility pilots

The second issue of the Shared Mobility For All (SMALL) project's Insights was finally launched during the 2024 Annual POLIS Conference....
Read more 10/12/2024
New compendium of interventions to transform freight transport and logistics is out

New compendium of interventions to transform freight transport and logistics is out

SLOCAT and the Kühne Climate Center have developed a comprehensive compendium of policy and financing interventions needed to deliver intermodal, low-carbon, efficient and resilient freight transp...
Read more 03/12/2024
Stockholm wins the POLIS Award 2024

Stockholm wins the POLIS Award 2024

During the Closing Plenary of #POLIS24, Stockholm has been awarded the prestigious POLIS Award 2024, which has been sponsored by FREENOW...
Read more 29/11/2024
Charting AND Changing the Course: Annual POLIS Conference 2024 wraps up

Charting AND Changing the Course: Annual POLIS Conference 2024 wraps up

The second and final day of the Annual POLIS Conference 2024 brought together hundreds to address the most pressing transport challenges....
Read more 28/11/2024
Fix that Mix: Exploring multimodal futures at the Annual POLIS Conference 2024

Fix that Mix: Exploring multimodal futures at the Annual POLIS Conference 2024

The Annual POLIS Conference 2024, Europe’s leading event for sustainable urban mobility, officially kicked off today in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg....
Read more 27/11/2024
Charting the Course: Cities in motion #5 is out now!

Charting the Course: Cities in motion #5 is out now!

POLIS is proud to announce the launch of Cities in motion: Charting the Course, the fifth volume of our magazine!...
Read more 27/11/2024
New Brussels-based study investigates car obesity

New Brussels-based study investigates car obesity

A new joint study conducted in the Brussels-Capital Region (RBC) by the public service agencies Bruxelles Mobilité and Bruxelles Environnement has highlighted a worrying increase in car volume and we...
Read more 20/11/2024