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Polis has today joined four other leading urban mobility organisations in calls for a coordinated response to support the transport sector during the COVID-19 outbreak. In an open letter to the Pre...

As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, local authorities are stepping forward into the front lines. This crisis is being tackled in our hospitals, but also in our streets and plazas, on our buses, trains a...

Polis has today joined groups from across Europe highlighting the need for support and recognition for the transport sector during the COVID-19 outbreak. The letter entitled 'Transport Keeps Us Goi...

The European Commission has launched a consultation on the future of the LIFE programme. The general objectives of the post-2020 LIFE programme have been provisionally agreed, and the task is now to...

Due to the current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the SMC webinar has been postponed to 3 April 10h00 – 12h00 CET....

On 25 February 2020, MORE cities and partners gathered with representatives of follower cities to discuss issues of policy and planning for more efficient use of road space in cities and for a sustain...

Sofia has announced plans to relaunch a €14 million tender to purchase a new fleet of electric buses. Stolichen Avtotransport, the public bus transport company of Bulgaria’s capital Sofia, anno...

The European Commission (DG MOVE) has contracted Ricardo-AEA Ltd (and associated partners) to undertake a study on the Evaluation of the White Paper ‘Roadmap to a single European transport area –...

New emissions data has revealed the drastic impact of the coronavirus on the emission of pollutants from Italy. With major reductions in travel as a result of the COVID19 outbreak, emissions of nit...

In 1967, Sweden undertook a daring mission: Switching from driving on the left to the right. This major change to the country's infrastructure and citizens' habits - done to bring Sweden into line...

A new report providing insight into the experience of New Mobility Services in Europe has been published by the Partnership for Urban Mobility (PUM). Drawing on examples from cities across Europe, th...

Interested parties are being invited to share their views on sustainable urban transitions in Europe through a new consultation. JPI Urban Europe is currently preparing, together with the European...

Europe has set ambitious environmental and climate targets for the coming years. Within the transport sector, European inland ports are of crucial importance when considering strategies and approache...

At Polis, we are taking measures to ensure the continuity of our activities for the benefit of our member cities and regions....

A new report has highlighted the need for more action from the European Commission on Sustainable Urban Mobility in EU cities. The Special Report on Sustainable Mobility in the EU, produced by the...

Cities will play a key role in the transition to a sustainable future. Whilst cities are one of the leading sources of carbon emissions and other environmental issues, they are crucially also taking a...

Since 2017, SUNRISE, an EU-funded research project, in which Polis Network is involved, has been working on solving mobility-related issues in European neighbourhoods using a co-creation approach. The...

Many European cities have already started experimenting with autonomous mobility. Thinking about AV is mostly related to technology and immediate mobility impacts, but autonomous vehicles have yet to...

#EURegionsWeek offers opportunities to projects and organisations: the call for 'event partners' and session proposals is open until 27 March 2020. ...

Many new urban mobility concepts (from e-scooters to shared mopeds and bikes) have become commercially viable in the last 3 years leading to a mass implementation across Europe. So far, the first gene...

Register now for the Polis SMC (Small and medium-sized cities) webinar taking place on 17 March 10:00 – 12:00 CET The Polis SMC (Small and medium-sized cities) platform gives a voice to SMCs an...

Earlier this month, world leaders met in Stockholm at the Third Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety and discussed joint actions to achieve the global road safety goals by 2030....

In the first months of 2020 the number of members has risen to 81, surpassing the 80 threshold for the first time. Recent members include the City of Stockholm, Sweden, and the City of Essen, Germany....

The “zero line”, as it was dubbed, will be zero-emission and will come at zero costs for users. It is part of the city’s Environmental Sustainability Strategy “Madrid 360”, a key tool to com...

An interactive summary has been created that makes the new edition of the EU SUMP Guidelines more accessible and easy to use....

The annex to the Guidelines for Developing and Implementing a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (second edition) is now available to read and download....

Do you want to evaluate your urban mobility planning approach and/or SUMP? Then try the new SUMP Self-Assessment tool! Fill out the questionnaire and receive an individual assessment, advice, links to...

Since December 2019 Île-de-France Mobilités is granting Ile-de-France residents an incentive ranging from 500 to 600 euros to purchase an electric bike. ...

The new EU-funded project INDIMO (Inclusive Digital Mobility Solutions) kicked off its activities with its first consortium meeting, held in Brussels on 12 and 13 February 2020. The proliferation o...

The objective of the study is to enable DG MOVE to assess the effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence and EU added value of the Directive, with a view to draw lessons for the future....

Why is it so important to involve citizens in the identification of mobility challenges at the neighborhood level? Four CIVITAS projects - SUNRISE, Cities4People, Metamophosis and MUV - explained it i...