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Lisbon announced as host city of the next European edition of Velo-city 2021

Another Polis member, Lisbon, is to host the next European edition of the annual Velo-city cycling conference in 2021. This year, the conference will be hosted by Dublin in June 2019....

PRESS RELEASE: Quality of life should be starting point of all urban mobility policies

MANCHESTER, 26 NOVEMBER 2018 - After two days of intense discussions on the latest transport innovations in cities and regions, Polis closed its 2018 Conference with a plenary session on the managemen...

Polis kicks off 2018 Conference

On 22 November, Polis kicked off its 2018 Conference ‘Innovation in Transport for Sustainable Cities and Regions’ with a record number of 550 participants. The day before, Transport for Greater M...

PRESS RELEASE: Small and Medium-Sized Cities (SMCs) Unite for Better Mobility

Stavanger, Norway, 26 September 2018 – Small and medium-sized cities (SMCs) no longer see themselves in the shadow of large metropolitan cities when it comes to transport innovation. Instead, SMCs i...

Cycling is the urban transport mode associated with the greatest health benefits

A study carried out in seven European cities highlights the role of active transport in good mental health and self-perceived health....

4th Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility – CSUM2018 – presentations available

The 4th Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility – CSUM2018 was held in Skiathos Island, Greece on 24 – 25 May 2018. The Conference focused on Data analytics: Paving the way to sustainable urban m...

PRESS RELEASE: Urban Vehicle Access Regulations Require EU Stakeholder Dialogue

Brussels, 25 April 2018 - Representatives of European cities and automobile manufacturers call on the European Commission to continue to support the ongoing dialogue between all players involved in ur...

EU Urban Freight Projects Find Common Ground

PRESS RELEASE: The four European CIVITAS research projects CITYLAB, NOVELOG, SUCCESS and U-Turn, are sharing their solutions for cleaner urban freight transport in Europe’s cities at a joint confere...

How Cities across Europe Beat Road Congestion

PRESS RELEASE: Over 200 urban transport professionals gather in Brussels for two days to discuss how walking and cycling can help reduce congestion on urban roads.The EU co-funded CIVITAS TRACE and FL...

Cities around the world cooperate to save lives

PRESS RELEASE: POLIS and the International Transport Forum’s “Safer City Streets” initiative cooperate for safer roads. The second joint workshop on 7 and 8 December brings cities from around th...

Is urban transport disruption good or bad? Cities will decide

The public sector used to be the primary provider and contractor of local and regional transport services and data, but third parties - vehicle manufacturers, telecom companies, app developers - have...

Regulating vehicle access is opening up cities

Access regulations help to manage mobility in cities. The Polis conference Opening Plenary session, titled Combat & Curb? Regulating access to city centres, focused on urban vehicle access regulations...

European cities and automobile manufacturers kick off dialogue on Urban Vehicle Access Regulations

Brussels - Today representatives from European cities and automobile manufacturers came together for the first time in order to explore solutions to the challenges of increasing urban road traffic....

Greater Manchester elected as new Polis president

PRESS RELEASE: At today’s Annual General Assembly, Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) was unanimously elected to take the Presidency of Polis from Rotterdam. TfGM will chair the independent net...

Polis along with industry and NGOs call for urgent action on vehicle safety standards

PRESS RELEASE: Polis co-signed a letter that was sent to the European Commission yesterday, in which we call to urgently bring forward new minimum safety standards for new cars, vans and trucks, after...

Polis and ‘Safer City Streets’ cooperate for safer roads

PRESS RELEASE: Cities from the Polis network and from the International Transport Forum’s ‘Safer City Streets’ network meet in Paris today. Local authorities from Europe and around the world wor...

How can cities and regions turn barriers in long-term investments into future opportunities?

Cities and regions call the EU institutions for flexibility when making long-term public investments in strategic public sectors. On 8 march 2017 the Urban Intergroup and the Long-term Investment an...

2016 Polis Conference calls for road automation to serve city and regional transport policy

PRESS RELEASE: 450 mobility professionals from across Europe and beyond have come together to debate on urban and regional mobility at this year’s Annual Polis Conference held in Rotterdam. Local an...

450 urban transport stakeholders discussing innovation in Rotterdam

PRESS RELEASE: At yesterday’s Annual General Assembly, the city of Rotterdam was unanimously reelected to be the president of the Polis network for a second term in 2017. This morning, Rotterdam Vi...

In Motion Charging (IMC): Vossloh Kiepe leads cross border project, setting the pathway of Battery-Bus-Fleets

Arnhem’s overhead wire infrastructure for trolley buses will become a charging infrastructure for e-buses. In addition it will be the backbone of a smart grid. Arnhem’s new trolley buses will be a...

PRESS RELEASE: How mobile is the smart city?

On 28 January, the European Commission's DG MOVE has invited 200 Smart Cities stakeholders to discuss take up of smart urban mobility in Europe. Polis has issued a policy paper emphasising the role o...

PRESS RELEASE: 2015 Polis Conference calls for fully using potential of urban mobility in making the city smarter

400 mobility professionals from across Europe and beyond have come together to debate on urban and regional mobility at this year’s Annual Polis Conference in Brussels. Local and regional authoritie...

City of Rotterdam elected as Polis president

At this year's Annual General Assembly, the city of Rotterdam was unanimously elected to be the president of the Polis network in 2016. Rotterdam is taking over the presidency from the city of Madrid,...

Call for Juncker to reverse decision to drop serious road injury target

About 40 organisations concerned with road safety from across Europe together with 11 members of the European Parliament have sent a letter to President Jean-Claude Juncker urging him to not drop sett...

Polis, EMTA and IRU discuss coach transport in European cities

Polis and EMTA hosted a side event about cities and coach transport at the International Transport Forum (ITF) Summit. European cities such as Budapest and Amsterdam have developed strategies for coac...

European Funds for Strategic Investment: Polis and UITP alliance to keep CEF and Horizon 2020 funds for innovation and transport

On April 8th, Polis and UITP sent an open letter to Members of the European Parliament in order to reject the reallocation of CEF and H2020 funds to the European Fund for Strategic Investment. Vote is...