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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....
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19/02/2019

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...
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26/11/2018
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...
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23/11/2018
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...
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26/09/2018
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....
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13/08/2018
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...
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03/08/2018
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...
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25/04/2018
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...
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23/04/2018
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...
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14/03/2018
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...
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07/12/2017
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...
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07/12/2017
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...
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06/12/2017
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....
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05/12/2017
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...
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05/12/2017
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...
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24/05/2017
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...
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21/04/2017
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...
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09/03/2017
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...
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02/12/2016
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...
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01/12/2016
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...
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25/07/2016
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...
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28/01/2016
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...
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19/11/2015
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,...
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18/11/2015
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...
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10/06/2015
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...
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02/06/2015
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...
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09/04/2015
Midterm review on the White Paper on Transport: Polis position and EP Rapporteur draft report
The draft report from the European Parliament rappoteur has been published last week. The European Commission launched a consultation open to all stakeholders on this issue. Polis published its posit...
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09/04/2015
GrowSmarter: European Smart Cities lighthouse project started
Mayors and delegates from a number of European cities, industry and networks including Polis gather in Stockholm from 10 to 12 February 2015 to mark the launch of a new 25 million euro project: GrowSm...
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11/02/2015
Health and transport planner experts meet to discuss active travel
In the framework of the European co-funded project SWITCH Travel, cities and experts met in Donastia San Sebastian, Spain, to discuss about how to promote active travel and increase physical activity....
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09/12/2014
City of Madrid elected as Polis 2015 president
At this year's Annual General Assembly, the city of Madrid was unanimously re-elected to be the president of the Polis network in 2015. Madrid continues to hold the presidency for a second year and wi...
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26/11/2014
2013 Polis Conference calls for Greater Coordination of EU policies related to urban and regional transport
PRESS RELEASE: 350 mobility professionals from across Europe came together to debate on urban and regional mobility at last week’s 2013 Annual Polis Conference in Brussels. Participants call for gre...
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09/12/2013
City of Madrid elected as Polis president
At yesterday’s Annual General Assembly, the city of Madrid was unanimously elected to be the president of the Polis network in 2014. Madrid is taking over the presidency from the city of Perugia and...
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04/12/2013