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Remote-sensing study in Brussels confirms importance of phasing out highly polluting vehicles to improve air quality
The study, conducted as part of the TRUE Initiative (an international partnership aiming at cleaning up vehicles and improving urban air quality), measured the real-life emissions of more than 130,000...
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24/11/2021
Improving air quality now: it’s Europe’s time to act!
Commission opens Public Consultation on EU Ambient Air Quality Directive to update EU air quality standards. Open until December 2021....
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01/10/2021
Joint statement: Europe must come together to change urban mobility
In a joint statement on the EU’s Urban Mobility Framework, a broad coalition of transport stakeholders stressed that public transport and active mobility must be the foundation on which to build the...
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23/09/2021
Global and European mobility leaders commit to Zero Emissions by 2035
POLIS is bringing together CEOs from mobility platforms to sign a joint manifesto calling on EU policymakers to accelerate green and digital transition targets....
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21/09/2021
MOVE21: European cities lead transition to zero-emission transport in urban areas
The MOVE21 project will help cities achieve a 30% reduction of transport-related emissions by 2030 thanks to transport-related innovations....
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28/06/2021
Public Private Partnerships: Shared Micromobility, taking stock
Governance & Integration Working Group was a chance to reflect on the current shared and micromobility landscape...
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12/05/2021
UN releases recommendations for sustainable transport to support COVID-19 recovery
A UN Task Force has developed a set of key recommendations for sustainable and healthy transport to support COVID-19 recovery....
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14/04/2021
Eleven cities and regions to replicate solutions on Digital Twins for urban logistics planning
Brussels, 26th of March 2021 – Eleven cities and regions join the Transferability Platform of the H2020 funded LEAD to benefit from a tailored replication programme for the development and deploymen...
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26/03/2021
POLIS, UITP and EMTA publish joint opinion on EU-wide integrated ticketing
In a joint statement, POLIS, UITP, and EMTA have outlined key principles for the digital integration of transport services across Europe....
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18/02/2021
Cities and regions hold keys for Green Deal success
On the morning of the last day of the POLIS 2020 Conference, political representatives of leading European cities and regions convened for the Urban Green-Deal Makers Summit, where they engaged in a d...
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03/12/2020
POLIS, TDA and C40 launch the How-to Guide on Zero-Emission Zones for Freight
POLIS, TDA and C40 launch the How-to Guide, Zero-Emission Zones: Don’t Wait to start with Freight. The guide presents experience and advice from public and private-sector representatives around the...
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02/12/2020
COVID-19 is an opportunity to change urban mobility for the better, cities and regions say
At the POLIS Annual Conference, cities and regions of the POLIS Network affirm that COVID-19 offers a window of opportunity to influence deeply rooted mobility habits for the better....
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30/11/2020
Update on TfL Government funding agreement
Transport for London and the Government have reached a funding agreement to enable TFL to continue to support the capital for the remainder of the financial year...
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02/11/2020
New functionalities now available on the EAFO portal!
The European Alternative Fuels Observatory (EAFO) is the European Commission-funded portal that aims to become the main reference point for information about alternative fuels and infrastructure in Eu...
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01/04/2020
Small and medium-sized cities webinar: Size doesn’t matter when it comes to innovation!
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...
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06/03/2020
Rome kicks off Logistics Living Lab
On February 24, Roma Capitale, Rome Mobility Agency and Roma Tre University presented the Logistics Living Lab of Rome....
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21/02/2020
TfL launches London FreightLab to innovate for freight and servicing
The Mayor and Transport for London (TfL) are looking for the best innovators to apply for an innovation challenge, London FreightLab, to develop new ways of tackling some of the biggest issues associa...
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31/01/2020
New year, new me(tro)
2020 has begun, and the Brussels public transport company STIB has resolved to prepare for the challenges of a new decade by introducing a number of significant measures.
In an effort to address th...
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07/01/2020
Cities and regions call for paradigm shift in road safety policy
At the closing plenary of the Polis Conference 2019, cities and regions expressed their support for “The New Paradigm for Safe City Streets”, a city-led declaration developed by Polis and EUROCITI...
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28/11/2019
Polis Conference 2019 kicks off with record number of participants
Today kicked off the 2019 edition of its annual conference, “Innovation in Transport for Sustainable Cities and Regions” with a record number of 650 participants. The conference also marks the 30t...
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27/11/2019
Île-de-France Mobilités launches its MaaS app development strategy
Île-de-France Mobilités has a regional 'Mobility as a Service' (MaaS) application up its sleeve: it will allow users to plan and pay directly for trips by choosing from different transport options w...
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22/10/2019
Organisations call for transport investments on the CEF II
According to a consortium of 40 European associations and organisations - Polis included, incentives on transport with a strong CEF II, Connecting Europe Facility 2021-2027, will be the biggest asset...
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10/10/2019
City declaration “The New Paradigm for Safe City Streets” launched today
Deputy Mayor for Mobility and Safety in the city of Lisbon, Miguel Gaspar, along with Polis and Eurocities launched the new city declaration on road safety this morning in Brussels....
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16/09/2019
Polis at the policy session of the Urban logistics Summer School (Uni of Antwerp)
On 23 August 2019, Giacomo Lozzi, Urban Freight coordinator at Polis, participated in the policy session panel at the Urban logistics Summer School of the University of Antwerp, with Flanders Region,...
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28/08/2019
Transport for London launches the world’s largest cycling database
The Cycling Infrastructure Database contains the location of more than 240,000 pieces of cycling infrastructure in London, including places to park and the location of cycle lanes...
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05/08/2019
What do policy makers want to know about the impact of connected and automated vehicles?
Gothenburg is hosting experts from Europe and beyond today to discuss which societal impacts connected and automated vehicles will have. The workshop is organised within the Horizon 2020 funded resear...
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28/05/2019
Cities-industry cooperation to accelerate deployment of sustainable city logistics solutions
The vision of this group is to lead transformation in cities so that urban freight and logistics is proactively responding to the pollution, congestion, safety and environmental challenges. The object...
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16/05/2019
NACTO Shared-Micromobility in 2018 Report is now available!
A comprehensive report shows that, in 2018, people took 84 million trips on Shared Micromobility in the United States: more than double the number of trips taken in 2017.
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25/04/2019
European Commission releases road safety data for 2018
In 2018, there were around 25 100 fatalities in road accidents in the EU 28. This is a decrease of 21% compared to 2010, and 1% compared to 2017 according to new, preliminary figures on road fatalitie...
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04/04/2019
General Safety Regulation: Final Negotiations are Underway
Under the 3rd Mobility Package active safety measures such as Intelligent Speed Assitance, Automatic Emergcy Breaking as well as Event Data Records and safer design of vehicles have been proposed b...
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18/03/2019
The path towards making cities “Automation-Ready”
A new resource is now available for local authorities who want to be ahead of the curve regarding the arrival of automated vehicles in urban areas. The Automation-Ready Framework has been prepared wit...
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20/02/2019
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