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Three EU projects join forces to suggest policy improvements in infomobility

PRESS RELEASE: The POLITE project together with two other European projects – SUPERHUB and RITS-Net - will join forces in an Intermediate Open Workshop organised by POLITE. During the workshop they...
Read more 11/09/2013

ECOSTARS Europe nominated for EUSEW Award

Polis members CDV, Edinburgh and Rotterdam have set up the ECOSTARS fleet recognition scheme, and have been nominated for the Sustainable Energy Europe (SEE) Award. The Award recognises outstanding...
Read more 12/06/2013

Polis and H3B Media join forces for exciting “Thinking Cities” multimedia project

Polis, the network of European cities and regions for innovative transport solutions, and H3B Media, publishers of Thinking Highways magazine, are pleased to announce the launch of a joint venture mul...
Read more 04/06/2013

New stations for better city transport: a new generation of interchanges for a more efficient and sustainable urban mobility system

NODES, New Tools for Design and Operation of Urban Transport Interchanges is a three-year  European research project, focusing on providing and demonstrating tools for better transport interchanges t...
Read more 13/05/2013

New ITS Planning Tool available for cities hosting large events

Last week saw the release of the newly developed STADIUM ITS online guide. The guide features an interactive ITS Decision Support Tool allowing cities to choose the most appropriate ITS tools to respo...
Read more 29/04/2013

Launch of the Platform for the electrification of surface transport

Eleven organisations from across industries and transport modes joined forces today to drive forward the electrification of surface transport....
Read more 19/03/2013

Press release: Horizon 2020 transport budget

European transport research actors call for the Horizon 2020 budget for “Smart, Green and Integrated Transport” to be maintained at the EUR7.69bn level proposed by the European Commission....
Read more 18/12/2012

Press Release: Urban Transport experts meet at Polis Conference

This year’s Polis Conference “Innovation in transport for sustainable cities and regions” has started. The international conference for urban transport professionals was opened yesterday by the...
Read more 30/11/2012

City of Perugia re-elected for Polis presidency

At today’s Annual General Assembly the city of Perugia received a unanimous vote to hold the presidency of the Polis network once again. On Thursday, Perugia will open this year’s Polis Conference...
Read more 28/11/2012

Active travel can drive urban economic growth and contribute to citizens health

Experts in health, city planning, environment and transport from Europe and the United States, including several local authorities, debated at workshop in Brussels on 30 October on integrating health...
Read more 07/11/2012

First EU Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) award launched

Within the framework of its Sustainable Urban Mobility campaign, the European Commission launched the EU’s first award to encourage the adoption of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) by local...
Read more 04/09/2012

Intelligent eyes keep London moving on Olympic route network

Six additional smart cameras have been set up on the London Olympic route network to keep the city moving. The application has been made possible through the EU co-funded research project STADIUM. The...
Read more 10/08/2012

Sustainable urban mobility: Commission campaign boosts support to fight congestion and pollution

The European Commission's Sustainable Urban Mobility campaign was launched today and represents a three-year initiative aiming to support sustainable urban mobility campaigners in 31 countries. Activi...
Read more 03/07/2012

Press release: Securing the health benefits of active travel in Europe

The urban mobility network Polis calls for action on active travel and health in a position paper produced following the roundtable discussion on Transport & Health held at the 2011 Annual Polis Confe...
Read more 23/03/2012

Shooting Stars across Europe

PRESS RELEASE: How to achieve cleaner transport in European cities and regions? The ECOSTARS scheme recognises fleet operators’ efforts to save energy and provides authorities with a method of envi...
Read more 29/02/2012

CHAMPion cities in cycling teaming up!

PRESS RELEASE: The bicycle is one of the corner stones in creating sustainable and liveable cities. To meet that challenge, 7 European champion cycling cities have joined forces. They aim to become ev...
Read more 10/02/2012

Momentum to share outcomes with the users: Final OASIS User Forum on 15 and 16 November 2011 in Milan, Italy

OASIS, a research project partially funded by the European Commission under FP7, promises to revolutionize the interoperability, quality, breadth and usability of services addressed to older persons t...
Read more 07/11/2011

Co-Cities: Cooperative Mobility Services to Improve Urban Traffic Management

Pilot project Co-Cities incorporates travellers’ feedback to existing mobility services to offer better transport information services....
Read more 08/09/2011

SUGAR Project Entered its Final Round

Press release: Good practice selection on public actions in urban freight management to be released. SUGAR entered its last round and is now in its final project year. The project addresses ineffici...
Read more 27/06/2011

Five European cities and regions honoured with the OSMOSE Awards for their transport innovations

Madrid (ES), Essex (UK), Barcelona (ES), Aalborg (DK) and San Sebastian (ES) are the winners of this year’s OSMOSE Awards for local traffic innovations. The awards are presented to the winners on 7...
Read more 06/04/2011

Stakeholders in future EU Electric Vehicle Market to collaborate around urban deployment

London – International NGO The Climate Group and Polis – who have members that makeup a network of European Cities and Regions – hosted a joint event on 6 April at the offices of the Society of...
Read more 06/04/2011

Dresden welcomes over 200 international mobility experts to POLIS annual conference

This year's annual conference of the European network POLIS is to be held at the MESSE DRESDEN exhibition centre on 25 and 26 November 2010. Over 200 participants, including guests from Britain, Franc...
Read more 18/11/2010

Polis welcomes the adoption by the European Parliament of a report on an action plan on urban mobility

Polis press release (28/04/2009). Polis welcomes the adoption by the European Parliament of a report on an action plan on urban mobility....
Read more 28/04/2009
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