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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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28/04/2009