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NACTO Shared-Micromobility in 2018 Report is now available!

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. Read NACTO press release and...
Read more 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...
Read more 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...
Read more 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...
Read more 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....
Read more 19/02/2019

Clean Vehicles Directive final talks – what does it mean for cities?

On Tuesday 11 February, the EU reached a provisional agreement on new rules for the public procurement of clean vehicles in the second trilogue of the Clean Vehicles Directive. The Directive sets out...
Read more 12/02/2019
PRESS RELEASE: Quality of life should be starting point of all urban mobility policies

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...
Read more 26/11/2018

Record number of participants for 2018 Polis Conference

Let me thank all of you for making this year’s Annual Polis Conference a great success! With a record number of 550 participants, the 2018 Polis Conference in Manchester was the most popular edition...
Read more 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...
Read more 23/11/2018

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...
Read more 25/04/2018

New edition of Thinking Cities magazine released

The 8th edition of Polis and H3B's joint magazine Thinking Cities has been released. Hot off the press, this 84 page-strong magazine was distributed at the Polis' Open Stage Café session on urban mob...
Read more 01/06/2017

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...
Read more 02/12/2016
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