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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...

The Mayor, Boris Johnson, Transport for London (TfL) and London Councils have given the go-ahead for a London-wide ban on any lorry not fitted with safety equipment to protect cyclists and pedestrians...

National/regional approaches to delivering urban ITS interoperability are more likely to succeed than a single European approach, owing to different institutional and market cultures. However, Europe...

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....

Polis was invited by the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) at their Transport & Mobility Working Group Meeting on “Car mobility and air quality: Challenges and outlook” to presen...

The Berlin Traffic Control Centre (VMZ) has launched an innovative multimodal Mobility App for electric car-sharing services run by DriveNow. The App was developed in the framework of the European pr...

The European project CityMobil2 has selected the first round of sites to run large and small-scale demonstrations and showcases of automated road transport systems....

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) states that the aim and content of the piece of legislation relates to transport safety and not police cooperation, which forms the legal basis of the...

Mayor Boris Johnson recently announced that eight of the outer boroughs shortlisted for the Greater London Authority's “mini-Hollands” programme will win funding for substantial and transformativ...

The European Commission has announced the winners of the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) Award for 2013 – Rivas Vaciamadrid (Spain) – and of the European Mobility Week Award – Ljubljana (...

Roads in central Bristol are set to become much safer as a new 20mph speed limit was launched on the 21st of January 2014. This is the key message in a press release from the city council....

Today the European Commission has presented a comprehensive air quality package, including new measures and objectives to reduce air pollution for the period up to 2030....

On August 28 the European Commission adopted an initiative on health-enhancing physical activity. This is the first ever proposal for a Council Recommendation on sport. But the proposal spans all po...

This week, the European Commission opened the 2nd edition of the EU's Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) Award. Cities and regions can submit their applications for the Award of EUR 10 000 online....

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...

The European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) has launched a new benchmarking report which provides a multi-dimensional view on cycling in all 27 EU countries....

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...

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...

Eleven organisations from across industries and transport modes joined forces today to drive forward the electrification of surface transport....

Yesterday, the European Commission has announced the winners of the 2012 European Mobility Week Award and of the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans Award. Aberdeen took the top honour in the Sustainabl...

The Mayor of London has announced to create the world’s first Ultra Low Emission Zone in central London. This should lead to strong benefits in air quality and mass take-up of zero and low emission...