The winners of the EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK Awards have been revealed!
The winners of the prestigious MOBILITYAWARDS have been announced! Riga has won the EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK Award, and the Autonomous Province of Bolzano/Bozen - South Tyrol claimed the MOBILITYACTION Award.
The awards were presented on 17 March 2026 at the ceremony hosted by the European Commission at the Vaudeville Theatre in Brussels. The event celebrated outstanding initiatives from 2025 that promoted sustainable urban mobility under the theme ‘Mobility for Everyone’. Winners and finalists were congratulated by the Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism, Apostolos Tzitzikostas and Director-General for Mobility and Transport, Magda Kopczyńska.
This year’s nominees for the EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK Award were Innsbruck (Austria), Limassol (Cyprus), and Riga (Latvia), and for the MOBILITYACTION Award, Autonomous Province of Bolzano/Bozen - South Tyrol (Italy), Eskişehirspor Kulübü (Türkiye), and SiciliaFiera (Italy).
Riga: Adding fun to the mobility mix
The EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK Award celebrates municipalities that have implemented outstanding activities to promote sustainable urban mobility during the campaign’s main week of 16-22 September.
The EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK Award went to Riga for its innovative and creative approach to active and sustainable mobility. The Latvian capital has organised a wide range of fun and educational activities during last year’s EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK. These included a ‘Tweed Ride’ with elegantly dressed riders on vintage bicycles, Zumba classes for public transport users, the ‘Riga Rolls’ campaign rewarding walkers, cyclists, and rollerbladers, step challenges and mobility competition for schools, families, and residents, and conferences and workshops featuring cycling and urban planning experts to raise awareness.
The city also implemented permanent measures such as new bicycle infrastructure and 30 km/h zones, demonstrating its commitment to safer and more people-centred streets.
The city of Braga (Portugal) also received a special mention from the jury for its continued commitment to the initiative. Braga won the EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK Award in 2022 and has been a finalist again since then, demonstrating its dedication to putting forward new and diverse initiatives and permanent measures to promote active mobility and shared transport to both residents and visitors.
South Tyrol combines tourism and sustainable mobility
The Autonomous Province of Bolzano/Bozen - South Tyrol has received the MOBILITYACTION Award, which acknowledges excellence in mobility management planning solutions submitted by businesses, institutions, civil society organisations, and citizen initiatives.
South Tyrol impressed the jury with its initiative, the Südtirol Alto Adige Guest Pass, which integrates sustainable mobility into the tourism experience. The Guest Pass is included in nearly all tourist stays and offers unlimited access to regional public transport, including shuttles and selected cable cars.
The initiative encourages visitors to leave their cars behind by making sustainable transport the default option. This not only has a positive environmental impact but also fosters a culture of shared mobility, beneficial to both visitors and local communities.
About EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK
EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK (16-22 September every year) is the European Commission’s leading campaign on sustainable urban mobility. Active since 2002, the campaign promotes behavioural change by giving residents and visitors the chance to explore sustainable transport and active travel solutions.
A MOBILITYACTION is an initiative promoting sustainable urban mobility, organised by businesses, educational institutions, civil society organisations, or citizen initiatives. These actions can be registered all year round.
In 2025, over 2,700 towns and cities from 46 countries participated in EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK, and more than 900 businesses, educational institutions, civil society organisations, and citizen initiatives registered a MOBILITYACTION.
To learn more about the initiative and how to register for MOBILITYACTION or for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK, visit the campaign’s website here.
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