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With the help of Polis, stakeholders and the European Commission are proactively discussing the New Mobility Services Area and the Urban Agenda for the European Union.

As a consequence of this proactive partnership, the ongoing Stakeholder Consultation is a promising result that Polis supports.

On Wednesday 15 May 2019, during the Green Week partner event: "Urban Vehicle Restrictions - How to achieve stakeholder support?", London and Brussels will each present their newest local schemes and debate on the health and social impacts of low emission zones based on the available scientific evidence supporting the implementation of urban low emission zones (LEZ).

On 21st March 2019, Polis members performed very well at the EU sustainable mobility awards ceremony. Polis President, Transpport for Greater Manchester won the 7th EU SUMP Award while Lisbon, receieved the 2018 EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK Award and Dresden was among the three finalists of the SUMP Award. The winners received their prizes from the hand of the European Commissioner, Ms. Vioelta Bulc.

The goal: A shift from private cars to shared electric mobility.

The EU-funded INCLUSION project invites you to an interactive and lively event on 18 June 2019, in Groningen (The Netherlands).

The call is open for speakers at the 2019 Polis Conference, which will take place in Brussels on 27-28 November at The Egg.

Eamonn Boylan is the new Chief Executive of Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) and of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA).

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 fatalities for 2018 published today by the European Commission.

The European Commission (EC) together with the European Investment Bank (EIB) launched the new CEF Transport Blending Facility as a pilot for the next financial period.

The Urban Nodes Forum aims to bring all urban nodes of the TEN-T together. The Forum aims to support exchanges on solutions that improve the interface of long-distance freight and passenger transport, and the last-mile movements.