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A picture is worth a thousand words. For its new photo competition, CIVITAS SUMPs-Up is looking for a photo that captures sustainable mobility in your town or city.

Cities interested in Traffic Management as a Service (TMaaS) are invited to join a replicator programme by the city of Ghent, the architect of this approach. The essence of TMaaS is an online platform offering local government and citizens an efficient and multimodal view of what is happening in a city in real-time.

ManyWays, a smart mobility platform, launched in Brussels in February. The dashboard displays real-time mobility data sourced from numerous technical platforms in an interactive map.

A new on demand public transport service will be launched as of June 2019 in Île-de-France to cover the suburbs of the Paris region.

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 within the H2020 CoEXist project, using the experience of Helmond, Gothenburg, Stuttgart and Milton-Keynes and based - among other references - on Polis discussion paper on automation.

The first URBAN NODES FORUM in Budapest (3-4 April) focuses on the central role of Urban Nodes in theTEN-T networks

BuyZET aims to achieve zero emission deliveries through smart procurement. The final event take place on 7 May 2019 in Brussels.

On urban roads, where 37% of all EU road deaths occur, the researchers found that between 35% and 75% of vehicle speed observations were higher than the legal speed. The report was launched by the European Transport Safety Council ahead of an important vote in the European Parliament.

"Alongside improving health and the environment, investment in walking and cycling can achieve considerable economic benefits" says new report published by Transport for London. A summary pack containing the best evidence from London and elsewhere is now available to all local goverments interested in making the economic case for walking and cycling investment.