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EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2017 taking place from 16 to 22 September 2017. More than 2000 towns from Europe and beyond have organised events to encourage residents to try out alternatives to traditional means of transport, generally culminating in a Car-Free Day. At this ocassion, the European Commission is launching the call for applications for this year’s award for sustainable urban mobility planning (SUMP Award). This year's award theme is shared mobility to promote intelligent and clean transport.

The European Commission has announced that as of 1 September 2017, new car models will have to pass new emissions tests that will be performed in real driving conditions ("Real Driving Emissions" – RDE) as well as an improved laboratory test ("World Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure" – WLTP) before they can be driven on European roads.

6 European Initiatives on Smart Mobility are to be discussed in a Sustainable Urban Mobility Action Cluster webinar.

The 3^rd REFORM meeting was held in Manchester between the 5^th and 7^th of September, hosted by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) and attended by representatives of all the project partners

The REFORM conference “The European Reality of SUMP” will take place at the POLIS offices in Brussels on 26 October 2017.

The European Traffic Police Network (TISPOL) and the European Commission invite road safety stakeholders to take the challenge to reduce road accidents on 21 September.

The European project C-the Difference is holding a workshop on 26 October in Helmond as part of its City Twinning programme whose aim is to foster knowledge sharing and C-ITS pilot best practices exchange to accelerate the replicability of C-ITS services with group of follower cities.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) published a document titled: "Save LIVES: A road safety technical package". It recommends 6 strategies and 22 interventions to effectively address road traffic deaths and injuries.

Today sees the release of Polis' new discussion paper "Mobility as a Service: Implications for urban and regional transport". The paper offers the perspective of city and regional authorities and discusses the involvement of city and regional authorities in MaaS developments.