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Ivo Cré
Director Policy & Projects - Coordinator Access
Ivo is involved in Polis’ policy coordination and activities of EU project development. He leads Polis' thematic pillar on the Social and Economic Aspects of Transport. Ivo coordinates the Polis working groups on parking and on financing and has coordinated Polis’ policy paper on smart cities. He is currently working on the European Projects Future Radar, CIVITAS SATELLITE, SETRIS, EBSF_2 and SUNRISE. Ivo has extensive experience in city networks and policy in the field of mobility. You can contact him in English, Dutch and French.
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Join the Competition for the European Parking Award 2021-2022
The European Parking Award will reward improvements in the public car parking sector. Apply now to have a chance to win the EPA reward....
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14/06/2021
Survey: C02-TRAFFIC-AI is looking for MaaS insights
C02-TRAFFIC-AI has launched a questionnaire to collect insights from European mobility stakeholders to develop an overview of MaaS ecosystems....
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14/06/2021
SURF: Aarhus, Ravenna and Karditsa selected to run ‘instant projects’ on sustainable urban freight
POLIS and Environmental Defense Fund Europe are happy to announce the Instant Projects selected under the Sustainable URban Freight (SURF) project:
Karditsa (Greece) – To pilot the use of...
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07/06/2021
Have a say on flexible & shared use of urban space and parking for logistics!
Express your views on challenges and opportunities about curbside management integrated with urban freight policies....
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03/06/2021
May’s Working Group meetings: It’s always sunny in sustainability
May was a busy month for POLIS working groups. From discussions on hydrogen to public-private partnerships, we traversed the breadth of sustainable urban mobility....
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27/05/2021
Electrifying the Curb: POLIS discusses the future of EV charging
POLIS Parking and Clean Vehicles Working Groups joined for a meeting on 19 May, 2021 to discuss EV charging and parking....
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25/05/2021
Autonomy Industry Talks: POLIS members make a splash
The Autonomy Industry Talks which took place on 19 & 20 May, explored the most critical issues affecting sustainable mobility....
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25/05/2021
Horizon Europe: POLIS’ one-stop-mobility-shop
the Horizon Europe training & info session, held 18 May, was a “one-stop-shop” for members seeking to begin the horizon process. ...
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20/05/2021
Call for Interest: Curbside Management Services Providers
BUAS and POLIS invites for providers of curbside management services to express their interest for future cooperation....
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17/05/2021
SURF (Sustainable URban Freight) Call for Instant Projects is Open until 14 May
If you are a European local public authority interested in developing Zero-Emission Zones for Freight, then this Call for Instant Projects is for you.
You have the chance to apply until the 14th of...
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07/05/2021
POLIS members to debate the way forward for cleaner and greener transport in May
POLIS working group meetings coming up this May...
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04/05/2021
SURF (Sustainable URban Freight) project kicks off
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As demand for ecommerce platforms, construction projects and demand for just-in-time delivery grows, cities and freight ope...
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21/04/2021
Social inclusion in mobility planning: Take part in the European Commission’s study
The European Commission (DG MOVE) is conducting a study on the social dimension of the future EU transport system and is calling for participants....
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14/04/2021
Call for cities: Neighbourhood mobility fix from SUNRISE
The sunrise project is inviting mobility stakeholders to attend a series of meetings to learn from the project's findings and how solutions can be transferred to other urban districts. ...
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12/04/2021
Postponement of EPA Congress & Exhibition to 2022
The European Parking Association (EPA) and the Belgian Parking Federation have decided to postpone the 20th EPA Congress and Exhibition to autumn 2022....
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25/02/2021
New Topic Guide on planning for more resilient and robust urban mobility
As part of CIVITAS Initiative, the Topic Guide, “Planning for More Resilient and Robust Urban Mobility” has been compiled....
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25/02/2021
New publication explains how to improve parking standards for sustainable mobility
The publication “Parking Standards as a steering instrument in urban and mobility planning”, explores how parking requirement in new urban neighbourhoods should be designed to reduce building cost...
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22/02/2021
Get ready for the “one-minute” city
With the “one-minute city” experiment in Sweden aims to redesign parking space in cities, for true sustainable mobility....
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22/02/2021
New publication explains how co-creation can improve urban mobility in neighbourhoods
The way we move through our neighbourhoods forms a large part of our daily lives. Mobility – whether by foot, bicycle, car, public transportation, or otherwise – is about more than transporting ou...
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18/02/2021
A neighbourhood in Budapest co-creates mobility solutions with its citizens
Through the involvement in the EU-funded SUNRISE project, the Budapest neighbourhood of Törökör is designing the city around its citizens....
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25/01/2021
Share your feedback on the SUMP Topic Guide
POLIS is calling for feedback from stakeholders on the SUMP Topic Guide on mobility planning for resilient cities....
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18/01/2021
Procurement of parking space monitoring solution for freight in Lisbon
The tender aims to find a system that monitors 650 parking spaces on the public road, reserved for loading and unloading operations...
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11/01/2021
Flexible access & space management working session – presentations & recordings
In partnership with ALICE, EPA, FiT and Erasmus University Rotterdam, at POLIS we are exploring the integration of parking management and urban logistics....
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22/12/2020
POLIS and ERRIN present recommendations for TEN-T
ERRIN and Polis have come together to jointly propose concrete recommendations for the revision of the TEN-T regulation....
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01/12/2020
POLIS and IRU pledge to enhance collective mobility in cities
POLIS and the IRU invite their members and other stakeholders to sign up the Stakeholders’ Pledge to enhance coach travel....
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30/11/2020
POLIS calls for higher share of clean cars in company fleets
POLIS joins 9 other associations and companies to call for a higher share of clean cars in company fleets from 2025.
A letter, sent to the commissioners, demands to expand the scope of the Clean Vehi...
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26/11/2020
Large-scale survey on curb side management for passenger and freight
ALICE, EPA and POLIS are launching a large-scale survey at European level on curb side management....
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25/11/2020
Sustainable Urban Mobility Indicators (SUMI) are now available
The European Commission has developed a comprehensive set of indicators to support cities and regions in evaluating their mobility systems and measuring policy success....
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23/11/2020
Crossing (modal) borders: a webinar taking Maas global
Four pioneering projects were brought together in a Mobilising Mobility webinar, to explore Mobility as a Service (MaaS)....
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20/11/2020
EIT Urban Mobility survey on effects of the pandemic on urban mobility systems
EIT Urban Mobility survey on effects of the pandemic on urban mobility systems...
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16/10/2020
Four projects final conference: “Towards sustainable mobility – one neighbourhood at a time”
How can co-creation at the neighbourhood level help reshape urban development across Europe? Four EU-funded projects focusing on co-creation at the neighbourhood level are delighted to invite you to t...
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13/10/2020
Second Survey for DG MOVE study on Real Time Traffic Information
DG MOVE invites stakeholders to give their thoughts on Activities 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4 of the new working programme of the ITS Directive...
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21/09/2020
Regulating Driverless Cars: New Recommendations Published
Ethics of Connected and Automated Vehicles, addressing issues related to road safety, privacy, fairness, AI explainability and responsibility, laying out a series of recommendations for researchers, p...
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21/09/2020
New study released on mobility post-COVID-19
Global management consultancy Arthur D. Little has released the fourth edition of its Future of Mobility study in collaboration with the International Association for Public Transport (UITP)....
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28/07/2020
Parking alliance launches new data standards
The Alliance for Parking Data Standards has released an updated version of the APDS Standards.
The updated APDS Standards 2.0 cover the Data Domains of Parking Place, Rate, Occupancy, Right, Sessio...
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10/06/2020
Post-Lockdown Mobility Webinar report: Public transport and COVID-19: Getting the offer right… and safe!
The session was hosted by Ivo Cré, Director of Policy and Projects at POLIS. Public transport has been a factor of stability during lockdown, with operators continuing to provide essentia...
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05/06/2020
Platform for Electromobility: Time to focus Green Recovery on e-mobility
The Platform for Electromobility has called for e-mobility to play a central role in Europe's Green Deal and recovery plan from COVID-19.
The Platform, representing almost 40 companies, a...
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04/06/2020
Post-Lockdown Mobility webinar report: Parking matters — current and future measures in times of COVID-19
The session was chaired by Ivo Cré, Director of Policy and Projects at POLIS. Actions on parking management have varied widely across cities and regions, with many demonstrating good practi...
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03/06/2020
COVID-19: Polis calls for more action on mobility
COVID-19 is posing significant challenges for the transport sector across Europe, for operators, manufacturers and users alike. Having created huge disruptions to normal life, COVID-19 is consequently...
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16/04/2020
Partnership for Urban Mobility publishes report on New Mobility Services
A new report providing insight into the experience of New Mobility Services in Europe has been published by the Partnership for Urban Mobility (PUM).
Drawing on examples from cities across Europe, th...
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18/03/2020
COVID-19: Networking must go on(line)
At Polis, we are taking measures to ensure the continuity of our activities for the benefit of our member cities and regions....
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10/03/2020
European Court of Auditors: More action needed on Sustainable Urban Mobility
A new report has highlighted the need for more action from the European Commission on Sustainable Urban Mobility in EU cities.
The Special Report on Sustainable Mobility in the EU, produced by the...
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09/03/2020
Why Co-Creation matters
Why is it so important to involve citizens in the identification of mobility challenges at the neighborhood level? Four CIVITAS projects - SUNRISE, Cities4People, Metamophosis and MUV - explained it i...
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10/02/2020
How to integrate urban nodes in the TEN-T corridors?
The Vital Nodes project aimed to improve European interconnection while developing sustainable mobility within the urban nodes of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T). The policy recommendatio...
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29/01/2020
Sustainable mobility starts with parking!
The European project Park4SUMP is putting parking management at the forefront of urban policies to improve mobility and quality of life in our cities.
Despite the research that demonstrates how go...
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17/12/2019
Become a host organisation for the H2020 HiReach project
In order to ensure a connection with real world problems, the H2020 HiReach project - a project connected to transport poverty - is scouting for potential hosting organisations....
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14/11/2019
Citizen and stakeholder engagement: share your best practice!
The e-smartec project, which aims at supporting the development of efficient and successfully implemented mobility plans using marketing techniques, is currently collecting successful marketing practi...
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13/11/2019
Recommendations for integration of urban nodes & TEN-T: a policy dialogue
The Vital Nodes second policy dialogue was organised to present, discuss and validate the policy recommendations on integrating Urban Nodes and TEN T corridors....
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29/10/2019
Registration for the next partnermeeting New Mobility Services in the Smart Cities EIP – 29 November
The NMS partners are planning their next meeting on Friday November 29th back to back with the Polis Conference in Brussels. This time at the House of Dutch Provinces, Rue de Trève 59-61, Brussels st...
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24/10/2019
Interesting funding opportunity for enhancing road safety
The STP – Road Safety Advisory as hosted by the European Investment Advisory Hub (the Hub), is a gateway to advisory services to support the uptake of funding and financing opportunities for project...
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17/10/2019
Organisations call for transport investments on the CEF II
According to a consortium of 40 European associations and organisations - Polis included, incentives on transport with a strong CEF II, Connecting Europe Facility 2021-2027, will be the biggest asset...
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10/10/2019
29/09/2021 - 01/10/2021
29/09/2021 - 01/10/2021
eHUBS International Academy is back!
After being postponed due to the restrictions of covid-19 on travel and physical events, one of eHUBS’s project main international events is back this autumn.
Do you work for a local or re...
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Bergen, Norway
02/07/2021
02/07/2021
ERTRAC Annual Conference 2021
The ERTRAC Annual Conference will discuss the next challenges for road transport research that should be addressed in the Horizon Europe programme....
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Online
21/06/2021
Consultation workshop on the new EU Urban Mobility Initiative: Urban freight transport and logistics
Stakeholders have their say on specific actions to be included in the European Commission’s Urban Mobility Initiative, related to urban freight transport and logistics...
17/06/2021
17/06/2021
Making the Change: SUNRISE Final Event
SUNRISE is celebrating its successful finalisation with a streamed event that showcases the success stories and challenges of the SUNRISE neighbourhoods in five different European countries and Jerusa...
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Streamed Event
16/06/2021
16/06/2021
Save the date! eHUBS Webinar – Behavioural change at electric mobility hubs
Would you like to know more about behavioral change principles to support cities' local communication in promoting eHUBS uptake?
The eHUBS project is happy to invite representatives of local autho...
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Online
19/05/2021
19/05/2021
Joint POLIS Parking and Clean Vehicles & Air Quality Working Group meeting
POLIS' Parking and Clean Vehicles & Air Quality Working Groups on 19 May, 2021...
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Online
18/05/2021
Horizon Europe training & info session
Horizon Europe training & info session being held 18 May, 2021, will help support POLIS members in navigating the application process...
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Online
03/02/2021 - 17/02/2021
03/02/2021 - 17/02/2021
UDN webinar series: ‘Urban Innovative Actions, achievements and perspectives’
The Urban Development Network (UDN) and the Urban Innovative Actions (UIA) are delivering series of 3 webinars exploring the UIA’s achievements and perspectives for the future....
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Online
17/12/2020
17/12/2020
Flexible access & space management working session
The meeting will explore the potential of access management integrated with flexible and shared use of urban space and parking, for both freight and passengers....
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Online
08/12/2020
08/12/2020
CIVITAS Initiative knowledge exchange event
CIVITAS launch their e-publication, exploring seven European cities whose measures have pushed mobility boundaries....
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Online
24/11/2020
24/11/2020
UVAR Box workshop: let’s discuss the digitisation of UVAR data
The first workshop of the recently awarded EU project on UVAR digitisation, UVAR Box, will take place online on November 24, from 10am to 12pm. SAVE THE DATE !...
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Online
19/11/2020
19/11/2020
Mobilising Mobility: MaaS – crossing (modal) borders
The Mobilising Mobility webinar featuring MyCorridor, MOBI-MIX, HANDSHAKE and SATELLITE takes place online on November 19, 2020, from 2PM to 3PM CET....
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Online
12/11/2020
12/11/2020
Join the POLIS DigiEduHack challenge
On 12 November 2020, POLIS Network will be hosting the Bridging the gap: public-private understanding in urban mobility hackathon, in cooperation with DigiEduHack...
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Online
29/10/2020
29/10/2020
Mobilising Mobility: MaaS – CIVITAS delivers!
The Mobilising Mobility webinar featuring the projects CIVITAS SATELLITE, ECCENTRIC and PORTIS takes place on Oct. 29, from 2PM to 3PM CEST....
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Online
27/10/2020
27/10/2020
Mobilising Mobility: Regulating access to cities: how to be more efficient and effective?
The Mobilising Mobility webinar featuring the projects ReVeAL, UVARBOX and Dynaxibility takes place online on Oct. 27, from 2PM to 3PM CEST....
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Online
13/10/2020
13/10/2020
Mobilising Mobility: Parking – greener, smarter, stricter
The Mobilising Mobility webinar featuring the project Park4SUMP takes place online on October 13, 2020, from 2PM to 3PM CEST....
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Online
06/10/2020
06/10/2020
Mobilising Mobility: Dynamic space management – are we there yet?
The Mobilising Mobility webinar featuring the project MORE takes place online on October 6, 2020, from 2PM to 3PM CEST....
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Online
24/09/2020
24/09/2020
Mobilising Mobility: How to make mobility work for all – embracing inclusiveness
The sixth Mobilising Mobility webinar, featuring projects INDIMO, TRIPS and DIGNITY, takes place on September 24, 2020, from 2PM to 3PM CEST....
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Online
23/09/2020
23/09/2020
The Nordic Edge Conference: Brussels Session
The Nordic Edge Conference will be running from the 23 – 25 September 2020. ...
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Virtual
17/09/2020
17/09/2020
Mobilising Mobility: Changing the parking fundamentals
The fourth Mobilising Mobility webinar, featuring the project Park4SUMP, takes place on September 17, 2020, from 4PM to 5.15PM CEST....
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Online
18/06/2020
18/06/2020
Post-Lockdown Mobility webinar: SUMP COVID-19 guidance — Have your say!
The COVID-19 crisis is causing cities and regions to adapt their urban mobility systems at a rate and scale never seen before. Major challenges and opportunities exist for urban mobility in the coming...
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Online
15/04/2020 - 16/04/2020
15/04/2020 - 16/04/2020
Polis Parking Working Group meeting (online)
The Sofia Traffic Centre and Polis are hosting the first meeting of the Polis Parking Working Group.
We would like to exchange on three topics, which we invite members to submit presentations on:...
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Online
10/12/2019
10/12/2019
Joint Polis-ERRIN Workshop: Financing the Future of Mobility
The Members-only joint Polis-ERRIN Workshop 'Financing the Future of Mobility' presents the different funding opportunities to promote clean, sustainable and innovative transport projects and ti...
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Polis, Brussels
04/12/2019 - 05/12/2019
04/12/2019 - 05/12/2019
#H2020RTR 2019 European Conference
ERTRAC, EGVIA and the European Commission organise the 3rd European conference dedicated to the presentation of results from road transport research in H2020 funded projects - #H2020RTR Conference....
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Albert Borschette Conference Center (CCAB), Brussels
29/11/2019
29/11/2019
Partner meeting NMS – EIP SCC
Next partner meeting on Friday November 29th back to back with the Polis Conference in Brussels. This time at the House of Dutch Provinces, Rue de Trève 59-61, Brussels starting 09.00h.
After all...
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House of Dutch Provinces, Rue de Trève 59-61, Brussels
26/11/2019
26/11/2019
IRU-POLIS Roundtable on Coach Access to Cities
Polis and IRU invite coach transport stakeholders (Polis members and coach service operators) for a direct dialogue about challenges and solutions....
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Brussels, Belgium
06/11/2019
06/11/2019
Roundtable on Safe and Secure Truck Parkings
The Roundtable is an occasion to discuss about current bottlenecks and future ambitions concerning Safe and Secure Truck Parkings....
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Benelux House, Regentschapsstraat 39 - 1000 Brussels, Belgium
20/09/2019
20/09/2019
EPA-Polis Parking Working Group
After an intensive meeting in Lille in March, the EPA-Polis Parking Working Group is reconvening in Malaga on the occasion of the EPA Congress 2019....
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Malaga, Spain
