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Laura Babío

Project Manager - Coordinator Just Transition Taskforce - Co-coordinator Traffic Efficiency Working Group

Laura joined POLIS in March 2020.

She is involved in several EU-funded projects, such as PAV, MOBI-MIX, Dynaxibility4CE, MobiDataLab and e-smartec - working on new mobility trends such as MaaS, CCAM and UVAR.

She actively co-coordinates the actions of the Working Group on Mobility & Traffic Efficiency and leads the newly formed Just Transition Taskforce.

Laura holds a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and a Master’s degree in Transportation Systems from the Technical University of Munich. While in Brussels, she previously completed a traineeship at the European Commission (DG MOVE) working for the Sustainable and Intelligent Transport Unit.

You can contact her in English and Spanish.

lbabio@polisnetwork.eu

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