EPTA stands for Enhancing Public Transport Authorities in Europe.
Across the EU, local authorities are organising themselves to better answer to the new regulatory framework in which to operate publi...
The EC's Sustainable Urban Mobility campaign was a three-year initiative aiming to support sustainable urban mobility campaigners in 31 countries. An award fund supported actions at the local, regiona...
SmartFuSION was a public-private partnership aimed to evaluate the technical and logistical feasibility of introducing fully electric vehicles and the second generation of hybrid truck technology in l...
BESTFACT - Best Practice Factory for Freight Transport - developed, disseminated and enhanced the utilisation of Best Practices and innovation in freight transport within three thematic clusters: Urba...
Mobility based on electric connected vehicles in urban and interurban smart, clean, environments
MOLECULES was a demonstration project with three large-scale pilots in Barcelona, Berlin and Greater P...
POLITE promotes co-modality, i.e., the efficient use of different modes of transport on their own and in combinations, resulting in optimal use of transport resources.
The POLITE - Policy Learning in...
POSSE (Promoting Open Standards and Specifications in Europe) encouraged the use of ITS for sustainable urban policies and supports the development of Europe-wide open ITS specifications and standards...
Design of Electric Light Vans for Environment-impact Reduction
DELIVER aimed, as part of the European Green Cars Initiative, to explore urban light commercial vehicle (LCV) concepts intended for larg...
The goal? To assess the impact of ICT on road transport emissions
ICT-Emissions developed a novel methodology to evaluate the impact of ICT-related measures on mobility, vehicle energy consumption an...
CHAMP allowed the cities to learn from each other and disseminate good practices in the cycling field.
CHAMP (Cycling Heroes Advancing Sustainable Mobility Practice) brought together six champion cit...
Seven schemes to assess the environmental performance of different types of fleets.
The ECOSTARS project set up seven fleet recognition schemes. Each ECOSTARS scheme rated vehicles and operating pra...
The goal? To support cities in their efforts of developing more sustainable urban mobility systems.
QUEST - Quality Management Tool for Urban Energy Efficient Sustainable Transport - was a project th...
COCITIES looks into the dynamic adaptation of traffic management measures according to policy goals. It will provide one standard interface between city traffic management information and the transpor...
Energy efficiency by using daily customer Quality observations to Improve public transport.
ENERQI implemented an innovative quality monitoring system for public transport. It involved voluntary qual...
CITYMOVE focused on the development of an innovative vehicle for urban freight delivery, allowing for fewer emissions, more safety for drivers and vulnerable road users, more flexibility and more effi...
The goal? To provide municipalities with tools to establish noise maps and action plans, offering a broad range of validated technical solutions for noise hot spots in their city.
The EU-funded proje...
P3ITS (Pre-commercial Public Procurement for ITS innovation and deployment) explored the efficient procurement of innovation to support ITS and establish a network of experts.
The project has resul...
CATCH (Carbon Aware Travel CHoice) developed an open knowledge platform to support primarily decision-makers in cities. The CATCH knowledge platform aimed to empower local authorities in creating carb...
Smart Transport Applications Designed for Large Events with Impacts on Urban Mobility
STADIUM aimed to improve the performance of transport services and systems made available for large events hosted...
PRESTO is about competence building in cycling policies. The project offered a set of tools for technicians to create cycle friendly urban environments, to implement sound cycling plans and to start u...
Urban Freight Energy Efficiency Pilot
FREILOT aimed to increase the energy efficiency of goods transport in urban areas and reduce CO2 emissions.
The project consortium has developed a new approac...
CONDUITS (Coordination of network descriptors for urban intelligent transportation systems) developed key performance indicators to assist European municipalities in taking decisions on ITS deployment...
SUGAR (Sustainable Urban Goods logistics Achieved by Regional and local policies) promoted the exchange, discussion and transfer of policy experience, knowledge and good practices through policy and p...
CITEAIR II (Common Information on European Air) has developed indicators to compare air quality across cities, and good practice guidance on air quality forecasting, integrating CO² emissions into ai...
The project consisted of a support action for the coordination and dissemination of CIVITAS-Plus, CIVITAS Initiative, CIVITAS Plus collaborative projects (CPs) and the CIVITAS Initiative itself.
CIVI...
iCARS Network (intelligent Cars Thematic Network) supported the deployment of Transport ICT technologies by exchanging knowledge and experience.
iCARS Network exchanged good practices and developed...
Field Operational Tests or FOT-Net I & II were a large-scale test programme of ICT solutions for transport. This project provided a reference networking platform that gathers national, European an...
OASIS (Open Architecture for Accessible Services Integration and Standardisation) aimed to develop e-services for elderly people, including mobility services.
OASIS introduced an innovative, Ontolo...
The SMARTFREIGHT project researched and demonstrated the integration of urban traffic management systems and freight and logistics systems by building on existing cooperative technologies, with the go...
The CIVITAS CATALIST project aimed to validate, exploit and disseminate the results of the CIVITAS Initiative and, more importantly, help new cities adopt sustainable, clean and energy efficient urban...
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Accessibility Statement
www.polisnetwork.eu
17/11/2025
Compliance status
We firmly believe that the internet should be available and accessible to anyone, and are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience,
regardless of circumstance and ability.
To fulfill this, we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level.
These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible
to all people: blind people, people with motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more.
This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific
disabilities to adjust the website’s UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs.
Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the background and optimizes its accessibility level constantly. This application remediates the website’s HTML,
adapts Its functionality and behavior for screen-readers used by the blind users, and for keyboard functions used by individuals with motor impairments.
If you’ve found a malfunction or have ideas for improvement, we’ll be happy to hear from you. You can reach out to the website’s operators by using the following email
Screen-reader and keyboard navigation
Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various different behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with
screen-readers are able to read, comprehend, and enjoy the website’s functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters your site, they immediately receive
a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can browse and operate your site effectively. Here’s how our website covers some of the most important screen-reader requirements,
alongside console screenshots of code examples:
Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website.
In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels;
descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups),
and others. Additionally, the background process scans all the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag
for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology.
To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on
as soon as they enter the website.
These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.
Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML, and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally, keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus, available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, and not allow the focus drift outside it.
Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
Disability profiles supported in our website
Epilepsy Safe Mode: this profile enables people with epilepsy to use the website safely by eliminating the risk of seizures that result from flashing or blinking animations and risky color combinations.
Visually Impaired Mode: this mode adjusts the website for the convenience of users with visual impairments such as Degrading Eyesight, Tunnel Vision, Cataract, Glaucoma, and others.
Cognitive Disability Mode: this mode provides different assistive options to help users with cognitive impairments such as Dyslexia, Autism, CVA, and others, to focus on the essential elements of the website more easily.
ADHD Friendly Mode: this mode helps users with ADHD and Neurodevelopmental disorders to read, browse, and focus on the main website elements more easily while significantly reducing distractions.
Blindness Mode: this mode configures the website to be compatible with screen-readers such as JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack. A screen-reader is software for blind users that is installed on a computer and smartphone, and websites must be compatible with it.
Keyboard Navigation Profile (Motor-Impaired): this profile enables motor-impaired persons to operate the website using the keyboard Tab, Shift+Tab, and the Enter keys. Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
Additional UI, design, and readability adjustments
Font adjustments – users, can increase and decrease its size, change its family (type), adjust the spacing, alignment, line height, and more.
Color adjustments – users can select various color contrast profiles such as light, dark, inverted, and monochrome. Additionally, users can swap color schemes of titles, texts, and backgrounds, with over seven different coloring options.
Animations – person with epilepsy can stop all running animations with the click of a button. Animations controlled by the interface include videos, GIFs, and CSS flashing transitions.
Content highlighting – users can choose to emphasize important elements such as links and titles. They can also choose to highlight focused or hovered elements only.
Audio muting – users with hearing devices may experience headaches or other issues due to automatic audio playing. This option lets users mute the entire website instantly.
Cognitive disorders – we utilize a search engine that is linked to Wikipedia and Wiktionary, allowing people with cognitive disorders to decipher meanings of phrases, initials, slang, and others.
Additional functions – we provide users the option to change cursor color and size, use a printing mode, enable a virtual keyboard, and many other functions.
Browser and assistive technology compatibility
We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers).
Notes, comments, and feedback
Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs. There may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to