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Apply for the 8th SUMP Award on Safe Walking and Cycling
The call for applications for the 8th SUMP Award was officially launched at the occasion of the 6th SUMP Conference, in Groningen, on 17 June 2019. For this edition, the theme of the SUMP Award is "Sa...
Read more 17/10/2019
Last days to register for European Road Safety Summer School
From 26-30 August 2019, the European Road Safety Summer School offers an international 5-day course in Mechelen, Belgium. Registration is possible until 14 July....
Read more 04/07/2019
Save the date: Polis-ITF Road Safety workshop in Lisbon, 16-18 October 2019
From 16-18 October, Lisbon will host the next joint workshop of Polis and the International Transport Forum's "Safer City Street" initiative. The workshop will focus on road safety data, indicators an...
Read more 27/06/2019
What do policy makers want to know about the impact of connected automated vehicles?
On 28 May, Gothenburg hosted 45 experts from Europe and Australia to discuss which societal impacts connected and automated vehicles will have. The workshop is organised within the Horizon 2020 funded...
Read more 12/06/2019
Results of the e-survey on users’ travel behaviour within the European project ISAAC
Determinants and barriers of walking, cycling and using Personal eTransporters: a survey in nine European cities...
Read more 21/05/2019
The European Road Safety Charter: call for Good Practice submissions extended to the 31 May
All submissions are eligible to win the Excellence in Road Safety Award. Submission deadline is now the 31 May 2019. Local authorities are encouraged to participate, including in the new special 'scho...
Read more 21/05/2019
Polis cities exchange experience on active travel and road safety
Sixteen cities and regions met on Wednesday 8 May in Brussels to exchange about their experience and problems with active travel modes as well as new shared mobility services. The Polis Working Group...
Read more 09/05/2019
European Parliament backs new vehicle safety standards
The European Parliament has given the green light to new minimum EU vehicle safety requirements that will come into force from 2022. The vote by the full parliament, at its last session of this mandat...
Read more 24/04/2019
ITF launches a new report on “Road Safety in European Cities”
This reports benchmarks road safety performance for 72 urban areas, mostly in Europe....
Read more 24/04/2019
The European Road Safety Charter is calling for Good Practice submissions
All submissions are eligible to win the Excellence in Road Safety Award. Submission deadline is 15 May 2019. Local authorities are encouraged to participate, including in the new special 'school chall...
Read more 24/04/2019
ISA and Digital Maps: Webinar on 26 March at 3pm CET
The goal of this webinar is inform the audience about the importance of Digital Maps for the successful implementation of Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) technology. This Webinar is especially orga...
Read more 20/03/2019
CEDR Conference discusses Modal Choice in a Multimodal Transport System
On 9 May 2019 in Brussels, a European conference will wrap up CEDR’s Research Programme on “User Needs in a multimodal context”, in which Polis is involved as partner. The event will discuss new...
Read more 15/03/2019
Urban Road Safety: Your input for next PIN Report
Polis cooperates closely with the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) on road safety issues. We invite cities to respond to our joint questionnaire about your urban street network. Please share...
Read more 06/03/2019
Upcoming Polis Working Group meetings in 2019
Polis activities cover a wide range of areas which are structured into thematic pillars and delivered through Working Groups (WG). The working groups are open only to Polis members. However, externa...
Read more 26/01/2019
Five weeks left to apply for the European Green Capital and Green Leaf Awards!
There are five weeks left to apply for the European Commission’s prestigious European Green Capital and European Green Leaf Awards!...
Read more 14/09/2018
Draft programme of 2018 Polis Conference released
Discover the session themes and speakers at the 2018 Polis Conference...
Read more 09/07/2018
2017 Polis Conference: Programme launched and registrations open!
The draft programme of the 2017 Annual Polis Conference "Innovation in transport for sustainable cities and regions" has been released....
Read more 05/07/2017
Member States call for EU vehicle safety rules
In light of the EU's review of the General Safety Regulation (GSR), transport ministers from eight countries have united to demand new EU-wide standards for vehicle safety. This was done in a letter i...
Read more 10/02/2017
Transport for London wins International Road Safety Award
In December, the Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards were presented. ‘Safe Streets for London’ was awarded for making cycling, walking and motorcycling safer in London. A special awar...
Read more 05/01/2017