Access

Through the Access Working Group, cities and regions cooperate to address challenges such as access regulations, car use, urban space allocation/reallocation,  pricing, infrastructure, and accessibility for all.

The Working Group covers a broad range of topics related to ‘access’ linked to social, economic, digital, physical and regulatory aspects of transport and urban mobility, and development infrastructure. This includes the access of people or users to fair, affordable, efficient and interconnected mobility (see the Just Transition Taskforce).

It also incorporates urban access regulations, enabled through local and regional ambitious projects and regulations, and increasingly enforced by technology like geofencing or Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA).

In addition, the WG digs into the access of new mobility technologies into urban spaces, including Urban Air Mobility. Beyond these categories, the WG has adopted a flexible understanding of ‘Access’, as showcased in the list of topics below.

Topic priorities for 2025

Our current topic priorities for 2025 are the following:

• Coach and the city: continue collaboration with International Road Union (IRU) for a structured dialogue with the coach sector on vehicle systems and technology, SUMP, user audiences, drivers;
• Tourism mobility: together with POLIS associate member BUas and the MONA project: modal shift, routing and nudging solutions for sustainable tourism;
• Strengthening the backbone of multimodal mobility: second edition of PT Lab webinar series, coordinated by the Access Working Group, in cooperation with other Working Groups. Access topics include outputs from UPPER and eBRT2030, physical accessibility, PT for younger and older age groups, vision sessions on how collective transport can be planned, operated and funded in the future;
• Urban Vehicle Access Regulations: how to (digitally) communicate access regulations (system communication/crossborder) and improve acceptance through communication to the public, drivers, users etc., in cooperation with other working groups.