For twenty years, EUROPEAN MOBILITY WEEK has been raising awareness and inspiring action surrounding sustainable urban mobility. This year, the campaign enjoyed enormous success with a record-breaking 3,197 registrations from towns and cities across 53 countries.

The EU-funded SHOW project has launched an online public survey to gather opinions from a variety of stakeholders on which regulatory aspects need to be considered to create a level playing field for transport operators.

The new SUMP Topic Guide on Sustainable Neighbourhood Mobility Planning, which highlights how planning efforts at the neighbourhood level and at the city-wide level can complement one another, is now available.

On 7 October 2021, the Connecting Europe Express reached its final destination of Paris after 36 days travelling across Europe - West to East, North to South, and even visiting neighbours outside the EU.

The Coordinating Group of the European Platform on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) is a unique body, which deserves special attention after many years in operation. As a dedicated arena for EU-financed projects working with SUMPs, it has played a considerable role in boosting the uptake of quality SUMPs, which provide an effective multi-sectoral framework for towns and cities to tackle common urban mobility challenges.

On 16 September, the European Climate, Environment and Infrastructure Executive Agency (CINEA) launched a call for proposals under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Transport programme, making €7 billion of funding available.

On 29 September 2021 the European Commission launched five new EU missions, including the Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities mission which aims to deliver at least 100 climate-neutral and smart European cities by 2030.

Robust road safety measures, such as a 30 km per hour speed limit and zero-tolerance for drink-driving, are the way to reach zero deaths on EU roads by 2050, say MEPs.

The applications are open for the 2021 EUROPEAN MOBILITY WEEK Awards, the 10th Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning (SUMP) Award and the 2021 EU Urban Road Safety Award. Applications for all awards must be submitted by 31 October 2021.