The city of Ghent and Ghent Fire Brigade have been co-operating on innovation procurement contracts for years with the aim of finding innovative solutions to improve efficiency and to reduce the...

The Citizens’ Rail Masterclasses demonstrated how university students can bring fresh, actionable ideas to the rail industry in a creative way. The two-day events were held in Aachen and Heerlen...

The availability of high-quality real-time and properly processed data is essential for an electronic multi-modal transport planner, which can help travellers make better decisions regarding the...

In 2013 Budapest decided to reconsider its entire strategic planning process and develop a new transport development strategy guided by the European Commission’s Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (...

In order to decrease its fleet pollutant emissions, the public transport operator for the city of Brno, Dopravní podnik města Brna (DPMB), decided to purchase 88 Compressed Natural Gas (...

Cities in the Czech Republic are facing a number of urban transport problems. Public transport use is decreasing, the number of cars is rising and bicycle networks are lacking.

In October...

One of the major issues holding back the growth of electric vehicles (EVs) in Sweden is their availability. To deal with this issue, the city of Stockholm and  energy company Vattenfall embarked...

Ireland has set an ambitious target to have one in ten total trips made on bicycle by 2020. One of the main measures to achieve this target is the development of safe, comfortable and high-quality...

In 2010 Istanbul embarked on an ambitious pedestrianisation project to create more accessible streets in the ancient city’s Historic Peninsula and turn the area into a space for people, not cars...

In December 2014 Koprivnica launched Croatia’s first public electric car charging network and municipal e-car sharing system. The city hopes that its new electromobility network will reduce its...