Tirana, the capital city of Albania, has experienced fast urban growth and uncontrolled urbanisation in the last few decades. However, the city’s leadership has now recognised the importance of...
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Belgrade, finalist of the 9th SUMP Award – challenging reality meets ambitious targets
25 May 2021Belgrade, the Serbian capital and one of the most populated metropolitan cities of the Balkan region, was one of the finalists of the 9th SUMP Award, alongside the Greater Grenoble Area Mobility...
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Bilbao, a city in transformation – finalist of the 9th SUMP Award
17 May 2021Bilbao was one of the finalists of the 9th Award for Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning (SUMP Award), which focused on the theme of ‘zero emission mobility for all’. Amongst the three finalists,...
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Greater Grenoble Area Mobility Authority convinces SUMP Award Jury with inclusive transport and decarbonisation efforts
10 May 2021In order to win the 9th Award for Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning (SUMP Award), the Greater Grenoble Area Mobility Authority (SMMAG) presented an extraordinary case, by combining strong...
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Free passenger transport - exploring the benefits and disadvantages
28 Apr 2021Last year Luxembourg became the first country to introduce universal fare-free public transport (FFPT) for all modes at a national level. However, FFPT is not a new policy instrument and many...
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Generating demand-responsive collective bus routes from social media data analysis
24 Mar 2021Young people living on the outskirts of Barcelona in Spain suffer from a lack of reliable bus services. This prevents many of them from accessing educational and recreational activities, such as...
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Impact on urban mobility as a result of the pandemic
11 Feb 2021Coronavirus (COVID-19) became an international crisis at the beginning of March 2020. Since then, its impact on urban mobility has been closely monitored.
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Oslo – Promoting Active Transport Modes
05 Feb 2021As with many cities in recent decades, the Norwegian capital, Oslo, was increasingly giving up urban space to cars. Since the 1960s, massive road building schemes were undertaken to accommodate...
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Achieving balance: Urban mobility measures which support sustainability and accessibility
18 Jan 2021Incorporating sustainability and accessibility in urban transport planning has been recognised as increasingly important in recent years. Indeed, introducing measures that support sustainability...
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The redesign of the Jahnplatz square in Bielefeld: using a pilot phase to demonstrate the viability of changes to an urban traffic node
08 Dec 2020As with many cities in Europe, Bielefeld in Germany has high daily volumes of traffic. Its current mobility strategy aims to reduce the share of motorised individual trips (such as by cars,...
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