The Reference Framework for European Sustainable Cities (RFSC) is an online toolkit designed to help cities promote and enhance their work on integrated sustainable urban development. With regards to urban mobility, the multi-purpose decision-making and communication tool can help to ensure an integrated approach and assess the current situation. The RFSC tool is not place-specific and can be adapted to suit local priorities.

For more information, visit rfsc-community.eu

There are many ways in which employers and transport managers can promote sustainable mobility. However, getting an idea of how measures can work together to create a truly sustainable mobility workplace culture is very useful. Moreover, publicising this state of affairs and raising awareness in a workplace is also important.

Measuring the performance of an urban transport system is important for establishing measures and policies for improving its quality. This is particularly important in terms of improving the energy efficiency and reducing the environmental impact of transport.

More than half the population of older people in Europe lives in urban areas, so it is becoming increasingly important for urban transport systems to be accessible. However, good practice in the field of transport accessibility is an evolving concept. It is also important to recognise that simple low-cost schemes can be as valuable as expensive and sophisticated ones.

The Mediate project has produced a number of different tools to help make European cities better adapted to older residents.

People with reduced mobility such as those with permanent or temporary disabilities, the elderly and parents with small children often depend on cars for their daily mobility due to the barriers they encounter in public spaces and transport.

Local and regional authorities can enable people with reduced mobility to adopt lifestyles which are more independent of cars, by making other modes such as walking, cycling and public transport more accessible. Measures to increase accessibility can also result in energy savings and increased service quality for all passengers.

Walking audits are a good way to raise awareness of the importance of walking and to identify and solve specific problems in the pedestrian environment. On a walking audit, key stakeholders and personnel are led around a route on which issues confronting pedestrians and cyclists are highlighted by the group leader and participants. It also includes an opportunity to discuss the problems and potential solutions. After the route is completed, a debrief session is held to allow space for further and more in-depth discussion.

Mobility management is understood as 'soft' measures such as information and communication campaigns, organising services and co-ordinating activities of different partners, with the goal of promoting sustainable transport and managing the demand for car use by changing travellers’ attitudes and behaviour. Quality management ensures that new mobility management measures are easily and efficiently introduced and that existing measures are effective.