As active travel becomes more popular in Europe, the way in which urban spaces are being used is changing. Safety and urban mobility includes the ways in which practitioners seek to ensure the safety of all road and public space users – incorporating all modes of urban travel.
Women in Urban Mobility is a joint project of UnternehmerTUM Munich, Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, Carnet Barcelona and Junior Achievement Bulgaria, funded by EIT Urban Mobility.
Our vision is to create a unique network of urban mobility experts across Europe and raise awareness for female perspectives and gender equality in the urban mobility sector.
Hungary has launched an app which encourages drivers to reduce their speed, based on a “points reward” system.
The European Week of Regions and Cities (#EURegionsWeek) is the biggest annual Brussels-based event dedicated to cohesion policy.
Its purpose is to:
The city of Nicosia has completed the rehabilitation of Kyriacou Matsi avenue, one of the most important and busiest streets in the Cypriot capital. Transport Minister Yiannis Karousos and Nicosia’s Mayor, Constantinos Yiorkadjis, officially re-opened the street in mid-July 2021, right before the start of the city's busy tourist season. The city underlined that the rehabilitation of Kyriacou Matsi avenue was an extremely important project, which will change the face of the city by making it more beautiful, more functional and more accessible.
In July 2021, Oslo City Council adopted new regulations that put several restrictions on e-scooters. The aim of the measures in the Norwegian capital is to reduce the number of accidents and the nuisance that e-scooters cause for some, in particular to people with impaired sight and/or mobility. The most prominent measures include the introduction of a ban on e-scooter rentals between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. in the city and the setting of a cap on the number of e-scooters available for hire.
International Cycling Safety Conference (ICSC) is an international forum for researchers and practitioners to share knowledge and ideas on how to make cycling safer. Due to practical constraints, the event scehduled for 10-12 November 2021 is now a fully online format.
The conference will cover a broad range of topics relating to safety of cyclists and cycling as a transport mode. Topics to be covered will include:
