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Traffic and demand management refers to measures such as parking management, reallocating urban space in favour of sustainable modes of transport (including shared space), access controls, road pricing, and traffic signal control strategies.

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By cnebusi / Updated: 08 Jun 2020
By gregorysmith / Updated: 29 Jan 2020
By Ella Andrew / Updated: 16 Jan 2020

Parking and SUMP: A perfect match - Park4SUMP project

Submitted by Ella Andrew on 16 Jan 2020

Park4SUMP is an EU-funded Horizon 2020 project, which supports cities to adapt their parking management strategies as part of their Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs). It aims to encourage innovative parking solutions to become part of cities’ SUMP and other city planning processes.

A practitioner brief on Parking and SUMP integration has become a part of the new SUMP guidelines.

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By Benjamin Baxter / Updated: 19 Mar 2020

Public Health and Sustainable Transport Summit

Please note that this event was originally to take place on 27 March 2020 and has been postponed due to medical guidance. The event has been scheduled to take place on 04 September 2020. Please check the event website for the most up-to-date information.

The Public Health & Sustainable Transport Summit brings together central and local government decision-makers to focus on best practice between the public health, transport planning and urban development sectors.

By Benjamin Baxter / Updated: 16 Jan 2020

North East Parking Show

The North East Parking Show is a new event designed to showcase the best in local authority parking and traffic management. It is an opportunity for delegates to learn about new developments and approaches to managing parking, and experience new technologies and systems. 

The programme features keynote speeches, workshops and the Parking Innovations Showcase to address key aspects of the sector such as payment technology, electric vehicle charging, urban foresight and accessibility. 

This is event is free for delegates from local authorities. 

By Go Mobility 2018 / Updated: 08 Jan 2020

Go Mobility 2020

Go Mobility is the new mobility exhibition of southern Europe, fostered by the Regional Council of Gipuzkoa and the Basque Government.

The event is integrated with the strategy for the development of electromobility that the institutions are fostering, spearheaded by MUBIL – Gipuzkoa Electromobility Center.

Who are the exhibitors? 

By rswa178 / Updated: 02 Apr 2020

SUMP Good Practice Fact Sheets

A series of fact sheets chronicle the good practice examples of SUMP measures, instruments and planning procedures in the seven partner cities of CIVITAS SUMPs-Up.

They cover activities that have taken place in Birmingham (UK), Budapest (Hungary), Donostia-San Sebastian (Spain), Malmö (Sweden), Sofia (Bulgaria), Thessaloniki (Greece) and Turin (Italy) since SUMPs-Up began in September 2016.

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By Benjamin Baxter / Updated: 16 Jan 2020

International Conference on Transport and Smart Cities (ICoTSC 2020)

ICoTSC 2020 is an open forum where advances in the field of transport and smart Cities can be shared and examined. Researchers, engineers, scientists and industry professionals are welcomed to join this conference. which acts as a platform for keeping up with advances in this ever-changing field.

Over this three day event, a wide range of research topics will be discussed including both theoretical and systems research. Topics include, and more:

By Francesco Ripa / Updated: 11 Dec 2019

Dublin trials smart radar detectors to give cyclists longer at junctions

Submitted by Francesco Ripa on 09 Dec 2019

In the past few years, the number of cyclists in the Irish capital Dublin has been increasing steadily. Dublin City Council has been trialling the use of smart radar detectors to better count the number of cyclists in the city and to help cyclists travel more safely through the city. The initiative contributes to Dublin City Council’s objective of optimising traffic signals for all modes of transport.

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By Benjamin Baxter / Updated: 22 Jul 2022

7th International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology (ICTTP)

The Swedish Vision Zero Initiative stresses the fact that the road transport system is an entity in which different components such as road users, vehicles, and infrastructure must be made to interact with each other so that safety can be guaranteed. The key focus of this conference will, therefore, be on the role that traffic and transport psychology can play in achieving a safe and sustainable transport system. 

The conference is taking place on 23-25 August 2022. Keynote speakers include: