EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK enjoyed enormous success in 2021, with 3,184 towns and cities registering their participation for the main event from 16 to 22 September! In addition, 645 MOBILITYACTIONS were registered by schools, NGOs, businesses, cities and other organisations throughout the year. Four of these have been selected as finalists for the title of Best MOBILITYACTION 2021, and now we need your help to decide the winner.
On 6 December, a social media competition was launched on our Twitter, Instagram and Facebook accounts. The finalist with the most likes and shares by midnight (Brussels Time) on 20 December will be crowned the Best MOBILITYACTION of 2021. The winner will be announced the following day, on 21 December 2021.
The four nominees have submitted exceptional MOBILITYACTIONS, which are ideas, projects and campaigns that promote sustainable urban mobility and behavioural change in favour of active mobility.
Learn more about our four fabulous finalists below and make sure to vote by liking and sharing their social media posts.
Candidate 1
Designing the new MobilityHub
WeCity is partnering with the City of Utrecht, the Netherlands, to design a MobilityHub that fits the needs of a modern city and its environmentally conscious residents. A continuing loss of space requires cities to change how they view mobility: WeCity envisions a hub where citizens can rent an electric bicycle, share cars, charge electric vehicles, pick up packages, grab lunch and so much more! This one-stop-hub could just be the future of sustainable transport, which is why WeCity has carefully crafted an architectural design, from a technical perspective, for service providers to realise a new type of MobilityHub.
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Organiser: WeCity
Candidate 2
Prototype rearrangement of traffic at Miarki Street in Bytom
Miarki street is a notably busy roadway located in the centre of Bytom, Poland, where cars regularly exceed the 40kmh speed limit with some even reaching up to 120 km per hour. As a result of this, city life cannot flourish. That’s why Metropolia GZM developed, and launched, a prototype for the rearrangement of traffic on Miarki street. The prototype was designed using in-depth research, interviews with residents and consultations; testing will last one and half months. After the testing period, successful corrections will be implemented and a permanent rearrangement will enter into force.
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Organiser: Metropolia GZM
Candidate 3
Earn points on your eco-friendly travels in Östersund, Sweden
The City of Östersund, Sweden, teamed up with Kobla AS to create and promote an eco-friendly app, Resvis, that awards points based on users’ mobility choices and factors like weather conditions. The app makes it possible to win small prizes like gift cards and users competed against each other to reign supreme in an eco-league, in addition to following a dedicated news channel, during Östersund’s 2021 Mobility Week. Who said active mobility and sustainable transport couldn’t be any fun?
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Organiser: Kobla AS
Candidate 4
Bologna 30 - Make Bologna a 30kmh city right now!
Inspired by peers in Paris, Brussels, Geneva, Helsinki and beyond, 30logna, or Bologna30, is a citizen-driven initiative that collects scientific evidence, data, statistics and best practices from across Europe to create awareness surrounding the dangers of inner-city traffic and to support a petition to the new mayor of Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy to make the university city adopt a 30kmh limit. The initiative is in the midst of garnering at least 10.000 signatures and has produced engaging material to teach residents about the challenges Bologna faces due to traffic – including 2.600 serious injuries related to traffic per year and noise pollution. The project also offers a look at what could happen if the city were to adopt this measure, namely less noise, pollution and a lower injury and mortality rate.
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Organiser: 30logna