Would you like to develop a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) but are not sure where to start? Would you like to evaluate mobility planning in your city and receive tailored feedback on how to further improve?

A new SUMP self-assessment tool has just launched to provide the support that cities and local governments need.

The tool is particularly useful for local authorities who find themselves at the beginning of their SUMP process, and for cities and regions who want to evaluate their planning status.

By answering custom-made questions, local authorities can assess how their current urban mobility plan compares with the SUMP approach.

Individual feedback is given to help identify potential areas of improvement, to determine areas that are already aligned with SUMP principles, and to provide specific measures on how to advance the process.

The updated self-assessment tool includes tailor-made questions for:

• Different SUMP starting points;
• Planners who want to assess the quality of a completed SUMP;
• Local authorities who want to assess the quality of their general mobility planning activities before starting a SUMP and at different points in the process; and
• Planners working on the regional level.

Extended feedback is given to respondents following completion of the questionnaire. This provides an individual assessment, advice, links to further reading, and relevant good practice examples.

The tool was launched during the final CIVITAS SUMPs-Up project event, which took place on 19 February in Brussels (Belgium). The project was responsible for the tool's redevelopment, based on the second edition of the EU SUMP Guidelines, which were released in autumn 2019.

Try out the new self-assessment tool here.