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European Commission's first Urban Mobility Days set to take place 29 September – 1 October 2020

26 March 2020

From 29 September to 1 October 2020, the European Commission is hosting its first Urban Mobility Days conference in Brussels on the theme of “zero-emission mobility for all“.

The conference combines two leading events from Europe’s transport calendar: the CIVITAS Forum Conference and the European Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs).

It will bring together policymakers, local authorities, academics, NGOs, urban transport practitioners, urban planners and all those putting the SUMP concept into practice. Over 600 attendees are expected to participate in Urban Mobility Days 2020.

Over the course of the three-day conference, delegates will feast on sustainable urban mobility success stories from the CIVITAS Living Labs projects - and other examples of pioneering excellence from Europe and further afield.

These will equip attendees with inspiration, tools and know-how to further advance clean and sustainable transport in line with the European Green Deal.

With such a wealth of experts and knowledge coming together in one place, Urban Mobility Days provides the ideal opportunity to network, debate key issues, and exchange ideas on emerging transport trends and technologies and the latest developments in sustainable urban mobility planning.

The conference will also go beyond transport by connecting zero-emission mobility initiatives with broader EU efforts to tackle climate change and make Europe a carbon-neutral continent by 2050.

Registration and further details about the conference programme are coming soon. In the meantime, click here for more information.

New SUMP self-assessment tool launched

3 March 2020

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.