Award for Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning

The 10th Award for Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning (SUMP Award) belongs to:

Tampere, Finland

Tampere’s Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan stood out to the jury due to its multidisciplinary approach that empowers people to make healthier mobility choices that are active, safe and environmentally responsible.

The other finalists were Madrid (Spain) and Mitrovica South (Kosovo*).

 

For more information about the winners, read the press release.

 

* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.

Winner of the 9th SUMP Award

9th SUMP Award Winner: Greater Grenoble Area Mobility Authority (SMMAG) for Grenoble-Alpes SUMP (France)

SMMAG’s Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) sets clear and ambitious goals for Grenoble-Alpes, which seek to make sustainable mobility accessible to all, prioritise active and shared travel options, and render city travel more interconnected. The jury was particularly impressed by SMMAG’s integrated and structured approach, which aims to meet the mobility needs of all public transport users, including socially vulnerable groups.


Finalists:

Belgrade (Serbia)

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Bilbao (Spain)

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Previous Winners

8th SUMP Award Winner: Brussels capital region (Belgium)

 

Brussels Capital Region has set itself clear and ambitious sustainable mobility goals, which include having zero road traffic deaths by 2030, restricting car usage, reducing the speed limit to 30 kilometres per hour by 2021, and increasing the number of pedestrianised zones. The jury was particularly impressed by its approach to reaching these goals, which sees the city as an ‘ecosystem’. The city’s achievements are underpinned by strong stakeholder outreach, impressive citizen participation, and the implementation of “superblocks”, an innovative urban planning concept.


Finalists:

Kaunas (Lithuania)

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Wrocław (Poland)

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7th SUMP Award Winner: Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

Greater Manchester has set ambitious multimodality goals, which it intends to reach using a wide-range of integrated and combined mobility options. The jury was particularly impressed by Greater Manchester’s use of smart, new technologies to increase the share of journeys made using sustainable modes of transport. As part of its mobility planning approach, Manchester considers each part of the city individually, according to its size, location and function. Measures are then adapted to the needs of the area.


Finalists:

Basel (Switzerland)

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Dresden (Germany)

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6th SUMP Award Winner: Turda, Romania

The Romanian city of Turda was presented with the 6th SUMP Award for its clear planning vision, robust financing strategy, and measurable targets. The jury noted the replicability of the strategy and its potential to inspire other similarly-sized cities.

To find out more about Turda's award-winning sustainable urban mobility planning, read the press release.


Finalists:

Greater Manchester (United Kingdom)

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Milan (Italy)

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5th SUMP Award winner: Brussels, Belgium

The Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning (SUMP) Award 2016, which focused on urban freight, was presented to Brussels for its work on making freight deliveries more sustainable. The Belgian capital stood out thanks to its innovative logistics schemes. Budapest (Hungary) and Stockholm (Sweden) were also nominated for the prestigious award. Read more in the official press release or in this Eltis case study.

 

Finalists:

Budapest (Hungary)

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Stockholm (Sweden)

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4th SUMP Award winner: Malmö, Sweden

The Swedish city of Malmö won the 4th Award on Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning for its  impressive intermodal transport solutions with a people-friendly focus and its excellence in linking transport planning with the overall urban planning process, while taking into account accessibility for different social groups.

 

Finalists:

Utrecht (Netherlands)

Vienna (Austria)

 

Read more about each of the finalists here or watch a video introducing each finalist here.

3rd SUMP Award winner: Bremen, Germany

Bremen was awarded the 3rd SUMP Award due to its ambitious efforts to learn lessons, strengthen success stories and avoid failures in its transport planning activities. In addition to excellent planning and the early provision of tools for monitoring and evaluation, Bremen (Germany) closely co-operated with local stakeholders and with peer cities and networks during the evaluation process of the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) adopted in 2014. Read more about the city's efforts in this Eltis case study.

 

Finalists:

Dresden (Germany)

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Ghent (Belgium)

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Special Prize of the Jury:

Thessaloniki (Greece)

Read a case study on Thessaloniki here.

2nd SUMP Award winner: Rivas Vaciamadrid (Spain)

As a growing city in the neighbourhood of the Spanish capital, Rivas Vaciamadrid adopted in 2010 a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) to face both the dramatic increase of population in the town and to connect with Madrid. The municipality paid particular attention to social, environmental and economic aspects of mobility and obtained the 2013 European SUMP Award as a reward. Read more about the city's efforts in this Eltis case study.

 

Finalists:

Strasbourg (France)

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Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain)

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Read more about each of the finalists here or watch a video introducing each finalist here.

1st SUMP Award winner: Aberdeen, UK

Aberdeen’s SUMP is the result of an open and inclusive process that encompassed public workshops as well as a strong social media presence in order to elicit a wide range of views. The jury of the European Commission’s first SUMP Award commended this “outstanding participatory approach involving stakeholders and citizens” and honoured Aberdeen with SUMP Award: “Its successful use of social media demonstrates the Council’s ambition for innovation and connecting to citizens. Good response rates from citizens prove the appropriate application of the chosen tools.”

Read more about the city's efforts in this Eltis case study.

 

Finalists

Ljutomer (Slovenia)

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Toulouse (France)

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