The TROLLEY movie is another piece of the puzzle of TROLLEY’s promotion activities to shape a new and more positive image of trolleybuses in Europe. The movie is based on interviews with local and regional stakeholders, which were performed in our TROLLEY partner cities Salzburg (Austria), Brno (Czech Republic), Eberswalde (Germany), Parma (Italy), Gdynia (Poland) and Szeged (Hungary). The movie highlights advantages of trolleybuses and raises hopes in what could be improved in the future to raise awareness of trolleybuses as smart, clean and green solution for urban public transportation. Please find the video here or watch it on YouTube.
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SYNAPTIC invites experts on ageing and mobility to discuss future policy needs
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The cycling project PRESTO - promoting cycling as a daily transport mode - funded in the framework of the Intelligent Energy - Europe programme ended in January 2012 after 33 months of successful transnational cooperation between 12 European partner organisations. The project's success stories encompass the publication of 4 policy guides and 25 fact sheets on cycling promotion, infrastructure and pedelecs (in different languages), 7 e-learning courses for starter cycling cities and a number of local activities in the five PRESTO cities Bremen, Grenoble, Tczew, Venice and Zagreb. The project's final meeting took place in December 2011 in Cologne. A final brochure - prepared in 6 languages - presents the project's lessons learnt and recommendations (download it below). Rupprecht Consult was the coordinator of PRESTO. More information on PRESTO: www.presto-cycling.eu
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During the 15th ELAN project meeting that was held in Graz from 24-26 January 2012 a training workshop was held on strategic communication and life after the end of the ELAN project to which ELAN invited three representatives from previous CIVITAS projects.
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The INTERREG Northwest Europe cluster project SYNAPTIC has established the SYNAPTIC Awards for Excellence in Seamless Mobility to recognise initiatives leading toward seamless mobility in Europe. If you have implemented something innovative, this is your opportunity to gain recognition (and win prizes!) for your work. How to enter: Submit a description of your initiative in the form of an Eltis case study here. (Note: you must create a log-in to enter).Eligibility: all case studies carried out in Europe fitting under the 3 categories below and submitted to Eltis between 1 January 2011 and 31 January 2012 are eligible to win.Categories: The best multimodal door-to-door travel solution (Eltis category: Intermodality) The best public transport solution (Eltis category: Collective passenger transport) The best development process or implementation of a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (Eltis category: Transport planning) Prizes: The winner in each category will receive free travel, [...]
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In 2012, a team of experts appointed by the European Commission is delivering 35 seminars and experience exchange events on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans in national languages all over Europe.
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The Lessons Learnt Brochure is the final report of the PRESTO project, summarising its main achievements and recommendations from 33 months of experience and practical knowledge in building cycling cultures in five European cities: Bremen, Grenoble, Tczew, Venice and Zagreb; cities with different cycling conditions, modal splits, starting situations and local challenges. This document sums up our main recommendations for different aspects of cycling infrastructure, cycling promotion and pedelecs, structured by “starter”, “climber” and “champion” cycling cities. It is intended for local and regional authorities across Europe, bicycle retailers, European institutions and NGOs, or anyone who is working on building a cycling culture. Get an English copy right here (more language versions are available here).
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International student teams take on journey audits across northwest Europe
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Sharing European experiences in cycling policies
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December 7 in Cologne
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On October 1, 2001, Rupprecht Consult moved to downtown Cologne
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On 28 and 30 September 2011, the 10th BAPTS partnership meeting took place in Darmstadt, Germany. The BAPTS partners combined this meeting with a public one-day conference entitled Future-Ready Public Transport. The day included various aspects of modern public transport addressed by invited speakers as well as by the BAPTS project partners on the innovations implemented in their local contexts within the scope of the BAPTS project.
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The European Commission's Action Plan on Urban Mobility calls for an increase in the take-up of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans in Europe. To meet this need, new SUMP Guidelines have been produced within the Eltisplus SUMP project. The document explains how to develop and implement a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan.
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MOVE partners organised two outreach workshops to disseminate the research and the lessons of experiences to organisations outside the consortium. The MOVE Outreach Workshop on "Disaster Risk Management and Vulnerability Assessment: EU – Turkey Experiences Exchange" was held on 15-16 September 2011. In Poland, the MOVE outreach workshop was embedded in the meeting of the CHANGES project in Stryszawa on 22 September 2011.
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Public-private partnerships in transnational cooperation - possibilities and limitations. Rupprecht Consult submitted final report.
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On August 5 and 6, the CiViTAS monitoring project will come to Brno to take a look at the city's achievements in sustainable urban mobility
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Rupprecht Consult team members participated in the event in Stuttgart
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The 9th BAPTS partner meeting took place in Liège, Belgium on 9 June 2011. The BAPTS partners took advantage of the opportunity offered by this meeting to organise the day before a half-day conference on various aspects of the introduction of a tram network in the city and region of Liège, the hosting partner. In addition, the new Northwest Europe cluster project, SYNAPTIC – including BAPTS and three other NWE projects – was officially launched.
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From 24 to 26 May 2011 the ELAN City of Brno hosted the first ever Youth Congress held within the CIVITAS Initiative. Eight pupils aged between 15 and 17 from each ELAN city gathered in Brno to experience a fun and productive get-together learning more about sustainable public transport and CIVITAS-ELAN.
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The final AENEAS conference on 8 April in Brussels reviewed the challenges of demographic change, illustrated how the proposed activities fit into advanced urban mobility policies, and demonstrated how other cities can apply the innovative measures developed and piloted by the five AENEAS cities.
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London was the ideal location to present and showcase urban transport and mobility innovation at the NICHES+ Final conference on 7 and 8 April 2011.
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The AENEAS project has released its latest (and last) print publication, which provides the reader with the state-of-the-art about energy-efficient mobility in ageing societies.
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PRESTO held a cycling workshop on 8 and 9 December 2010 in the Croatian capital city of Zagreb for exchange with European cycling specialists on relevant aspects of interchange bicycle stations, cycling in pedestrain areas, safe cycling and bicycle promotion campaigns as well as the promotion of pedelecs (eletrically assisted bicycles) in the specific context of New Member States and EU Candidates. More information on the event is available here.
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Under the motto "Think global, act local: Territorial cooperation of cities and regions for European model solutions on clean urban transport", some 100 European experts, politicians and researchers discussed first results of the European transnational cooperation project at the BAPTS workshop. The workshop was part of the official programme of the OPEN DAYS 2010 - the European week of citries and regions. The OPEN DAYS were held in Brussels on 4-7 October 2010 for the eigth time. This time, this major European event attracted over 6,000 representatives from 240 regions.
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Guidelines for implementers now available.
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With the cities of Bremen (Germany) and Odense (Denmark), two out of three worldwide showcases for urban mobility at EXPO 2010 originate from the context of the successful European CiViTAS initiative. The theme of EXPO 2010 is “Better City, better life”. Rupprecht Consult helped to organise international promotion events of CIVITAS during this years' world exhibition.
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The PARAMOUNT project was aimed at the diffusion of knowledge on European effective and sustainable urban transport solutions gained while paying particular attention to the local level.
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Positive messages for passenger intermodality in Europe
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Transfer of travel training on how to use the bus for school children
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From 25-28 February 2010, CIVITAS-ELAN held a workshop on “Risk Assessment and Process Evaluation” in Bled, Slovenia.
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