The CIVITAS SUMPs-Up project has launched a call for cities to take part in its next SUMP Learning Programme (SLP). Up to 25 planning authorities have the chance to join SLP 5, which will start in May 2019. This group of mobility practitioners will complete the Expert Group of 90 SUMP cities. Read more
In the framework of the 24th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the European Commission’s CIVITAS Initiative and the Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT) on behalf of the Paris Process on Mobility and Climate (PPMC) are jointly organizing the Transport Day 2018 “Urban mobility solutions to tackle climate change” that will take place on Thursday, 6 December 2018 in Katowice, Poland. The event is hosted and supported by the City of Katowice.Read more
Learn about case uses and best practice by trolley:motion - trolley for smart cities, a partner of the European Mobility Europe Project (2nd day).Read more
Hosts enjoy extensive promotion & receive financial and organisational support. Peer-exchange activities will be either in the form of study visits or work placements in 2019! Use the chance to exchange on a one-to-one basis.Read more
The “Status of SUMPs in EU Member States” report aims to support the advancement of national SUMP programmes by highlighting the main findings of a joint CIVITAS SUMPs-Up and PROSPERITY study. It summarises the status of SUMP and national SUMP programmes in all 28 EU Member States and elaborates recommendations for countries interested in developing their national programmes. Find the report here: sumps.eu/reportsRead more
SUNRISE addresses mobility challenges through co-creation at the neighbourhood level in six cities across Europe and the Middle East. Alongside the mobility benefits for the action neighbourhoods, the project will result in a suite of products – most prominently the SUNRISE Neighbourhood Mobility Pathfinder – which will be provided to European cities, their stakeholders, and citizens to inspire and inform change across Europe. Read more
The Trolley 2.0 project will invite a total of eight city authorities and/ or public transport operators to join the Trolley 2.0 User Forum. Application deadline is 1 October 2018.Read more
As one of the main outcomes of the ELIPTIC - Electrification of Public Transport in Cities project, the ELIPTIC policy recommendations have been published. The document is a summary of the lessons learnt around ELIPTIC's main research question on how to make more efficient use of the existing public transport infrastructure for the charging of non-rail-bound electric vehicles.Read more
Politicians from CIVITAS Forum Network member cities are invited to attend this year's Politicians' Forum, which is being held at the upcoming CIVITAS Forum in Umeå.Read more
Contributing to the development and implementation of sustainable urban mobility plans or SUMPs for Functional Urban Areas (FUAs) in the Interreg Central Europe area, LOW-CARB hereby invites applications to its ‘Follower City Programme.’ The deadline is August 31st, 2018.Read more
Register now! Two SATELLITE Study Visits will take place in September and October 2018 Read more
The conference was held on 13-14 June 2018 in Munich, Germany.Read more
"Strengths, weaknesses and visions" for electromobility were identified and discussed in a workshop as part of the development of a charging infrastructure strategy for the city of Bielefeld.Read more
The call has been launched for applications for this year's CIVITAS Awards. Towns and cities have until 13 July 2018 to submit their entries and be in with a chance to win Europe's most prestigious prizes for clean urban transport.Read more
Rupprecht Consult was well represented at the SUMP Conference 2018 in Nicosia, with not less than six presentations during the two days of the programme. In particular the conference stream on the revision of the SUMP Guidelines, as announced in the opening plenary by Siegfried Rupprecht, received a lot of interest. A wide range of valuable input by many fellow SUMP projects and practitioners was collected in the session B1, which kicked-off the stakeholder process for the revision of the Guidelines, as well as number of other sessions throughout the conference. Rupprecht Consult is already looking forward to the SUMP Conference 2019 in Groningen, where the draft results of the Guideline revision will be presented to the public!Read more
New bicycle lanes and pedestrian crossings next to our officeRead more
This year, the team took part in "Run & Ride for Reading" - exercising for a good causeRead more
CIVITAS SUMPs-Up has launched a new report entitled “Standards for Developing a SUMP Action Plan”. It provides city planners with guidance on what to include in their action plans in terms of responsibilities, resources, stakeholder coordination, time plans, and funding sources.Read more
Held on 14-16 May 2018 at the Lindholmen Science Park in Gothenburg, Sweden.Read more
For the first time, Rupprecht Consult has given two young researchers the opportunity to work on specific research Topics in the framework of an internshipRead more
25 May 2018 Venue: Open Gardens, 33 Údolní Street, Brno, Czech Republic Read more
On 8th and 9th of May, the mid-term Conference of the project “Alpine Innovation for Combined Transport – AlpInnoCT” took place at Prien am Chiemsee, Germany, in combination with the biennial logistics conference “Symposium Logistik Innovativ”. The primary goal of the AlpInnoCT project is to develop practice-oriented solutions to increase both the efficiency and productivity of combined transport.Read more
Rupprecht Consult will be represented by Siegfried Rupprecht, Susanne Böhler and Lasse Brand during the European Commission's 5th European Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) taking place May 14-15 in Nicosia, Cyprus.Read more
NEW RELEASE! Read our three manuals advising cities on measure selection. All levels of SUMP experience are covered, with manuals for beginner, intermediate, and advanced cities: http://sumps-up.eu/manuals/Read more
On 26 and 27 April 2018, 125 experts from 15 countries met in Bremen to present and discuss the results of the European research project ELIPTIC at a final conference. Read more
The recording and presentations are now available!Read more
Various trolleybus stakeholders came together in Berlin last week as part of the combined ELIPTIC stakeholder dialogue workshop on trolleybuses and launch of the new Trolley 2.0 project to discuss current developments and promising innovations proving that battery-supported trolleybuses are a way forward towards electric public transport systems in European citiesRead more
Experiences from European cities in using electric public transport infrastructure for the charging of other e-vehiclesRead more
The project will be in Ljubljana to present its advances towards the effective and sustainable integration of urban nodes into the TEN-T network.Read more
Rupprecht Consult organized a session on questions around transport inclusiveness at the “Shared Mobility Rocks” conference and participated in the 2nd consortium meeting of the related project INCLUSION.Read more
Ruprpecht Consult will be represented by Siegfried Rupprecht, Wolfgang Backhaus and Bernard Gyergyay during the Transport Research Arena taking place April 16-19 in Vienna, Austria.Read more
As part of the regional planning pilot project (MORO) "Urban nodes in transnational transport" the second workshop took place in the Federal Ministry of Transport, Berlin on Tuesday, 10 April 2018.Read more
SUMPs-Up has extended the deadline for its call for cities who want to take part in the funded SUMP Learning Programme (SLP). Up to 40 planning authorities have the chance to get funding to take part in the workshops, webinars and e-courses of SLP 3 and 4, which start in September and December 2018 respectively.Read more
At the AlpInnoCT Mid-term Conference on 8th-9th May, taking place at the traditional symposium “Logistics Innovative” in Prien am Chiemsee, a marketplace will be provided to share innovations and solutions for Combined Transport. We are delighted to announce the call for exhibitors for this marketplace. Read more
Register now for our final ELIPTIC webinar to learn about the challenges and opportunities encountered by our project cities.Read more
ELIPTIC, together with invited projects ASSURED and CleanMobilEnergy, organised a workshop on charging infrastructure in cities. The event took place in Brussels, on Monday 19th March. Over 40 representatives of public authorities and other electromobility-related organisations attended the event.Read more
On Wednesday 14th March 2018, several ELIPTIC partners presented the project’s results at the European Electric Vehicle Congress (EEVC) in Geneva in a dedicated session. The congress was focusing on electric charging infrastructure and took place in parallel to the International Motor Show of Geneva.Read more
Rupprecht Consult was represented by Bernard Gyergyay at the kick-off meeting of the UITP internal SPACE (Shared Personalised Autonomous Connected vEhicles) project.Read more
Over 200 urban transport professionals gathered in Brussels on March 13 and 14 to discuss how walking and cycling can help reduce congestion on urban roads.Read more
SUMPs-Up came to Tampere, Finland for three days of action-packed learning about SUMPs! On day one, the Leadership group of 9 experienced cities covering 8 countries met to exchange their activities for the first time. On day two, the 14 cities in the first group of the SUMP Learning Programme (SLP1) had its final workshop, amongst other things learning from Tampere´s SUMP story and advancing each other´s plans in a peer review exercise. On day three, a large group of practitioners from the Baltic region learned and discussed sustainable urban mobility planning.Read more
The interim results of the project AlpInnoCT will be presented to the general public in a Dialogue Event and a Mid-term Conference on the 8th and 9th May 2018 on the occasion of the traditional symposium "Logistics Innovative", which will take place this year for the 10th time in Prien am Chiemsee (Germany). Read more
SUMPs-Up has opened the call for cities to join the next round of its SUMPs Learning Programme (SLP). Up to 40 planning authorities have the chance to take part in SLP 3 and 4, which start in September and December 2018 respectively. Together these groups of mobility practitioners will form the second Expert Group of SUMP cities. Read more
On 20 February, we spent a whole day in seclusion to discuss further developments and work processes.Read more
SUMPs-Up came to Sofia for three days of intense learning, exchange, and mutual inspiration. The 2nd SUMP Learning Group gathered 13 cities from 7 countries for its first workshop, followed by a meeting of 23 mobility practitioners from all over Bulgaria on day two and an event of national level actors on the final day.Read more
Evaluation is an integral part of Research and Innovation Action (RIA) projects like CIVITAS SUNRISE. The CIVITAS evaluation framework includes two complementary aspects: impact evaluation and process evaluation. SUNRISE will add an additional layer to this framework by also assessing and evaluating the co-creation process.Read more
People in Cologne start the "hot phase" of the "fifth season" traditionally on at 11:11 on the Thursday before Rose Monday (called Weiberfastnacht)Read more
Monday, 26 February 2018, 12:00 - 13:30 CET Read more
FLOW Final Conference will be held 13-14 March 2018 in Brussels.Read more
Rupprecht Consult has been a member of the Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT) for a while.Read more
We are seeking to employ on a part time basis an Office manager/ Project assistant to support our friendly team. This includes secretarial and organisa-tional tasks, management support, news updates on www.rupprecht-consult.eu and in social media channels, maintenance of our knowledge and learning platforms. We expect excellent communica-tion skills in German and English, advanced experience in Microsoft Office and determination in organising our office efficiently. Please send your application to a.rupprecht@rupprecht-consult.eu by 7 Feb 2018. Read more