We will work towards the sustainable transport in Peruvian secondary cities, including the development of an SUMP in Trujillo!
Read moreThe second workshop of SUMPs-Up's 3-year long SUMP Learning Programme (SLP) was held on December 4 and 5. A group of 18 participants from our first SLP group have been meeting in Brussels to discover more about visions, objectives and targets of SUMPs.
Read moreOn November 30th, 2017, the FLOW project was presented to an audience of over 200 people from research institutions, universities, local authorities and the European Commission as part of a panel of five projects under the common theme "New mobility patterns". FLOW sister project TRACE was among these five projects, along with ELIPTIC, EMPOWER and CIPTEC. The two-day conference (29-30 November) was offered by the European Road Transport Research Advisory Council (ERTRAC) and the European Green Vehicle Initiative (EGVIA). In total, 37 projects funded under Horizon 2020 were presented, spanning a wide range of topics under the umbrella of road transport research.
Read moreOn November 14th, the Vital Nodes project held its project kick-off meeting in Vienna. It is funded by the EU’s Horizon2020 R&D Programme and will run for 24 months, starting on 1 November 2017.
Read moreOn 8 November, a new 1-year-project kicked off that will develop Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) and related infrastructure projects in the Ukrainian cities Poltawa and Schytomyr.
Read moreThe CIVITAS Forum conference in September 2017 in Torres Vedras saw the launch of the CIVITAS Tool Inventory, an online database developed jointly by SATELLITE and the SUMPs-Up project.
Read moreThe CIVITAS call for host and visiting cities is now officially open: Apply to join the 2018 programme to exchange with your peers on better and cleaner urban transport.
Read moreThe joint workshop was held on 10 October and the 2nd consortium meeting on 11-12 October in Brussels, Belgium
Read moreThe project SUMPs-Up has launched an online SUMP Registry that allows cities to learn from previous SUMPs when developing their own.
Read moreSession SIS67 – Integrated Road Infrastructure for Mixed Vehicle Traffic Flow on 31 October 2017 at 15:00 - 16:30
Read moreThe first workshop of SUMPs-Up's 3-year long SUMP Learning Programme was held in Thessaloniki on October 19, followed by a workshop for Greek practitioners the next day.
Read moreOn October 13, the Working Group consisting of 24 representatives of groups and associations relevant to transport policy, including council members, met for the second time. They discussed and commented on the draft strategy developed by Rupprecht Consult.
Read moreThe SUMPs-Up team was out in full force at the CIVITAS Forum 2017. As well as having their own stand in the SUMP corner, they hosted a session on tools for data gathering, appraisal, and simulation and organised a World Cafe session on the administrative barriers to SUMP development.
Read moreHow do we want to heat electric buses? Large batteries or diesel through the rear door?
Read moreOn September 12, the team enjoyed a day of hiking
Read moreAt the B2Run business event, the Team once again scored quite well.
Read moreWorkshop title: Introducing e-buses in cities’ public transport systems
Read moreSession details: Day 3 – Friday, September 29, 9:30-11:30.
Read moreOn September 12, you may not be able to reach us by phone, we will be "out and about", hiking along the Ahr.
Read moreOn September 7, the Rupprecht runners will once again take part in the Business run in Cologne.
Read moreOn September 1, Lisa Bloß and Daniel Franco joined us.
Read moreOn 29-31 August 2017, a 3-day data collection was carried out by TASS International using three of their connected and automated vehicles (CAVs).
Read moreThis report presents the final results of the SINTRAS study to examine the barriers to innovation in the fragmented European transport system - and to propose actions to overcome them. The Europe Union faces the challenge of meeting growing demand for transport with shrinking public financial resources, while reducing environmental impacts, cutting greenhouse gas emissions, reducing dependency on imported hydrocarbons and lowering accident rates. The report examines five Focus Areas: connected driving and automation of transport, and the use of automated optimisation of traffic flows; transformation of infrastructure to address connectivity, resilience, new fuels and energy efficiency; smart mobility services (including provision and use of data, and urban mobility), freight and logistics; standardisation and interoperability; and alternative fuels other than electrification. Although technology development in the five Focus Areas is ongoing, the report finds that the main barriers [...]
Read moreThe CoEXist Kick-off Meeting was held in Versailles, France on 7-9 June 2017.
Read moreOn June 29, the wide range of stakeholders of both Working Group and Advisory Group gathered to develop goals and visions for the future development of mobility in Bielefeld.
Read moreAfter our Rupprecht colleagues sent a signed petition for proper bicycle stands to the City of Cologne an official representative came by to explore the need for the racks and immediately pointed out their possible locations. On 26th June we finally got around 20 bicycle stands around Clever Straße. All workers and visitors have now the opportunity to safely lock their bikes. Thank you City of Cologne for your impressively fast action!
Read moreCoEXist, “CAV-ready” transport models and road infrastructure for the coexistence of automated and conventional vehicles has officially begun on the 1st of May 2017.
Read moreWe are seeking to employ on a twelve month contract an urban mobility trainee who is interested in developing his/ her skills through "training on the job" in a friendly team and a stimulating international context.
Read moreThe project implementation training on 19-20 June 2017 in Vienna has provided more than 120 beneficiaries with technical support and advice on better implementing their Interreg Central Europe projects.
Read moreOn 21-22 June 2017, project partners got together on the premises of lead partner Leipzig Transport Company (LVB) to kick-off the LOW-CARB project.
Read moreSUNRISE stands for “Sustainable Urban Neighbourhoods - Research and Implementation Support in Europe”.
Read moreLasse Brand represented Rupprecht Consult at the 21st European Conference on Mobility Management in Maastricht, presenting the SmartMove project in an inspiring Pecha Kucha session.
Read moreThe second SUMPs-Up General Assembly took place in Budapest from 22-23 May.
Read moreOn the 11th of May 2017, Rupprecht Consult, PTV Group, City of Helmond, and TASS International kick-started the project with a meeting at the TASS International Headquarters in Helmond, Netherlands.
Read moreOn May 3, the Working Group consisting of 24 representatives of groups and associations relevant to transport policy, including council members, met for the first time. Facilitated by Rupprecht Consult, they identified the most important mobility problems in Bielefeld.
Read moreIs your city preparing its first Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP)? Is your city a small or medium-sized city that wants to prepare a tailor-made SUMP? Your city is more advanced and you want to take part in the uptake of SUMPs in European cities?
Read moreFrom 5--7th April 2017, some 100 transport infrastructure research experts from Europe and beyond met for the 2017 FEHRL Infrastructure Research Meeting (FIRM17), the Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories.
Read moreThe 2nd ELIPTIC webinar on "E-bus planning supported with simulation tools" took place on April 7 and attracted more than 30 attendees. It was the second in a series of three scheduled throughout the ELIPTIC project.
Read moreThe European Commission has launched a transport innovation challenge, which will reward transport innovators for their ideas for a cleaner and more efficient future in transport.
Read moreOn 29-30 March 2017, over 400 delegates have gathered in Dubrovnik (Croatia) for the 4th European Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans, to discuss, exchange and learn about intelligent planning for sustainable mobility. The team of Rupprecht Consult working on CiViTAS SUMPs-Up project was present and brought back exciting insights in the newest trends and developments in the field.
Read moreDemonstrate your urban mobility tools, methods, and experience at the 2017 CIVITAS Forum conference, 27-29 September 2017 in Torres Vedras.
Read moreSimulation tools help public authorities in the planning of e-bus systems and electrification of their fleets. This topic will be presented during the 2nd ELIPTIC webinar from 10:00 to 11:30 CET on 7 April 2017.
Read moreTraditionally, street carnival in the Cologne area starts on the Thursday before Carnival Monday (Rosenmontag)
Read moreThe Urban Electric Mobility Initiative (UEMI) and the urban mobility SOLUTIONS network are calling for cities from Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America to become involved as leading city, take-up city or training participants.
Read moreThe TSG Network proudly presents the results from 3 successful years as an EU-supported project.
Read moreThe 28 partners are very happy to present the Final Brochure of the CIVITAS DYN@MO project. The brochure showcases the main achievements of the four participating cities Aachen, Gdynia, Koprivnica and Palma de Mallorca.
Read moreOn February1, the project the project management team met to kick off the process to define policy objectives. Over the forthcoming 11 months, the principal aims, fundamentals and policy objectives for developing mobility in Bielefeld in a structured consultation process will be elaborated.
Read moreSUMPs-Up - together with two other new CIVITAS projects - has launched a survey to assess cities’ needs and barriers when trying to develop Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs).
Read moreAt the end of November - after four years - the CIVITAS DYN@MO project has come to an end. At this occasion, a document has been prepared summarising the activities within the various DYN@MO measures within each of the four DYN@MO cities (Aachen, Gdynia, Koprivnica and Palma de Mallorca) and providing policy recommendations based on the achievements within the project's 30 measures.
Read moreThe Urban Nodes online course has been developed and made available via a recent study conducted for the European Commission (DG MOVE) and coordinated by Rupprecht Consult. Interested stakeholders can find information on what is the current role of the urban nodes in the European context, what funding opportunities are available and they can even test the step wise methodology developed in this study to assess measures in the local context.
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