On 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.
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SUMPs-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).
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At 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.
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The 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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The webinar addressed to urban nodes was successfully conducted on the 8th of December 2016. The webinar was entitled “How to improve the efficiency of the transport system in urban nodes of the TEN-T core network” and it was scheduled in the context of the study “Improving the efficiency of the transport system in urban nodes of the TEN-T core network”, which was carried out on behalf of DG MOVE in 2015-2016.
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CONTENT1. SOLUTIONS contributes to New Urban Agenda and Habitat III conference2. SOLUTIONS publishes regional reports and factsheets3. SOLUTIONS Network4. SOLUTIONS online consulting tool5. Events Round-upSee the eNewsletter here and for further information visit the SOLUTIONS Website.Enjoy reading!
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On the 9th of November, Rupprecht Consult and KfW Development Bank commenced a research study through a kick-off meeting which took place at the KfW headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany.
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8 December 2016, 10:00 – 11:30CET
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From use case to business case
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90 practitioners in the field of innovative electric public transport gathered in London to discuss the experiences made within the ELIPTIC project
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CAPITAL releases publications synthesising CIVITAS knowledge generated over the lifetime of the initiative
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Our former Rupprecht Consult colleague Frank Wefering supported the development of this report
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On Monday, 24th October, Syrus Gormai joined the team.
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The final SmartMove publication "Smart Solutions: Promoting rural public transport use through active mobility consultancy" is now available.
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On 11-13 October, 14 project partners got together in the idyllic Waldhaus at the edge of Freiburg. With a lot of positive energy they launched a new research project that will accelerate the take-up of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans in the next three-and-a-half years.
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Representatives from urban nodes, European Commission and experts gathered on the 6th of October 2016 in Brussels to discuss together with consultants the results of the study on improving the efficiency of the transport system in urban nodes of the TEN-T core network, in the “Urban Nodes” final event.
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On 12 October 2016, Eurocities information session on EU funding for Urban Nodes took place in Brussels, in the framework of OPTICITIES Final Event.
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CIVITAS SATELLITE peer-to-peer activities consist of work placements and study visits; they are open to any city from the CIVITAS community (IA and RIA project city, CIVITAS Forum Network city, CIVINET city, CIVITAS demonstration city) as well as to any other European city.Cities will be selected via calls for expression of interest organised yearly, for both host and visiting cities (possibility to apply as host and as visiting city) What is a work placement? CIVITAS SATELLITE work placements offer transport professionals hands-on learning experience in another European city. These 3 day placements will focus on a concrete topic and respond to a local challenge faced by the visiting city. The main objective is to transfer practical knowledge and expertise from the host city to help achieve a specific objective. Financial support is available to cover travel and accommodation costs. What is a study visit? CIVITAS SATELLITE study visits offer the opportunity for a [...]
Read moreThe brochure “CIVITAS DYN@MO in a nutshell” has just been published
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Eight stakeholders from the municipality of Ljubljana, the region and the national level discussed together with consultants the most cost-effective measures to improve the efficiency of the transport system in the Ljubljana from the perspective of an urban node of the TEN-T core network, in the fourth assessment workshop within the “Urban Nodes” study.
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