This Advisory Group (AG SUMP) met in Brussels for the first time on October 9 and 10.
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On 9th and 10th October 2014, the consortium of the SmartMove project gathered in Lutherstadt-Wittenberg, Germany for the 2nd Training Seminar and 2nd project meeting. This was the second of a series of five Training Seminars to be arranged by Rupprecht Consult. The first Training Seminar took place in Burgos, Spain end of June 2014. More information here.The main goal of the 2nd seminar was to identifying a common approach and setting up an implementation plan. Therefore various presentations were held and proactive workshops were organized on progressing and refining the Implementation Plan. This seminar has served also to support the further development of the Active Mobility consultancy approach in WP3 (Fundamental advancement of the existing AMC-approach). Based on the findings of the initial seminar, it was elaborated on how the specific pre-conditions and experiences from previous AMC Campaigns can lead into a common and comparable approach, benefitting from the experience of [...]
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For the second time, the EBUS Award, i.e.the German Environmental Award for public local transport, was given to successful ebus projects and innovative products.
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The guidelines set forth ten recommendations for planning, developing and implementing successful policies which can help to shape mobility patterns towards sustainability.
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On October 24, the CIVITAS network for the German-speaking regions of Europe will inform its members about EU funding opportunities.
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TRANSFORuM's latest newsletter features updates about the project's recent four stakeholder events, details about our final conference on 8 December 2014, about our draft roadmaps and an interview with José Viegas, Secretary General of the International Transport Forum.
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On September 15, Henning Günter started the one-year trainee programme.
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"The bigger picture" is the working title for this keynote with the aim to remind all participants of the wider shared challenges.
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On September 07-09, the City of Aachen invited politicians and other interested stakeholders on a study tour on electromobility in public transport to Eberswalde and Braunschweig.
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We are happy to present the first issue of the SmartMove newsletter.
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The CIVITAS DYN@MO project has published two brochures, the first one focusing on clean vehicles and the second one on participation 2.0. The brochures are the two first ones of a series of four brochures that will focus each on one specific topic addressed by the DYN@MO project.
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The European Commission is eager to transfer the EMAS concept (Environmental Management and Audit Scheme) from the industry sector, where it originated, to the public sector. To assist public administrations in their effort to improve their achievements in various areas, a series of Sectoral Reference Documents (SRD) is planned, for which the Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) is responsible. Rupprecht Consult was successful to win a service contract with the JRC in May 2014 to contribute seven so called BEMPs about sustainable mobility to this SRD.BEMP stands for “Best Environmental Management Practices” and each such document follows an established structure with the following headings: Description Achieved environmental benefits Appropriate environmental indicators Cross-media effects Operational data Applicability Economics Driving force for implementation Reference organisations References The seven BEMPs created by Rupprecht Consult are about: Implementing a large [...]
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Conference on "How to Make Mobility Patterns More Sustainable" (18-19 September 2014)
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On August 21, Hana, Tim and Bernard joined 2030 other teams and came in 41st!
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Green trolleybuses bring a better quality of urban life
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The SWITCH project partners met for the first time at the kick-off meeting and the first workshop session. They discussed their ideas on how to encourage people to SWITCH from car-based to active mobility (cycling and walking) by using personalised information and communication technology approaches.
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On 26th June 2014, the project partners of the SmartMove consortium gathered in Burgos, Spain for a Training Seminar and project meeting. This was the first of a series of five Training Seminars to be arranged by Rupprecht Consult that will take place over the course of the project.
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On July 1, Silke Frank joined the team.
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The forum gathered about forty local actors and turned out to be a major success.
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Fourth training of CH4LLENGE’s workshop series successfully held in the City of Dresden, Germany.
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