TRANSFORuM continues its stakeholder involvement process with four thematically specific workshops in the autumn of 2013.
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On October 16, 1998, Rupprecht Consult changed from a single enterprise to a limited company (GmbH).
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Fact sheets on cycling infrastructure and promotion from the PRESTO project are now available in Russian
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We are happy to present you with the second issue of the TIDE newsletter. With the first year of the project over, the TIDE 'handbook for transferability analysis in urban transport and mobility' has been completed and the build-up to the local innovation forums and implementation scenarios for take-up is gaining full momentum. This newsletter also reports on the Cost-Benefit Analysis workshop that took place in Budapest. The city which enters the spotlight this time is Milan. With the planned extension to its road user charging zone and the plan to equip every parking lot with sensors able to control and apply sanctions for infringements, this municipality has clear aspirations to further advance urban transport.Click here to read the second TIDE newsletter!
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The European Commission today signed a grant agreement worth €4 million with a consortium of 14 European research institutes, associations and consulting companies — including 10 SMEs — for a three-year project known as "Civitas Capital".
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Electric buses take center stage in 27 cities in 15 European countries
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The dates and locations for this years thematic workshops have been confirmed!
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Related project updates, key moments from our workshop in Gdansk, interview with Jolanta Skalska and more!
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The TIDE project is offering learning and exchange opportunities through its Circle of Innovative Cities - Application Deadline is 20 September 2013
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Transferring Walking Innovation in the European Context
Read moreThe Baltic Sea Region Competence centre on Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning
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Over 70 international participants attended!
Read moreIn line with TRANSFORuM's commitment to full transparency and accountability we provide the minutes of the 1st Joint Forum meeting, which was held in Gdansk on June 24 and 25. Please visit the event webpage for a summary and links to the actual minutes. We are also pleased to report that the keynote speakers from Gdansk kindly agreed make their presentations publicly available on the TRANSFORuM website: Monika Bak: EU Transport Policy from the Perspective of the White Paper 2011 Dr hab., Prof. UG, Chair of Comparative Research of Transport Systems. Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Economics, University of Gdansk Stefan Back: Civil society and the EU White Paper on transport policy – the EESC experience Chairman of the Permanent Study Group on Transport Policy White Paper Implementation, European Economic & Social Committee (EESC) and Director sustainable logistics TransportGruppen Sweden David Banister: TRANSFORuM: Challenges and Opportunities Professor of Transport [...]
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ACTUATE's project coordinator Rupprecht Consult visited Gdynia's public transport operator PKT to exchange knowledge on safe eco-driving training concepts for trolleybuses.
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Two important TRANSFORuM documents were recently approved by the European Commission and are now available!
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TRANSFORuM is now on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter
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The NRW.ProjektArbeit invited Rupprecht Consult on 10 July 2013 to present the PRESTO project (2009-2012) in the framework of a workshop focusing on “Bike stations Phase 2 – Inspiration, Innovation, Initiative”.
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The TROLLEY Roadshow Report provides an overview of the Roadshow events which took place between May 2011 and February 2013 in the TROLLEY partner cities across Europe. It contains information about the identification of relevant target groups, the development of key messages to be sent and provides insights into the planning process and realisation of each of the local events. You can download a PDF copy of the Roadshow Report here.
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From 2nd to 3rd July, urban transport professionals from 27 European cities gathered in Gent to discuss how to enhance participation processes in the development of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMP).The workshop was hosted by the City of Gent, one of the most advanced cities in stakeholder involvement and citizen participation. Gent is a partner city in the EU-co-financed project CH4LLENGE, which offers project partner cities and follower cities four in-depth training workshops, each dedicated to one SUMP challenge. This first workshop took a closer look at participation concepts and methods in the SUMP process.With support of the workshop organizer POLIS (Ivo Cré) participants reflected on the status of their SUMP processes and talked about main barriers to progress in SUMP. They shared experiences of different participation approaches tested in their cities. Rupprecht Consult as the coordinator of CH4LLENGE presented the concept for the involvement of follower cities [...]
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On June 24th / 25th 2013, over 70 transport experts from all of Europe followed TRANSFORuM's invitation to its 1st Joint Forum Meeting in Gdansk. Half of the attendees were external stakeholders, including CEOs of leading transport companies, top-level management representatives of authorities as well as policy makers such as Pawel Stelmaszczyk, Head of the Unit Intelligent Transport Systems within DG Move at the European Commission.They all brought their real-world experience in one of the following topics to the discussion: Clean Urban Transport and CO2-free city logistics Shift of road freight to rail and waterborne transport Complete and maintain the European high-speed rail network European multimodal information, management and payment system These are four key goals (no. 1, 3, 4 and 8 respectively) of the 2011 Transport White Paper to whose implementation TRANSFORuM aims to contribute.The event was kick-started with a very informative keynote speech of Prof. Monika Bak [...]
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