News 2009
58th
UITP World Congress and Mobility & City Transport Exhibition
- Vienna
7-11 June 2009
The European Commission has produced a Green Paper on the future form and content of the Trans European Transport Network (TEN-T). Consultation will run from 4 February until 30 April 2009.
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more information
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40 European metropolitan areas in Paris in May 15th, 2009
Velo-City 2009
12 to 15 May, the Brussels Capital-Region, in cooperation with the ECF (European Cyclists' Federation), is holding the biggest international Cycling conference. The conference will take place at Tour & Taxi in Brussels. (www.velo-city2009.com/ homepage-en.html)
Polis welcomes the adoption by the European Parliament of a report on an action plan on urban mobility
Polis, the European network of cities and regions supporting
innovation in local transport, welcomes the vote of the European
Parliament report on an action plan on urban mobility.
According to Councillor Francesc Narvaez from Barcelona, the
current president of Polis, this report is "an important milestone
towards the implementation of a coherent and comprehensive European
policy on urban mobility".
Councillor Narvaez added that under the impulsion of MEP Gilles
Savary (PES), and thanks to the cooperation of all parties in
the Transport Committee, the European Parliament has delivered
a text of high quality. The report adopted last Thursday 23rd
of April indicates the next steps for the consolidation of this
policy on urban mobility.
The first step should be the adoption by the European Commission
of the Action Plan on urban mobility itself. Polis members hope
that this will be an opportunity for the European Commission
to confirm its commitment to the CIVITAS programme, as stated
in the report of the European Parliament, and that new projects
will be funded during the second half of FP7.
Councillor Narvaez also expresses his hope that as suggested
by the European Parliament, the current policy trend "will
pave the way towards the creation of a new European financial
instrument for urban mobility in the future financial perspectives".
The improvement of urban mobility is critical for the achievement
of several objectives of the European Union, for instance on
climate change and on the competitiveness of our economies, and
can contribute significantly the European objectives of economic
recovery.
Polis members call for the achievement of the new urban mobility
culture and for this purpose also welcome the emphasis of the
Parliament's report on public transport and soft modes.
Polis member Stéphane Coppey, Président of Tisséo
(Toulouse) insists that he hopes that the upcoming action plan
which is expected to follow the vote of the European Parliament "will
support public transport, soft modes such as walking and cycling,
and help to improve intermodality".
You can consult Polis position on the action plan on
urban mobility [here].
http://ec.europa.eu/ regional_policy/ consultation/terco/index_en.htm
POLIS
conference 24-26 November 2008.
www.polis-online.org
IMPACTS Europe 12th Annual Conference 2008 - Zagreb
Citizens and Mobility Management Conference - Madrid Sept 29th - Oct 1st 2008
Freight
Innovative Delivery in European Urban Space:
FIDEUS Forum
Lyon - France
9th April 2008
The second and last FIDEUS Forum took place on 9 April 2008. It was organised by URBA 2000 for IMPACTS and it was a very successful: about 40 participants representing, at a high level, all categories of stakeholders.
You can access all the documents (Agenda, Participants' list, proceedings and presentations) from the URBA 2000 website at the following address: www.urba2000.com/FIDEUSLYON/
Large cities’ decision-makers are urged to find efficient
solutions to reduce the environmental impacts of freight
deliveries to keep their cities “liveable” while at
the same time allowing an efficient distribution logistics.
After the FREDERIC project devoted to urban freight deliveries, IMPACTS Europe has been involved in the FIDEUS project (Freight Innovative Delivery in European Urban Space) as member of the Consortium
FIDEUS has focused on the designing of three vehicle types in line with a sustainable mobility policy. These prototypes have been tested in Hanover, Lyon and Barcelona.
To view the FIDEUS brochure, click here.
As we are now at the final stage of the project, a last forum took place in Lyon on 9th April. This forum will be the occasion to present the outcomes of the project to a wide range of urban freight factors.
IMPACTS to host Round Table session at FEDRE, Geneva, Switzerland
24th January 2008