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InfoPolis
InfoPolis #133
December 2015 |
QUICK NEWS
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Polis AGA documents available for members |
Documents from this year's Annual General Assembly are now available for members online. This includes the 2015 activity report and 2016 strategy. Access here.
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Latest Tweets |
@POLISnetwork: RT @mobilityweek: You can submit examples of 2015 improvements in your #city to @guardiancities - and tell them about your 2016 hopes! http://www.theguardi...
@POLISnetwork: Congratulations! Access City Award 2016 for accessible-friendly cities goes to Milan! http://bit.ly/1IRJxY4 @ComuneMI #accessibility
@POLISnetwork: Sign up your City for the European Cycling Challenge 2016 and cycle throughout the month of May next year! http://w... #ecc2016
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Calendar
Polis Network News
Members in action
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Join the European Cycling Challenge 2016! |
After a succesful 2015 edition, the City of Bologna relauched the "European Cycling Challenge 2016 - ECC2016" and is now inviting European Cities and their urban cyclists to the fifth edition of this friendly urban commuters competition which will take place throughout the month of May 2016.
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Gent: the traffic management centre in the cloud! |
You don't need a control tower to create an urban traffic management centre. That is the starting point of Gent's approach to establishing the regional traffic management centre. The purpose of the centre is to inform residents and visitors of the city as good as possible about mobility.
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European projects
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The presentations from the "Building the Liveable and Healthy City" workshop on 18 November in Brussels are now available! |
Organised by the EU project PASTA, this workshop presents good practice examples, tools, and free training on the Health Economic Assessment Tool (HEAT) developed by the WHO, to help urban planners, transport and health practitioners better integrate cycling and walking into urban transport planning, and make the case for new investment in active mobility.
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The presentations from the Personalised Travel Planning training workshop on 18 November in Brussels are now available online |
Sustrans, in cooperation with Polis, organised a free training workshop for European cities on Personalised Travel Planning tools and methodologies to develop and implement effective PTP in workplaces, universities and residential settings. The workshop was held in Brussels on November 18th, 2015.
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Save the date: STARS, PTP-Cycle, and MOBI projects final conference in Brussels on 18 February 2016 |
The conference aims to present results and share knowledge with European cities on embedding cycling culture in schools through accreditation and peer-to-peer methods, delivering personalised travel advice, and promoting sustainable mobility among employees through gamification.
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Save the date: SWITCH Final Conference "Embracing Active Travel for Health", 14 April 2016 |
The SWITCH project will organise its final conference on Thursday, 14 April 2016 in Bremen, to present results and share knowledge with European cities on embracing active travel for health, and developing sound local promotional campaigns.
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FLOW is calling for Exchange and Follower Cities |
The EU co-funded project FLOW is currently recruiting Exchange and Followers Cities. Cities from across Europe can apply that are interested in modelling practices to maximise the congestion reducing potential of walking and cycling measures.
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News from the institutions
Funding opportunities and partner search
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Around Europe and beyond
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THE PEP presented in the 2015 UN climate change conference of parties (COP21) |
The French Minister of Health, Marisol Touraine, has stressed the importance of processes such as THE PEP - Transport, Health and Environment Pan-European Partnership to promote cooperation between countries and stakeholders, in her speech at the WHO side-event on 8th December at COP21.
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Interested in cycling? This is why you cannot miss Velo-city Global 2016 in Taipei |
The next edition of the largest world conference on cycling the Velo-city Global conference 2016 will take place from 27th February to 1st March 2016 in Taipei City. Will you be attending? Here's a selection of events not to miss to make the most out of your Velo-city experience.
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MEMBERS IN THE SPOTLIGHT
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Member in the Spotlight: Evaluating mobility planning in Dresden |
 It has taken five years for Dresden from kick-starting the SUMP (Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan) process to its political adoption, thus the outcomes are auspicious.
Even with a young SUMP, Dresden's approach of monitoring and evaluation of the SUMP and its implementation process has received recognition: Dresden along with Ghent, Bremen and Thessaloniki, Bremen was shortlisted for the most recent edition of the European SUMP Award which European Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc presented in Brussels in March 2015.
Dr. Matthias Mohaupt, head of department for transport and development planning in Dresden, points out that monitoring the SUMP's implementation helps to identify problems early and to produce updates for decision makers and local stakeholders. He also stresses the importance of stakeholder involvement in an interview that has been published in 'Thinking Cities', Issue 4, May/2015, page 53. Read the interview here.
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