INFOPOLIS Newsletter

Editorial

Dear members,

Several articles in this newsletter feature the topic of active travel and health, which Polis has been promoting widely together with you over the last years, through projects such as PASTA and SWITCH, our strategic partnership with UNECE's Transport, Health and Environment Pan-European Programme (THE PEP) and the World Health Organisation, as well as in our meetings of the Environment & Health working group. We're very proud to host a side event on this topic at the International Transport Forum summit in Leipzig. Polis member Sustrans has also just issued a very interesting report on the topic. Read all about it in this InfoPolis!

Don't miss the opportunity to join the Flemish Summer School on road safety or the ITS tour in Helmond, one of our forerunner cities in the field. Both initiatives offer excellent opportunities for hands-on capacity building and peer-to-peer learning. More information in this InfoPolis.

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We wish you a pleasant read!

Kind regards,

Karen Vancluysen
Secretary General

QUICK NEWS

Polis Side Event at International Transport Forum

Polis Secretary General Karen Vancluysen will chair the Polis Side Event "Creating the liveable, inclusive and healthy city" at the upcoming International Transport Forum on 18 May in Leipzig. More information here.

Calendar

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Polis Network News

Polis Side Event at the International Transport Forum on 18 May 2016 in Leipzig. Final programme is now available.

The final programme of the Polis Side Event "Creating the liveable, inclusive and healthy city" at the International Transport Forum (ITF) is now available. The event will outline the link between health and transport, including the Health economic assessment tool (HEAT) for walking and cycling, and air quality.

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Research highlights the public health benefits of new walking and cycling routes

A new report released by Sustrans sets some research findings on the public health and physical activity impacts of walking and cycling routes alongside some of the practical delivery examples and learning from the Connect2 programme.

Members in action

European Road Safety Summer School 2016 – 22-26 August 2016, Mechelen, Belgium

We invite you to the European Road Safety Summer School 2016 taking place in Mechelen, Belgium between the 22nd and the 26th of August. The European Road Safety Summer School 2016 is an initiative of the Flemish Foundation for Traffic Knowledge (VSV, a Polis member), the Transportation Research Institute (IMOB) of Hasselt University, Polis and the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC).

CIVITAS Study tour on urban ITS in Helmond

The study tour offers to experience innovations happening in the ‘silicon valley’ of Europe. Local innovators and policy makers will share their experience and practices. This tour is of particular relevance for professionals working in urban ITS and traffic management domain. Opportunity for reimbursement of travel and accommodation expenses for city representatives!

European projects

Embracing Active Travel for Health, SWITCH Final Conference

The European Commission co-funded SWITCH project held its final event in Bremen, Germany, on April 14. Entitled "Embracing Active Travel for Health", it showcased how cities, mobility campaigners and health practitioners can design and implement a campaign to trigger travel behaviour change at life changing moments using health messages to motivate change. The event offered a unique opportunity to learn from five SWITCH cities' best practices.

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EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2016: Smart mobility. Strong economy

Each EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK focuses on a particular topic related to sustainable mobility, the so-called focal theme. Local authorities are required to organise activities for their citizens based on this theme. They are also encouraged to launch and promote permanent measures that support the theme.

SUMP Award & EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK Award: videos of the finalists

Each year, in the framework of the EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK the three finalists of both the European SUMP Award and the EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK are rewarded with a video highlighting their achievments in the field of mobility.

NOVELOG Special Session ‘City Logistics in an era of change’ - 3rd Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility

The University of Thessaly, Department of Civil Engineering, Traffic, Transportation and Logistics Laboratory – TTLog, is organising the 3rd Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility in Volos, Greece on 26 – 27 May 2016. In the context of the Conference, the NOVELOG Special Session ‘City Logistics in an era of change’ will take place (Thursday, May 26, 14:00-16:00), where the NOVELOG partners from Turin, Barcelona, Graz and Athens will present their local pilots.

Win a CIVITAS AWARD for urban mobility excellence!

The CIVITAS Awards are an opportunity to highlight the most ambitious, innovative and succesfull efforts in the field of sustainable urban mobility.

News from the institutions

TEN-T Issue Paper: Stakeholder Consultation

The European Commissions invite all transport stakeholders to submit their comment and feedback on the draft issue papers prepared by the TEN-T Corridors coordinators

Funding opportunities and partner search

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