INFOPOLIS Newsletter

Editorial

Dear members,

Over the past two weeks Polis has been very active and visible at two major European events – the ITS European Congress in Glasgow and the European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) in Brussels.

EPA and Polis organised a Special Interest Session: 'Parking in a digital era' at the ITS Europe Congress. The Polis Traffic Efficiency & Mobility Working Group met on 7 June, alongside the ITS European Congress. The meeting, hosted by Polis member Glasgow, focused on automation and concluded with a very concrete outcome, i.e. for the WG to come up with a statement about automation by the end of this year. At the European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW), 14-16 June, in Brussels, Polis moderated two sessions and informed participants about electromobility and new mobility services in Europe at the Networking Village.

In addition, Polis is becoming more active in its international activities. We have been invited to join the Decarbonising Transport project launched by the International Transport Forum’s Secretary General.

Worth mentioning also is the EU wide campaign that Polis recently initiated with the support of several other EU transport organisations in order to sensitize EU officials to the opportunities offered by investing in the transport sector.

As usual, InfoPolis also informs you about interesting outcomes from Polis and Polis’ members work in projects, upcoming calls for funding, calls for papers and awards.

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I wish you a pleasant read!

Karen Vancluysen

Secretary General

QUICK NEWS

Polis chaired the workshop "Green urban mobility in 2030"

Florinda Boschetti, Project Manager Health &Environment in Transport, chaired the workshop “Green urban mobility in 2030” organised by Arnhem Nijmegen City Region on 15 June 2016, in Brussels. More information here.

Polis at the launch event of the Networking for Urban Vitality initiative

On June 23rd, Florinda Boschetti will attend the launch event in Amsterdam of the Networking for Urban Vitality initiative launched by Rijkswaterstaat. More information here.

Join the webinar on EASME's Project Development Assistance tools! – 30 June

More information here.

Europe's first Blue Badge parking app available for download!

More information here.

Polis at the Networking Village of the EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) in Brussels on 15th and 16th June

POLIS shared a stand with UITP at the EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) in Brussels on 15th and 16th June, to promote electro-mobility projects in which POLIS is a partner: ZeEUS, ELIPTIC and EBSF_2 on public transport as well as FREVUE on urban freight. The I-CVUE project, member of the Electromobility stakeholder forum (together with FREVUE and ZeEUS) was also exhibited at this stand. Thomas Mourey (Polis) was there to give information to the visitors.

On the 15th June, Daniela Stoycheva presented the New Mobility Services initiative of the Smart Cities and Communities Marketplace (EIP-SCC) also at a stand, together with Eurocities.

Polis organised a stand at ECOMM

Giacomo Lozzi promoted three Horizon 2020 projects – TRACE, FLOW and NOVELOG, at a common stand at ECOMM in Athens from 1-3 June.

Polis-ERRIN session at EU Sustainable Energy Week, 14 June

Gabriela Barrera together with Françoise Guaspare from Ile-de-France moderated the Polis-ERRIN session “Smart Energy Solutions for Transport” focusing on electric mobility up-scale. More details here.

Calendar

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Polis Network News

Final report 'Joining forces to tackle the road transport CO2 challenge’ now available

In 2015, Polis contributed to the multi-stakeholder initiative "Joining forces to tackle the road transport CO2 challenge" which was organised by the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA). The final report is now available to download.

Polis joins the Decarbonising Transport project launched by the International Transport Forum

Polis, together with other 46 organisations and businesses, was invited to join the Decarbonising Transport project launched by the International Transport Forum Secretary General Prof. José Viegas. The launch event took place at the ITF's 2016 Summit on "Green and Inclusive Transport" in Leipzig on 19 May 2016.

Gdansk wins for the second time in a row the 2016 edition of the European Cycling Challenge, but Polis’ member cities are right behind

The annual European Cycling Challenge which took place from 1 to 31 May saw the Polish capital city of Gdansk winning for the second time in a row the 2016 edition with 825.550 Km cycled. But Polis' members are not far behind and have cycled in total 866.711 km. Well done!

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EU Transport Organisations alliance to invest more EU budget on Transport

Polis alongside with several other EU transport organisations have triggered an EU wide campaign in order to sensitize EU officials to the opportunities offered by investing in the transport sector.

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EPA and Polis host digital parking session at ITS Glasgow 2016

On Tuesday 7 June, EPA and Polis hosted the Special Interest Session: 'Parking in a digital era' at the ITS Europe congress in Glasgow.

European projects

Second City Pool workshop on C-ITS and cities

The second City Pool workshop on C-ITS and cities, held in Glasgow on 6 June 2016, drew some 35 participants, including more than half from the public sector (national and local authorities), to learn about C-ITS developments and to share views on them.

Visit the Market Place on Smart Cities and Communities at a stand

The Market Place on Smart Cities and Communities will have a stand during the Horizon 2020 information day on smart cities and communities.

Successful final conference in Donostia/San Sebastian for CityMobil2

The European project CityMobil2 on automated road transport systems organised its final conference in Donostia/San Sebastian (Spain), POLIS' member on 1st and 2nd June. More than 110 participants attended this two-day event. POLIS together with the local partners Tecnalia and Novadays were in charge of the organisation of the event.

10th CIVITAS Insight released

The 10th CIVITAS Insight is now available, giving information on bike-sharing and its ability to improve the cycling culture in cities and to encourage people to cycle more.

CIVITAS Insights are developped in the framework of the CIVITAS Capital project, in which POLIS is a partner.

Growsmarter Project latest: City Interest Group, General Assembly and e-update

After its General Assembly hosted in Barcelona early june, Growsmarter has now entered in the implementation phase of its activities. The project wishes to recruit 20 cities to be part of the City Interest Group.

Two new CIVITAS insights published! Long term evaluation and integrated ticketing one click away!

CIVITAS CAPITAL is pleased to let you know that the CIVITAS Insights 11 and 12 are now available and published on the CIVITAS website’s key publication space and CIVITAS website’s library.

News from the institutions

Apply for the Access City Award 2017

The competition is open for submission until September 8th 2016.

CoR Course on EU Funding for Regions and Cities

Help the organisers to develop the course by sharing your needs.

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Funding opportunities and partner search

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Around Europe and beyond

Call for papers open: Velo-city conference 2017 in Arnhem-Nijmegen City Region

Papers can now be submitted for Velo-city 2017 in Arnhem-Nijmegen City Region, the Netherlands. The conference is organized by Arnhem-Nijmegen City Region in partnership with the European Cyclists' Federation (ECF) and will take place from 13 to 16 June 2017.

Presentations available: "Together for cycling safety" workshop organised by the European Transport Safety Council on May 26 in Brussels

ETSC and the Flemish Foundation for Traffic Knowledge organised a lunch debate on cycling safety in light of the EU’s forthcoming cycling strategy.

Google & Co. or Public Transport Operators - Who is going to run public transport in the future?

The Wiener Stadtwerke organises a debate on the future of mobility transport governance on Tuesday 21st June in Brussels.

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