INFOPOLIS Newsletter

Editorial

Dear members,

Following up on the conference and the general assembly of last month, the Polis secretariat is actively preparing next year with Perugia, the new presidency, to provide you with a comprehensive calendar and programme of activities for 2012. This will include exploring further the potential of online activities such as webinars and releasing new Polis papers based on the discussion of some conference roundtables.

The end of the year marks the last days of Anna Clark with Polis. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Anna for the very valuable work she has done for the network over the past years. She has greatly contributed to our development and while we will miss her, we will continue the work she has started. We wish her all the best for her new endeavors in Sweden!

We are also bidding farewell to Ricardo do Valle Lourenço with whom we have enjoyed working in the past four months. Ricardo has efficiently contributed to Polis work and we wish him good luck for his future career.

In the name of the Polis secretariat, I wish all Polis members a Merry Christmas!

Yours sincerely,
Sylvain Haon
Secretary general

QUICK NEWS

New Polis Brochure released

The new Polis brochure explaining our activities in few words, with many images and concrete examples from members has been released at the 2011 Polis Conference. While copies have been distributed rapidly, the brochure is also available for download here.

Latest Tweets

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Open vacancy for a project officer

Polis recruits a project officer for 2012 for a one year contract with possibility of extensions. Applications should be sent to shaon@polisnetwork.eu before the 5th of January 2012. Read the full vacancy notice here.

Calendar

Click here to view a list of all upcoming events.

Polis Network News

Survey: the perception of the urban parking problem - deadline 15 February

This survey is a joint project of the Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), POLIS and the European Parking Association (EPA). The aim of this project is to understand how different stakeholders involved in urban mobility perceive the urban parking problem.

Members in action

Car2go initiative launched in Amsterdam

300 electric Smart cars can now be rented from Car2go in Amsterdam. The city is the fifth city in the world where Car2go is offered and the first city in Europe with a fully electric fleet.

Autolib’ electric car sharing network launched in Paris

Following the great success of Paris’ bike sharing program Vélib’, the car sharing program Autolib’ was launched. The Bolloré Group inaugurated the Autolib’ electric car sharing service and 250 electric vehicles on 5 December.

Amsterdam: fair parking charges scheme

The city of Amsterdam is testing a new approach for parking charges for its off-street facilities. The system is called Real Time Parking (RTP). Car drivers will not pay per hour, but per time block of eight minutes. The city hopes that that car drivers will find this system more fair, and will choose more often for off-street parking.

Flanders Region commits to innovation for sustainable transport

Polis member Flanders Region (B) reconfirms the VIM (Flemish Institute for Mobility) to be a centre of excellence for the region with regards to sustainable and innovative mobility solutions. The Institute will continue its activities at least until 2015.

European projects

CATCH conference - presentations online

The final CATCH conference: Carbon Aware Cities: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Low Carbon Transport Systems was held on 13 December, and the presentations are now available online.

Airquality: CITEAIR 'products' online

The CITEAIR II project finishes at the end of December. The final output from the porject are now available online.

Transferring Best Practices on Urban Freight: SUGAR final events

A training event for the SUGAR Enlarged Transfer Programme and the project Final Conference were held in Bologna on the 12 and 13 December, 2011

Towards a new concept for electrical light duty vehicles for urban freight

The DELIVER project (Design of Electric Light Vans for Environment Impact Reduction) kicks-off in Aachen, 14-15 December 2011

Rotterdam and Edinburgh set up ECOSTARS schemes

The EU-funded project ECOSTARS Europe sets up seven new local ECOSTARS schemes in six European countries to foster the shift to cleaner road transport fleets across Europe. The first newsletter is now available released.

News from the institutions

Reducing Noise from European vehicles

On 9 December 2011, the European Commission published a Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the sound level of motor vehicles (cars, vans, buses, coaches, light and heavy trucks).

A European vision for Passengers:Communication on Passenger Rights in all transport modes

The European Commission published n 19 December a communication on passenger rights in all modes of transport.

Funding opportunities and partner search

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Around Europe and beyond

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Goods Transport in Urban Areas Conference, 6-7 February 2012: agenda and registrations on line

Difu (German Institute of Urban Affairs) Polis and LET (Laboratoire d’Economie des Transports) organise an international conference in Berlin.

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