INFOPOLIS Newsletter

Editorial

Dear members,

To help you plan the year, we will be collecting the most important events in 2017 on a dedicated page on the Polis website: http://www.polisnetwork.eu/2017keyevents

The key event page lists all confirmed Polis Working Group meetings. We already have four Working Group meetings lined up for you:

On 21 March, a Road Safety Working Group on safer trucks will take place in Brussels, on 20-21 April 2017 Paris will host a joint WG meeting on Active Travel and Road Safety, while Madrid will welcome colleagues on 26-27 April 2017 for the next Bikesharing Working Group meeting. On 19 May, the Traffic Efficiency & Mobility Working Group meeting will discuss automation and MaaS in Brussels.

In addition, the most important European projects events and key conferences are being compiled, including for example the SUMP Conference, the CIVITAS Forum and of course our own 2017 Polis Conference on 7-8 December.

The key events page will be updated contineously as details become available - please bookmark it! This service is in addition to Polis' online event calendar, which remains the main tool for detailed information on upcoming and recent events and makes presentations available after the events.

Please make sure to be logged in as a member to the Polis website to also have access to events restricted to the membership. This is especially vital to access information on Working Group meetings. If you do not remember your login details, don’t hesitate to contact us.

We look forward to seeing you at one or more of the upcoming meetings and events and for now I wish you a pleasant read.

Kind regards,
Karen Vancluysen
Secretary General

QUICK NEWS

Germany provides funding for cycling infrastructure

German cities can apply for funding of cycling infrastructure projects including bike parking, bike-friendly traffic management, charging for pedelecs and e-bikes. Read more about the "Climate protection trhough cycling" initiatve here.

Polis speaking at ERTRAC Annual Conference

Vice-Mayor for Transport in Rotterdam and Polis president Pex Langenberg, and Polis Secretary General Karen Vancluysen will be among the speakers of ERTRAC's Annual Conference on 8 March in Brussels. Read more.

Polis presenting at 4th European SUMP Conference

This year's European Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans takes place on 29-30 March 2017 in Dubrovnik. Polis' Karen Vancluysen and Florinda Boschetti are among the speakers and moderators. More information.

Calendar

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Polis Network News

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Video message of Polis Secretary General in preparation for the International Transport Forum 2017 Summit

Watch a short video message where Polis Secretary General Karen Vancluysen introduces what Polis will bring to this year's edition of the International Transport Forum 2017 Summit on Governance in Transport.

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Members in action

European Cycling Challenge 2017: Info session webinar on 16 February, 15:00 CET

Polis member Bologna is pleased to invite Polis members and other cities to take part in the European Cycling Challenge 2017 edition, which will take place in the month of May 2017. An Info session webinar to present the ECC 2017 will take place on Thursday, 16 February 2017 from 3:00pm till 4:00pm CET.

European projects

Want a SUMP in your city but don’t have the expertise or tools?

Take a short online survey to help us develop for you tailored training programmes about how to design a sound Sustainable Urban Transport Plan. Deadline is 28 February 2017, and you have a chance to win up to EUR600 and travel to the 4th SUMP Conference in Dubroving this March.

Regional/national workshops on C-ITS and cities

As the CIMEC project enters its final strait, a number of events are being planned in order to provide an opportunity for city authorities and other urban ITS stakeholders to share their views on the main findings to date and to express views on what should happen next at local, national and European level.

EVIDENCE final workshop reveals economic impact of sustainable urban mobility

The EVIDENCE project investigated economic evidence for sustainable urban mobility measures.The final workshop on 23 February in Brussels also reveals, how such evidence has been used in cities.

First Call of SUMPs-UP Innovation Pilot Pool launching soon in Spring 2017. Stay tuned!

SUMPs-Up project is providing targeted funding to cities from across Europe with the aim to support them in initiating or further developing local SUMP process or in actually implementing or enhancing their SUMP. The first call for applicants will be launched in March 2017.

Funding opportunities and partner search

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Around Europe and beyond

Workshop on Green Transport in Greater Copenhagen 24 April, 2017

Copenhagen Electric, E.ON Denmark, State of Green and Copenhagen Capacity organises a workshop on 24 April 2017 to focus on building the market place for smart electro-mobility and roll-out action.

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