INFOPOLIS Newsletter

Editorial

Dear members,

as the Polis conference is approaching, please don’t forget to register by 11 November (Polis members enjoy free registration) and to regularly visit this page for any updates on the programme. On the same page you will also be able to find useful information on the conference’s location and other practical and logistical news such as special fares for accommodation and a list of our sponsors.

Several working group meetings are lined-up for you this month. On 18 October the Polis Working Group meeting on clean vehicles will meet in Paris back-to-back with a joint CleanMobilEnergy and SEEV4-city workshop. The day after there will be a session on "Electromobility roll-out in cities" at the AUTONOMY and the Urban Mobility Summit. Detailed information is available here. On 25 October the Polis Traffic Efficiency & Mobility Working Group meeting will take place in Greenwich (London), UK. The WG meeting will be organised back to back with a workshop of the MAVEN project the day before which deals with the traffic management implications of highly automated vehicles.

For a general overview of the upcoming Working Group meetings you can visit this page.

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I look forward to meeting you at our events and in the meantime wish you a pleasant read!

Kind regards,

Karen Vancluysen

Secretary General

QUICK NEWS

Polis Annual Conference – Early bird rates apply until 5 October

Polis Michel Arnd presented POLIS discussion paper on MaaS at the Transport and Climate Change Week in Berlin.

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Calendar

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Polis Network News

Your views on key priorities for discussion with urban freight industry!

POLIS and ALICE members will meet on 21 Nov 2018 in Manchester, 11:00-13:00 (day prior to Polis Conference) to discuss and hopefully agree to establish a permanent public-private strategic dialogue to pave the way and speed up the transition to CO2-free city logistics by 2030. Members' views on key priorities for discussion are requested.

How the EU and USA cooperate on urban freight - Polis members in Baltimore!

Polis members Jos Streng (City of Rotterdam), Michelle Coldrey (City of Gothenburg), Elpida Xenou (CERTH) and Giacomo Lozzi (Polis Urban Freight coordinator) presented Polis Network, the CIVITAS Initiative and the BuyZET and NOVELOG projects at the International Urban Freight Peer Exchange (Baltimore 11-12 September).

Register now: Joint Polis-ITF workshop on road safety and data on 20-21 November

The Polis Working Group on road safety and the International Transport Forum's Safer City Street initiative organise a joint workshop on 20-21 November 2018. The event will take place in London (20 Nov.) and Manchester (21 Nov). Registration is now open, draft agenda available.

Polis members, Eindhoven and Helmond, jointly hosting 2019 European ITS Congress

Under the banner, “Fulfilling ITS promises”, the congress aims to show what ITS can do and how we can move forward to fully exploit the potential of smart mobility in modern day Europe. The call for contributions and for demonstrations are open for the Congress, which is taking place in the Brainport region from 3-6 June 2019.

Members in action

Does building new roads reduce congestion? Polis member Sustrans contributes to the “Transport Fit for Future Generations” report.

Polis member Sustrans has contributed to the “Transport Fit for Future Generations” report issued by the Office of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales (U.K.).

European projects

Your views on automated driving are sought!

The H2020 project MAVEN* is running a survey to gather your views on automated driving across a broad range of domains including potential policy goal effects (congestion, safety, etc), the integration of automated vehicles in the transport network, measures that local transport authorities and national authorities could take, whether you would be willing to use an AV and under which circumstances and finally the senstive issue of liability.

Traffic management in an increasingly connected and automated transport system

The MAVEN project invites you to joint its workshop in Greenwich (London) on 24 October about how increasing vehicle automation may affect urban traffic management. Local authorities are the main target group of this workshop; however, it is also open to other urban transport stakeholders with an interest in CCAV.

Registration open for #H2020RTR18: Results from Road Transport Research in H2020 projects

ERTRAC, EGVIA and the European Commission's Transport R&I Directorate are jointly organising #H2020RTR18, the 2nd EGVIA-ERTRAC European Conference. It takes place on 28 and 29 November 2018 in Brussels.

Around Europe and beyond

Covenant of Mayors upcoming events in Autumn 2018

As a Covenant Supporter since 2010, Polis is pleased to share with you this overview of upcoming events organised across Europe this Autumn by the Covenant of Mayors. Save the dates to your calendar.

Road safety for pedestrians and cyclists will be elaborated at several events in Barcelona

The 7th International Cycling Safety Conference ICSC 2018, will be held on 10 and 11 October 2018 in Barcelona, Spain. The day after, the final event of the three Horizon 2020 projects InDeV, PROSPECT and XCYCLE will adress traffic safety analysis and road safety of VRUs.

Smart solution matchmaking for cities

The frontierCities2 project maps supplying SMEs and start ups in the smart city domain. Local and regional authorities are invited to take part in the project's survey to elaborate cities' needs.

8th IRU International Taxi Forum

The International Road Transport Union organize a forum on structural changes in taxi services. The event will take place in Cologne on the 2nd November 2018 within the framework of the European Taxi Fair. Registration is open here.

“TUCTE 18: Towards user-centric transport in Europe”

“TUCTE 18: Towards user-centric transport in Europe - enabling seameless and sustainable mobility for all” is the final public event of the Mobility4EU CSA H2020 project and it will take place in Blue Point venues in Brussels.

How to integrate shared services into urban mobility offer? 28 - 30 November 2018, Strasbourg (France)

The fourth Strasbourg Days on Urban Mobility in Europe will focus on which is the role of shared services in the urban mobility offer.

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