INFOPOLIS Newsletter

Editorial

Dear members,

We are pleased to present this dense and final issue of InfoPolis before taking a summer break. Take a close look below at the many possibilties for members to exchange with your peers across Europe or to get involved in European initiatives, and save the dates for the upcoming Polis events and Working Group meetings!

To better plan the second half of the year we also improved the calendar of events on the Polis website: A calendar view of events per month now gives you a better overview of upcoming events. Note that events restricted to Polis members are displayed seperately and are only visible after login!

Therefore, always make sure to browse the Polis website while you are logged in as a Polis member! Contact us if you do not know your login details!

We will be back with InfoPolis in the second half of August and whish all our members a pleasant summer time!

Yours sincerely,

Sylvain Haon
Secretary General

QUICK NEWS

2013 Polis Conference: Registration open for Polis members

Online registration is already open and can be found, along with practical information, here.

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Calendar

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Polis Network News

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Register now for the EPA-Polis Parking Workshop - Dublin 10 September 2013

How can we make on street parking a success? That is the question EPA and Polis try to answer on the 3rd EPA-Polis workshop to take place in Dublin, the day before the EPA congress. Presentations from TU Dresden, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Lille, EPA and Polis are currently confirmed.

Registration open! Polis Environment & Health Working Group meeting on Health and Transport, September 19th

The Polis Working Group on Health & Environment in Transport is oganising a meeting on active mobility. This meeting will focus especially on best practice and case studies on how to make the link beween health and transport. The meeting will take place on Thursday, September 19th in Brussels. Registration is now open.

2013 Polis Conference agenda taking shape

The draft programme of the 2013 Polis Conference is nicely taking shape and we aim to release it next week. With nearly half of all Polis members involved in the programme, the conference promises to offer practical insights to local experiences on a wide range of city and regional transport matters.

Members in action

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Brussels Regional Parking Plan adopted

The Brussels Regional parking plan is approved by the Brussels Regional Government. The plan introduces regional principles and tools for better parking management. The plan brings a better balance between the regional competences and competences of the 19 Brussels districts or 'communes'.

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Brussels looking into possibility of congestion charge

The Brussels Region is considering the introduction of a congestion charge to address the adverse impacts of car traffic in Europe's capital.

First evaluation of Catalonia's new interurban bus network expres.cat

Catalonia set up the interurban bus network ‘exprés. cat’ with high level of service (BHLS) in October 2012. Last month, the fifth line of the network started operations

European projects

Personalised Travel Planning: Study Visit in Dorset for PTP-Cycle partners

PTP-Cycle project partners attended a one-day Study Visit in Dorchester and Weymouth (Dorset, U.K.) on Thursday, July 4th. Despite the fact that some may already be acquainted with Personalised Travel Planning, this hands-on activity organised by Sustrans aimed at introducing PTP Delivery and Running a Field Office.

First workshop of the CH4LLENGE project

The workshop held in Gent dealt with the issue of stakeholder involvement and citizen participation when producing a SUMP.

TIDE Invitation to Innovative Cities

Have you ever wondered how to transfer an innovative (transport) idea from another city to your own? Or how to share your innovative ideas with others?

Straightsol Workshop in Brussels: presentations on-line

On the 2nd of July the STRAIGHTSOL project held a workshop to present the demostrations taking place in Brussels. All related information is now available, including an overview on citylogistics within FP7.

Next BESTFACT workshop: Co-modality and Green Logistics

This BESTFACT workshop will take place on the 19th and 20th of September in Vienna.

1st VRUITS interest group workshop on ITS for the safety of vulnerable road users

Join the 1st Interest group workshop of the VRUITS project on ITS applications for safety adressing the needs of vulnerable road users in Brussels on the 18th of September 2013

News from the institutions

Do the right mix: EU funding to promote sustainable transport in 18 countries

18 promotional actions are awarded funding within the European Commission's Sustainable Urban Mobility Campaign "Do the right mix". This includes an activitity in Örebro, Sweden. Each action will receive up to EUR 7000.

The European Parliament presented its amendments on the 4th Railway Package

The European Parliament supports to a large extent the proposals made by the Commission, but suggests some amendments. The Commission’s first reactions to them were positive.

Funding opportunities and partner search

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Around Europe and beyond

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MEMBERS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

New ambitions and new actions for cycling in Aalborg

Last month, a new Cycling Action Plan was approved by the technical committee at the City of Aalborg. The action plan is the third of its kind (following one in 2005 and in 2009). Polis interviewed project manager of the plan, Anne Marie Lautrup Nielsen from City of Aalborg, about important new features in the plan.

“Aalborg is a municipality with 200,000 citizens – and sometimes you feel like all of them are engaged in traffic planning”, Anne Marie Lautrup Nielsen says as one of the first things, and compares it with Denmark as a nation of 6 million football managers. “In the process of making this plan we wanted to listen to what they are saying trying to create a process with focus on inclusion”.

A wide range of citizens representing many groups were invited to a dedicated cycling workshop in March. In April, more than 350 comments were received on Facebook through a hearing on how to improve the conditions for cyclists... CONTINUE READING.

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