Gain EU-wide recognition for your Workplace Mobility Plan! The Pan-European Workplace Travel Award is organised in a partnership between EPOMM, the European Platform on Mobility Management, and COMMERCE. It was designed to recognise efforts in implementing workplace mobility plans (or travel plans, depending on terminology).

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The search has already begun to find the cities that will become the next European Green Capitals. The prestigious European Green Capital Award recognises cities that are at the forefront of environmentally-friendly urban living.

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Despite the financial crisis and the budget cutbacks that many towns and cities in Europe are currently facing, there were 2,175 online registrations for EMW 2009 from some 39 countries, narrowly beating the record of 2,102 registrations previously set in 2008.

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Together with the expansion of large shopping centres, new kinds of transportation problems have arisen. Overloaded parking lots and huge road traffic around main shopping areas are characteristic not only for large municipalities, but also for smaller towns. Having this in mind, members of Triste Condesa Housewives Association from the Spanish municipality of Arenas de San Pedro decided to take matters into their own hands and encourage other inhabitants of their city to do their shopping in a more eco-friendly way!

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We are proud to announce that also this year, the European Mobility Week went beyond Europe’s borders! Take a look at what was going on in Japan between 16th and 22nd of September.

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What’s the best possible way to show your personal commitment in the fight against climate change? Within the framework of this year’s European Mobility Week, over 1,000 cyclists from Budapest, Rome and Stockholm joined forces to provide you with a good answer. They sought to demonstrate that also YOUR voice may be heard while global leaders gathered in Copenhagen will be discussing further actions to curb the global warming!

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Sundsvall-Östersund and Trondheim municipalities collaborate in three areas which may contribute to a positive development within the municipalities. Green Highway and the electric car project is one part in the effort to develop the infrastructure and valid communications.

A green transport axis along a renewable energy belt

Green Highway is a venture to create a green transport axis along a renewable energy belt, including investments in electric vehicles, charging infrastructure, renewable fuels, testing and development, as well as building up and spreading knowledge of this.

The concept

• Green Highway: Environmentally friendly development, innovation and tourism along a green axis between the Gulf of Bothnia and the Norwegian Sea
• Extensive development and implementation of environmentally friendly transport systems and solutions based on renewable energy from water, wind and biofuels in collaboration between public and private participants
• The great values of the scenic nature of the Green Highway-region gets a user friendly and sustainable packaging, also stimulating international tourism
• Considerable R&D (research and development) activities, industrial establishments and development of technology in the region connected to transport systems and energy production
• Green Highway creates changes others only talk about; through the SØT-collaboration, political commitment, extensive cooperation between public and private partners, and practical ability to take action
• A list of 100 points has been compiled, showing the process that is going on and the concrete initiatives and measures that have been carried out, are in progress, and are planned.

Fur information: www.greenhighway.nu

The City of Zagreb will mark this year’s Mobility Week named Improving City Climates with an array of activities at different locations in the city, but the Bundek Lake area will be the centre of interest. Through a variety of everyday activities, we want to send a clear message to the citizens about Bundek’s unfailing beauty, health and functionality, which is summarised in the title “Bundek – Green College” . In 2005, the City of Zagreb redecorated this previously inaccessible and derelict area which is located in the wider city centre. It includes two 4.5 hectare lakes with facilities for sports, health-recreation and educational activities.

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Latest press release from the European Coordination:
http://www.mobilityweek.eu/IMG/pdf_press_pack_emw_2009.pdf

Also this year the Municipality of Bologna joins in the European Mobility Week, that will see the realization of initiatives and events in the whole city from the 16th to the 22nd of September 2009, with the purpose of promoting sustainable mobility modalities and presenting to the citizenship provisions and plans in the pipeline.

The focus of the 2009 edition’s program, is represented by the two days of events dedicated to the themes of sustainability, such as “Cycling along Kyoto”, promoted by the Emilia Romagna Region and the Municipality of Bologna in order to spread the adoption of sustainable consumptions and lifestyles.

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The European Mobility Week and Car Free Day 2009 in Almada will be organized again in partnership with the Local Energy Management Agency, and the active participation and involvement of dozens of local different entities such as transport operators, schools, NGO’s, cultural, sportive and youth associations, etc. One of the main pillars of the strategy of implemmenting EMW and CFD in Almada is the effort to reach local communities by moving the event annually to a new borough. In 2004, Almada started a policy of itineration of the CFD campaign through different Boroughs, as a way to expand the spirit of the initiative, and contribute to a better mobility in different areas of the municipality. In 2009, CFD will take place by the first time in Feijó Borough, in an urban area near schools and residences. Click to see the whole program and the zone of the CFD in Almada.

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Brussels is inviting its residents and visitors to explore another kind of mobility this year. Every day of the week will be dedicated to a specific theme: a different take on the car (16/9), public transport (17/9), bicycles (18/9), sharing the road (19/9), pedestrians (21/9)and so forth. This is an opportunity to discover various approaches to car-sharing or car-pooling, attend free concerts in public transport stops and stations, participate in Fridaybikeday or enjoy a free breakfast offered to cyclists.

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This year, Bratislava will rejoin the European Mobility Week. EMW will be held on September 16 – 22, with the main focus, as usual, on the Car Free Day (9/22/09). The theme of this EMW is „Improving City Climates“.

In cooperation with its partners, the Municipality of Bratislava has prepared a number of permanent measures as well as accompanying events whose aim is to raise the environmental awareness of the citizens of Bratislava and change their behavioral patterns. The capital city of Bratislava is also entering the European Mobility Week Award competition. Last year’s winner was Budapest, also awarded were the cities of Zagreb and Almada.

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Since 2001, Nantes Métropole has been organizing the European Mobility Week on its territory. For Nantes Métropole, this week is the opportunity for inhabitants to get information on environemental means of transport, but above all, a moment to help them to change their habits for the benefit of more virtuous practices.

Thus, for 2009, Nantes Métropole proposes to citizens specific commercial offers to discover public transport, two bike rental services and the local car sharing service of the town: Marguerite.

In order to sensitise inhabitants but also territory visitors, Nantes Métropole relies on an important communication plan disseminated on the whole territory (24 towns) and bound to different categories of inhabitants (General public, commuters, school child and students, shopping center’s customers, ...)

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“Waiting for the EMW”

Province of Rome has stuck, in 2009, to an European Project, called “Move Together”, that promotes a new culture of mobility with the contribution of public administrations and citizens. The intentions of the initiative is convincing citizens and administrations to become more responsible in defending the environment through better choices in theme of sustainable mobility. From 7th to 14th of September we’re going to organize a show of the project, in which we will be also introduce a specific project, made by one of the citizens that had participated to “Move Together”, on an example of intermodality in public transport.
This year, Province of Rome patronizes the event called “Bicistaffetta” organised by Ruotalibera – FIAB Roma, Ostia in Bici and NaturAmici. Every year, “Bicistaffetta” identifies tourist runs, and promotes the use of the bicycle, that emphasizes the beauty of the surrounding environment. The event is going to start on 8th until 12th of September. On 4th of September we’re going to have a press conference in Palazzo Valentini.

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