DYN@MO Summer University on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans

CIVITAS DYN@MO, Palma, 26.06.2013 - 28.06.2013

The DYN@MO Summer University is a competence building event organized by the Universitat de les Illes Balears in co-operation with its partners of the CIVITAS DYN@MO project. The theme of the 2013 edition of the Summer University is Engaging in a ... read more

CIVITAS FORUM CONFERENCE 2013, BREST, FRANCE

30.09.2013 - 02.10.2013

The 11th edition of the annual CIVITAS Forum Conference will take place between 30th  September and 2nd  October in the main metropolitan center of Western Brittany. 'Brest metropole oceane’, the heart of the Pays de Brest,... read more

WEBINAR ON URBAN CONSOLIDATION CENTRES

Europe-wide, 22.04.2013

CIVITAS VANGUARD and the CIVITAS thematic group ‘Urban Freight Logistics’ held a WEBINAR on how the cities of Stockholm, Utrecht, London and Hasselt have set up their Urban Consolidation Centres (UCCs). Through short 15-minute pre... read more

Donostia - San Sebastian Study Tour

CIVITAS ARCHIMEDES, Donostia - San Sebastián, 18.04.2013 - 19.04.2013

The city of Donostia - San Sebastián, winner of the CIVITAS City of the Year award 2012, overlooks the sea and, with a bit more than 180,000 inhabitants, keeps a human scale. Some people consider the balanced combination of small mountains,... read more

Effective solutions for green urban transport - Learning from CIVITAS cities

Geneva, 16.04.2013

The last CIVITAS workshop in the series “Effective solutions for green urban transport” took place on 16 April in the margins of the 7th European Conference on Sustainable Cities and Towns (ESCT), which ran from 17-19 April 2013 in Gen... read more

Webinar on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans

05.03.2013

Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans define a set of interrelated measures designed to satisfy the mobility needs of people and businesses today and tomorrow. They are the result of an integrated planning approach and address all modes and forms of tr... read more

CIVITAS Webinar on public participation

22.02.2013

At this webinar, Reggio Emilia - winner of the 2012 CIVITAS awards for Public participation- of Brighton & Hove, Krakow and the CIVITAS ELAN project presented their experience with public participation and public involvement in mobil... read more

Webinar on safe school surroundings

Europe-wide, 21.02.2013

CIVITAS VANGUARD and the CIVITAS thematic group ‘Safety and Security’ held a first WEBINAR on how to create safe routes to school and school surroundings, in order to create an inviting environment for sustainable trips to school. ... read more

Webinar on biodiesel

14.02.2013

CIVITAS VANGUARD and the CIVITAS thematic group “Clean fuels and vehicles” held a webinar on biodiesels. It took place on 14 February from 14.00 to 15.30 CET. During this webinar, several CIVITAS cities (Graz, Aalborg and San Sebas... read more

Webinar on mobility training for specific target groups

Europe-wide, 22.01.2013

CIVITAS VANGUARD, and the CIVITAS thematic group ‘Mobility Management’ organised a webinar on how to encourage a sustainable shift in mobility behaviour away from the personal car and how to assure basic mobility for all citizens by pr... read more

Training-Study visit in Genoa

CIVINET Francophone, 05.12.2012 - 07.12.2012

LATEST NEWS: The training has been postponed to 2013. More information will be included as soon as it become available! The CIVINET Francophone Network is organising a training and study visits on : «Clean Transports and sustainable mobi... read more

Cycling, ITS and Alternative Fuel seminars

CIVITAS ARCHIMEDES, Aalborg, 14.11.2012

The CIVITAS ARCHIMEDES project is coming to an end. A lot of results have been obtained and now the project wanted to share some of them during three parallel seminars on 14 November in Aalborg. Cycling The first seminar was about cycli... read more

Study Tour - Smart mobility solutions for public transport operators

CIVITAS MODERN, Coimbra, 08.11.2012 - 09.11.2012

CIVITAS VANGUARD organised this study tour together with CIVITAS MODERN to support CIVITAS Plus cities. We invited you to the study tour hosted in Coimbra in November 2012. The study tour sought to showcase and discuss how a municipal public trans... read more

Act Travelwise incorporating CIVINET UK & Ireland Third Annual Sustainable Mobility Convention

Edinburg, 25.10.2012 - 26.10.2012

The CIVINET Third Annual Sustainability Mobility Convention was held this year in Edinburgh on 25 and 26 October 2012 in the Radisson Blu hotel.  The event was organised as a joint conference with the ACT Travelwise Scotland group w... read more

Effective solutions for green urban transport - CO2-free city logistics

Rotterdam, 12.10.2012

The third workshop of the series "Effective solutions for green urban transport - Learning from CIVITAS cities" took place on Friday 12 October in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The topic of this workshop was the future of urban freight... read more

Study Tour - Innovative sustainable freight transport in Utrecht

CIVITAS MIMOSA, Utrecht, 11.10.2012

The city of Utrecht, in cooperation with CIVITAS VANGUARD, organised a study tour on innovative freight transport solutions. Mobility experts were invited to join and to experience the Cargohopper and Beer Boat, and to learn from  the sustain... read more

CIVINET - European workshop on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (FR/EN)

CIVINET Francophone, 09.10.2012

Which planning tools does a city need for a better daily trip organisation and to develop the use of soft and active modes? How to apply Urban Mobility plans in Europe ? This workshop was organised as a side event to the 10th edition of t... read more

CIVITAS Forum 2012/ CIVITAS Plus Final Conference

24.09.2012 - 26.09.2012

Vitoria-Gasteiz is the capital of the autonomous community of the Basque country and the province of Alava in northern Spain. It has a population of 235,000 and an area of roughly 280 km2. It is now known across Europe as the 2012 Green Capital an... read more

CIVITAS ELAN Brno - Final Conference

CIVITAS ELAN, Brno, 20.09.2012 - 21.09.2012

The CIVITAS ELAN team in Brno held their Final Conference from 20 to 21 September 2012 in the Museum of Applied Arts in Brno. The City of Brno with its partner Brno Public Transport Company have implemented a total of six measures si... read more

EU-China Mayors' Forum

Brussels, 19.09.2012

The EU-China Mayors’ Forum, which took place on 19 and 20 September 2012 with the participation of PM Wen and President Barroso, was the first annual flagship event of the EU-China Urbanisation Partnership. It got together EU and Chinese May... read more

Developing quality within public transport

Preston, 18.09.2012

On 18 September 2012 ENERQI and the CIVINET UK and Ireland Network jointly held the 'Developing Quality within Public Transport' event at Lancashire County Council's County Hall, Preston. ENERQI is a project co-funded by the I... read more

Urban Transport Conference

Brussels, 17.09.2012

Vice-President Siim Kallas invited urban mobility stakeholders to the conference ‘Towards competitive and resource efficient urban mobility’ to take place at the Committee of the Regions, in Brussels on 17 September. This conferenc... read more

Webinar - Provisions for cyclists

06.06.2012

CIVITAS VANGUARD, CIVITAS ARCHIMEDES and the CIVITAS thematic group ‘Less car intensive lifestyles’ held their second WEBINAR: provisions for cyclists regarding infrastructural and promotional aspects. During this webinar measures ... read more

Financial Sustainability of Public Transport & the European White Paper: Goals. Measures & Resources.

CIVITAS MIMOSA, Tallinn, 30.05.2012

In co-operation with the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) and the Tallinn Bus Company, the Municipality of Tallinn organised a public transport related conference in Tallinn, on 30 May 2012, titled “Financial Sustain... read more

Final Event Project Bio Fuel

Rotterdam, 15.05.2012

The city of Rotterdam would like to invite Dutch speaking colleagues to the final event of the project Bio Fuel. In the last two years many organisations actively participated to test the use of bio fuels in practice for cargo roadtransp... read more

International Workshop on Road Safety and Markings

CIVITAS RENAISSANCE, Perugia, 11.05.2012

The “International Meeting on Road Safety and Markings”, that took place in Perugia on May 11th 2012, aimed to inform, promote and discuss issues related to road pavement markings, road security management and to foster possible exploi... read more

CIVITAS CATALIST Workshop: Clean Urban Freight and Passenger Transport. Learning from CIVITAS Cities

Berlin, 09.05.2012

In the framework of CIVITAS CATALIST, the City of Berlin organized a workshop on “Clean Urban Freight and Passenger Transport”. The workshop was hosted in Berlin on 9 May 2012 at the Senate Department of Urban Development and the Envir... read more

PUBLIC TRANSPORT STUDY TOUR

CIVITAS MODERN, Craiova, 07.05.2012 - 08.05.2012

This CIVITAS MODERN Study Tour was hosted by the city of Craiova on the 7th and 8th of May 2012. The event focused on the city’s public transport infrastructure, highlighting innovative energy-saving and mobility management measures.  ... read more

CIVITAS CATALIST WORKSHOP ON SOFT MOBILITY II - Street Design: Reorganisation & Public Participation

Graz, 26.04.2012

People’s mobility is becoming an increasingly important basic need in the modern world. Therefore, an increased interest of people to participate in the planning of urban mobility policies and measures as well as in the implementation of con... read more

Effective solutions for green urban transport - Learning from CIVITAS cities

Athens, 24.04.2012

Second of a series of four, this workshop brought together participants to learn about effective solutions for green urban transport based on experiences from CIVITAS cities.  The event took place on 24 April, 2012 in Athens in parallel t... read more

Training on Social Inclusion

CIVITAS MODERN, Coimbra, 22.03.2012 - 23.03.2012

CIVITAS MODERN and CIVITAS VANGUARD held a training workshop on social inclusion in urban transport and mobility systems. The focus was on different target groups, existing factors of exclusion (physical, geographical, economic, time-based, fear-b... read more

Cycling for all study tour

CIVITAS ARCHIMEDES, Brighton & Hove, 14.03.2012 - 15.03.2012

Why do people not want to cycle? There is no doubt that building cycle lanes and providing bike parking encourages people to cycle, however for some groups this is not enough. For these groups only special attention and specific interventions will... read more

CIVITAS RENAISSANCE - BATH DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS

CIVITAS RENAISSANCE, Bath, 13.03.2012

Bath & North East Somerset Council held a half day event, in association with the CIVINET UK & Ireland Network on 13th March at Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution on Queen Square in Bath. The event took the form of a series of ... read more

Awareness-raising workshop on sustainable urban mobility plans

CIVITAS ELAN, Zagreb, 08.03.2012

A Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan is a way of tackling transport-related problems in urban areas more efficiently. Building on existing practices and regulatory frameworks in the Member States, its basic characteristics are: A participator... read more

Webinar - Changing travel behaviour of children and young adults

02.03.2012

CIVITAS VANGUARD, CIVITAS ARCHIMEDES and the CIVITAS thematic group ‘Less car intensive lifestyles’ held a first webinar on how to encourage a sustainable shift in mobility behaviour away from the personal car and towards clean an... read more

ITS Training workshop

CIVITAS MIMOSA, Bologna, 14.12.2011 - 16.12.2011

CIVITAS MIMOSA and CIVITAS VANGUARD held a training workshop on advanced telematics for urban transport improvement. The training workshop provided: The opportunity to exchange knowledge with experienced urban transport professionals; ... read more

CIVITAS Forum Conference 2011

Funchal, 17.10.2011 - 19.10.2011

Funchal is the capital of the Maderan archipelago, whose 104,000 inhabitants occupy an area of 75km2. It is known worldwide for achieving equilibrium between history and nature. Within the CIVITAS Forum 2011 it balanced an exchange of dialogue and... read more

Effective solutions for green urban transport - Learning from CIVITAS cities

Brussels, 13.09.2011

Based on experiences from CIVITAS cities, this workshop on 13 September 2011 in Brussels invited participants to learn about effective solutions for green urban transport. This showcase event was generously hosted by the Representation of the Free... read more

Workshop on Image of Public Transport

CIVITAS MIMOSA, Gdansk, 12.09.2011

Attracting & Retaining Customers! The event looked at innovative Quality & Communications Management Practices. The agenda included: Tried & Tested Frameworks: the results of the EC project QUATTRO were presented (the... read more

Cycling Study Tour

CIVITAS ELAN, Gent, 28.06.2011 - 29.06.2011

Organised by the CIVITAS Ghent team and the “bicycle unit” of the city administration, this Study Tour was the perfect occasion to experience Ghent’s bicycle culture and learn about the cycling infrastructure, the cooperation wit... read more

Workshop on Image of Public Transport

CIVITAS MIMOSA, Tallinn, 17.06.2011

Attracting & Retaining Customers! CIVITAS MIMOSA’s fifth interactive one-day workshop in Tallinn was open to CIVITAS members, transport professionals, business interests, local government, students and environmental organisations. It was... read more

Clean Fuels, Clean Vehicles, Cleaner City

CIVITAS ARCHIMEDES, Donostia - San Sebastián, 15.06.2011 - 16.06.2011

On 15-16 June, CIVITAS ARCHIMEDES, CIVITAS VANGUARD and the BIOSIRE projects organised a joint event on alternative fuels and vehicles entitled ‘Clean Fuels, Clean Vehicles, Cleaner Cities’.  The event gathered together profession... read more

3rd MODERN Political Meeting & Roadshow

CIVITAS MODERN, Coimbra, 07.06.2011

The City of Coimbra, Portuguese star of the MO- DERN Consortium, hosted the Third Political Me- eting and Roadshow on June 7, 2011. The event took place at the Pavilhão Centro de Portugal, in front of the Mondego River, and was organized in... read more

High Level Training Workshop on Integrated Planning

Bucharest, 26.05.2011 - 27.05.2011

The CIVITAS training workshop provided the participants with a thorough understanding of integrated planning as a means to better manage transport in cities. Using real life experiences (with the Gent and Nantes case studies), it  substa... read more

CIVITAS CATALIST Workshop „Tram - network extension, infrastructure and vehicle maintenance”

Bucharest, 25.05.2011

Silent, environmentally friendly, reliable and fast, tram systems appeal to many cities in Europe. If the cost of development is clearly perceived by local decision makers at the launch of their projects, the issue of infrastructure and rolling st... read more

Youth on the move

CIVITAS ELAN, Brno, 23.05.2011 - 26.05.2011

The Youth Congress took place in the city of Brno, from 24 to 26 May 2011. 40 students from all five CIVITAS ELAN cities (Brno, Ghent, Ljubljana, Porto and Zagreb) came together to discuss their opinions, ideas and recommendations on sustainable u... read more

Organising an individualised social marketing campaign for sustainable transport solutions in cities

Toulouse, 17.05.2011 - 18.05.2011

This training workshop, organised by CIVITAS VANGUARD provided a theoretical background to individualised social marketing; a generic step-by-step guide for setting up an individualised marketing campaign; and real-life examples and concrete case ... read more

The CIVITAS CATALIST workshop “Engineering of the bicycle traffic within the scope of designing, organization of traffic and spatial planning”

12.04.2011 - 13.04.2011

Municipality of Szczecin along with University of Szczecin held its first European workshop concerning Engineering of the bicycle traffic. The CIVITAS CATALIST workshop included subjects concerning wide scope of bicycle traffic engineering. The wo... read more

Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Mobility

23.03.2011

The conference, was held to present first the project's results of ACTT (the urban transport society of the Treviso city) funded under CIVITAS CATALIST: the best practices solutions for producing real-time passenger information systems in Euro... read more

The RENAISSANCE of Freight Transport in Urban Areas

CIVITAS RENAISSANCE, Bath, 03.03.2011

It is well known that the density of population, economic activity and traffic in urban environments causes transport-related problems such as congestion, noise and other health threats which are particularly difficult to solve. The specificities ... read more

Tyne and Wear European Freight Conference

Newcastle, 22.02.2011

free entry The Award winning Tyne and Wear Freight Partnership managed by AECOM, on behalf of the Tyne and Wear Local Transport Plan Team, held a European Urban Freight Conference in Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK. The city of Newcastle Upon Tyne is a CI... read more

CIVITAS CATALIST Workshop on Soft Mobility

Graz, 09.02.2011 - 10.02.2011

SOFT MOBILITY IN EUROPE A success-story The overall quality of life is of special importance not only to the City of Graz. This is defined by an intact environment, ideal living conditions, attractive economic events and also by positive prerequi... read more

6th ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) Forum

CIVITAS ELAN, Zagreb, 27.01.2011

This event, co-organised by CIVITAS ELAN city Zagreb concentrated on "Electronic payments in traffic and transport: status and perspectives". The forum provided: European guidelines and best practices overview in matters of &ldqu... read more

CIVITAS ELAN - Wednesdays in tram

CIVITAS ELAN, Zagreb, 12.01.2011

Research on public transport priority so far are carried out in developed countries since the 80s of the 20th century and have shown that adaptive control of traffic lights can effectively contribute to improving the quality of urban transport syst... read more

Mobility management with a focus on company travel planning

18.11.2010 - 19.11.2010

CIVITAS VANGUARD held, in cooperation with CIVITAS ARCHIMEDES and EPOMM-Plus, a training workshop on mobility management, with a focus on company travel planning. The training provided: An optional basic introduction to mobility management... read more

E-Ticketing Workshop in Toulouse

Toulouse, 10.11.2010

On Wednesday the 10th of November 2010, Toulouse held a workshop dealing with E-Ticketing systems. Important topics such as interoperability of ticketing systems and data standardization were discussed and the participants had the opportunity to d... read more

Wednesdays in the Tram: Possible models of congestion charging

CIVITAS ELAN, Zagreb, 10.11.2010

The city of Zagreb, through the CIVITAS ELAN project, has two priority goals: the reduction of traffic congestion and the protection of the environment. Congestion charging should be consistent with the amount of traffic. The city of Zagreb has th... read more

Sustainable urban freight transport meeting

CIVITAS MIMOSA, Utrecht, 26.10.2010 - 27.10.2010

On Tuesday 26th from 15:00 onwards and on Wednesday 27th, all CIVITAS and EUROCITIES members were welcomed to participate in the joint sessions of CIVITAS MIMOSA and EUROCITIES on sustainable urban freight transport solutions. On these days, a po... read more

Car Sharing Workshop Ireland

Dublin, 20.10.2010

Car-Sharing for Ireland what Car-Sharing is all about? who can be a Car-Sharer? who can operate Car-Sharing? why cities should get interested? how Car-Sharing evolves in Europe? how CIVITAS supports knowledge transfer? Workshop with leadin... read more

CIVITAS Forum Conference 2010

CIVITAS Initiative, 27.09.2010 - 29.09.2010

The CIVITAS Forum is the annual opportunity for the exchange of dialogue and views between city and European politicians on the one hand, and experts in the field of urban mobility on the other. The conference was the 8th such annual event, follow... read more

The CIVITAS CATALIST conference: The activities for the sustainable mobility - good practices transfer between CIVITAS cities

Krakow, 21.09.2010

The CIVITAS CATALIST conference "The activities for the sustainable mobility - good practices: transfer between CIVITAS cities" was held by the city of Krakow on the 21st September 2010. The conference was a great opportunity for Polish take up citie... read more

CIVITAS ELAN at the European Mobility Week 2010

CIVITAS ELAN, Zagreb, 16.09.2010 - 22.09.2010

CIVITAS ELAN at the European Mobility Week 2010 (16 - 22 September) European Mobility Week is an initiative which is being held since 2002 in many European cities. The aim of this initiative is to encourage people in cities to use public trans... read more

European Mobility Week 2010

CIVITAS MIMOSA, Bologna, 15.09.2010 - 26.09.2010

The Municipality of Bologna joined in the 2010 European Mobility Week. Initiatives and events took place in the entire city from the 16th to the 22nd of September 2010, with the purpose of promoting sustainable mobility and presenting proposed pla... read more

RENAISSANCE and New Transport Systems

CIVITAS RENAISSANCE, Perugia, 10.09.2010

To what extent can new modes of transport achieve the change in the mobility culture in Europe that the European Union desires? Or can we succeed in changing the mobility culture through improving current modes, such as by utilising Intelligent Tr... read more

Photo contest

CIVITAS ELAN, Zagreb, 28.07.2010 - 10.09.2010

The main idea of competition was the view on the traffic and transport events in Zagreb through the camera lens, with emphasis on the mobility of citizens and the impact of traffic on quality of life. We encouraged those who like to photograph the ... read more

CIVITAS ELAN - Zagreb: The public bicycle system

CIVITAS ELAN, Zagreb, 07.07.2010

The public bicycle system increases the mobility of citizens in the area through more effective public transport. In terms of traffic congestion bike offers a quick and direct way to get to your destination. The public bicycle system has proven to... read more

CIVITAS MIMOSA and CIVITAS CATALIST workshop: Mobility Management - Smart Solutions for smart cities

Berlin, 17.06.2010

This joint CIVITAS MIMOSA and CIVITAS CATALIST workshop took place on 17 June 2010 in Berlin. The audience heard fresh honest solutions and discussions on managing demand for car use, simply by changing travellers’ attitudes and behaviour. This ... read more

Training workshop on Cycling

17.06.2010

A CIVITAS ELAN training workshop on cycling took place in Brno (Czech Republic) on 17 June 2010. The workshop focused on cycling issues in the CIVITAS ELAN cities (Brno, Gent, Ljubljana, Porto and Zagreb). Presentations during the workshop address... read more

CIVITAS MIMOSA Tallinn’s Smart Traveller Day - Travelling Together Safely!

CIVITAS MIMOSA, Tallinn, 21.05.2010

Tallinn’s Smart Traveller Day took place on May 21st 2010, was an integrated family approach to preventing traffic accidents, boosting the uptake of cycling and walking. It also acted as a platform to introduce and explain the objectives and mea... read more

International Conference - The Future of E-Ticketing Through Technology Application. Articulating Traveller Information, Interoperability and NFC

CIVITAS MIMOSA, Bologna, 20.05.2010

Aimed at focusing on the application of brand new IT technologies for the improvement of mobility services, the event was organised by ATC, Emilia-Romagna Region, Calypso Assoc, ATM Ravenna under the framework of CIVITAS MIMOSA. New IT technologi... read more

CIVITAS CATALIST and BAPTS - European workshop on collective passenger transport

Nantes, 19.05.2010

CIVITAS CATALIST and BAPTS cities held a workshop to share European experiences on developping innovative collective passenger transport through timely thematics and examined questions such as Which PT system for dedicated lanes? Which clean technol... read more

Workshop on Public Transport Ticketing System - How to create an integrated cross-border web-based public transport ticketing system?

CIVITAS MIMOSA, Tallinn, 15.04.2010 - 16.04.2010

The city of Tallinn, like many other cities, is thinking about how to establish a user-friendly and efficient e-ticketing system for public transport. Many European cities have already established an e-ticketing system and this workshop will provi... read more

Conference Land Use, Accessibility and Mobility Management + CIVINET network and Portugal CIVITAS Cities meeting(s)

CIVITAS MIMOSA, Funchal, 12.04.2010 - 14.04.2010

This was a 3 full day event covering several topics and including a diversified number of participants from different fields. Day 1 (12th April) was dedicated to accessibility; transport; mobility management; etc. Day 2 (13th Apr... read more

Workshops on Intermodal Infrastructure Planning

CIVITAS ELAN, Porto, 25.03.2010 - 26.03.2010

The workshop on 25 March focused on Citizen Engagement in the process of Intermodal Infrastructure Planning. The workshop was a part of the measure in which all CIVITAS ELAN cities (Brno, Gent, Ljubljana, Porto and Zagreb) work together and share the... read more

Workshop on Sustainable Urban Transport

CIVITAS RENAISSANCE, Gorna Oryahovitsa, 12.03.2010

On 12 March 2010, the second RENAISSANCE workshop took place in Gorna Orhyahovitsa, Bulgaria. It focused on the design and implementation of Sustainable Urban Transport Plans (SUTPs), building on the recommendations of the EC Action Plan on Urban ... read more

10th Italian National Annual Conference on Mobility Management

CIVITAS MIMOSA, Bologna, 26.02.2010

The 10th Italian National Annual Conference on Mobility Management took place in CIVITAS MIMOSA city of Bologna on 26 February 2010. The event focused on the updated achievements of the European Commission work towards the definition of sustainabl... read more

CIVITAS CATALIST Urban Goods Workshop in collaboration with POLIS working group on Urban goods

Göteborg, 11.02.2010 - 12.02.2010

The City of Gothenburg leads the thematic working group of Urban Goods, within the CIVITAS project CATALIST. An urban goods workshop was held in Brussels on the 11th to 12th of February 2010 . The meeting was organised in conjunction with a POLIS ... read more

Communicating with the Citizen

Leuven, 08.02.2010 - 09.02.2010

CIVITAS VANGUARD organised in cooperation with CIVITAS MIMOSA a training workshop on external communication techniques to effectively distribute messages about sustainable urban mobility. The training provided: review of relevant communications te... read more

Implementation of car sharing in Italian local bodies

Genoa, 04.02.2010

On February 4th 2010 in Genoa Municipality a workshop about implementation of Car Sharing in Italian Public Administrations was organised. This event, within of European Project CIVITAS CATALIST , concerned dissemination results and activities imp... read more

Workshop on Project Performance - IMS

CIVITAS ELAN, Porto, 22.01.2010

On 22 January 2010, the workshop “Project Performance - Intergrated Management Systems (IMS)”, related to the measure ”Mobile mobility information” took place in the city of Porto. The workshop saw the participation of all ... read more

Workshop on Intermodal Interchange

CIVITAS ELAN, Porto, 22.12.2009

On 22nd of December of 2009, the workshop “Learning Histories” of the measure ”2.10 - OPO Participatory planning for new intermodal interchange” took place, in FEUP. This workshop was part of the Focused Process Evaluation ... read more

2nd Civitas Mimosa Urban Orienteering Contest

CIVITAS MIMOSA, Funchal, 08.12.2009

Following the highly successful organization of the first Funchal Urban Orienteering Contest, the City Hall held the second edition of this event, in a different area of the city. This event was carried under measure 4.1 (CMF: Awareness campaigns)... read more

CIVITAS CATALIST and CIVITAS MIMOSA workshop on access management

CIVITAS CATALIST and CIVITAS MIMOSA, 24.11.2009 - 27.11.2009

In cooperation with CIVITAS CATALIST, CIVITAS MIMOSA held its second technical workshop, which focused on various sensitive issues relating to Access Management. The programme was opened by a political roundtable joined in by Vice-Mayors and Councill... read more

Stakeholder consultation & Citizen engagement

CIVITAS ELAN, Gent, 18.11.2009 - 19.11.2009

CIVITAS VANGUARD organised its first training workshop on successful transport decision making through stakeholder consultation and engagement processes to support CIVITAS Plus cities. Together with CIVITAS ELAN a two day training session took pla... read more

CIVITAS CATALIST workshop on clean vehicles and environmental zones

CIVITAS CATALIST, 04.11.2009 - 05.11.2009

CIVITAS CATALIST held its second reflection and promotion workshop. Taking place on 4-5 November in Rotterdam, the workshop focused on Clean Vehicles and Access Management. The programme started with a reflection part, followed by presentations, a... read more

CIVITAS Forum Conference 2009, Hosted by the City of Krakow

CIVITAS Initiative, 19.10.2009 - 21.10.2009

The 2009 Annual CIVITAS Forum Conference was hosted by the city of Krakow in Poland from 19 - 21 October and explored the future of urban mobility and the way forward for CIVITAS. The Forum Conference is an opportunity for the exchange of dialo... read more

Roadshow and European Mobility Week 2009

CIVITAS MIMOSA, Bologna, 16.09.2009 - 22.09.2009

The City of Bologna joined the European Mobility Week again in 2009, and organised initiatives and events over the whole city with the purpose of promoting sustainable mobility modalities and presenting to the citizens provisions and plans that were ... read more

Mobility Week Funchal 2009

CIVITAS MIMOSA, Funchal, 16.09.2009 - 22.09.2009

The city of Funchal promoted, between 16 and 22 September, a series of events related to the sustainable mobility theme. It is the first time that the city associated to European Mobility Week, whose objective is to sensitize citizens to pollutio... read more

CIVITAS CATALIST workshop on car-sharing in Bremen

CIVITAS CATALIST, 08.09.2009 - 09.09.2009

Car-Sharing - what's in it for cities and how to help establish it. In the framework of the CIVITAS CATALIST project, the City of Bremen, project partner within CIVITAS CATALIST, is organised a workshop about Car-Sharing in Bremen. This worksh... read more

Funchal - Civitas Mimosa - Urban Orienteering Contest

CIVITAS MIMOSA, Funchal, 19.07.2009

In measure 4.1 - Awareness campaigns, Funchal´s City Hall promoted an orienteering contest for the general public in the old part of the city. This initiative aimed to promote sustainable mobility, using cleaner transport and public transport. Wi... read more

Training Workshop: Mobility Shops: What service and for whom?

CIVITAS ELAN, Porto, 03.07.2009

On 3rd July 2009, the City of Porto hosted a training workshop "Mobility Shops: what services and for whom?" The event was integrated into one of the CIVITAS ELAN measures: the Mobility Shop,which has the main objective to become the CIVITAS ELAN hea... read more

CIVITAS CATALIST workshop on cycling and walking in Krakow

CIVITAS CATALIST, 23.06.2009 - 24.06.2009

In the framework of the CIVITAS CATALIST project, the City of Krakow and Rupprecht Consult, both project partners within CIVITAS CATALIST, organised a reflection-workshop on cycling and walking in Krakow. The first day was a reflection part, where... read more

Public presentation of new hybrid cars for the fleet of Horários do Funchal

CIVITAS MIMOSA, Funchal, 18.06.2009

This public event was related to the introduction of Sustainable Fleets in Funchal. This event aimed to introduce the first integrated strategy for a renewal of public and private fleets in Madeira. This will improve the distribution of alternativ... read more

Safety? Not my problem! - An open workshop from the MIMOSA Consortium

CIVITAS MIMOSA, Gdansk, 05.06.2009

Safety is the Cinderella of the transport and travel world, especially in relation to public and collective transport. Car manufacturers and airlines are ahead of the game, but public authorities seem less inclined to spend on preventing events that ... read more

Accessibility in public transport: from the European to the local level/ from the local level to European one

CIVITAS SUCCESS, La Rochelle, 24.02.2009

On the 24th of February 2009, a seminar on accessibility in public transport was organised in La Rochelle, within the frame of the CIVITAS-SUCCESS project. This training seminar, intended for a French audience, was organised in the aim to review the... read more

CIVITAS II Final Conference

ALL FOUR CIVITAS II DEMONSTRATION CITIES, 21.01.2009 - 23.01.2009

The project duration of the four CIVITAS II demonstration projects CIVITAS CARAVEL, CIVITAS MOBILIS, CIVITAS SMILE and CIVITAS SUCCESS ended by 2009. Due to this reason the four CIVITAS II demonstration projects organised a common CIVITAS II Final... read more

CIVITAS ELAN Training Workshop on Participatory Intermodal Infrastructure Planning

CIVITAS ELAN, Brno, 15.01.2009

On 15 January 2009, the City of Brno hosted a training workshop on Participatory Intermodal Infrastructure Planning. The workshop was integrated into one of the ELAN common measures which has amongst others the objective of creating a platform for... read more

START Final Conference

Göteborg, 11.12.2008

Traffic congestion and its impact on the environment is an increasing challenge in most European cities of today. Urban freight and logistics becoming important elements of the overall urban planning. New city logistic schemes and more innovative for... read more

CIVITAS SMILE Planning Evaluation workshop

CIVITAS SMILE, Norwich, 10.12.2008 - 12.12.2008

CIVITAS SMILE organised a 3 day Planning Evaluation workshop at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh on 10-12 December. 20 academics from 7 European countries (+ Israel and USA) were invited to present their ideas on new approaches to evaluation. They... read more

CIVITAS CARAVEL Winter University - Budapest

Budapest, 27.11.2008 - 28.11.2008

The CARAVEL winter University took place in Budapest, Hungary, from November 27th to 28th, 2008. "Learning from the experiences in CIVITAS CARAVEL" - with this slogan CIVITAS CARAVEL invited students and young professionals to the CIVITAS CARAVEL ... read more

Biogas as a Low-Carbon Transport Fuel Meeting

CIVITAS SMILE, Norwich, 21.11.2008

Biogas as a Low-Carbon Transport Fuel Meeting Clean buses for clean public transport is a major theme of the CIVITAS Initiative. Norwich, as a lead partner in Civitas SMILE, has worked with bus operators to reduce emissions in the city via retrofitt... read more

CIVITAS Forum Conference 2008, Hosted by the City of Bologna

Bologna, 09.11.2008 - 11.11.2008

The CIVITAS Forum Conference 2008 was hosted by the Italian city of Bologna on 09-11 November 2008. The 2008 CIVITAS Forum Conference again brought the CIVITAS Forum Members together for an annual meeting and is entitled: "CITIES AND MOBILITY... read more

Promoting soft measures in transport, European experiences

CIVITAS SUCCESS, Preston, 31.10.2008

Within the framework of the European Commission’s CIVITAS Initiative and the Intelligent Energy Europe Programme, the CIVITAS-SUCCESS project organised a training seminar in conjunction with the STEER-MIDAS project on the subject of how best... read more

Evaluation Training Workshop (CIVITAS SMILE)

London, 17.10.2008

A key dimension of working within the framework set out by the CIVITAS initiative is the commitment of cities to a detailed evaluation of their measures. Evaluation enables the costs and benefits of each transport investment to be analysed and compar... read more

City logistics and goods distribution workshop

Poitiers, 16.10.2008

Since almost 8 years, several CIVITAS cities have designed and implemented innovative solutions for Urban Freight transport. More than 30 projects have been launched during CIVITAS projects and more with CIVITAS Forum Cities. This workshop aimed t... read more

CIVITAS MOBILIS Ljubljana - Alternative Fuels and Clean Vehicles - One aim, different solutions?

CIVITAS MOBILIS, Ljubljana, 08.10.2008

On 8 October 2008, Ljubljana hosted a workshop entitled “Alternative Fuels and Clean Vehicles - One aim, different solutions?”. The speakers for the day were all experts in the field of alternative fuels and clean vehicles. There were a wide r... read more

CIVITAS SUCCESS and TravelSmart in Lancashire

CIVITAS SUCCESS, Preston, 01.10.2008

Lancashire County Council and partners Preston City Council, South Ribble Borough Council, Preston Bus and TTR organised a CIVITAS SUCCESS seminar on the 1st October 2008. In the morning session, starting at 9:15am for coffee, details of some of the ... read more

CIVITAS CARAVEL Summer University - Genova

CIVITAS CARAVEL, Genova, 25.06.2008 - 26.06.2008

The third unit of the CARAVEL Summer University took place in Genova, Italy, from June 25th to 26th, 2008, dealing with Demand Responsive Transport Services. "Learning from the experiences in CIVITAS CARAVEL" - with this slogan CIVITAS CARAVEL inv... read more

CIVITAS SMILE Annual Consortium Meeting

CIVITAS SMILE, Tallinn, 10.06.2008 - 11.06.2008

The 2008 annual CIVITAS SMILE Consortium was hosted by Tallinn, Estonia. The event took place on the 10th and 11th June 2008. ... read more

CIVITAS SMILE - Exploitation Training

CIVITAS SMILE, Tallinn, 10.06.2008

"Exploitation" is the term used to describe the activity of ensuring the long-term viability of measure objectives within the CIVITAS initiative. In order to assist cities with their thinking and planning in this area, an Exploitation Training event... read more

CIVITAS CARAVEL Summer University - Stuttgart

CIVITAS CARAVEL, Stuttgart, 28.05.2008 - 30.05.2008

The second unit of the CARAVEL Summer University took place in Stuttgart, Germany, from May 28th to 30th, 2008, dealing with Soft Measures in Transport Planning. "Learning from the experiences in CIVITAS CARAVEL" - with this slogan CIVITAS CARAVEL... read more

CIVITAS MOBILIS Odense - Reinventing the bicycle in modern society - mobility culture and travel behaviour

CIVITAS MOBILIS, Odense, 22.05.2008 - 23.05.2008

On the 22nd of May 2008, Odense hosted a cycle workshop with the title "Reinventing the bicycle in modern society - mobility culture and travel behaviour". The speakers for the day were all experts in the field of cycling. Odense, as thematic lea... read more

Is Sustainable Transport On Your Agenda?

CIVITAS SUCCESS, Preston, 03.03.2008 - 04.03.2008

This conference aimed to share best practice developed in a number of sustainable transport initiatives throughout Europe. This was an ideal opportunity for expert speakers to relate their knowledge and experience of a variety of projects. The e... read more

CIVITAS MOBILIS Workshop in Venice

CIVITAS MOBILIS, Venezia, 28.02.2008

Increased awareness of climate change and rising fuel prices have contributed to the widespread success of car sharing and car pooling across Europe. Car sharing and car pooling bring social, environmental and economic benefits by helping reduce depe... read more

CIVITAS MOBILIS - Conference on Alternative Fuels 2008

CIVITAS MOBILIS, Ljubljana, 10.01.2008 - 11.01.2008

Research in alternative fuels is rapidly becoming interdisciplinary. The goal of the conference was to bring together people from a variety of disciplines in order to promote modern technology to reduce harmful air pollution and the dependence on min... read more

CIVITAS SMILE - Freight Training & Thematic Leadership 2007

CIVITAS SMILE, Norwich, 04.12.2007

This CIVITAS SMILE training was hosted by Norwich, England. This was a one day event on Tuesday 4th December 2007.... read more

Transport Management Systems

CIVITAS MOBILIS, Toulouse, 28.11.2007

TOULOUSE Workshop on "Transport Management Systems: an eye on new ticketing systems” On Wednesday the 28th of November 2007, Toulouse organized a workshop dealing with the development of the new transport management tools with a special focus on... read more

Clean Vehicles and Fuels 2007

CIVITAS TRENDSETTER, Stockholm, 08.11.2007 - 09.11.2007

European Symposium and Exhibition Addressing climate change and reducing our dependency on fossil fuels in the transport sector are two of the most urgent global issues of our times. Since 2004 the Clean Vehicles and Fuels Symposium and Exhibit... read more

CIVITAS Forum 2007, Hosted by the City of Kaunas

CIVITAS VIVALDI, Kaunas, 03.10.2007 - 05.10.2007

The CIVITAS Forum 2007 was hosted by the Lithuanian city of Kaunas on 3rd-5th October 2007. The 2007 CIVITAS Forum again brought the Forum members together for an annual meeting and was entitled: “Urban mobility: Putting cities and citizens i... read more

CIVITAS SMILE - Media Training session

CIVITAS SMILE, Malmö, 19.09.2007

The fourth CIVITAS SMILE Malmö training session discussed the role of media and sustainable transports. A local motor journalist from the biggest regional newspaper gave a speech and so did information officiers from E.ON Gas Sweden and City of Malm... read more

CIVITAS SMILE - Sustainable City Development

CIVITAS SMILE, Malmö, 12.09.2007 - 14.09.2007

The conference, Sustainable City Development, in Malmö, was held on September 12-14, 2007. The conference was aimed towards people who work with sustainable development in the private sector, within the academic world, and within public administrati... read more

CIVITAS Summer University

CIVITAS CARAVEL, Burgos, 09.07.2007 - 11.07.2007

„Citizen and Stakeholder Involvement in Sustainable Mobility” - with this slogan CIVITAS CARAVEL invited students and young professionals to the first unit of the CIVITAS CARAVEL Summer University! This first unit took place in Burgos, Spain, ... read more

CIVITAS SMILE - Media skills overview

London, 29.06.2007

Introduction: This seminar is one a series of the media training events that was held in CIVITAS SMILE countries during 2007, in order to develop the skills of project staff and at the same time take account of the different requirements of local... read more

CiViTAS CARAVEL Genoa Training Workshop

CIVITAS CARAVEL, Genova, 18.05.2007

Mobility Management in hospital areas Program 10.30 Welcome - San Martino Hospital Direction 10.45 Works opening - Arcangelo Merella, Municipality of Genoa Mobility, Traffic and Police Councillor 11.00 CiViTAS CARAVEL project - ing. Vito... read more

CIVITAS SMILE - Local Consortium 2007

CIVITAS SMILE, Norwich, 16.04.2007 - 19.04.2007

The 2007 annual CIVITAS SMILE Consortium was hosted by Norwich, England. The event ran from Monday 16th April to Thursday 19th April. ... read more

EVER Conference in Monaco

CIVITAS CARAVEL, Genova, 29.03.2007 - 01.04.2007

Monaco’s International Conference and Exhibition on Ecologic Vehicles, Renewable Energy, and the New Mobility Agenda - EVER 2007 CiViTAS CARAVEL Genoa was presented at EVER Conference 2007, which was held in Monaco, from March, 29 to April, 1. ... read more

CIVITAS CARAVEL Workshop

CIVITAS CARAVEL, Stuttgart, 13.02.2007

The workshop was organised by the CIVITAS-CARAVEL Workpackage 12 \"Telematics\" focussing on the Stuttgart Integrated Traffic Management Centre, event-oriented traffic management, info mobility platforms and public transport priority schemes. The ... read more

CIVITAS CARAVEL Training Workshop

Cologne, 22.01.2007 - 23.01.2007

The first day of the Training Workshop (January 22, 1.30 - 6.00 p.m.) dealt with: process evaluation (definition, objectives, procedures, tools, terminology), meeting moderation (rules & tools), METEOR (process evaluation - lessons from CIVITAS I), g... read more

Futuro Remoto Conference

CIVITAS SMILE, Potenza, 24.11.2006

On Friday 24th of November, the CIVITAS Programme and the CIVITAS SMILE experience were presented by the SMILE Project Manager from Potenza at a renowned yearly conference being held in Naples, "Futuro Remoto". The 2006 event focused on sustainable ... read more

CIVITAS MOBILIS Workshop

CIVITAS MOBILIS, Ljubljana, 23.11.2006

Safe cycling: Learning lessons among CIVITAS cities In order to promote cycling in Ljubljana safety improvement is needed first; it is an absolute priority. But safety relates to many issues and it is not possible to tackle all of them at once, th... read more

CIVITAS CARAVEL Workshop

CIVITAS CARAVEL, Genova, 21.11.2006

Urban Pricing and New Forms of Access Restriction International comparison on innovative interventions and regulations for vehicles access restrictions in urban centres: normative issuesinternational best practices innovative emerging approaches t... read more

CIVITAS Forum 2006 in Burgos

CIVITAS CARAVEL, Burgos, 25.09.2006 - 27.09.2006

The CIVITAS Forum 2006 was hosted by the Spanish city of Burgos on 25th-27th September 2006. The 2006 CIVITAS Forum again brought together the Forum members for an annual meeting. A special information session on future funding opportunities o... read more

Conference: Roads and Pricing

CIVITAS MOBILIS, Venezia, 22.09.2006

As part of the activities which took place during European Mobility Week, the City of Venice and ASSTRA (Italian Transport Association) organised the Conference “Roads and Pricing”. The Conference was held on Friday, 22nd September 9.30-13:00 at... read more

2move Festival

CIVITAS SUCCESS, Preston, 16.09.2006

Cycling and health promotion sponsored by CIVITAS SUCCESS and Lancashire County Council Travelwise. A free, fun day of activities and entertainment promoting healthy living and sustainable travel.... read more

Eco-Mobility Event

CIVITAS SUCCESS, La Rochelle, 14.09.2006 - 17.09.2006

This Eco-mobility manifestation gathered 3 main public free events divided into 3 poles "cycles" / "street" / "vehicles and clean energy". La Rochelle welcomed animated not free zones, spectacles, entertainments, professional and institutional meetin... read more

ATCO Conference Nottingham

CIVITAS SUCCESS, Preston, 28.06.2006 - 30.06.2006

The Association of Transport Coordinating Officers (ATCO) Conference brought together Transport Professionals from throughout the UK for its annual conference and exhibition. It was the occasion for Lancashire County Council, partner in the CIVITAS S... read more

European Mobility Exhibition

CIVITAS SUCCESS, La Rochelle, 13.06.2006 - 15.06.2006

During the 3 days of the only trade exhibition for the major players in public transport and sustainable mobility in Europe, a common stand ‘Research and Innovation” was displayed with the CIVITAS cities Nantes, Toulouse and La Rochelle, to repre... read more

Workshop

CIVITAS CARAVEL, Genova, 05.05.2006

On Friday, the 5th of May, the European Ligurian Mediterranean Association, together with the Province of Genoa, held a workshop entitled: "Research, innovation and planning for a sustainable mobility. The possible choice: making more wasting less". ... read more

Inauguration of Genoa underground station of Sarzano Square

CIVITAS CARAVEL, Genova, 03.04.2006

Inauguration of Genoa underground station of Sarzano - Sant'Agostino, the sixth station of the local metro service. For further information on Genoa undergound, please visit: the official Genova metro website... read more

CIVITAS VIVALDI - Target: Clean air for European cities. How to overcome obstacles?

CIVITAS VIVALDI, Bremen, 19.01.2006

Based on visible problems but also on good examples, this conference aimed to pinpoint the achievements but also discuss future developments on technologies and urban traffic strategies. Where are the solutions to fulfil the requirements of air quali... read more

CIVITAS TRENDSETTER - Project final conference in Pécs

CIVITAS TRENDSETTER, Pécs, 16.01.2006

International transport development conference The challenges and opportunities of Hungarian large towns focussing on transport development within the framework of the II. National Development Plan. The speech, in the face of the 3rd call, abou... read more

CIVITAS TELLUS - Final conference in Bucharest

CIVITAS TELLUS, Bucharest, 13.01.2006

At the end of it’s project period CIVITAS TELLUS organised a final conference dealing with the core of CIVITAS: integrated approaches and co-operation. Central question: how do you organise/ realise an integrated approach and the co-operation wi... read more

CIVITAS MOBILIS meeting in Venice

CIVITAS MOBILIS, Venezia, 11.01.2006 - 13.01.2006

Local Politicians from the five CIVITAS MOBILIS cities met on the 13th of January in Venice to discuss “Planning and organising mobility at agglomeration level”. This was one of the projects policy themes and focused on how to coordinate actions ... read more

CIVITAS I Final Conference

03.11.2005 - 04.11.2005

The Conference addressed the question to what extent CIVITAS I cities have succeeded in achieving a radical change in urban transport through the combination of technology and policy based instruments and measures. This was the main goal of CIVITAS s... read more

CIVITAS Forum 2005

01.11.2005 - 03.11.2005

The Forum addressed the broad range of political, cultural and financial issues arising when progressing from “theory” to “practice”. The contemporary wrap up of CIVITAS I and the kick of CIVITAS II rendered the event all the more appealing. ... read more

Public Transport Seminar on Trolleybus Systems

CIVITAS TELLUS, Gdynia, 20.10.2005 - 21.10.2005

The Commission on Transportation in cooperation with the CIVITAS - TELLUS project, had a seminar in Gdynia on the 20th of October 2005 with focus on trolleybus systems. Since trolleybuses are very common in the countries around the Baltic sea, and ar... read more

Delivering Urban Transport Innovations

CIVITAS VIVALDI, Bristol, 14.09.2005 - 15.09.2005

Political Round Table Technical Innovations Marketing & Communication Partnerships & Co-operation Perspectives on the European Dimension CIVITAS I & CIVITAS II ... read more

Goods management and strategic implementation

CIVITAS TELLUS, Göteborg, 17.06.2005

Sound goods management is necessary to allow a free flow in the arteries of the cities. Managing goods flow is, however, a complex exercise involving a wide range of stakeholders. Developing a co-operation between stakeholders is necessary, and often... read more