The Smart Mobility Summit of Cities and Regions, a key highlight of the previous 15th ITS European Congress, setting the stage for this year’s Summit, brought together over 30 representatives to discuss green and intelligent mobility for sustainable growth. The focus was on sharing best practices and implementing Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) and Indicators (SUMIs) to monitor progress and improve quality of life.
The summit stressed the need for collaboration, knowledge sharing, and research on sustainable mobility while addressing challenges like data privacy, AI impacts, and integrating energy demand in planning. Keynote speaker Mr. Torsten Klimke from the European Commission stressed the need for regulatory action to support urban and rural mobility systems.
Participating Cities & Regions (and representatives):
Amsterdam, Berlin, Birmingham, Brno, Cologne, Delft, Dubai, Dublin, EUROCITIES, FundãoGraz, Hamburg, Helmond, Helsinki, Ile de France, Istanbul, Izmir, Kassel, Kyiv, Liberec, Liepaja, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Manchester, Munich, Noord-Brabant, POLIS, Porto, Rome, Saxony, Seville, Solihull, Tallinn, Tampere, Vienna, Vilnius.
The Summit featured four critical discussions points:
The challenges in prioritising road space between private vehicles, public transport, and active modes like cycling were discussed, emphasising the need for political decisions, strategic citizen communication, and dynamic road space management.
Cities benefit from using Sustainable Urban Mobility Indicators (SUMIs) to track policy impacts and encourage cross-sector cooperation. Participants exchanged ideas on the challenge of adapting indicators to assess qualitative factors such as accessibility and equity.
Delegates discussed the importance of public awareness and trust in mobility data collection. Ideas were exchanged on open data practices, public-private partnerships, and improving data quality for innovation.
Public transport infrastructure, active mobility, and citizen education were discussed as means to achieve sustainable mobility, while emphasizing the importance of pre- and post-evaluation of mobility strategies for achieving sustainability goals.
Join us for our webinar on Decarbonising Urban Mobility on Wednesday 27 March, 14:00-15:00 CET, bringing together industry representatives, policymakers and public authorities driving implementation.
