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Capacity Building Events

30.11.-0001

“Improving Public Transport for a Changing Urban Landscape” The 3rd UPPER&SPINE Webinar

UPPER Project EU teamed up again with sister project SPINE for the 3rd Webinar Series. This time, we focused on 'Improving Public Transport for a Changing Urban Landscape. A privileged catwalk to pres...

30.11.-0001

UPPER&SPINE workshop “Streets for Life” – lower speed limits and better public transport

Whether you are a concerned citizen, urban planner, policy-maker, or transportation professional, this webinar will provide an invaluable platform for knowledge-sharing, inspiration, and constructive...

Resources

27 Oct 2025

Analysing Shared Mobility Markets in 311 European Cities

This study provides a comprehensive analysis of shared mobility schemes across 311 European cities, examining the evolution and expansion of services such as bike‑sharing and car‑sharing. The rese...

30 Sep 2024

CIVITAS ReVeAL Tool: Implementing UVARs for Safer, Greener, and More Livable Cities

The main objective of the tool is to help cities that are considering putting urban vehicle access regulation (UVAR) measures in place. Such measures can help make cities more accessible, safer, quiet...

24 Oct 2024

Guidelines for developing and implementing a SUMP (2nd edition)

The guidelines provide a comprehensive framework aimed at addressing the complexities of urban transport planning. The primary issue these guidelines tackle is the need for sustainable urban mobility...

06 Aug 2024

On the road to a concept for Bus Rapid Transit

This publication aims to serve as a baseline describing the state-of-the-art of (E)Bus Rapid Transit systems around the world, creating a benchmark for the eBRT2030 project. The report examines th...

24 Oct 2024

Planning a long-term zero carbon transition pathway

The SUMP-PLUS Policy Brief #1, released in December 2022, addresses the pressing issue of decarbonizing urban transport as part of broader efforts to combat climate change. In the context of the Europ...

19 May 2025

Public service obligations for European public transport

Public transportation is a service that is offered on a market, meaning that there is a supply, a demand, and a cost to utilise the service, even if that cost is little or subsidised. Different approa...

19 May 2025

The Clean Vehicles Directive

The Clean Vehicles Directive’s goal is increasing the proportion of low- and zero-emission vehicles in contracts submitted by public entities across the 27 EU member states. The Directive mandates t...

19 May 2025

The New EU Urban Mobility Framework

In 2021, EC DG MOVE published its new European Urban Mobility Framework, which suggests actions to encourage EU institutions and member states to create safe, accessible, inclusive, affordable, smart,...

03 Jul 2024

Transport Poverty, a public health issue

This briefing describes a multidimensional definition of transport poverty developed in collaboration with health and transport experts. It outlines the causes of transport poverty within and beyond t...

29 Apr 2025

Urban Nodes: Empowering cities and regions to build the TEN-T

The Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) is an essential driver for the improvement of the movement of people and goods throughout Europe. With the 2023 agreement on the revision of the TEN-T regu...