Among the ten cities that were honored for the “Sustainable Mobility Week 2015″ was Trikala and the Municipality of Trikala, as it was officially announced.
The award ceremony took place on April 20th in Brussels, in presence of Commissioner responsible for transport Violeta Bulc, and Commissioner Karmenu Vella, responsible for the environment.The European mobility week 2015 award honors the local authorities promoting sustainable urban mobility, focusing the efforts on more sustainable modes.
Trikala was distinguished, due to an exhaustive list of activities, many of which were focused on road safety. Trikala has developed a network of cycle routes, not only by setting simple cycle paths, but has also demonstrated a willingness for innovation: autonomous buses (meaning buses without drivers) in the streets, PV chargers for wheelchairs, solar energy, electric bikes and even a “digital tree” with solar panels for charging mobile phones, electric bicycles and other devices.
On 15/03/2016, the European Commission revealed the names of the cities and towns at the forefront of innovation in urban mobility. A total of six local authorities were nominated for European prizes that reward sustainable mobility excellence. The winner of the EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK Award 2015 and of the award for sustainable urban mobility planning was announced by Commissioner Violeta Bulc, responsible for Transport, and Commissioner Karmenu Vella, responsible for the Environment, at an award ceremony on 20 April in Brussels, Belgium.
The EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK Award 2015 honours the local authorities who promote sustainable urban mobility exceptionally well and who successfully focus their efforts on a shift towards more sustainable means of transport. A city’s performance during held in September is not all that counts; more long-term measures implemented by the applicant cities are also taken into consideration.
This year the Commission received 53 applications from 19 countries. An independent panel of experts shortlisted 10 local authorities excelling in urban mobility. Three of these were nominated as finalists: Lisbon, Murcia and Palma de Mallorca were recognised to have performed exceptionally well in reflecting multimodality in line with last year’s theme ‘Choose. Change. Combine.’. The winner of the EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK Award 2015 will receive a professional promotional video highlighting their outstanding achievements in sustainable urban mobility, and will be promoted as example of best practice along with the other finalists and shortlisted cites.
Shortlisted cities and finalists for the EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK Award 2015 award were:
Bacau (Romania)
Lárnaka (Cyprus)
Lisbon (Portugal)
Miskolc (Hungary)
Murcia (Spain)
Nottingham (UK)
Palma de Mallorca (Spain)
Sofia (Bulgaria)
Tríkala (Greece)
Vienna (Austria)
The award for sustainable urban mobility planning aims to promote the adoption of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) across Europe, and to distinguish the mobility planning champions in line with the annual award theme. This year’s award focused on multimodality and intermodality in sustainable urban mobility planning, which refers to the combination of various transport modes within one trip or separate trips.
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