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While the French were remembering the Storming of the Bastille, on July, 14th the Barton Neighbourhood Centre was hosting another BartOn The Move event: the Hack Day. From 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. local authorities, representatives of the mobility industry, academics, citizens and members of the civil society gathered to discuss the highest priority ideasRead more

Following up on the Presentation Day, an Hackday per pilot area was organised over the summer. On 29 June 2018 it was Trikala’s turn. Between 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. participants gathered at the Matsopoulos Mill. The location had several advantages: it is very well known by Trikala’s citizens because it is a place where manyRead more

It’s the 10 July, a sunny, hot day in Budapest and at the Pop Up Park preparation is ongoing for the Hackday. Our team has organised activities which will help to refine the collection and selection of ideas to solve some of the most pressing mobility challenges concerning the Műegyetem embankment and Batthyány Square. AlthoughRead more

On June, 7th 2018, the SUMPs-Up project organised a Mobility Practitioner Workshop on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans at the Midlands Art Centre in Birmingham. The objectives were primarily three: showcasing the SUMPs-Up Civitas project looking at case studies sharing learning between similar projects in different areas around sustainable urban mobility and co-creation. Our partners fromRead more

At the end of June, on the 26th, the Budapest Citizen Mobility Lab organised the Presentation Day, inviting a diverse and proactive stakeholder group, including mobility specialists and representatives of the civil society. Their goal was double: to agree on priorities among the many suggested interventions for the upper Danube river embankment and to assessRead more

Do you remember our first roadshow in Budapest? The second one took place not too long ago, on the 5 and 6 June 2018. Once again the aim was to involve a wide public, make people familiar with the project and allow them to express their view about local mobility challenges and solutions by meansRead more

26 June 2018, Buergertreff Altona Nord, Hamburg: 19 days after a first productive Lab Night, the Hamburg team organised a second one. This time, the night took place in the Northern part of Altona instead of the so-called Gerichtsviertel. Our local team wanted to spread the discussion evenly and try to involve the whole district:Read more

As it was the case for the other two neighbourhood workshops (Aziz Mahmut Hüday and Mimar Sinan), the mobility workshop for the Ahmediye neighbourhood was organised in Keşfet Üsküdar. On 23 May, 5 citizens and representatives of the local administration came together with our team to learn about the Cities-4-People project and brainstorm about mobilityRead more

4 academics, 2 local elected councillors, 4 transport providers and 58 citizens met on 23 June 2018 at the Barton Neighbourhood Centre for the Cities-4-People Presentation Day. This is not the beginning of a joke. It is part of the magic of this project: bringing together people with different backgrounds, needs and perspectives to tryRead more

Cities-4-People aims to get citizens and a broad variety of stakeholders involved: people are the centre of this project! This is why our Hamburg team is very active in participating in external events, such as the Altonale, and in organising entertaining, yet informative sessions, such as the Mobility Slam. After a series of other activities,Read more