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More than three years have passed since the Cities-4-People project started. While the end of May 2020 should have marked the end of the project’s activities, the pandemic changed our plans and Cities-4-People was extended for six more months. Looking back at what was done so far, we can acknowledge great results. Over the courseRead more

With the aim to “pass on the baton” to other towns and cities willing to carry out research and/or interventions in the field of people-oriented transport and mobility (POTM), the legacy of Cities-4-People will be made available through a set of resources. The first of these is the Cities-4-People Toolkit of Core Outcome Set (COS)Read more

3 years and a half later, Cities-4-People’s journey comes to a conclusion. The end of the project does not however coincide with the end of the opportunities it has launched. Cities-4-People’s long-lasting impact is already visible in the pilot actions that have been adopted permanently. Below is an overview of these (check all initiatives here):Read more

Over the course of time, infrastructure in Europe and beyond has been largely driven by car-usage. With the welfare of societies increasing and car sales and infrastructure growing, this gradually led to spatial problems, especially in cities. As cars occupy more space, cities suffer from congestion and motor noise. At the same time, there isRead more

In Istanbul, the municipality of Üsküdar brought together all the agents of its local community to think how they can shape the mobility future of their area. In Citizen Mobility Labs, municipal authorities, mobility experts, university students, disability-related social groups and many others came together to brainstorm on potential mobility solutions. Through a rigid communityRead more

Trikala has a large tradition in mobility projects. As a matter of fact, Trikala is Greece’s first smart city and also the first city in the country to have a driverless bus. In the context of cities-4-people, Trikala decided to help people combine different activities in the centre where all services are gathered (supermarkets, leisureRead more

During the course of Cities-4-People, Budapest has brought together its local community to rethink and transform  the mobility landscape of the city. Through a bottom-down, collaborative process, the local community pinned down the predominant challenge and decided to bring people closer to Danube river bank on the Buda side, that runs through the center ofRead more

Altona is the westernmost urban borough of Hamburg situated at the right bank of the Elbe river. In Altona, Cities-4-People brought together local citizens with their local politicians and relevant  stakeholders (such as Hamburg’s department of transport and innovation, traffic planner and bike coordinator, logistics and transport companies) to rethink mobility in the area. SimilarlyRead more

In Oxfordshire, current infrastructure and network cannot accommodate the high volumes of cars, causing traffic congestion. Despite that fact, there seems to be a lack of alternative options that are affordable, with e-bikes and walking being also hampered due to poor infrastructure. As a response to these issues, Oxfordshire came up with three prototype solutions,Read more

On 25 June 2020, our Cities-4-People Team in Budapest organised an official opening ceremony for the Mobility Point network at Magyar tudósok körútja. Because of the risks related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was only targeted to representatives from the press this time. A bigger event for citizens will be organised in autumn. OverRead more