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European Commission to host Urban Mobility Days

The European Commission has confirmed it will host its first large-scale - and free - urban mobility conference in Brussels from 29 September - 1 October.
By David Arminas April 21, 2020 Read time: 1 min
The EC's new event will focus on 'zero-emission mobility' (© Pavel Kavalenkau | Dreamstime.com)

The event will focus on clean and sustainable transport with a conference theme of “zero-emission mobility for all”, according to the Commission.

Urban Mobility Days will incorporate two events in the sector’s calendar – the Civitas Forum Conference and the European Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (Sumps).

The Commission said that Urban Mobility Days will be a “forum for interaction between policymakers, local authorities, academics, non-governmental organisations, other mobility practitioners and all those putting the Sump concept into practice”.

Included in the event will be the results of the Civitas Living Labs and other projects focusing on clean and green mobility as well as forums about the latest in transport trends and technologies.

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