Across the country in the last year, about 43 new charging stations for electric vehicles have been installed, including the poorest parts of Ljubljana. The capital also has by far the most extensive network of electric pumps, the municipality is expected to continue this year by adopting a strategy for the development of electromobility.

Installed in the months of December at the busiest public transportation stop, electronic LCD panels now show the arrival times of public transport vehicles in real time. For the blind this is certainly useful for a lot of things, namely the speaker announcing the next arrival of a bus and the next 3-4 arrivals, displaying information about the buses through GPS systems, which quite accurate.

Ten council districts and neighborhoods of Gdansk appeal to the authorities to ​​put up information boards, on which advertisements can legally be placed. They have run out of money from the CIVITAS MIMOSA PLUS program.

The Tramway Company will test from a new technique this month which will reduce emissions.

The buses of Donostiabus have received international recognition for their low pollution emissions.

Za projekt so porabili 5,5 milijona evrov in - kot so zapisali - uspešno izpeljali vseh 17 načrtovanih ukrepov. The project spent 5.5 million euros and has successfully completed all 17 of the planned measures. After four years in the capital Ljubljana, the project Civitas Elan ends. Municipality of Ljubljana (MOL) has had project coordinators in Zagreb, Ghent, Brno and Porto from September 2008 to October 2012, in an effort to improve mobility in Ljubljana.

The project Mimosa (Making Innovation in Mobility and Sustainable Actions), of which the town of Bologna is the coordinator, has permitted the investment in five European cities of over 23 million euro, of which about 6.5 million will be invested in Bologna (of which another 4 million shall be given by the European Union). Other European cities, other than Bologna, participating in the project are Funchal (Portugal), Gdansk (Poland), Tallinn (Estonia) and Utrecht (Netherlands) and they have collaborated with the University of Berlin, some private companies and European research institutes .

The Basque Government has organized with the collaboration of the consultancy Novadays in the Technology Parc of Zamudio, a day to promote the use of sustainable transport to business places such as technology parks.

Along with 20 other cities around the world Aalborg launches a competition which will help to solve various urban challenges, such as traffic congestion. CIVITAS ARCHIMEDES is helping them achieve this.

Murcia City Council is to raise awareness among drivers in Murcia, and new drivers in particular, on the incompatibility between drinking and driving and recommends to those who want to drink a beer to choose the variety without alcohol when they have their car with them.

San Sebastian, Porto (Portugal) and Reggio Emilia (Italy) have been awarded today by the Civitas Forum of the European Commission, which have been singled out by their various initiatives in sustainable mobility among 21 cities.

Ibilek has a fleet of four electric vehicles and two hybrids in the capital of Guipuzcoa, in addition to the 21 already existing in Bilbao, Vitoria and Barakaldo

Saturday is European Car Free Day. So leave the car in the garage, get on a bike with your family and take part in the city game "Magic Without a Car"

San Sebastian has since this Wednesday the first electric car network available for rent, a fleet of four electric vehicles and two plug-in hybrids, which use hundred percent renewable electricity supplied by Ibilek, the company promoted by the Basque Energy (EVE) and Repsol. Mentions financing by the project CIVITAS Archimedes.

Debate: is our city indeed "bike friendly"?

New real time information system at bus/tram stops in Tallinn;
It's funded by the European Union's 7th Framework Programme of the CIVITAS MIMOSA project

In Tallinn, scoreboards will be installed at six bus stops showing how many minutes you have to wait for the bus, trolleybus or tram.
Thanks to the MIMOSA project withing the framework of CIVITAS

exhibition "Gdansk Bike Fashion"
They asked residents of Gdansk, who use a bike every day to sent their photos and stories related to cycling
Mentiones MIMOSA and CIVITAS PLUS and what is the CIVITAS Initiative

Report from the capmaign promoting road safety launched within CIVITAS Archimedes road safety measures

Acquiring a mobile traffic court for traffic training of safe cycling and walking accessible to all children in the city

Introducing activities held within the road safety campaign aimed at increasing road safety in Usti nad Labem and improving awareness about road safety issues on local roads

Introducing the efforts and the public campaign held by CIVITAS to improve roads safety in Usti nad Labem

Within road safety measures, Usti nad Labem organised workshops for elderly people in order to increase their safety when walking and riding public transport in the city

Within the road safety measures, workshops with students were held to discuss road safety issues and encourage safer city mobility

We should favor public transport to guarantee the future needs of the people's moobility and to avoid traffic congestion

The organisation of such a meeting at this level, organized in collaboration with the Urban Intergroup of the European Parliament (Group of MPs, with specific expertise in the development of policies for transport and liveability of urban environments), has allowed five partner cities of teh project CIVITAS MIMOSA (Bologna, Utrecht, Tallinn, Gdansk and Funchal) to present some experimental solutions and interventions.

Payment for the entry of vehicles into the city center in 2003, first introduced in London, followed by Stockholm, followed by several other European cities.

In Ljubljana, the project Civitas Elan improved the environment with some other measures. Ljubljana has been updated with five hybrid buses and at bus stops they set up a mechanism which displays the arrivals of the buses and developed an information tool for the prediction of arrivals, in the pedestrian zone we also provide free transportation of two electric vehicles.

For the first time 5 primary schools have organized a Piedibus, school "walk" to accompany 260 children under the guidance of parent volunteers. Fifteen different lines will bring pupils to school in time for the start of classes: zero emissions, combined with the opportunity to move, to be shared with other peers and explore their neighborhood closely.

Tallinn city invites all citizens in May to participate in a pan-European competition, a bicycle route, the "European Cycling Challenge" 2012, during which a bicycle mobile application will allow users to map the most commonly used road.

Zagreb took a second prise in this years ETM awards contest.

Zagreb took a second prise in this years ETM awards contest.

Major intersections in downtown Tallinn have emerged in recent weeks, cameras will monitor traffic congestion.

At the ELAN meeting, various speakers presented the air quality in Ljubljana and the associated problems and solutions, all of which is related to the measure \"investigate the possibilities for entry fees for vehicles in the city center.\"

Environmentally friendly vehicle will be Kavalir for the fourth consecutive year, offered transport in Ljubljana and visitors in the center of Ljubljana

- flexible transport begins to take its first steps in Portugal
- For now, the Government announced the creation of such a system, but so far nothing has been done ...

Article on carpooling after an Wednesdays in tram event in CE Info point.

- an infoparking system has been installed which will give real time information on the amount of parking spaces left to avoid traffic;
- developed with the CIVITAS ARCHIMEDES project.

Cyclists travelling on the commuter route between the university and the city centre will now get easier through the Hadsundvej/Humlebakken intersection. During day the cyclists can follow a series of green lane lights in the cycle path. In the evening, the cyclists themselves activate green light in the intersection.

The theme of the 2011 campaign - "Alternative mobility" - was intended to foster the transition towards a more efficient transport system in terms of resources, promoting clean vehicles with low fuel consumption.
Bologna wins the European Mobility Week 2011 award.
Bologna has convinced the jury to organize a weekend without cars instead of a single day. The permanent measures implemented include the creation of charging points for electric cars and a plan to extend the bicycle paths up to 130 km.
The European Mobility Week 2012 will take place September 16 to 22 under the theme "Moving in the right direction."

The City of Bologna, in fact, won first prize for the European Mobility Week last year, which was held September 16 to 22.
The commitment of Bologna, in short, was judged to be the best at promoting ecological alternatives to the use of cars and at involving citizens in activities to support sustainable urban mobility.

The theme of the 2011 campaign - "Alternative mobility" - was intended to foster the transition towards a more efficient transport system in terms of resources, promoting clean vehicles with low fuel consumption.
Bologna wins the European Mobility Week 2011 award.
The European Mobility Week 2012 will take place September 16 to 22 under the theme "Moving in the right direction."

The theme of the 2011 campaign - "Alternative mobility" - was intended to foster the transition towards a more efficient transport system in terms of resources, promoting clean vehicles with low fuel consumption.
Bologna wins the European Mobility Week 2011 award.
Bologna has convinced the jury to organize a weekend without cars instead of a single day. The permanent measures implemented include the creation of charging points for electric cars and a plan to extend the bicycle paths up to 130 km.
The European Mobility Week 2012 will take place September 16 to 22 under the theme "Moving in the right direction."

The theme of the 2011 campaign - "Alternative mobility" - was intended to foster the transition towards a more efficient transport system in terms of resources, promoting clean vehicles with low fuel consumption.
Bologna wins the European Mobility Week 2011 award.
Bologna has convinced the jury to organize a weekend without cars instead of a single day. The permanent measures implemented include the creation of charging points for electric cars and a plan to extend the bicycle paths up to 130 km.
The European Mobility Week 2012 will take place September 16 to 22 under the theme "Moving in the right direction."

The theme of the 2011 campaign - "Alternative mobility" - was intended to foster the transition towards a more efficient transport system in terms of resources, promoting clean vehicles with low fuel consumption.
Bologna won the European Mobility Week 2011.
Bologna has convinced the jury to organize a weekend without cars instead of a single day. The permanent measures implemented include the creation of charging points for electric cars and a plan to extend the bicycle paths up to 130 km.
The European Mobility Week 2012 will take place September 16 to 22 under the theme "Moving in the right direction."

Wi-Fi has been installed in buses thanks to the CIVITAS Archimedes Project, aimed at promoting public transport

- The townhall in Gdansk has announced the public order for: 25 high-standard tablets, 15 laptops and notebooks, and over 1000 computer accessories to be delivered to the local magistrates in the frame of the "ForsightGdańsk 2030" project, aimed at the development of the city.
- The overall costs will reach around 14 000 euros to be paid by the townhall.
-The gadgets will play their function during the Euro 2012, Civitas Mimosa initiative and will be also used for the future events.

- Implementation of the Polish-German C-Liège project (Clean last mile transport and logistics management for smart and efficient local governments in Europe) in the city of Szczecin.
-First of the four planned meetings concerning the problem of the cargo transport in the city of Szczecin and in its vicinity, accompagnied by examples of good practice being implemented in other European cities related to reduction in energy use.
-Presentations made by local and German members of the assembly-discussion of BestUFS, SUGAR, CIVITAS, CETC-ROUTE65, RegLog projects
-Next planned meeting will take place in June 2012 and its topic will concern the estimation of the budget necessary to the realisation of the project and its expected results for the western coast region of Poland.

On Tuesday 6 March will begin a two-day town hall meeting on the project 
 Civitas Plus Renaissance

-The meeting of the consortium of the European cities ( Perugia, Bath, Skopje, Gorna Oryahovitsa) of the Polish city Szczecinek held on the 6th of March, discussing finishing this year Civitas Plus Reneissance project-one of the biggest in recent years project led by a city and financed by the EU funds.
- Visible examples of the implementation of the project: gas driven microbuses, ecologic car wash, 18 km cycle paths, improvements made to the road security, bike rent service, implementation of the Transport Strategy for the city of Szczecinek between 2010-202.
- The budget used for the initiative is calcultated for 6 mln euros, financed by the EU-4 mln euros.
- Szczecnek is the 2nd Polish city,after Cracow, participating in the Civitas Reneissance project.

The Italian city of Bologna has won the 2011 European Mobility Week Award.
have done the best job in promoting clean alternatives to using cars and involving citizens in activities to support sustainable urban mobility during European Mobility Week 2011.
The 2011 campaign theme – “Alternative Mobility” – set out to support the transition towards a resource-efficient transport system by promoting clean, fuel-efficient or human-powered modes of transport.
In collaboration with the CIVITAS ELAN EU project, Zagreb used opinion polls to collect valuable information on possibilities to improve its sustainable transport infrastructure and the quality of the 2011 event.

The article covers a regional conference „Panel III“ on developments of urban mobility on regional and communal levels. Electro-mobility is one of the most addressed topics within the article.
CIVITAS is mentioned as a response to Germany’s federal council’s request to stay sovereign in terms of transport rather than being EU-regulated: Civitas, an Archimedes program during 2008-2012 strives towards a more environmental-friendly and more efficient means of public transport.

Report on EU-conference for stakeholders (21/06/2011) „Smart-Initiative der europäischen Städte und Gemeinden“ – reportong about the findings. One little paragraph mentions CIVITAS as an EU-initiative to combat compelling traffic issues. Further it states that CIVITAS supports ambitious integrated strategies aiming at sustainable local traffic

The Italian city of Bologna has won the 2011 European Mobility Week Award. The city was judged by an independent panel of mobility experts to have done the best job in promoting clean alternatives to using cars and involving citizens in activities to support sustainable urban mobility during European Mobility Week 2011. The runners-up were Larnaka in Cyprus and the Croatian capital Zagreb.

Announcement of "Bicycle in Zagreb" theme -within Wednesdays in tram series of events.

Partnership of different sectors for sustainable development showed through CIVITAS ELAN Zagreb project.

Safety of elderly in PT

- trial for an environmentally-friendly hybrid bus on Bath's park-and-ride routes
- been running for the past 18 months now and has proved particularly well suited
- funded by the EU's Civitas programme for heritage cities
- explains how it works
- As an historic city, and World Heritage Site, Bath faces a unique series of transport challenges

Croatian TT - Good morning Croatia crew followed CE team to one of the workshops for elderly held in Home for elderly Klaiceva in Zagreb.

- explains what MODERN is about
- explains what is CIVITAS
- says what the opportunities are for Brescia by participating in the Civitas project
- presents their initiatives

Krzysztof Ośmiałowski and Gosia Ratkowska of CIVITAS MIMOSA gave an interview on Radio Gdansk on public transport and the "clean public transport stops" project

- Vitoria has just been chosen to host the 2012 Civitas Forum, the world’s largest meeting of experts in sustainable mobility.
- Explains the reasons why Vitoria was selected
- Presents the CIVITAS Forum

Extensive presentation the CIVITAS forum, the guidelines, the Committee, the objectives (air quality, reduction of road accidents, etc.), the network, the resources and budget

- Vice-Mayor of Funchal believes that the crisis could help on the issue of urban mobility because in times of crisis we have a window of opportunity to change many behaviors
- Mentions winner of best practices
- Explains what the project and initiative is about

- The mayor of Funchal, Miguel Albuquerque, announced the creation of an observatory of mobility to monitor this area and to help make decisions and evaluate the results of the new strategies adopted.
- They want to encourage the population to use public transport for sustainable mobility
- Explains what the CIVITAS Forum and the CIVITAS initiative is
- Mentions the winning cities for best projects

- What is the Forum all about
- Utrecht is on the nomination list with five projects for sustainable transport.
- Details on the live Broadcast of the Forum
- Explains what is Civitas
- Gives information about Utrecht’s participation since 2008

- Utrecht was proclaimed CIVITAS City of the Year.
- The municipality also won an award in the field of sustainable technological innovation.
- Presents the CIVITAS Award
Explains what CIVITAS Plus is all about
- Presents one of Utrecht’s projects MIMOSA (Making Innovation in Mobility and Sustainable Actions)
- Explains what improvements Utrecht expects

- In Funchal in Madeira, Utrecht won the EU Award for cleaner and better transport. Utrecht also received an award in the field of sustainable technological innovation.
- presents the CIVITAS initiative
- says what projects Utrecht has
- funding of CIVITAS

- Vitoria-Gasteiz has been selected as the venue for the 2012 CIVITAS Forum
- presents the CIVITAS Forum, what it’s about and it’s objectives
- explains the procedure of selection; how Vitoria-Gasteiz was selected

- announces that Gent won the prestigious ‘CIVITAS Award for Public Participation’
- explains what CIVITAS is all about
- explains why they won
- presents the various projects they suggested and have initiated (safer cycling and walking paths, possibility to share an electric car

- describes CIVITAS FORUM 2011, its objectives, the slogan, the project, the innovative measures taken, the implementation of policies for sustainable urban mobility, the technical and scientific innovations, the benefits not only for the cities, but also for the universities, private companies, transport authorities, etc.
- about 350 participants from more than 30 Europeans countries, and representatives from Australia, Japan and the U.S.A.

- Investment in urban mobility in european cities such as Funchal, Madeira (investment of 3.7 million EUR, of which 54% comes from the EU): hybrid cars, electric cars, bycicles, segways, basket cars (sledges), etc.
- Description of Civitas, an initiative of the Commission which includes 209 European cities committed to adopting solutions for sustainable mobility
- Details about the European Mobility Week

- CIVITAS FORUM 2011 17-19 October in Madeira is described
- Describes the town of Madeira in detail
- Describes the CIVITAS initiative: find environmentally-friendly and convenient transport for the citizens (hybrid cars, bicycles, eco-buses, etc.)

- The European week for sustainable mobility in Madeira
- CIVITAS Forum, assembly of spokespersons of transport companies of 208 cities
- Presentation of CIVITAS initiative
to discuss public transport, cycling, car sharing, green petrol… to reduce the external impacts on the urban environment, to improve the citizens’ quality of life and transport.
- Many Italian cities have suggested technical innovations too, with a prize for the best idea

- European Commission – CIVITAS initiative concerns sustainable transport
- New transport projects are tested and evaluated
- CIVITAS Forum 2011, an international meeting held last week to discuss urban improvement

- European Commission – CIVITAS initiative concerns sustainable transport
- New transport projects are tested and evaluated
- CIVITAS Forum 2011, an international meeting held last week to discuss urban improvement

coverage on Coimbra's public transport operator SMTUC acquring a driving simulator in various local outlets

front page picture in local newspaper

Subscriptions of bus ticket and revenues grow

"Brescia Mobility Channel" brings traffic news in real-time but also informs on free parking spots and the availability of Bicimia

CTCV engineer presented the results of the CentrAr project and confirmed that despite the recent positive results air quality continues to be "most critical" in Coimbra

Slovenia’s first compressed natural gas (CNG) filling station has been opened in Ljubljana, the country’s capital and largest city. At the same time the city has welcomed 20 new CNG powered public transport buses.

by Roman Yakic and Bruno Miguel Camacho Pereira

The number of on-street charging points for Brighton and Hove's 22 registered electric car users has been doubled.