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Polis in brief

Polis is a network of European cities and regions from across Europe, which promotes, supports and advocates innovation in local transport.

We strive to improve transport at local level, especially in relation to the environment & health, mobility & traffic efficiency, the economic & social aspects of transport and safety & security.  

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LATEST NEWS

Below you will find the latest news about Polis. For more information, please consult our Info Polis newsletter (Members only).

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Glasgow to host European Transport Conference 2010

The European Transport Conference (ETC) is the international networking event for transport professionals to share innovation, best practice and networking.

This year, ETC will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Glasgow between 11th and 13th October.

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CVIS Handbook now available in English, French and German!

This document has been written as part of the Cooperative Vehicle-Infrastructure Systems (CVIS) project to raise awareness of the potential of cooperative systems to help tackle urban transport challenges among local authorities and urban planners.

Cooperative systems are systems by which a vehicle communicates wirelessly with another vehicle (V2V – vehicle-to-vehicle communication) or with roadside infrastructure (V2I – vehicle-to-infrastructure communication or I2V – infrastructure to vehicle communication) with the ultimate aim of achieving benefits for many areas of traffic management and road safety.

The document explains available technologies and example applications for cooperative systems, possible benefits for local authorities, steps for implementation, barriers to implementation and how to overcome them, etc.

The document is available on the CVIS website in  English, French (NEW!) and German (NEW!) or order your free copy here.

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Polis position paper on cooperative systems in urban mobility - June 2010

For an accelerated deployment of cooperative systems, local authorities have an important role to play in particular with regards to installing and maintaining roadside infrastructure integral to the functioning of cooperative systems technology.

More local authorities will be interested in deploying cooperative systems if they offer significant benefits in achieving existing policy goals. Overall, this means the efficient and collective movement of people and goods – independent of the transport mode.

For this reason, their views and policy goals must be better taken into account. In order to accelerate deployment, local policy objectives must be integrated into deployment plans, to provide rationale for local authorities in deploying the technology.

There are many legal and technical issues that still need to be solved. From a local authority perspective, especially the technical and financial implications of moving from current systems to cooperative systems need to be clarified.

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For several years now, European cities and regions - through the medium of city networks - have called for an ambitious European policy on urban mobility. It is therefore with great pleasure that Polis welcomes the Action Plan, a second landmark after the Green paper towards the definition of the European policy on urban mobility. Polis sees potential in the Action Plan in supporting the development of a new urban mobility culture which includes a shift towards more environmentally friendly modes of transport.

Therefore, Polis is happy to support the European Commission in implementing the Action Plan.   [More]