Transport accounts for approximately 22% of actions submitted by Covenant Signatories and contributes to 32% of total emissions, according to the Joint Research Committee’s Baseline Emission Inventories. The EU Covenant also tackles transport in its climate adaptation pillar by using transport-related indicators such as the vulnerability of transport infrastructure to extreme weather events. In 2022, the Covenant of Mayors further expanded its focus by introducing an Energy Poverty Pillar, which includes indicators related to transport poverty. These metrics assess the accessibility and availability of public transport services, giving insights into how mobility influences social inclusion.
Coalition of the Willing on Sustainable Mobility – what is it?
The Coalition of the Willing on Sustainable Mobility is an offshoot of the EU Covenant of Mayors, established in conjunction with other organisations and initiatives. Together, they support cities in accelerating the decarbonisation of the mobility sector. The coalition aims to deepen expertise and foster collaboration in this area. It includes:
- CIVITAS
- Eurocities
- EIT Urban Mobility
- POLIS
- European Mobility Week
- UITP
- Net Zero Cities
- Clean Cities Campaign
- EU Cyclists’ Federation
Explore our collection of resources to drive sustainable mobility in your city
In 2023, the EU Covenant of Mayors published ‘Policy options to reduce emissions from the mobility sector: inspiring examples and learning opportunities’, a collection of useful resources for EU Covenant of Mayors signatories.
The EU Urban Mobility Observatory: It facilitates the exchange of information, knowledge and experience in the field of sustainable urban mobility in Europe.
CIVITAS Learning centre: Check out CIVITAS' catalogue of capacity building opportunities on all aspects of sustainable mobility.
The expert corner: SUMP reference materials provides comprehensive planning recommendations on established topics and are grouped under different thematic areas .
Check out the recording and materials from our webinar “Public transport as a key enabler for carbon-neutral, connected cities.”
UPPER aims to spearhead a public transport revolution that will strengthen its role as the cornerstone of sustainability mobility and innovation in cities, ultimately leading the transition towards a future of zero emission mobility.
CLEVER will significantly improve transport emissions by providing precise emission factors, data, and insights. Its harmonized framework of emission factors will support quantification of baselines and tracking of emission reductions.
The objective of SUM is to transform current mobility networks into novel shared mobility systems (NSM) integrated with public transport (PT) in 15+ European cities by 2026.
The Clean Bus Europe Platform is an initiative under the European Commission’s Clean Bus Deployment Initiative that aims to support the deployment of clean bus technologies across Europe. The Platform brings together European cities, transport authorities and operators, together with relevant stakeholders.
How should the public transport sector transition to renewable energy, UITP
Car Electrification and Urban Mobility: Recentring the Debate on Public Transport, UITP
Check out the recording and materials from our webinar “Combining citizens’ involvement and urban planning to foster active mobility in cities.”
ECF’s Cycling Infrastructure Tracker, European Cyclists’ Federation
Integrating Walking and Public Transport, UITP
The state of national cycling strategies in Europe (2024), European Cyclists’ Federation
Draft 2023/24 National Energy and Climate Plans: Greater ambition needed for cycling for a climate-neutral Europe, European Cyclists’ Federation
REALLOCATE catalyses change in mobility practices by developing integrated and innovative sustainable urban mobility solutions, enabling European cities to exchange knowledge, experiences and ideas, and inspire other cities to replicate and adapt the developed solutions to their own contexts.
CycleRight: The project aims to improve a set of policy instruments targeting sustainable urban mobility for a zero carbon economy by sharing good practices and knowledge on climate-resilient, accessible, safe cycling infrastructure.
JUST STREETS supports 8 pilot cities and 4 follower cities in transforming cities’ car-centered mobility narratives that take for granted that streets are for motorised traffic only.
Check out the recording and materials from our webinar “How can cities decarbonise urban logistics through Public-Private Partnerships?”
Solutions that Tackle Congestion and Improve Goods Distribution: success stories and results from CIVITAS projects.
LEAD Project (Digital Twins for last-mile low-emission logistics) policy recommendations
DISCO project will contribute to the definition of a new generation of Sustainable Urban Logistics Plans (SULPs) in the short, medium, and long-term, in several strategic sector areas. It will support cities and regions in achieving their local policy objectives such as reaching emission reduction by demonstrating zero-emission data-driven urban logistic solutions.
The UNCHAIN project aims to address the challenges associated with the rapidly evolving logistics demand in cities and promote public-private data exchange and interoperability.
CodeZERO is a transformative three-year initiative to create sustainable, zero-emission last-mile delivery and return solutions for e-commerce. Its mission is to make these solutions attractive and viable for retailers, logistics service providers and consumers.
GREEN-LOG is a Horizon Europe co-funded project which will develop Logistics-as-a service platforms for interconnected city logistics, automated delivery concepts using autonomous vehicles and delivery droids, cargo-bike-based innovations for sustainable micro-consolidation, and multimodal parcel deliveries integrating public transportation.
URBANE (Upscaling Innovative Green Urban Logistics Solutions Through Multi-Actor Collaboration and Physical Internet (PI) - Inspired Last Mile Deliveries) tackles the negative trends associated with last-mile deliveries by supporting the transition towards effective, resilient, safe, and sustainable transport.
Check out the recording and materials from our webinar “Electric Mobility.”
Solutions that Boost Innovation and E-mobility: success stories and results from CIVITAS Research and Innovation Actions.
USER-CHI project replication booklet
eBRT2030 seeks to support sustainable urban transport by proposing innovative solutions for electric Bus Rapid Transit (BRT).
Scale project stems from a rising opportunity: The uptake of electric vehicles in a mass-deployment scenario, coupled with gas nozzles on cars with the flexibility of renewable energy generation could form the basis of a decentralised power system, simultaneously decarbonising both the transport and energy sectors.
The Towards zero emission road transport (2Zero) is a co-programmed Partnership funded under the Horizon Europe programme and aiming at accelerating the transition towards zero tailpipe emission road mobility across Europe.
MOBILITIES for EU showcases innovative urban mobility solutions, leveraging electrification, automation, and connectivity to transform urban transportation. Seven European cities, aligned with climate neutrality goals by 2030 as part of the 112 Mission Cities, form the project's core.
The platform for electro-mobility is a unique research and advocacy alliance of united industries and civil society organisations across the whole value chain of electric mobility and all transport models to share expertise and provide solutions at EU level to create the e-mobility ecosystem.
Check out the recording and materials from our webinar “Joint planning through SUMPs and SECAPs towards zero-emission mobility in cities.”
Costs and benefits of the urban mobility transition - 2nd edition, EIT Urban Mobility
SUMI3 is the third rung on the ladder towards the successful implementation of Sustainable urban mobility plans (SUMPs) in EU cities! The project continues a series funded by the European Commission to prompt critical work on optimised, fit-for-purpose Sustainable Urban Mobility Indicators (SUMIs).
Adapting Transport to Climate Change and Extreme Weather, OECD
Transport system resilience, International Transport Forum
Adapting public transport to climate change: the key for resilient cities, UITP
EU Funds and Financing for Resilient Local Mobility, UITP Policy Paper
Preparedness for future shocks and disruptions with climate-resilient systems, CIVITAS publication
Topic Guide: Planning for more resilient and robust urban mobility, POLIS, and Rupprecht Consult 2021
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