The new line, substantially funded by the European Union, will advance work carried out during CIVITAS II to reduce car traffic in the city centre. As a consortium member in CIVITAS MOBILIS, which ran 2005-2009, Debrecen implemented access...
Furthermore, Mr. Troels Andersen, as the former project manager for Odense Cycle City and present developer at Technical Traffic Solution Inc., gave a presentation. He described how technical devices can improve and boost cycle traffic in modern...
Together with the recent opening of the new bus depot of Langlade, the Public Transport Authority decided to launch a bio diesel experimentation. Today, one third of the public transport bus fleet (almost 150 buses) is now running in Toulouse with...
Odense is well know as a city for cyclists in Denmark and abroad. But now Odense has been invited to participate in EXPO 2010 in Shanghai and to share its knowledge in the field of cycling, health, technology and environment.
The City of Venice Deputy Mayor for the Environment, Pierantonio Belcaro opened the workshop, illustrating how the contribution of the MOBILIS project to the development of the local ASM car sharing fleet is just one of the actions carried out in...
The goal of the conference was to bring together people from a variety of disciplines in order to promote modern technology, necessary to support the environment-friendly and sustainable development of our society.
For the first time in Denmark: Buy your ticket to the bus with your mobile phone. The public transport company FynBus now enters the world of technology by launching the SMS-ticket. Passengers in the city buses as well as in the regional buses now...
Odense has launched a new campaign in the kindergartens. All have been offered to receive a bicycle trailer and 16 kindergartens will now receive a trailer. The purpose is to make the parents aware of this way of transport. For one week they can try...
The Ministry of Justice has approved the project plans for Living Streets. This is great news for both the residents and for the project. Now the work implementing the zones will start. When the zones are ready the working group will launch a...
ZDF visited Odense 10th April 2007 to interview project ledader Troels Andersen about our Civitas initiatives in Odense for a program about alternative mobility. The programme was made for ZDF.umwelt and will also show examples from Graz and Bremen....
Odense is proud to announce that we have been asked to be Thematic Leader in the Field of Cycling within CIVITAS. We gladly accept this assignment and look forward to cooperating with all of the cities in CIVITAS.Odense is well known for its...
The city of Ljubljana and Toulouse focused mainly on the construction of bicycle lanes and routes throughout their cities. Odense on the other hand reported on a whole range of activities regarding cycling they implemented: introduction of green...
5000 umbrellas were handed out over two weeks in November. The bad weather has been perfect for this activity and the umbrellas were very welcome in the streets of Odense. The Deputy Mayor, Anker Boye, helped to give away the first umbrellas.Handing...
At their recent meeting in Venice five top politicians from the cities Debrecen (HU), Ljubljana (SL), Odense (DK), Toulouse (FR) and Venice (IT) have expressed their strong and unanimous support for recent initiatives of the European Commission...
Workshop on public participation in planning and promotion of sustainable mobility focusing on safe and increased use of bicycles was held on February 15.
The workshop consisted of two parts. In the first part the Slovenian experts working on bio-diesel gave lectures. In the second part all participants were invited to take part actively in the practical laboratory testing of a bus engine and in the...
The portfolios contain materials to promote sustainable mobility such as the bicycle and public transport. In the portfolios there is also a post card with useful links to plan your trip. Furthermore there is a link to a new portal where you can...
A major topic of their discussion was linked to their shared ideas on urban sustainable mobility issues. In line with the objectives of the CIVITAS Initiative, they are of the opinion that urban mobility, as it is touching the daily practices of 80...