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How to move a crowd: a mobility cookbook for modest cities with big festivals (by Petr Schiller and Ameba Production team)

Since 2007, the four-day Rock for People festival has been held in Hradec Králové (Czech Republic), with attendance steadily increasing each year. However, last year the city hosted a premiere event that welcomed the same number of visitors in just one day. The key to success was communication and proper coordination among the organizational team’s various components. This article offers a retrospective look at how the transportation situation was managed before, during, and after the events that took place last year at Park 360. In addition to the festival, two concerts by global megastar Ed Sheeran brought nearly 100,000 people to the city—roughly equivalent to its entire population. Yet, everything went smoothly, and the city's regular traffic was not disrupted.

Organising a TNM? Here are the basics (by Jana Svobodová)

Organising a transnational meeting within the URBACT network is always a big challenge for a city. Usually the city wants to showcase local achievements to show off, but at the same time it wants to give the partners an idea of the challenges being addressed. Hradec Králové is always happy to accept such a challenge with openness, careful planning and the desire to share both our experience and our learning process.

Osona: participatory planning for a new interurban bus system

Osona’s rural and semi-urban areas suffer from fragmented bus services and car dependency. Five decentralized workshops with 40 of 52 municipalities co-designed proposals for demand-responsive transport (DRT) pilots, fare unification and extended service hours. This stakeholder-led model provides a replicable blueprint for rural mobility planning across Europe.

From awareness to action: Szabolcs 05’s small-scale action paves the way for greener mobility

The Szabolcs 05 Regional Development Association of Municipalities (Szabolcs 05) is taking significant strides toward sustainable mobility as part of the Beyond the Urban URBACT project. The association’s small-scale actions, focused on promoting sustainable transport practices, particularly among young generations, are paving the way for a more connected and environmentally friendly future.

Let’s put the SUMP in the square: an initiative to rethink urban mobility in Treviso (by Comune di Treviso)

Turning accessibility and inclusion into measurable factors for active mobility