Networks and cities' news

Public space: connecting mobility infrastructure to the community

A journey always starts at the front door of your home, workplace or other location. It doesn't start at the stop where you get on a tram or metro. The Vervoerregio is committed to making door-to-door travel carefree and seamless so that everyone can continue to travel smartly, safely and sustainably. This can only be achieved by working well together and improving, amongst others, the public space leading to mobility services. The Vervoerregio will develop in the coming years as the leading transport authority within our own region and beyond.

Street Greening for Health and Wellbeing Outcomes

In European cities, streets occupy on an average 25-35% of the urban space. This means that a large amount of public space is dedicated to cars. A city is a complex ecosystem, and each part of the system has a function: streets are supposed to be used to move goods and humans. But can they also have other functions?

Mobility: ensuring decarbonisation is at the heart of rethinking our infrastructure

In the efforts to reduce carbon emissions, mobility is a key issue. Read here how our partner TfGM is promoting a more sustainable mobility model, both by favouring the shift to cleaner modes, and also reducing emissions in all vehicles.

Visions from the City Representatives - Marek Charzewski, Mayor of Malbork by lead expert Miguel Rivas

Heritage-led urban regeneration involves major urban projects, requiring significant investment and stakeholder mobilisation. In this endeavour, political backing and direction are key. The KAIRÓS interview series, conducted by the network lead expert Miguel Rivas, targets Mayors and Elected Representatives from the KAIRÓS partner cities.

Võru - boosting urban development by defining the attractiveness of the city

Võru is one of the 8 European cities that participates in the "Find Your Greatness" project. The project aims at boosting urban development by defining the attractiveness of Võru, and how to grow and showcase it to the world. The aim of the project is to enhance local life and to encourage focusing the market strategy on existing strengths.

Towards more human-scale mobility infrastructures

Transnational meeting in Baia mare was focused on brokerage and the new role of public administration in boosting social innovation.