The registration for the European Conference for Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans, which is taking place in Dubrovnik (Croatia) on 29-30 March 2017, is now open. The conference is the principal annual event enabling an international community of practitioners, policy makers, city staff and academics from across Europe to come together to debate key issues, highlight developments in mobility planning and exchange ideas and experience.

Four years after the publication of the European Commission’s Urban Mobility Package (2013) and related SUMP Guidelines (2014), there is now a large and expanding network of cities committed to preparing and implementing Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans. This includes cities and institutions involved in various EU projects and initiatives, designed to drive forward mobility planning research, practice and innovation.

The continuous development of cities and associated population growth, congestion and pollution has pushed sustainable urban mobility up the agenda. The need for more sustainable, intelligent and integrative planning processes as a way of dealing with these challenges and identifying an appropriate set of policies has been widely recognised. Based on these considerations, the theme for this years’ conference is Intelligent Planning for Sustainable Mobility. A free training session will be held on the Urban Transport Roadmaps online scenario building tool on 28 March in Dubrovnik. To register for this event, click here.

For more information, visit eltis.org/sump2017 or see the draft conference programme.