The European Commission has revealed the finalists of the EuropeanMobilityWeek Award 2016 and 5th Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning (SUMP) Award on urban freight.
An independent panel of mobility and transport experts has shortlisted 10 candidates and selected 3 finalists out of a total of 63 applications from 23 different countries for the EuropeanMobilityWeek Award, which aims to showcase local authorities that demonstrate significant efforts in promoting sustainable urban mobility. Finalists are Lisbon (Portugal), Malmö (Sweden) and Skopje (Macedonia). Shortlisted cities also included Białystok (Poland); Kruševac (Serbia); Palma (Spain); Prague (Czech Republic); Samos (Greece); Sofia (Bulgaria); Valencia (Spain).
The jury appointed three cities as finalists of the 5th SUMP Award on urban freight, which aims to reward local authorities that have succeeded in developing a mobility plan addressing the diverse transport needs of people and businesses and, at the same time, improving quality of life. The finalists are: Brussels (Belgium); Budapest (Hungary) and Stockholm (Sweden). The jury also acknowledged high quality applications from Berlin (Germany), Naples (Italy), Piatra Neamt (Romania) and Rotterdam (the Netherlands).
The winners of the two awards will be announced by Violeta Bulc, European Commissioner for Transport, and by Daniel Calleja, Director General of DG Environment, during an award ceremony to be held in Brussels on 20 March 2017.
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