From 16 to 22 September 2009, hundreds of European towns and cities will participate in the eighth edition of European Mobility Week and invite their citizens to a wide range of activities promoting sustainable mobility.
The 2009 campaign theme – Improving City Climates – underlines the importance of local level efforts to tackle climate change and improve quality of life through the promotion of alternative transport modes to the car such as cycling, walking, and public transport as well as schemes such car-sharing and car-pooling.
European Commission Vice-President Antonio Tajani, responsible for transport, said: "The European Mobility Week is a clear example of how initiatives at the European level can encourage and facilitate local action. A new Action Plan on urban mobility that I intend to propose shortly follows exactly this line of thinking. The action plan will provide city authorities with set of practical tools to help them to address climate change and make urban mobility more sustainable."Read More:http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/1317&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
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9/16/2009 - 9/22/2009
European Mobility Week 2009