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The very first Baltic Sea Region Mobility Summit was organised 8-10 September 2020. The event was the result of a joint effort from the Interreg BSR projects cities.multimodal, SUMBA and BSR electric.

Decarbonizing mobility lies at the heart of efforts to mitigate climate change in urban areas. This looms in the vicinity for the city of Turku in Finland, aiming to become carbon neutral by year 2029. To reach this goal, a broad range of measures to decarbonize transport is naturally needed. In Turku, the focus of approaching the mobility decarbonization ranged from stakeholder integration on regional and local level to practical measures.

Already since the 1990s, Turku has been an active advocate of sustainable development, and acted as a pioneer in carrying out environmental work in cities.

CASCADE addresses the challenges related to climate change risks, with better cooperation between national and local levels and different sectors. Close collaboration between specialists in climate change adaption and well-prepared civil security and protection experts is CASCADE’s answer to climate change related consequences. Nine partners representing seven Baltic Sea Region countries are involved in the project.

The first UBC TALKS after the summer break was organized on 22 September with the topic of "Local work on the Sustainable Development Goals in UBC Cities"

Cities in the Baltic Sea Region are facing the common stormwater challenges: flooding, degradation of natural resources and infrastructure caused by climate change, and densification of urban areas. The need for smart approaches to stormwater management is evident; but how to integrate them sustainably into the municipal practices? The cities of Helsinki and Riga share their examples!

The information webinars promoting the European City Facility (EUCF) initiative in local languages can now all be find on Youtube. The first call closes 2nd of October, however the second call round will open already in spring 2021! Here is a list with links to EUCF webinar recordings:

SCC Advisory Board member Steffen Nozon who is also representing the City of Rostock as a lead partner in the cities.multimodal project will give a presentation about multimodal mobility and its potential in making cities more sustainable. Guntars Ruskuls from the Riga City Development department and member of the SCC Advisory Board will give an introduction speech about Riga and the city’s mobility standpoint.

You are invited to the BSR Mobility event of the year! The Baltic Sea Region Mobility Summit 2020 will take place on September 8–10, 2020. This three-day joint mobility conference which will be held online, is hosted by cities.multimodal and two other Interreg BSR projects, BSR electric and SUMBA.

The UBC TALKS webinar organized with the HUPMOBILE project introduced the concept of Intelligent Transport Systems – ITS mini-pilots to be applied for the purposes of testing their policy-making potential. The key-note presentation provided an insight into the agile piloting programme in Helsinki, aiming at co-creating value services that fulfil the market references, utilize existing and form new networks, actively engage residents and result in future use cases.

Fotbroms: a word synonymous with bicycle culture in Sweden. It means “foot brake” and like strawberries to midsommar, fotbroms is a necessary component of the type of bike most commonly sold in the country: “grandma bike” or “city bike”.

The first cycle highway in Rostock has been inaugurated – the project is part of the prospectively 24 km long cycle highway network.