News for topic Mobility

The two surveys presented in the webinar were conducted in late 2025 and early 2026. The Survey on Sustainable Urban Mobility and Logistics Planning ran from December 2025 to February 2026, targeting cities and regions across the Baltic Sea Region. The Questionnaire to National SUMP Contact Points ran from October to December 2025, focusing on national‑level representatives responsible for SUMP coordination.

The SUMPs for BSR project has opened a second call for the SUMP Clinic – a free, tailored support for your city — and continues its free—of—charge five-module SUMP Training Programme. With a few Clinic slots still available, now is the perfect moment for cities to join and accelerate their transition toward more sustainable transport systems.

In this webinar, we will present key findings from two mobility-focused projects in the Baltic Sea Region: Survey on Sustainable Urban Mobility and Logistics Planning

On 14 January 2026, the Training Programme, organised by SUMPs for BSR project, officially launched with the first webinar of a five-module webinar-and-workshop series dedicated to Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning (SUMP). The programme is organised by the SUMPs for BSR project, co-funded by the Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme.

The University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald has been nominated as Energy Municipality of the Year 2025. This makes Greifswald one of 12 selected municipalities nationwide!

The training brings together the expertise of the project partners, the Union of the Baltic Cities Sustainable Cities Commission (UBC SCC), the University of Gdańsk, the Institute of Baltic Studies, and UBC member cities of Turku, Gdynia, Cēsis, Greifswald, Panevėžys, and Gävle.

BSR Urban Mobility platform project has launched a survey to define the state of the art in sustainable urban mobility and logistics planning in the Baltic Sea region cities and regions. The survey is open until 31 January 2026. Access the survey here: Survey on sustainable urban mobility and logistics planning

The conference reaffirmed the network's primary goal of creating a more resilient, innovative, and united Baltic Sea region. Cities need to be at the table, not on the menu With these key words, UBC President Mantas Jurgutis addressed the conference participants. In these tumultuous times, it's vital to have strong and consolidated messages amplifying the city voices.

How do cities know if their mobility plans really work? On 7 October, the UBC Sustainable Cities Commission and the Interreg Baltic Sea Region SUMPs for BSR project brought this question to centre stage in a UBC TALKS webinar. The discussion focused on Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) as a hands-on tool—helping cities measure progress, engage people, and move faster toward sustainable mobility.

How can cities strengthen their active mobility and make better planning decisions? Within the SUMPs for BSR project, the City of Greifswald is testing two complementary approaches: a mobile bicycle parking – a part of a small-scale experiment for active mobility measures, and a pilot to explore innovative data collection with mobile sensors.

"Cities can react swiftly when new challenges evolve, they have better skills to maneuver the change."- Anna-Kaisa Ikonen, Minister of Local and Regional Government of Finland

Traditionally, transport emissions are estimated using fuel sales data at national or regional levels – a method far too imprecise for meaningful local action. In 2024, Liepaja partnered with cleantech startup GaiaHub and EIT Urban Mobility to challenge this approach. The result: a scalable digital solution that uses artificial intelligence and computer vision to track vehicle flows and calculate street-level CO2 emissions in real time.