CHESTNUT CompreHensive Elaboration of STrategic plaNs for sustainable Urban Transport

The Mobility Week, an initiative that encourages small and big cities to introduce and promote sustainable means of transport, was held last week in Zadar, and invites people to try an alternative to driving a car. As part of the...

On September 18, the office for Environment and Mobility of the Municipality of Weiz organized a Mobility Day. A free bike check was offered, minor bike repairs were made on site and the bikes were checked for driving safety. There was also...

The BICY system is a free automated system for renting urban bikes that includes 77 bicycles at 16 rental stations in Velenje and Šoštanj. The BICY system allows you to rent a bikes. A personal registration of a user is required to use...

Osman Lindov, a traffic engineer and professor at the Faculty of Transport and Communications Sarajevo, has developed several innovative solutions for future traffic in Sarajevo - The future of transport in Sarajevo, with the aim of creating a...

The project partners attended the project meeting in Banja Luka from 26th to 28th of June 2018. The event started on 26th of June with bilateral meeting between hosting and lead partner to discuss specific aspects of project...

Traditional transport planning often follows an approach known as "predict-and-provide". Planners estimate future growth in the use of personal motor vehicles based on past trends and calculate the infrastructre requirements needed to...

The next CHESTNUT project meeting will be organized on 26th-28th of June 2018 in Banja Luka. The first day of the meeting will be dedicated to bilateral partner meeting, Steering Committee meeting and joint work on finalization of...

The Danube region is one of the most promising tourism destinations in Europe. Most of the trips to and within the Danube region are carried out by car, causing negative impacts to the environment and the inhabitants. The project...

Sustainable mobility is only possible in a compact city where all aspects of life can be taken care of within short distances. The most important aspects include housing, supply wth goods and services, education and work, cultural events, sports...

In a world where the propensity to move is always growing, where people move every day to work and for leisure, where the goods and products of all kinds cover massive distances, creating a new and more sustainable mobility is increasingly...

Banja Luka joined the large family of world cities using the public bicycle rental system on 30th of March 2018. The opening of this system in Banja Luka was announced and the system is named "BL bike". The first beneficiaries of the system...

How to contribute to the reduction of motorized traffic in urban city centers and thus reduce pollution and increase the quality of life? This is a question that 13 partners from 7 countries seeking the answer through a joint project called...

A Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan is a strategic plan designed to satisfy the mobility needs of people and businesses in cities and their surroundings for a better quality of life. It builds on existing planning practices and takes due...

Dubrovnik is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Croatia. Because of the huge number of cruise ships that dock there, Dubrovnik has mayor problems with mobility and traffic jams in the city center. CHESTNUT partners will be able...

Municipality of Velenje actively promotes planning and implementation of cycling policy in urban areas and hence supports any efforts that are contributing towards healthy and environmentally friendly mobility. Few years ago, following...

One month ago, we published an interview with Ulrich Leth, project assistant at VUT, in which, among other things, he talked about the importance of speed reduction. A study published in early 2018 by the Swedish National Road and Transport...

Since one of the top priorities of the project CHESTNUT is to improve mobility and multimodality, it is important to know that 2018 will be the Year of Multimodality - a year during which the Commission will raise the importance of...

Flats, furniture, gardens, equipment and even cars and bikes can be occasionally or permanently used by several persons through private coordination or a commercial provider. Apart from commercial service providers, sharing models can also...

Ulrich Leth, project assistant at Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Transportation, Research Center of Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering, gave an interview for ORF's "Home in Austria" on traffic jams. Since he wasn't...

Registration has just opened for the European Commission's 5th European Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) on 14-15 May in Nicosia, Cyprus. This is Europe's leading annual event for all those involved in putting the SUMP...