09/27/2024
European Mobility Week in 36 towns and municipalities of Serbia
With the aim to improve the quality of environment in urban areas, promotion of non-motorized modes of transport unlike to automobile traffic that uses fossil fuels is the European Mobility Week (EMW) focus, which was celebrated again this year from 16 to 22 September. This campaign has been implemented since 2002, and this year 2,671 towns and municipalities from 45 countries in Europe and the world marked this event.
The founder of EMW event is European Commission, while the Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities (SCTM) and the Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure are national coordinators of this campaign in the Republic of Serbia. Compared to previous year, the number of participants in Serbia increased by 44 percent, which makes a total of 36 towns and municipalities participated in this event, putting Serbia on 15th place in the world out of all towns and municipalities that participated.
Theme of this year's EMW was "shared public space", which highlighted the importance of better and more efficient use of public spaces - streets, squares, sidewalks and other meeting places for all categories of the population. In accordance with that, this week, at shared public space of towns and municipalities of Serbia, sustainable future and development of green cities were discussed, and special attention was devoted to activities for most vulnerable participants in traffic, education and promotion of sustainable infrastructure.
Day without cars was celebrated in 23 urban areas. SCTM secretariat marked the World Day without cars as well, when more than 30 employees came to work on foot or by bicycle. This walk to work ended with a gathering on a shared public space, plateau in front of the Belgrade Youth Center, where traffic and active modes of movement were discussed with representatives of Belgrade Secretariat for Traffic.
Videos:
TV Informator - EVROPSKA NEDELJA MOBILNOSTI U CACKU 19 SEP 2024 (youtube.com)
https://youtu.be/_l48gJ-cfWg?feature=shared
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