Press Release: Transport and Environment: Aberdeen and Zagreb win EU sustainable mobility awards

The European Commission has announced the winners of the 2012 European Mobility Week Award and of the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans Award. The cities were presented with their awards by European Commissioners Siim Kallas and Janez Potočnik at a joint award ceremony in Brussels, Belgium (Théâtre du Vaudeville) on 6 March 2013.

European Mobility Week (EMW) 2012 award winner Zagreb (Croatia) is a rising star in the field of sustainable urban mobility. The city won the award for its well-organised campaign to promote the week, a strong link with the 2012 theme (’Moving in the right direction’) and 62 separate activities involving more than 150 000 citizens.

Aberdeen is a city of around 220,000 inhabitants with strong oil and farming sectors, a good deal of heavy goods traffic and heavy reliance on the private car. Aberdeen’s Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan addresses social, integration, safety, environmental and economic objectives and includes a focus on sustainable transport.

European Commission: Rapid: SPEECH/13/199: Moving in the right direction – cleaner transport for improved health and sustainable economic growth http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-13-199_en.htm

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