The European Commission intends to award grants to actions in support of the development of sustainable mobility policy for urban agglomerations.

The proposals to be selected should promote good practice, with a focus on one (or more) of the following five areas:

1. Safe walking and/or cycling in towns and cities, with the objedctive of encouraging these transport modes as alternatives to private-car use.
2. Goods transport and logistics in towns and cities, with particular attention to close co-operation between freight operators, industry, and public authorities.
3. Approximation of the systems of green areas in towns and cities, with a focus on access rules, interoperable technological tools for access control and public information provision.
4. Interoperability of the information and payment systems of public and private modes of transport in towns and cities, possibly in co-operation with commercial payment system service providers.
5. Demand-responsive transport for passengers in towns and cities and the suburbs, with a focus on seamless traffic chains, integrating private and public travel in urban and peri-urban areas, include possible links to land-use and urban mobility planning.

The Community provisional funding available for the call for proposals is:

• 5,00 Million EUR (Annual budget for 2009)

• 31 March 2009 - 16 years ago (Deadline for the presentation of proposals)

• Call for proposals SUB 02-2008 (Legal base)

Opened to the following bodies or institutes with legal status established in the covered areas:

• Public authorities (all)

Bodies or institutes must have their registered legal seat in one of the countries taking part in the Programme which are:

• European Union (EU)
• European Economic Area (EEA)
• Candidate Countries

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