What the TEN-T SUMP Mandate Actually Requires. By 2027, 431 European cities must have adopted a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan. That’s not a target — it’s a legal obligation under Regulation (EU), the revised TEN-T Regulation. Most of those cities…
Good plans fail not in design, but in delivery. The missing layer is governance. Most sustainable mobility plans begin with good intentions. Reduce car dependency. Improve walking and cycling. Strengthen public transport integration. Make streets safer. Cut emissions. Improve access…
Most cities don’t have a data problem. They have a decision problem. They have transport data, land-use data, demographic data, environmental data, infrastructure data, satellite imagery, sensor feeds, survey results and policy documents. The problem is different. Cities often have…
Transport accounts for around one third of global carbon emissions. Active travel (walking, cycling, and wheeling) is the mode that simultaneously reduces car dependency and builds climate resilience. Istanbul’s GCAP and SUMP show how these two goals become one. At…