With the dramatic consequences of the climate crisis already starting to become visible, it’s becoming apparent that swift and effective actions to reduce GHG emissions are unavoidable. Urban transport is a major contributor to GHG emissions and thus calls for a significant reduction, especially in a highly urbanised continent like Europe. Innovative solutions are required for cities of all types and sizes, with new options for managing access as means for accelerating their transitions towards attractive and climate-neutral places for living. Doing so will be key for necessary traffic avoidance and create the freedom to redistribute the precious (while always limited) space of urban streets to sustainable transport modes and high-quality public space.

The call, which is looking for projects addressing applied research and/or innovation/implementation, opens in April with a full proposal deadline in early autumn 2022 and an earliest start of projects in the spring of 2023. The call topics that have been identified are “Utilising untapped potentials and mainstreaming of measures for managing urban accessibility”, “Making measures for managing urban accessibility accepted and participatory”, “Making measures for managing urban accessibility more agile”, and “Making measures for managing urban accessibility effective, robust and impactful”.

The call will open in April – stay tuned for more information.