The EU-funded BUMP (Boosting Urban Mobility Plans) project is inviting technical officers and political decision-makers working in transport from small and medium-sized European local authorities to visit one of 17 European cities to learn more about their Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) development. Each of the 17 cities is considered a best practice example of SUMP development and implementation, with participants free to chose the study tour they wish to take part in.

Visiting cities will have the opportunity to investigate the SUMP concept and understand the support package offered by BUMP to cities, and exchange with their peers in the host city. Host cities, which include fellow ICLEI members Bistrița (Romania), Bristol (United Kingdom), and Pècs (Hungary), will present their SUMP and explain the methodologies they used, the solutions they adopted, and the impacts they expect. Site visits showing the implementation of measures to solve problems will also be included.

To take part, applicant cities must be located in an EU Member State or in Norway, Switzerland, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Albania or Turkey and have a population of between 40,000 and 350,000 inhabitants. They must also declare their interest in developing a new SUMP or revising their existing one. The application deadline is 20 November.

For more information and to apply, visit bump-mobility.eu