Every year from 16 to 22 September, towns and cities in many different European countries participate by organizing activities, implementing permanent mobility measures, and holding a car-free day.

Since its creation in 2002, EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK has become an institution. This one-week campaign aims at highlighting the importance of sustainable mobility. The Mobility Week takes place in Brussels and all over Europe, in the same period. One week to teach everyone alternative ways of traffic: train, cycle, streetcar, buses, skates.

Generally, the goal of this day is to reduce air pollution by encouraging people to leave their car at home and accompany others using public transportation.

‘Multimodality’; the theme of mobility week 2018

Every year this week has a name as its theme focusing on an aspect of public transportation. EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2018 is focusing on ‘multimodality’- the mixing of transport modes within the same journey or for different trips. Many of us instinctively opt for the same method of transport when moving around without necessarily examining the needs of the specific journey. EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK encourages us to explore the many different options available for getting from one location to another, and to think about the ways they can choose for to get on for commuting or taking a trip.

Main goals of this year 2018

The European Commission has set two ambitious goals for urban mobility:

• conventionally, stop gradually using fueled cars in cities by 2050

• preparing a city by zero emission in major urban centers by 2030.

European Commissioner for reaching these goals, focuses on four priority areas:

innovation, digitalization, decarburization and people. This project is growing and developing in European and Non-European cities, Since its introduction in 2002.