Brussels, 03/09/2013 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has for the second time launched the EU's annual award for outstanding sustainable urban mobility plans (SUMPs). From 2 September to 1 November, local and regional authorities will be able to submit their plans and compete for a prize of €10,000. This second edition of the European award, as announced on Monday 2 September, this year focuses on the “integration of economic, social and environmental policy criteria”. EU Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas, who is keen to discover the “excellent plans that are taking shape across Europe”, explains that “this year's award will showcase plans that meet the major challenge for sustainable urban mobility planning at this time, namely balancing economic and social issues with environmental concerns in a pragmatic way”. Plans, which do not need to have been already implemented, may be submitted to the address: http://dotherightmix.eu .
Last year, the town of Aberdeen won the award, which is part of the EU's sustainable urban mobility campaign which aims to promote the advantages of combining different modes of transport under the slogan “Do the Right Mix”. (MD/transl.jl)