News | 25 Jul 2024

How can rural communities enhance their mobility options? Find inspiring solutions in our webinar report!

The highlights report of our Good Practice Webinar on ‘Enhancing rural mobility through local action' is now available online. It showcases lighthouse examples of developing smart mobility to support tourism, facilitate access to services, and strengthen territorial and social cohesion.

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The report highlights the role of cooperation, innovative thinking, and strategic planning in understanding transport poverty, ensuring rural-urban linkages, prioritising residents’ mobility needs over those of tourists, and tactically deploying a Smart Village approach. It showcases a range of initiatives such as the French online hitch-hiking service, Slovenian door-to-door transport for elderly, and Italian cycling-tourism network

Browse through the report for a wealth of insights into creating sustainable and accessible mobility solutions for local communities.

The Good Practice Webinar took place on 20 June 2024 and brought together over 70 participants, including local practitioners, policymakers, advisors, businesses, researchers, EU-funded project representatives.