EUROPEAN MOBILITY WEEK

 

Newsletter, September 2025

EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2025: Mobility for Everyone  EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2025 is here! From 16 to 22 September, towns and cities across Europe and beyond host thousands of activities to celebrate walking, cycling and public transport, encouraging people everywhere to embrace more sustainable ways of moving. The week concludes on Monday 22 September with World Car-Free Day, when many participating cities open their streets to people rather than cars.  This year’s campaign theme, Mobility for Everyone, highlights the importance of ensuring that sustainable transport is accessible, affordable, available, inclusive and safe for all. Many people still face transport poverty - challenges such as high costs, limited availability and unequal access that restrict their opportunities and quality of life. By addressing these barriers, the campaign calls on us to move towards a future where no one is left behind in the transition to greener, healthier transport.  Discover what your town or city has planned, here.  Download, personalise and send your Citizens’ Letter to encourage your local authority to take part in the campaign, here.  Read the press release, here.  European Commissioner for Transport and Tourism, Apostolos Tzitzikostas, kicks off EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2025 with a welcome message  European Commissioner for Transport, Apostolos Tzitzikostas, opens this year’s campaign with a video message highlighting the importance of fair and inclusive mobility. “Mobility is not a privilege, it is a right and everyone deserves safe, affordable and sustainable transport,” he notes, underlining the need to remove barriers that prevent people from accessing jobs, education and essential services. His message calls on cities to embrace the campaign theme, Mobility for Everyone, and to work towards transport systems that are accessible, affordable and sustainable for all.  Watch the video statement, here.  Explore the ‘Mobility for Everyone’ Fact Sheet   Want to learn more about this year’s theme, Mobility for Everyone? The Fact Sheet offers practical guidance and helpful tips for municipalities on making public spaces safer, more accessible and enjoyable for everyone, with a special focus on pedestrians and cyclists.  You can also watch the official campaign video, which offers a light-hearted reminder that public transport should work for everyone - from wheelchair users to scuba divers!  View the Fact Sheet, here.  Watch and share the official campaign video, here. The themed EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK social media frames  EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK offers a set of ready-to-use social media frames to help cities, organisations and campaign participants showcase their activities. These frames make it easy to highlight your events, photos and messages while drawing attention to the importance of sustainable mobility. Available in several colours and in PNG format, they are designed to work across all major social media platforms. Download the full collection, here.  Interview with AGE Platform Europe: Addressing transport poverty across all ages. Ahead of EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2025, we spoke with Julia Wadoux, Policy Manager at AGE Platform Europe, about this year’s theme, Mobility for Everyone. She highlighted how persistent challenges such as affordability, accessibility, rural transport gaps and the growing reliance on digital tools continue to affect older people’s ability to move freely and stay connected.  Julia also shared practical steps that cities can take to improve mobility for people of all ages, including clearer information, opportunities for personal assistance, and creating supportive environments around transport. Her insights underline the importance of designing systems that are inclusive, accessible and user-friendly for all generations.  Read the full interview, here.  Register now for Urban Mobility Days 2025  From 30 September to 2 October 2025, Vilnius (Lithuania), European Green Capital 2025, hosts Urban Mobility Days. The event brings together the European Commission, politicians, local authorities, industry and mobility experts to exchange ideas, showcase solutions and shape the future of sustainable urban transport. Over three days, participants will explore the three major conference themes: urban nodes, cycling and public transport, alongside a focus on the important cross-cutting topics of competitiveness, innovation and tourism.  Find more information, including the programme, here.

Feedback? Questions? Let us know: mobilityweek@iclei.org. EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK is the European Commission’s flagship campaign on sustainable urban mobility, with around 3,000 towns and cities joining each year from 16-22 September www.mobilityweek.eu.