The city of Sofia is one of the three finalists in the EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK Award 2022 together with Braga and Zagreb.

The EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK Award celebrates local authorities that have excelled in raising awareness about sustainable urban mobility during the main event week, from 16-22 September. The award is directly related to local authorities’ active participation in the campaign, which have completed three main criteria

• Оrganising activities focused on sustainable mobility from 16-22 September;
• Implementing one or more permanent transport measures;
• Holding a ‘Car-Free Day’.

For the events in September 2022 and the Car-Free Day, Sofia Municipality and Sofia Urban Mobility Centre demonstrated the innovations of INNOAIR Project - the electric buses for the new “green on-demand public transportation”, the cameras for counting cyclists, the new tariff policy, along with the other permanent measures implemented by the city.

At the Award ceremony in Ghent, Belgium, Sofia, was presented , as the capital city rolling out clean & intelligent transport services, with access to new electric buses for the commuters, the on-demand mobile application and new more affordable tariffs, extension of the metro, more cycling lanes, the renewed bus fleet and pedestrian infrastructure.

Official representatives from Sofia Municipality and Sofia Urban Mobility Centre attended the ceremony in Ghent and here is what they said:

Dontcho Barbalov, Deputy Mayor, Sofia Municipality:
„Sofia is a EMW finalist which is a serious recognition of the efforts of Sofia Municipality, Sofia Urban Mobility Centre and everyone who works to improve the urban transport conditions, the ecological and green mobility.“

Dimitar Dilchev, Executive Director, Sofia Urban Mobility Centre:
„We will continue to put efforts in this direction! The city of Sofia deserves its place among the ЕМВ winners and we hope to become one in the coming years”.

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