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Mobility Week is a great opportunity for Greenpeace and its #MobilityForAll campaign to reinforce its demands on a national and international scale for inclusive cities that work for the benefit of all. These demands include:<\/p>\n\n
- Car-free zones <\/li>
- Better public transport, for example, electrification, more transport more often, more affordable, safer transport<\/li>
- Sidewalks and public transport should be accessible to everyone, including people with physical disabilities<\/li>
- Better support for shared mobility (from bike sharing to car sharing)<\/li>
- Better cycling and walking infrastructure<\/li>
- More green public spaces.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n
From Bucharest to Rome, Budapest to Brussels, the #MobilityForAll campaign will take its message of equitable mobility to the people and politicians with a number of impactful actions. Highlights include:<\/p>\n\n
- Italy<\/strong>. Greenpeace Italy will occupy a number of parking lots in cities across the country and transform them into people-friendly spaces, with live music, yoga sessions, and urban gardens, among other attractions. September 17 is Park(ing) Day<\/a>, a global day on which people across the world temporarily repurpose street parking spaces and convert them to tiny parks and places for art, play, and activism.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n
- Romania<\/strong>. Greenpeace Romania is co-hosting the 16th Critical Mass Bike Ride<\/a> in Bucharest with three NGOs to demand 100 km of bike lanes in the capital by 2022, where there are over 1800 km of streets and currently only 20 km of bike lanes. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n
- Belgium<\/strong>. For Greenpeace Belgium, public transport<\/a> is taking centre stage. The group is organising a mass protest against the Flemish government’s plans to cut costs on bus and tram services, which would cut approximately 5000 stops across Flanders.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n
- Hungary<\/strong>. The last day of Mobility Week is World Car-Free Day, which takes place on September 22, and is an annual action that closes busy streets to traffic, and instead opens them to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport. Greenpeace Hungary will be out across the capital, Budapest, on Car-Free Day, using reverse graffiti all over the city to expose the fact that more than 13,000 lives are lost in Hungary every year due to air pollution<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n
- Spain<\/strong>. Greenpeace Spain will join forces with other grassroots movements for a big citizen mobilisation in Barcelona, Madrid and Palma de Mallorca against government plans to expand both cities’ airports. The expansion plans fail to consider how an increase in the number of flights would impact Spain\u2019s CO2 objectives.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n
Several high-profile activities have already taken place in anticipation of this year\u2019s Mobility Week.<\/p>\n\n
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For a faster farewell to climate-damaging combustion engines, 15 young Greenpeace activists are protesting in front of the trade fair entrance of the International Auto Exhibition in Munich. \u00a9 Gordon Welters \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nEarlier this month, activists from Greenpeace Germany took to the water to protest against the car industry<\/a> at the International Auto Exhibition (IAA) in Munich. Holding aloft banners that showed the destruction wreaked by climate change-related extreme weather events in recent weeks<\/a>, the campaigners immersed themselves in the lake in front of the exhibition site to demand an end to selling climate-damaging cars at the massive German auto show, which was attended by Chancellor Merkel.<\/p>\n\n
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Children, young people and adults demonstrating together in Munich on the occasion of the International Auto Exhibition to demand a mobility turnaround. \u00a9 Gordon Welters \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nIn a further mass action at the International Auto Exhibition on September 11, people of all ages came together for a colourful bicycle ride and pedestrian demonstration to call for a halt to car-dominated transport policies<\/a>. Demanding a mobility revolution that prioritises walking, cycling and local transport in inner cities, protesters called for politicians to free themselves from the clutches of the automotive industry and enable climate-friendly transport for all. The action was organised by an alliance of activist organisations under the motto #aussteigen (#getout).<\/p>\n\n
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Greenpeace Spain activists protest against the planned expansion of the Barcelona El Prat Airport. European governments must invest in an accessible railway system for the entire population. \u00a9Greenpeace \/ Pablo Bl\u00e1zquez<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nMeanwhile, Greenpeace Spain was out in force at the Festival Cultura Inquieta in Madrid, an annual urban arts and culture festival. Campaigners erected a 12-foot long Greenpeace Model Train <\/a>at the event to highlight the need for more investment in trains rather than planes. Campaigners are celebrating the suspension of plans to extend Barcelona El Prat Airport<\/a> after it was announced that investment in the expansion has been put on hold. <\/p>\n\n
This is just a small selection of the great events that are taking place this Mobility Week. Follow the #MobilityForAll hashtag on all social media platforms to keep up with what\u2019s happening across Greenpeace this European Mobility Week!<\/p>\n\n
Mobility For All is working in collaboration with allies to promote the benefits of alternative mobility for improved city life for all city dwellers, whatever their background or socioeconomic status. <\/em><\/p>\n\n
Join the campaign! <\/em><\/strong>Follow the hashtag, #MobilityForAll and let\u2019s work towards a radical transformation of cities.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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- Spain<\/strong>. Greenpeace Spain will join forces with other grassroots movements for a big citizen mobilisation in Barcelona, Madrid and Palma de Mallorca against government plans to expand both cities’ airports. The expansion plans fail to consider how an increase in the number of flights would impact Spain\u2019s CO2 objectives.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n
- Hungary<\/strong>. The last day of Mobility Week is World Car-Free Day, which takes place on September 22, and is an annual action that closes busy streets to traffic, and instead opens them to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport. Greenpeace Hungary will be out across the capital, Budapest, on Car-Free Day, using reverse graffiti all over the city to expose the fact that more than 13,000 lives are lost in Hungary every year due to air pollution<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n
- Belgium<\/strong>. For Greenpeace Belgium, public transport<\/a> is taking centre stage. The group is organising a mass protest against the Flemish government’s plans to cut costs on bus and tram services, which would cut approximately 5000 stops across Flanders.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n
- Romania<\/strong>. Greenpeace Romania is co-hosting the 16th Critical Mass Bike Ride<\/a> in Bucharest with three NGOs to demand 100 km of bike lanes in the capital by 2022, where there are over 1800 km of streets and currently only 20 km of bike lanes. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n
- Italy<\/strong>. Greenpeace Italy will occupy a number of parking lots in cities across the country and transform them into people-friendly spaces, with live music, yoga sessions, and urban gardens, among other attractions. September 17 is Park(ing) Day<\/a>, a global day on which people across the world temporarily repurpose street parking spaces and convert them to tiny parks and places for art, play, and activism.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n