The report of the planning process of Turku’s new railway access to the passenger harbour outlines the different steps, partners and permissions needed to plan the new railway access to the harbour.

The results of a study carried out in the center of Turku in the early autumn shows that the Central Bridge, Tuomiokirkkosilta, is crossed by about 25,000 vehicles a day. One-fifth of the traffic on the bridge is traffic passing through the city center. About half of the vehicles that used the bridge were registered outside Turku.

The ITS World Congress 2021, held in Hamburg, Germany, will be kicked-off  next week and the congress includes a nice surprise for the visitors - a joint Nordic+ Pavilion, where also our project will be introduced!

As part of the HUPMOBILE project's activity of building a network of ITS experts in the Baltic Sea Region, ITS Estonia visited Latvia on 9-10 September 2021.

The City of Turku has completed a model for joint cooperation and development for the port area. The model aims to combine and integrate different expertise areas, including a plan for engaging the stakeholders in the development processes.

Last week, two HUPMOBILE webinars were held by the City of Turku (Finland) in cooperation with the Union of the Baltic Cities (UBC) Sustainable Cities Commission. The first webinar focused on the topic of "Developing ports and their neighbourhood" and had five presentations with two Q&A Sessions. The presentations from both webinar days are now available.

As part of the HUPMOBILE project activities focusing on developing the port area in the City of Turku, the Linnanniemi pop-up exhibition alongside participatory side-events was held in the Turku city centre in late autumn 2020. What kind of feedback did they receive and what did the City of Turku learn from these different ways of involving citizens?

Marketta Kyttä (Aalto University, DBE) presented the results of Turku region survey results and the accompanying mobility lifestyle personas that were done during the HUPMOBILE project with the students in two seminars this spring. 

Under the scope of HUPMOBILE project the city of Turku is involved in restructuring its passenger railway connection to the port area. To find a comprehensive overall idea for the area as well as various development alternatives the city of Turku in cooperation with 
the Finnish Association of Architects (SAFA) and the Finnish Association of Landscape Architects (MARK) has organized Linnanniemi (Castle Town) idea competition in Spring 2020. 

HUPMOBILE Online Conference held on November 26 and 27, 2020, welcomed 46 different participants, from 27 cities and 12 countries - ranging from Finland in the north to Namibia in the south, and from Portugal in the west to Malaysia in the east.  During both days of the conference, participants were involved in very constructive and engaging discussions.

A survey report “Mobility Management and The Lifestyle of Residents” is now out. We invite you to check this report to find out the lessons learnt from the Turku region and the implications to the future of the harbour area.

During three days in mid-September, 2020, the City of Riga hosted the first Baltic Sea Region Mobility Summit, organized in partnership by the three EU Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme projects: cities.multimodal, BSR electric, and SUMBA.

Within HUPMOBILE project, City of Turku is working on a reorganisation of passenger rail transport in the port area. The goal is to develop a concept and a detailed plan for new railway access to the passenger harbour in the Linnanniemi (Castle Town) area.

In the HUPMOBILE project, a methodology aimed to be used to document sustainable transportation solutions is being developed. The focus is on new policies, technical solutions, or new services improving some aspects of sustainability in the transportation of goods or people. Feedback from the Follower Cities and other Baltic Sea Region is welcome!

The first HUPMOBILE webinar was held on 18 December 2019 as a part of the activities of WP6 at the General Assembly that took place in the premises of KTH in Södertälje, Sweden. The whole webinar was recorded and is available for everyone to rewatch!

 HUPMOBILE project can now be followed in Twitter at the  @HUPMOBILE_BSR - feel free to follow and interact with the project communications online as we aim to publish the latest news and information about the events there!