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Call for Best Practices

Role models wanted for the municipal transport transition

A successful transport transition is grassroots work and is being carried out in our cities, municipalities and districts. Across the country, more and more innovative administrations, transport companies, municipal enterprises and civil society initiatives are facing up to the challenges and are launching customised solutions for sustainable mobility with creativity, courage and expertise.

For polisMOBILITY, we are therefore looking for projects with a model character that successfully meet specific challenges in the municipal transport transition!

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Presentation at the citySTAGE 2024

After an impressive response to the premiere in 2024, we are going into the next round!

On 11 and 12 June 2025, we will once again offer municipal stakeholders a stage to share their successes and challenges, learn from each other and inspire other cities and regions.

Apply by 28 February 2025 for a short presentation (15 minutes + discussion). The projects selected by the jury will be given the opportunity to present themselves at citySTAGE. All submissions will also be selected for the poster exhibition at polisMOBILITY.

The call is open to municipal stakeholders who are tackling the challenges of the transport transition on the ground (city and municipal administrations, municipal subsidiaries such as municipal transport companies or public utilities as well as regional associations) and their cooperation partners from business and civil society.

We look forward to hearing your valuable experiences and perspectives!

Apply now for our Call

This is how the selection process works

This is how the selection process works

A jury of independent experts, representatives of the Association of German Cities and the German Association of Towns and Municipalities and the polisMOBILITY expo & conference team will select the entries based on content criteria.

The selection decision will be communicated directly to the submitters by the end of March. All submitters will receive free access to polisMOBILITY 2025 (four tickets per application).

Poster exhibition at the polisMOBILITY expo & conference

Following a selection process, all submissions will be given the opportunity to become part of the poster exhibition within the cityLOUNGE at polisMOBILITY. This gives as many projects and stakeholders as possible the opportunity to be seen and to enter into dialogue on site. The cityLOUNGE offers the ideal framework for this - exchange and networking are welcome.

cityLOUNGE: The meeting place for the mobility of tomorrow


The cityLOUNGE at polisMOBILITY is the central meeting place for cities and municipalities that are actively shaping the mobility of the future. Present your concepts, solutions and best-practice examples to a broad specialist audience - whether in the poster exhibition or with an inexpensive small stand .


Take the opportunity to exchange experiences, gather valuable ideas and network with other players from local authorities, business and civil society.


Present your ideas and projects in an inspiring environment and make contacts that will lay the foundations for future alliances. Make the cityLOUNGE your space for encounters, dialogue and innovation - and become part of the polisMOBILITY 2025 success story!

Providing the right stage with strong partners

The Association of German Cities and the German Association of Towns and Municipalities support the Call for Best Practices and are part of the selection panel. The two municipal umbrella organisations see great potential for cities and municipalities to drive forward the transport transition by participating and transferring knowledge locally.

FAQ

What themes are wanted?

We are looking for projects with a model character to solve challenges in the municipal transport transition: The focus is on ‘local solutions’ that have already been started or completed and that go beyond the vision stage.

The range of topics includes, among others:

  • Shared mobility
  • Micromobility
  • Mobility hubs
  • Last-mile logistics
  • Public transport
  • On-demand transport
  • Autonomous driving
  • Traffic calming
  • Bicycle infrastructure
  • Parking space and traffic management
  • Digitalisation of the transport infrastructure
  • Charging infrastructure
  • Digital mobility management
  • Urban traffic
  • Smart City
  • Liveable public spaces
  • Communication & Participation

What else you should know about the application

The digital application form asks for the main content of the best practice presentation. The 15-minute short presentations should follow the structure shown below. The aim is to present the audience with a solution to a specific challenge in a concise manner.

  1. Initial situation: What is the topic area around which the best practice is centred? In which city/municipality/region is it located? Which stakeholders are involved? What is important to understand the case?
  2. Problem: What challenge in the municipal transport transition should the project address?
  3. Solution: What did the stakeholders actually implement? How did they contribute to the solution? What results were achieved?
  4. Stumbling blocks: What did not go as expected? What would you do differently next time?
  5. Knowledge transfer for the municipal transport transition: What did you learn for the municipal transport transition? What would you like to pass on to other stakeholders?

When and where are the lectures taking place?

The presentations will be spread over the two conference days 11 and 12 June 2025 on the citySTAGE, the central forum in the exhibition area of the cityLOUNGE.

A 20-minute slot is planned for each presentation, which is divided as follows:

  • 15 minutes: Short lecture
  • 5 minutes: Questions & discussion

What is the schedule?

- 2 December 2024: Start of application

- 28 February 2025: Application deadline

- 24 March 2025: Selection decision is communicated

- 11-12 June 2025: polisMOBILITY expo & conference in Cologne

Your contact for all questions about the call

  • Annabelle Woltering

    Annabelle Woltering Müller + Busmann
    Conference team polisMOBILITY

    Tel. +49 202 24836 43

    Write an e-mail

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