New Leading City in Transport

UBC Executive Board decided in Kolding to nominate the city of Göteborg as new leading city in the UBC Commission on Transportation.

Sustainable Urban Mobility

Göteborg is Sweden's second largest city with 460 000 inhabitants. As the biggest port in the Nordic Region Göteborg is of tradition a centre for trade, transport and industry but also for tourism and major international events.

For Göteborg to continue developing as an attractive regional centre, a well functioning traffic environment is needed, one which fulfils high demands on safety and environmental sustainability. In a living city, therefore, the different kind of traffic and transportation solutions must complement one another. The aim is to create a competitive city, which is pleasant to live in.

Good mobility is not just about expanding roads and widening embankments. Parking spaces, cycle paths, signal regulation and timetable frequency are other examples of factors that help improve the traffic environment. The City of Göteborg think it is important to work with a holistic perspective on the traffic and transport situation in the Baltic Sea Region.

The City of Göteborg would like to promote an active transportation network that enable representatives at all levels of UBC member cities to:

• exchange ideas and experience
• transfer know-how
• develop transnational projects

On behalf of the City of Göteborg, deputy Mayor Leif Blomqvist, would like to invite all interested UBC member cities to the next meeting with the Commission on Transportation to be held in late spring 2001, in Göteborg.