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3 February 2025
TUMI Update

Mainstreaming Popular Transport: An essential service for inclusive, accessible transport

Join us in learning more about popular transport, a term that describes informal transport solutions often created by poorer people in less accessible urban areas. Andrea San Gil Léon, a leading expert in sustainable transport and Executive Director of the Global Network for Popular Transportation (GNFPT), shares her perspectives on why popular transport is so […]

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1 September 2025

TUMI Update September

Dear Friends of TUMI, This edition of the TUMI Update brings together stories from our projects: Our free Data Fundamentals for Sustainable Mobility course returns to strengthen knowledge worldwide; cities like Bengaluru are imagining inclusive mobility futures through Futures Literacy Labs; and international events such as Walk21 and Transport and Climate Change Week keep the global conversation moving forward. At […]

26 August 2025

Sunflowers for Cecilia 🌻

A tribute as part of the Next Stop Campaign You can hear an audio version of this blog article here and in the video below. Some people live like sunflowers, always leaning toward the light, offering warmth and resilience to everyone around them. Cecilia Melgar was one of them. Cecilia was a young environmentalist and […]

7 August 2025

Transport Associations in Germany – Insights from several decades of regional integration and cooperation

In May 2025, the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV) celebrated its 30th anniversary. Originally established to consolidate and coordinate public transport across the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main metropolitan region, RMV is now one of Europe’s largest transport associations, covering approximately 14,000 km² and serving over 6 million people in cooperation with around 160 transport operators. Germany pioneered the concept of transport […]

31 July 2025

TUMI Update August

Dear TUMI E-Bus Mission Friends, Over the past three years, the TUMI E-Bus Mission has supported over 120 cities across the Global South in accelerating their transition to electric buses. Now, as the mission has ended, we reflect on its impact: 100,000 E-Busses are ready to be procured, over 45,000 tonnes of CO₂ have been avoided annually, and a global […]

31 July 2025

A Call for Greater Gender Equity in the UN Decade of Sustainable Transport

The upcoming UN Decade of Sustainable Transport (2026–2035) is an international initiative aiming at making the transport sector more environmentally friendly, socially equitable, and economically efficient. The focus lies on reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), promoting clean mobility solutions, and expanding safe and inclusive transportation systems. The UN Decade also offers an opportunity to bring […]

23 July 2025

Dealing with Crises in Urban Transport Systems – Insights from TUMI 2025

Urban transport systems are increasingly affected by multiple shocks and crises – be it pandemics, climate emergencies, cyberattacks, blackouts, energy price shocks and even war. Thus, strengthening the resilience of urban transport systems moves into the centre of attention for local governments and transport operators alike. This theme took center stage at Technical Session 1: […]

17 July 2025

The SrV System: Long-term urban mobility surveys in German cities

The “Mobility in Cities – SrV” program is Germany’s long-standing urban mobility survey program, designed to provide municipalities with consistent, high-quality data on residents’ travel behavior. For rapidly growing cities and countries, SrV offers a replicable model for building mobility intelligence that supports evidence-based planning, fosters efficient public investment, and enables long-term tracking of urban […]

2 July 2025

TUMI Update July

Dear Friends of TUMI, Welcome to the June edition of the TUMI Update! This month, we reflect on moments of shared inspiration and impact. Tt’s been a vibrant month of action and collaboration. the launch of TUE-Mobility, to the powerful conclusion of the E-Bus Mission, it’s clear: the movement for resilient, inclusive, and climate-smart mobility […]

29 June 2025

Inclusive Mobility Beyond Ramps

When we talk about accessibility in public transport, we usually associate it with putting up ramps for wheelchairs. While this is a great intervention, it is not the only solution and does not cater to the many different needs of people with disabilities. To understand what interventions are needed, there first needs to be an […]

6 June 2025

TUMI Update June

Dear Friends of TUMI, Welcome to the June edition of the TUMI Update! This month, we reflect on moments of shared inspiration and impact. From the dynamic conversations at the TUMI2025 Conference in Leipzig to the powerful conclusion of the E-Bus Mission, it’s clear: the movement for resilient, inclusive, and climate-smart mobility is gaining momentum. […]

26 May 2025

Better Buses, Better Cities: The Legacy of The TUMI E-Bus Mission

In cities across the world, millions of people rely on buses every day to get to work, school or the market. But while they connect lives and livelihoods, traditional bus fleets have also contributed heavily to urban pollution and climate change. Urban transport is responsible for roughly 40% of global transport emissions — a figure […]

5 May 2025

Hamburg Charter: A New Compass for Just and Inclusive Mobility

Six months after its launch at the Hamburg Sustainability Conference 2024, the Hamburg Charter for Inclusive and Just Mobility remains a promising framework requiring broadened commitment and collaboration for its implementation. In October 2024, the Hamburg Charter for Inclusive and Just Mobility was officially launched at the inaugural Hamburg Sustainability Conference (HSC). Developed under […]

30 April 2025

TUMI Update May

Dear Friends of TUMI, In this edition, we spotlight the momentum building across our global community: from the launch of the TUE-Mobility project in Costa Rica to the inspiring exchanges at the Global Disability Summit in Berlin. Whether it’s advancing electric public transport, exploring future mobility scenarios in Cali, or supporting cities to pitch e-bus projects to investors, one […]

31 March 2025

Empowering Mobility: Unlocking Opportunities for Women in Transport

In a recent session led by Alana Dave, Director of Urban Transport at the International Transport Forum (ITF), the focus was on the lived experiences of women frontline workers in the public transport sector. Drawing from the Remarkable Women Who Move the World project, a collaboration with TUMI’s Women Mobilise Women, the discussion highlighted how […]