TUMI Blog

3 December 2025

Next Decade Loading: What COP30 Means for How the World Moves

This blog article is part of the Next Stop campaign by Sana’a Khasawneh. Follow along on our socials for more input from our Remarkable Young Voices in Transport. Like many young transport professionals, I wasn’t able to attend COP30 in Belém due to funding limitations. This experience is familiar across our field: the people closest […]

26 November 2025

TUMI Update December

Dear Friends of TUMI, This edition of the TUMI Update brings together stories from our projects: the UN Decade of Sustainable Transport is launching on December 10; the Remarkable Young Voices for Transport India edition was published, highlighting inspiring youth voices transforming sustainable transport; and Women Mobilize Women keeps moving forward with two community events […]

25 November 2025

AEW2025: Momentum, Innovation, and a Vision for an Inclusive Future

Africa’s transport sector is changing fast – and e-mobility is at the heart of this transformation. Across the continent, electric mobility is already creating new economic opportunities, building local value chains, and contributing to global climate goals. And some countries are emerging as true pioneers. Ethiopia became the first country in the world in 2024 […]

28 October 2025

TUMI Update November

Dear Friends of TUMI, This edition of the TUMI Update brings together stories from our projects: Our 9th year anniversary was an opportunity to celebrate our achievements so far; a new report on Fostering Climate Resilient Active Mobility for All teaches us about climate hazards effect on active travellers; the E-mobility Course reached week 5, […]

9 October 2025

Logistics for Climate Action: A Conversation with Mark Major

Logistics plays a crucial but often overlooked role in tackling the climate crisis and driving sustainable development. At the Kuehne Climate Center (KCC), Mark Major and his team are working to make logistics “part of the solution” — not only by reducing emissions, but also by enabling climate action at scale in low- and middle-income […]

8 October 2025

TUMI Update October

Dear Friends of TUMI, This edition of the TUMI Update brings together stories from our projects: Our Podcast series “Next Stop” explores how transport shapes cities, communities, and everyday lives; new publications including a report on Gender and Public Transport in South Africa; a free 12-week moderated course run of our two self-paced e-mobility trainings to strengthen knowledge worldwide; a New […]

24 September 2025

Small Steps, Big City

A blogpost by Sana’a Khasawneh. Find an audio version of “Small Steps, Big City” here. When I was 18, I got my driver’s license. My father bought me a car so I could drive to university. Every morning, I joined the same ritual as thousands of others: the eight o’clock traffic jam. Students rushing to […]

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 […]

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