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  • 26 August 2025

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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 […]

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Data, Digital Solutions & AI in Transport Planning – Help Us Map the Global Picture
21 July 2026

Data, Digital Solutions & AI in Transport Planning – Help Us Map the Global Picture

Digital tools and Artificial Intelligence are no longer a distant prospect for transport planning – they are already part of everyday practice in many places around the world. But how far has this shift actually progressed? What data are planners realistically working with, which digital and AI applications have moved beyond the pilot stage, and […]
African European Industry Dialogue on Railways at InnoTrans 2026
20 July 2026

African European Industry Dialogue on Railways at InnoTrans 2026

We will be at InnoTrans 2026 in September, and this time, we bring opportunities for dialogue with Africa.    Save the Date! We are pleased to invite you to save the date for the African European Industry Dialogue on Railways, taking place on 23 September 2026 from 12:00 to 14:00 at InnoTrans 2026 in Berlin, Germany. African European Industry Dialogue on […]
Fuel Prices Reports
20 July 2026

Fuel Prices Reports

Twenty-Five Years of Fuel Price Data — and What Comes Next Since 1999, GIZ has maintained one of the world’s longest-running and most comprehensive datasets on international retail fuel prices and fuel taxation. What began as a data collection effort by GTZ has grown into a reference used by governments, development partners, researchers, international organizations, […]
Why Railways Are the Backbone of Transport Corridors
8 July 2026

Why Railways Are the Backbone of Transport Corridors

Roads usually get the attention when people talk about trade and transport corridors. They are visible, flexible, and reach almost everywhere. But it is rail that makes the real difference when it comes to moving large volumes of goods and people over long distances in a reliable, affordable and low-emission way. High capacity, high resilience […]
A look into the future: IBA-M Excursion to Tübingen and Esslingen
15 June 2026

A look into the future: IBA-M Excursion to Tübingen and Esslingen

How do you develop a complex station area into a lively urban district? In order to open up new perspectives for the Freising district of the future, the IBA-M initiated and organised a field trip to Tübingen and Esslingen. The trip provided valuable impulses from practice and showed how integrated planned station districts can look […]
TUMI Update June
5 June 2026

TUMI Update June

Dear Friends of TUMI, This month, we’re bringing together learning, dialogue, and real-world action across the mobility sector. From new opportunities to build skills through our latest online courses, to global exchanges at upcoming events like the International Transport Forum Summit and the World Urban Forum, the focus is clear: strengthening the people, partnerships, and […]
TUMI Update May
5 May 2026

TUMI Update May

Dear Friends of TUMI, This month, we’re bringing together learning, dialogue, and real-world action across the mobility sector. From new opportunities to build skills through our latest online courses, to global exchanges at upcoming events like the International Transport Forum Summit and the World Urban Forum, the focus is clear: strengthening the people, partnerships, and […]
Bridging the Gap: How Technical Cooperation De-Risks West Africa’s Transport Future
29 April 2026

Bridging the Gap: How Technical Cooperation De-Risks West Africa’s Transport Future

The EU International Business Forum on Transport and Strategic Corridors, held in Abidjan from March 30 to April 1, 2026, was more than just a meeting of policymakers; it was a dialogue about the future of West African connectivity. While much of the conversation centered on the massive Abidjan–Lagos and Abidjan–Ouagadougou corridors, a critical session […]
TUMI Update April
1 April 2026

TUMI Update April

Dear Friends of TUMI, Ten years ago, TUMI set out with a simple premise: that the way cities move people shapes everything else – opportunity, health, equity, climate. This April update is a small reflection of how much ground that idea has covered. In this edition, we’re looking ahead to our annual conference in Berlin […]
Constructive Demand Destruction: Rethinking Transport to Save Oil
24 March 2026

Constructive Demand Destruction: Rethinking Transport to Save Oil

Fabian Becker, Daniel Moser, Armin Wagner March 2026 As fuel prices skyrocket and supply chains fracture, the transport sector faces a fundamental challenge: how to decouple economic activity from oil consumption overnight.   In this context, the term “demand destruction” refers to a sustained reduction in the consumption of a commodity caused by economic pressures […]
Traffic Committee Meeting: Approval of MoVe Yaoundé Project reports Milestone reached for Urban Mobility in Yaoundé
26 February 2026

Traffic Committee Meeting: Approval of MoVe Yaoundé Project reports Milestone reached for Urban Mobility in Yaoundé

The MoVe Yaoundé project has reached a decisive milestone. On 10 February, the Traffic Committee met at the headquarters of the Yaoundé Urban Community to approve the technical reports aimed at bringing about lasting improvements to urban transport in Cameroon’s capital. This session marks an important step towards the implementation of concrete actions for smoother, […]
TUMI Update March
26 February 2026

TUMI Update March

Dear Friends of TUMI, In this March update, we get ready for International Women’s Day 2026 to keep pushing mobility systems that take into account everyone’s needs and perspectives throughout the whole policy cycle: from relaunching our Self-Assessment Tool for Gender-Responsive Public Transport, to discussions about the role of women in the public and private […]
TUMI Update February
27 January 2026

TUMI Update February

Dear Friends of TUMI, 2026 marks a special moment for TUMI – 10 years of working with partners around the world to make transport more sustainable, inclusive, and human-centred. As the UN Decade of Sustainable Transport begins, this anniversary invites both reflection and renewal: a chance to look back at what has been achieved, and […]
Next Decade Loading: What COP30 Means for How the World Moves
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 […]
TUMI Update December
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 […]

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