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Karen van Kluysen

Secretary General of POLIS Network, the leading European network on urban mobility innovation and sustainable transport policy

Jun 3, 2026

4:12
Could you perhaps flesh that out? What exactly does that mean?
4:15
Our cities are going through a paradigm shift because they need to make mobility more sustainable.
4:19
They need to address negative externalities, which unfortunately come with transport, such as air and noise pollution, congestion, unsafe streets and climate change.
4:30
And that's why a couple of years ago we launched the Just Transition Agenda.
4:34
And we have to make sure that within that transition, we don't leave anyone behind.
4:39
And the challenge is really multifaceted because we need to look at affordability of transport, the overall cost of mobility that is.
4:46
We need to look at the physical accessibility of streets, interchanges, vehicles, buildings.

9 MINS LATER

14:10
Karen, what strikes you about Barcelona's approach? And importantly, how might aspects of it be replicated in other European cities?

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