Smart mobility in the selected EU cities

Smart and sustainable urban development is the current priority. Mobility is one of the most difficult topics to face in the urban areas. Good mobility for citizens and businesses greatly increases the attractiveness and competitiveness of cities. Meeting Europe's 2020 targets, tackling congestion, improving air quality, accessibility and sustainability in cities requires substantial changes in the transport system and its operations, and in the mobility behaviour of people and businesses. Promoting the use of electric vehicles and clean fuels and raising the attractiveness of public transport, collective transport, and cycling comes hand-in-hand with improving infrastructures and increasing intermodality between different transport types. This paper explores smart mobility issues in the selected EU medium-sized cities. The aim of the paper is to present one of the methods used to compare the smart urban development, taking as a case study mobility dimension in three European cities: Valladolid, Bremen and Szczecin. The study is based on the literature sources analysis and data regarding six key fields of smart urban development with a special regard to smart mobility indicators. German city reaches the best results and the Spanish and Polish city represents more or less the same level.