A Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) is a strategic plan developed in a participatory and integrated way to meet people's and businesses' mobility needs in cities and to harmonize and integrate existing planning approaches. It sets cities on a sustainable course regarding land use and urban mobility. Because each city is starting with a different baseline of transport plans, the MobiliseYourCity implementing partners and city members work together to adapt the SUMP process for local needs.
On this page, you can find all the resources that MobiliseYourCity has made available to support the preparation and development of a SUMP. These resources include guidelines, methodologies, tools, training materials, sample documents and case studies.
The SUMP guidelines and methodologies constitute the MobiliseYourCity approach to preparing and developing a SUMP. This set of publications aims to provide methodological support to practitioners with practical, detailed guidance along the process: the SUMP Cycle. These documents provide a step-by-step standard formula that needs to be adapted depending on the needs and the context.
The guidelines and methodologies aim at addressing technical and operational concerns about sustainable urban mobility planning for practitioners and policy-makers in developing and emerging economies in the most relevant and efficient manner.
Since its inception in 2016, the MobiliseYourCity Partnership has been a leading force in disseminating Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) worldwide. Responding to specific…
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This document sets out the core indicators framework and monitoring principles for the MobiliseYourCity Partnership. Concretely, this document describes six (6) core indicators…
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Frequently Asked Questions on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) MobiliseYourCity created an FAQ document that addresses the most important questions around our core…
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Topic guide - Participatory processes in urban mobility planning Co-construction is the driving force behind the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs). Indeed, urban mobility…
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This topic guide aims to support practitioners (local authorities, mobility experts, consultants, and international development officials) in deciding the best solution to…
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Tailored for practitioners, from local authorities to mobility experts and consultants, this topic guide illuminates the link between land use and urban mobility planning.
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The MobiliseYourCity Partnership shines a light on integrating climate adaptation into the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) cycle—an essential approach for creating urban…
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This Topic Guide draws on a 2024–2025 assessment of gender inclusivity in Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) across the Global South. Based on reviews of 22 MobiliseYourCity…
Read moreSUMP tools are instruments supporting practitioners to practically develop and operationalise the SUMP guidelines and methodologies. MobiliseYourCity has developed these as documents, files, or any other piece meant to equip practitioners to prepare and develop their own urban mobility planning processes at the city level.
This document constitutes the official model of Terms of Reference for the development of a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) in the geographies of the MobiliseYourCity…
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Annotated Outline for Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMP) - SUMP development guidance resources for developing and transition countries Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning …
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Before embarking on SUMP preparation, a readiness assessment will help the city identify its strengths and determine the additional efforts needed to implement the…
Read moreThis set of training materials intends to equip practitioners of sustainable urban mobility with the required content to replicate training sessions on topics relevant to develop a SUMP. The topics cover introduction, diagnosis tools, scenario development, and measure selection fo SUMPs.
The ambitious goal and relevance principles of SUMP have made this approach a potential strategic plan for various stakeholders. This training set aims at giving the audience a…
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This training set structurally approaches the correlation between gender and mobility planning. In particular, the definition, relevant concepts, and fundamental approach to…
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This training set aims to raise awareness of the interlinkages between urban mobility and air quality by explaining the latter and why it matters. It also depicts the distinction…
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This training set builds a case for how active transport is healthy, free of emissions and pollution, and a great asset for future sustainable urban mobility systems. It must…
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Understanding urban mobility is the first thing cities need to do when planning for urban mobility. This training set presents the data required to conduct an evidence based…
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This training set supports learning on how to do a financial assessment as a key component of an urban mobility diagnosis. More is needed to understand the current urban mobility…
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This training set explores several diagnosis tools applicable in cities worldwide to help understand current requirements for walking and cycling and how this information can be…
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This training set introduces the links between gender and mobility and explores ways of integrating a genderresponsive practice along the SUMP/NUMP planning cycle. Gender is one…
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To help participants build an appropriate planning process, this training set presents the prerequisites for measure planning, including timelines, methods, key principles, and…
Read MoreIncluding real-life deliverables of the SUMP guidelines and methodologies' practical application offered by MobiliseYourCity and the related tools, these documents are sample documents of the SUMPs adopted by MobiliseYourCity cities. In turn, study cases are analytical in nature, and their conclusions, lessons learned and recommendations are gathered as a result of practical implementation of the SUMP guidelines and methodologies for their own improvement.
The Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) for Kumasi, Ghana, is a comprehensive strategy designed to address the mobility needs of the city's residents and businesses.
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In support of the strategy for new urban mobility in Pristina, a thorough analysis of travel patterns and issues was undertaken.
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A new step towards sustainable mobility for the metropolitan area of Medan in Indonesia Mebidangro is the largest metropolitan area outside Java and is, as of 2019, home to nearly…
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Available in Spanish. In Latin America, member cities of the MobiliseYourCity Alliance have started to develop their SUMP process funded by the European Union through the…
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