Urban Mobility

Barcelona – November 06, 2026 -- Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC) closed its fifteenth edition at Fira de Barcelona's Gran Via venue with 29,721 attendees from 140 countries, and named Tokyo "Smart City of 2026" at the World Smart City Awards.

Seven-track program draws 668 experts and over 1,000 cities

Held under the theme "Urban Solutions, Real Impact," the congress focused on affordable housing, climate change abatement and mobility. Its seven tracks brought together 668 international experts and representatives of more than 1,000 cities. Speakers included Anne Hidalgo, Andre Dickens, Anaclaudia Rossbach, Nikolas Badminton and Ayumi Moore Aoki.

Milan – October 14, 2026 -- EICMA's 83rd edition will be the largest ever held at Fiera Milano Rho, filling ten exhibition halls over more than 300,000 square metres with 754 exhibitors and 2,120 brands from 52 countries. The hall count is one more than in 2025.

International brands make up 74% of the 2026 exhibitor roster

About 30% of direct exhibitors are either returning companies or first-time participants. EICMA CEO Paolo Magri said the figures show the show's "continuing ability to attract investment" and to welcome new companies.

EICMA.SHIFT UP partnership with MotoGP anchors the exhibition programme

Speed Legends will present more than 30 historic racing motorcycles alongside the five MotoGP bikes competing in 2026, plus interactive experiences and a Gaming Arena. The Dakar Rally returns through a renewed partnership with ASO, bringing historic and modern rally motorcycles and an official Dakar container to Hall 22.

Breda, Netherlands – September 22, 2026 -- Light electric vehicles (LEVs) such as e-scooters, e-cargo bikes and fatbikes could reduce car dependency in the Netherlands but are simultaneously raising cycling accident risk on the country's shared bike paths, according to research from Breda University of Applied Sciences (BUas).

Dutch cycling network faces new pressure from electric micro-mobility

The Netherlands operates the world's most extensive cycling infrastructure, with 22 million bicycles serving 18 million residents across a 153,000-kilometre network. Bikes account for 28% of all trips nationally, a model increasingly studied and replicated by cities globally. That system is now being tested by a growing volume of LEVs entering the same narrow cycle paths.