EURIST is based in Hamburg, Germany´s second biggest city and an economic hub for northern Europe. We have an extensive network of national and international partners.

The European Institute for Sustainable Transport is a non- governmental organisation promoting policies that improve the environmental, social and economic sustainability of transport around the world, with a particular focus on non- technological solutions.

The development of sustainable transport systems in an increasingly urbanised world will become one of the most challenging global issues of the future. Sustainable transport is a key ingredient in creating liveable cities and achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). There is also a pressing need to reduce the consumption of non-renewable resources and sustantially reduce transport- related greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants.

Most cities or regions receiving international assistance to make their transport system more sustainable are often focused on technological solutions and do not have a holistic long- term policy on how transport system reform can be achieved and how best practice can be transferred and made applicable in their specific geographical context.