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Empowering walking, cycling and micro-mobility for cancer prevention and cleaner, healthier and better-connected cities

Project description

Healthier cities through active travel

As cities aim to address public health issues and lower carbon emissions, many are turning to active mobility. The EU-funded project DynamiCity is exploring how walking, cycling and other forms of active mobility can improve overall health, boost cancer prevention and recovery, and accelerate the transition to carbon neutrality. By partnering with stakeholders from different European countries, the project will develop people-centred actions within living laboratories that integrate behavioural science, digital innovations, urban infrastructure, and policies to promote all forms of active mobility. Ultimately, the project’s goal is to help cities promote walking and cycling, decrease greenhouse gas emissions and develop an approach for integrated mobility and health systems.

Objective

Active and micro-mobility can significantly enhance people’s well-being, reduce risk cancer, transform urban environments, and help achieve climate neutrality. DynamiCity brings together 27 partners and 9 associated partners from 18 European countries to unlock this potential, driving a paradigm shift in urban mobility: transport becomes a strategic means to promote healthy lifestyles, improve wellbeing, and support cancer prevention and survivorship. To ensure long-lasting change, the project develops human-centred, multi-level interventions targeting 5 key levels: individual, community, digital, infrastructure & natural environment, and policy. Facilitated by behavioural and digital tools, interventions will be implemented in 12 living labs, including 6 net-zero cities. The project will support cities in achieving a >15% reduction in GHG emissions, and >30% increase in walking and cycling in 6 demonstrator areas of the 6 follower cities. Besides, the project involves >5 cities in twinning activities, to extend its benefits across Europe. By delivering tangible outcomes in infrastructure, behavioural change, interdisciplinary training, and integrated policies, DynamiCity will break silos between health and transport, paving the way for cross-sectoral, cross-European collaborations that place active mobility at the core of integrated transport and health strategies. Effectiveness will be measured through active travel uptake, reduced environmental exposure, and health-related outcomes linked to cancer prevention. Ultimately, DynamiCity will boost active travel health literacy, empower diverse target groups to incorporate walking and cycling into cancer prevention pathways, and make cities cleaner, healthier and better-connected. Results will also feed into comprehensive EU guidance on active mobility and cancer prevention, supporting Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, the Cities and Cancer Missions, and the EU Cycling Declaration.This action is part of the Cancer Mission cluster of projects on “Prevention and early detection’ and on ‘Quality of Life.

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HORIZON-IA - HORIZON Innovation Actions

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Call for proposal

(opens in new window) HORIZON-MISS-2025-06

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Coordinator

FUNDACIO EURECAT
Net EU contribution
€ 788 500,00
Address
AVENIDA UNIVERSITAT AUTONOMA 23
08290 Cerdanyola Del Valles (Barcelona)
Spain
Region
Este Cataluña Barcelona
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Participants (26)

Partners (9)