You are reading the first issue of the biannual newsletter “Keep Moving”, focusing on older people’s mobility. This topic is becoming more and more important since, according to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Eurostat, the proportion of the EU population aged 50 and over is expected to increase from 35% to 49% between 2005 and 2050.

While in the past walking and public transport were the most important modes of mobility among older people, there is now a strong shift towards the private car. In other words, Europe is challenged with a car generation growing old. Besides contributing to congestion, some 45,000 road deaths per year (EU-27) and ever-increasing greenhouse gas emissions, car-based mobility represents the least energy-efficient option in urban transport. It is high time to revert to sustainable forms of mobility: walking, cycling and using public transport. AENEAS will show examples of how to organise urban mobility in a more sustainable manner – bearing in mind the wishes and requirements of an ageing European society.

This newsletter will provide readers with practical and current information in this field. There is growing experience gathered in Europe about older people’s mobility – especially in the five AENEAS member cities – and this newsletter will be one of the key tools to disseminate and exchange this experience.

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The editorial team wishes you a good read!