The Commission’s Expert Group on Urban Mobility (EGUM) has adopted recommendations on complementing public transport with shared mobility, and on using the Social Climate Fund to support public transport. The recommendations address the European Commission, Member States, regional and local authorities. The number of journeys from suburban and rural areas to metropolitan centres continues to rise due to demographic changes and urban sprawl. EGUM finds that shared mobility has potential for everyday journeys. But first, it must be combined with public transport to offer a credible and effective alternative to the private car. The expert group’s recommendations cover infrastructure, safety and the redistribution of public spaces, the digital integration of transport data and multimodality, among other topics. (....)