# Smart City for Sustainable Development: Applied Processes from SUMP to MaaS at European Level
## 3 The European Smart City Applied Process at the Master Level
### Smart City and SUMP
In the first step, the projects presented in the SCM platform, referred to above, and the data per city presented in the ELTIS platform concerning the development of SUMPs in cities were analyzed. Among the 85 projects presented in the SCM, 12 are dedicated to the Mobility and Transport theme. These projects involve 28 lighthouse cities, out of a total of 48, and 35 fellow cities, out of a total of 72. That is, most of the lighthouse cities for the smart city are developing a mobility project. On the other hand, the ELTIS platform was investigated by researching how many lighthouse cities (of SCM) also have a SUMP. From the data crossing it emerged that out of 28 lighthouse cities, 18 have a SUMP. It should be noted that for each city considered with a SUMP in the ELTIS database, institutional sites were checked for a link to the SUMP. In the second step, the theme of the MaaS sectoral plan was investigated, which is analyzed in the next section, while here, for continuity of reflection, the results of the smart city-MaaS intersection are reported. For smart cities, the projects present in the SCM platform, referred to above, were investigated again, while European data were not available for MaaS projects given their recent introduction. In Italy, for example, the first three MaaS projects throughout the country are still being developed. Then, this work proceeded with a web search on the main websites of the 28 lighthouse cities, and  
Figure 7: Sustainable urban mobility components. it emerged that 20 have a MaaS project in progress. The result in this case is even more significant because, as seen, there are only a few cities with MaaS in Europe. Finally, a double intersection was conducted by verifying how many smart cities have SUMP and MaaS models at the same time. It emerged that 14 of the 28 smart cities have both the master plan and the sectoral plan. This allowed us to support the hypothesis of a common institutional path that sees the smart city as an important direction for both SUMP and MaaS models, since these are the two main tools of the plan to pursue sustainable development. The European Commission (EC) is working on promoting the SUMP implementation. The new \"European urban mobility framework\", part of the wider \"Efficient and Green Mobility Package\", underlines that cities play a relevant role in the Trans-European-Transport Networks (TEN-T) [43]. In fact, the revised TEN-T guidelines consider urban mobility as essential for improving network performances, because it represents the \"first and last mile\" for passengers and freight mobility. The new guidelines indicate that the \"largest 424 EU cities on the TEN-T network should adopt a sustainable urban mobility plan (SUMP) by 2025\". For this reason, the EC announced the introduction of an upgraded SUMP concept that has clear priorities \"to favour sustainable solutions including active, collective and public transport and shared mobility\". In this context, MaaS models represent a solution for supporting public transport and increasing sustainability.