https://futurehubs.eu/cities/bucharest/ Bucharest has adopted an Integrated Urban Development Strategy, launched tenders for 100 trolleybuses and 79 trams, and is preparing large water, seismic safety and boulevard regeneration programmes. en https://futurehubs.eu/cities/bucharest/news/cultural-strategy-platform/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/bucharest/news/cultural-strategy-platform/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMTBucharest has launched strategiaculturala.pmb.ro, where cultural organisations can comment on the city's 2027–2036 cultural strategy while it is drafted by AEUB and Insula 42; a first version is due by the end of November and the final document next year. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/bucharest/news/trolleybus-tram-tenders/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/bucharest/news/trolleybus-tram-tenders/Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTBucharest City Hall has launched a tender for 100 articulated trolleybuses with at least 20 km of battery range, estimated at 492,787,450 lei excluding VAT, and is preparing a second tender for 79 trams worth 1,699,919,059 lei. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/bucharest/news/water-sewer-investment-plan/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/bucharest/news/water-sewer-investment-plan/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMTBucharest's local councillors voted on 28 August for a water and sewer investment plan worth more than €520 million over 11 years, with €300 million brought by operator Apa Nova, including rehabilitation of collectors over 80 years old. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/bucharest/news/integrated-urban-development-strategy/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/bucharest/news/integrated-urban-development-strategy/Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMTBucharest's General Council adopted the city's Integrated Urban Development Strategy (SIDU) on 28 August, setting investment priorities, project lists and regeneration guides, and providing the basis on which the capital can access non-reimbursable European funding. https://futurehubs.eu/cities/bucharest/news/magheru-design-competition/https://futurehubs.eu/cities/bucharest/news/magheru-design-competition/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMTBucharest City Hall is preparing an international design competition, organised with the Romanian Order of Architects, to redesign the Bălcescu–Magheru–Piața Romană axis, starting with a historical study that will set the design brief and its general principles.