This article is based on the report 17° Rapporto sulla mobilità degli Italiani and presents a series of initiatives put into practice in the main European capitals and cities in the context of public policies for smart mobility. If, on the one hand, the report reveals what the empirical observation already found: the COVID-19 Pandemic profoundly influenced the mobility of large urban centers, encouraging an already growing trend of alternative mobility, on the other hand, it presents an Italian and European photograph of evolution of urban transport, the typologies of alternative electric transport (AETs) and the response in terms of public policies of the main European cities. These new forms of mobility demonstrate the desire and awareness of citizens who want to move in a smarter way, less impacting on the environment and social life, as well as the social impacts generated by the pandemic.