The purpose of this paper is to present and analyze approaches for sustainable urban mobility in the Petroșani Basin mining area in comparison to other current and former mining areas in Europe. Sustainable urban transport is important as cities face increasing challenges in their mobility systems, such as congestion, air quality, ambient noise, CO2 and NOx emissions. EU policy on how cities can reduce emissions and improve mobility mainly focuses on using public transport, walking and cycling. Thus, priority is given to zero-emission solutions for urban fleets, including taxi and on-demand transport services, the construction and modernization of multimodal nodes, as well as digital services. The research methodology includes the analysis of specialized literature, the analysis of real situations of sustainable urban mobility from the Petroșani Basin and other mining areas in Europe and a mobility study of the residents of the Petroșani Basin every day for a week, tracking the objectives of the trips, the number of trips in a day and the mode of travel. In order to develop effective sustainable transport strategies, it is necessary for policy makers to understand the possible actions and measures that need to be taken for successful planning, regulation and implementation of public transport.