When cities face emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic, they need to respond quickly while keeping their long-term urban mobility plans on track. Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) should be flexible enough to handle immediate crises and still focus on long-term goals. SUMPs provide a great framework for building a resilient transport system that can adapt in emergencies and continue to pursue sustainable mobility. To address pandemic-specific challenges, we suggest adding a second layer to the SUMP cycle. This layer includes extra actions for each step of the process. Cities with an existing SUMP can use this model to see what additional steps are needed during a pandemic. For cities that haven’t implemented a SUMP yet, this model shows how to integrate these extra measures from the start. This revised SUMP cycle is a valuable tool for planning and decision-making in pandemic situations. It ensures that cities can adapt quickly while still prioritizing long-term sustainability. By combining the initial SUMP steps with new pandemic-specific steps, cities can better navigate the new reality. This approach helps maintain both short-term responses and long-term urban mobility strategies, incorporating social and economic sustainability principles. This study focuses on redefining the SUMP cycle within the RESCUE framework (REinventing SUMP Cycle Under pandemic Era). Our main goal is to update the SUMP cycle to better handle pandemic challenges. We aim to give policymakers and planners a useful tool for making decisions about mobility measures during crises, ensuring that social and economic sustainability principles are included for maximum effectiveness.