Latvia is driving urban mobility innovations: Trends and challenges
From electric cargo scooters, autonomous vehicles and data-driven public transport improvements to bridging the gap between research and practice; Latvia is teeming with ambitious urban mobility innovators and initiatives that aim to accelerate the Baltic country’s green and digital transition. In November, EIT Urban Mobility met with local partners and collaborators from the public sector, […]
How can innovation shape the future of mobility in cities?
On 9 and 10 October 2024, the Transport Innovation Forum in Vilnius became a hub for discussing the obstacles and solutions needed to transform mobility and transport in cities through cutting-edge innovation. “Unfortunately, human nature doesn’t respond well to long-term threats, so we have to find other ways to change human behaviour,” said Maria Tsavachidis, […]
Nordic conference explores future public transport and shared mobility
On 4-5 June 2024, the first-ever EIT Urban Mobility North Summit took place in Helsinki and Espoo, Finland, with over 75 participants from across the Nordic and Baltic region meeting to discuss the future of public transport and shared mobility in our cities. “The math is simple,” said Milos Mladenovic, Associate Professor at Aalto University, […]
Norwegian cities discuss impact pathways to climate-neutrality by 2030
How can Europe’s 112 mission cities speed up the decarbonisation of their mobility and transport systems to reach climate neutrality by 2030? On 8 May 2024, to support cities in this important transition, EIT Urban Mobility held a workshop titled “Decarbonising mobility and transport: Nordic pathways to climate-neutral cities by 2030” together with Nordic Edge […]
Women in Nordic Intelligent Transport Systems: Survey results
On 7 March, EIT Urban Mobility and Trivector Traffic held a webinar and online workshop following the kick-off of the Women in Nordic Intelligent Transport Systems (WIN-ITS) to present the results of a survey on gender diversity in the ITS sector. Despite often being considered a front-runner in gender equality, the Nordic and Baltic region still faces challenges when […]
Wolt’s Better Cities Fund: Driving the shift towards sustainable last-mile logistics
On 18 January, Wolt, a major urban delivery company and a partner of EIT Urban Mobility, launched its Better Cities fund in Copenhagen. The fund, which is worth €400,000, will help accelerate the decarbonisation of last-mile logistics by offering financial support for Wolt’s courier partners to rent electric bicycles and mopeds. “80 percent of Wolt’s […]
Women in Nordic ITS: How can we promote gender equality in the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) sector?
In the area of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), like in so many transport-related sectors, gender inequality extends beyond mere wage gaps and under-representation in leadership roles. These disparities are deeply ingrained in societal norms and values. “If women’s norms were reflected in the whole transport sector, it is estimated we could reduce our transport CO2 […]
Riga, Vilnius and Tauragė: How can Baltic mission cities become climate-neutral by 2030?
On 24 November, EIT Urban Mobility hosted the panel discussion ‘How can Baltic mission cities become climate-neutral by 2030?’, at the international Transport Innovation Forum (TIF) 2023 in Vilnius, with mayors and political representatives from the Baltics They talked about their path towards climate-neutrality – and the challenges they’re facing to get there. “90% of […]
The Finnish start-up Bout uses the Seine to sail away in France
Thanks to the collaboration between EIT Urban Mobility and the Moove Lab, Bout, a Finnish start-up specialising in nautical mobility, settles in Paris to tackle the French market. Founded in 2018, Bout is a platform that connects people looking for boat trips and those who offer them through an app (Mobility-as-a-Service). The platform makes it […]
Best of The Baltics | sTARTUp Days
EIT Urban Mobility was thrilled to be in Estonia last week mingling with the best of the Baltic’s (and beyond) start-up scene. The three-day event is the largest one in the region bring together the start-up ecosystem in the city of Tartu, Estonia. Our Partners, the University of Tartu were one of the key organisers […]
Nordic Female Founder Series | Copenhagen & Gothenburg
In June, EIT Urban Mobility hosted two events to identify female founders in the Nordics, within urban mobility. The events are part of an effort made by EIT Urban Mobility and Position99 to both identify more female founders in the region and, to help them get access to venture capital through increased visibility and match […]
Co-creation at H22 City Expo
Creating more sustainable urban mobility is one of the keys to helping cities reduce their climate impact. However it is only one part of a system wide transformation that needs to take place. How can different sectors come together to work on changing entire systems? Bringing together different knowledge communities to shape systematic change Following […]
Sustainable City Logistics – Workshop & networking for building winning Horizon consortia
In late May EIT Urban Mobility’s Action and Impact Group together with the Innovation Hub North organised a community building workshop on the challenge area of Sustainable City Logistics. The purpose of the workshop was to support partners and other relevant stakeholders to exchange ideas, ideate, and to start forming winning consortia for upcoming topics […]
Study tour | Helsinki, the world’s most functional city?
Helsinki, like many European cities, is facing the interconnected challenges of offering smarter, more convenient mobility services, reducing its emissions, and catering to a growing population. To face these challenges and to meet its aspirations to become the most functional city in the world, Helsinki has developed an extensive Mobility as a Service (MaaS) package […]
Rethinking our future cities at Nordic Edge Expo
Partners focus on mobility solutions in Gothenburg
EIT Urban Mobility Innovation Hub North partners discussed mobility solutions at Lindholmen Science Park AB in Gothenburg during POLIS Network conference. Latest DevelopmentsWe shared updates and plans for EIT Urban Mobility’s Business Creation and Academy programmes and learned about MobilityXlab, CLOSER, Drive Sweden. We concluded with a river-side infrastructure visit of Göteborgs Stad and networking dinner.
