Training new generations of mobility professionals | TMWC23
What are the opportunities within EIT Urban Mobility? Discover how EIT Urban Mobility can fuel your professional growth in this insightful interview with Martin Vendel, Director of Academy at EIT Urban Mobility; Giovanni Circella, BOF Professor of Mobility at Universiteit Gent; and Benjamin Büttner, Head of Research at Group Accessibility Planning. This interview was recorded […]
How is urban mobility doing in Spain? | TMWC23
What’s the current state of urban mobility in Spain? What are the main challenges? How does EIT Urban Mobility help to overcome these challenges? Learn all about it from Jordi Casas, City Development and Public Funding Officer at the Innovation Hub South of EIT Urban Mobility; Dolores Ortiz, General Director of Planning and Mobility Infrastructures […]
How innovation boosts urban mobility to make cities more liveable? | TMWC23
What are the latest trends and opportunities in innovation for people within EIT Urban Mobility? Which innovation programmes are available? What’s Net Zero Cities? Answer all these questions by hearing directly from Gareth Macnaughton, Director of Innovation Strategy at EIT Urban Mobility; and Jane Mclaughlin, City Advisor for Eurocities. This interview was recorded during Tomorrow.Mobility […]
Transforming urban mobility together with solutions for all | TMWC23
What’s the role of EIT Urban Mobility in transforming urban mobility? What’s ‘Inclusify’ and how Tecnalia is helping to make urban mobility accessible and safe for all? Hear it directly from Antonio Mellado, Head of Sales Enablement at EIT Urban Mobility; and Javier Coleto, Director for Sustainable Mobility at Tecnalia. This interview was recorded during […]
Innovation in cities: The success of the RAPTOR Programme | TMWC23
Rapid Applications for Transport (RAPTOR) is a competition that swiftly creates and tests solutions to niche urban mobility challenges for businesses and cities across Europe. Learn more about this programme from Yann Simon, Project Officer of RAPTOR at EIT Urban Mobility, Jordi Jové Palau, Senior Sustainable Mobility Technician at Metropolitan Area of Barcelona and Åsa […]
When is your business ready to hit the market? | TMWC23
One common question that startups often ponder is when their business is fully prepared to enter the market. Find the answer by hearing directly from Pablo Garrido, Investment Manager at EIT Urban Mobility, Eduardo Illueca Fernández, Data Analyst at Libelium; and Marco Filipo, CEO at Volvero. This interview was recorded during Tomorrow.Mobility 2023, our flagship […]
Bringing urban mobility innovations to market | TMWC23
How new products and solutions are hitting the market and revolutionising the EU ecosystems? Hear directly from Seleta Reynolds, CIO & interim CPO at LA Metro and keynote speaker at Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress 2023, as she explains Europe’s key focus areas for sustainable and efficient mobility, along with preparations for the 2028 Olympics in Los […]
Urban mobility status in the south region | TMWC23
What’s the current urban mobility status in the south region? How does EIT Urban Mobility support this region? Gain insights directly from industry experts including Jean-Michel Genestier, from the Grand Métropole du Paris; Pascal Feillard, Head of Business Transformation at Capgemini Engineering; and Marta Álvarez Bermejo, Stakeholder and Partnership Manager at EIT Urban Mobility. This […]
Innovate, Implement, Lead: Urban Mobility Solutions in focus | TMWC23
Innovate, implement, and lead– three crucial words shaping the path towards sustainable, liveable cities. Hear insights from experts Maria Tsavachidis, CEO of EIT Urban Mobility, Richard Barrington, Director at ANGOKA, and Laia Pages, Executive and Research Manager at CARNET; about what’s needed and what’s being done to achieve a real change in our cities. This […]
The urban mobility ecosystems in Europe | TMWC23
Emerging technologies are always very complex to be inserted into the system of urban mobility. Was the role of cities to ensure that urban mobility’s latest trends are inserted in the right places? How to bring all the different stakeholders and key players together? Where to focus on? Learn directly from Timothy Papandreou, keynote speaker […]
Urban mobility status in the west region | TMWC23
Dublin (Ireland), is currently facing many urban mobility challenges. However, the city is undergoing a transformative shift with the introduction of new infrastructures and pioneering systems such as ‘Bus Connects Today.’ Gain valuable insights from Ronan Herron, Digital Strategy Officer at EIT Urban Mobility Partner, Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council (DLRCC), as he discusses current […]
Mobility Data Spaces: How will it shape the urban mobility of the future? | TMWC23
Improved collection and use of mobility data can make our transport systems more efficient, safer, and more sustainable. Mobility Data Spaces will facilitate the voluntary, sovereign, and secure sharing of data to enable new public and commercial business models and services while respecting usage control and privacy for data owners. Gain insights directly from Yoann […]
UMX: A window for urban mobility professionals to strengthen their skills | TMWC23
Urban Mobility Explained (UMX) is a channel powered by EIT Urban Mobility, an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) co-funded by the European Union. It hosts a series of short and easy-to-follow videos that showcase cutting-edge practices in urban mobility throughout Europe and beyond. It has been designed to highlight thought-provoking […]
I have a question for you: Special Edition due to the Spanish Presidency
Welcome to a special edition of ‘I have a question for you‘ as we kick off the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which will run until 31 December! As it could not be otherwise, one of the main topics to work on in these six months will be urban mobility: “The […]
I have a question for you: Urban Air Mobility
Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is quickly becoming one of the highest trending topics on urban mobility nowadays. What we used to see in films like Back to future starts turning into reality, and flying cars are coming to life. But every progress comes with a counterpart, which in this case is a major question: will […]
I have a question for you: Special Edition on City leaders
During Tomorrow Mobility World Congress in Barcelona, EIT Urban Mobility’s City Club held the second edition of the City Event Leading Innovation for Impact. This event brought together a group of policy practitioners from all across Europe in a panel to discuss how to go from vision to action and set out the common objectives for achieving a Net-Zero EU by 2050. […]
I have a question for you: Special Edition Istanbul
Last summer we visited Istanbul to get to know better the challenges they are facing and see the results of the projects co-funded by EIT Urban Mobility in the country. Nice meetings with our partners, sharing good practices and very interesting insights and lessons learnt came up from those days. Did you know that environmental […]
I have a question for you: Road safety and micro-mobility
Did you know that the main goal of Vision Zero by the European Commission is to have 0 road deaths by 2050? Indeed, road safety is one of the main concerns of the European Union as: As key figures extracted from the Annual statistical report on road safety in the EU 2020 presented by the […]
I have a question for you: Digitalisation of urban mobility
On this first edition of 2022, we will focus on the topic of digitalization of urban mobility. Did you know that digitalization is one of the priorities of the European Commission at all levels? Digitalization and data sharing are crucial enablers of the sustainable mobility transformation. Data from diverse sources, including different modes of transportation, […]
I have a question for you especial edition Christmas 2021
Almost closing the year, we considered that today was a very good opportunity to remind what we have done since the beginning of the year. Also to explore what is in the pipeline for the next year. Over the last 12 months, we have taken several actions in our challenge areas. We identified them with […]
I have a question for you: sustainable City logistics
Clean and sustainable cities are appealing places to live, to work, to enjoy life, and – not least – to invest in. Sustainable city logistics needs to contribute to more livable and appealing cities with zero-emission vehicles that better match the size of the city, but also to the consolidation of freight flows and the […]
I have a question for you on active mobility
Have you ever wondered how much are you contributing to save the planet with your urban mobility habits? Running 10 km every day to go to work means saving almost 700kg of CO2 per year. Therefore, every minor active mobility action can be of utmost importance to make our cities more liveable EIT Urban Mobility […]
I have a question for you on mobility infrastructure
On 20 September, we officially inaugurated our Innovation Hub Central based in Munich. It was the first face to face event organised by EIT Urban Mobility since the COVID19 pandemic started. It was very nice to see our partners there and to have the directors of our five Innovation Hubs based in Munich (Germany), Helmond […]
I have a question for you: Intermodality
This month, we interviewed Edwin Heesakkers, director of Innovation Hub West for the EIT Urban Mobility. We wanted to learn how intermodality could make our cities more liveable and sustainable. This was what he told us!
