Smart Country Convention 2024: Leading the discussion on mobility data and innovation
EIT Urban Mobility was glad to participate in this year’s Smart Country Convention (SCCON), Germany’s leading event for the digital transformation of the public sector, from 15 to 17 October in Berlin. The three-day event, which attracted over 18,000 participants and featured more than 650 speakers, brought together experts, policymakers, and industry leaders to explore […]
Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress 2024
Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress (5-7 November, Barcelona), jointly organised by Fira Barcelona andEIT Urban Mobility, an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union, is the go-to event for smart urban mobility. We’ve learned the hard way that moving faster is not always a synonym of moving greener. Our reliance […]
Digital Twins for Smart Mobility – 2nd edition
In recent years, digital twins (DTs) have revolutionised the engineering world as a result of sensor and data advancements. However, despite the prevalence of simulation models, complete DTs are uncommon in the mobility sector due to a lack of general knowledge on the topic. Therefore, after the considerable success of the first edition of the […]
EIT Urban Mobility commits to EU green and digital transition in the mobility industrial ecosystem
EIT Urban Mobility pledges to support the EU’s Transition Pathway for Mobility, driving greener, digital urban mobility through agile projects and backing start-ups and education to achieve strategic goals. Why this matters: accelerating the green and digital transition The European Union’s 2021 Industrial Strategy emphasises the urgent need for a green and digital transformation across […]
12 startups selected for the Supernovas Rocket Up programme 2024
For the third consecutive year, Supernovas is hosting the Rocket Up programme to accelerate the international expansion of 12 women-led tech startups. The programme is gaining momentum, with more applications and an increasingly higher level of competition each year. The 12 startups selected for 2024 come from 9 different countries within the European Union, with […]
Smart Country Convention 2024
Germany’s leading event for the digital transformation of the public sector, the Smart Country Convention 2024 (SCCON), will take place in Berlin from 15 to 17 October 2024. Expect to see renowned people from administration at federal, regional and local level, politics and science, along with pioneers of the digital economy and local industry heads […]
City RAPTOR Expression of Interest is open now
Rapid Applications for Transport (RAPTOR) is a programme that swiftly creates and tests solutions to the niche urban mobility challenges of cities across Europe. The RAPTOR Expression of Interest (EoI) is now open for cities to join its 2025 cohort. RAPTOR is challenge-based, matching city urban mobility challenges to innovative solutions from startups and SMEs. […]
Palmarès des Mobilités
For 32 consecutive years, VRT has recognized exceptional achievements in transport and mobility by awarding Gold, Silver, and Bronze Passes to outstanding metropolises and urban areas. Beyond these prestigious awards, VRT also bestows thematic prizes based on specific criteria. The Mobility Awards is a prominent gathering of over 350 influential figures from the transport and […]
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 […]
2024 Targeted Open Call Projects
We are proud to announce the Targeted Open Call project results for 2024. The projects address critical challenges such as accelerating the hydrogen transition, supporting companies to report their employee commute emissions, aiding bus manufacturers to comply with the new Vehicle General Safety Regulations (GSR2) regulations and supporting open innovation partnerships. The conditionally approved projects […]
SWITCH
SWITCH software, for the management of shared mobility fleets, is based on machine learning and artificial intelligence technology which analyses and considers local events and utilises travel data and the characteristics of the city, to suggest the best distribution of vehicles based on expected mobility demand. The platform analyses flow in cities and optimises travel […]
ProperGate
Many small and medium sized companies managing logistics operations find it difficult to compete with larger players in the industry due to their largely paper-based or manual processes. This can cause inefficiencies, increased costs and unnecessary emissions. ProperGate’s solution digitises concrete logistics services for more efficient and sustainable operations. It is a software solution that […]
The RAPTOR 2024 Call is now open!
We are happy to announce the 2024 RAPTOR Call is now open! Rapid environmental changes are impacting our cities and require rapid and innovative actions. The Rapid Applications for Transport (RAPTOR) Programme seeks to do so via its agile competition. The RAPTOR competition matches European cities facing urban mobility challenges with startups with innovative solutions. […]
Mastering mobility: mobility data spaces
We are more connected through technology than ever before. Over 80% of Europe’s population uses the internet via smartphones, which has immense impact on our data consumption. In fact, data consumption in the region is expected to triple within the next four years. The possibilities provided by this ubiquitous use of the internet are immense. […]
CERMONI
Cermoni is an innovative public transport product that has reached the technology readiness level (TRL) 7 level of development. However, public transport operators (PTOs) in the market have expressed a need for scenario-based analysis capabilities, which are currently missing from the product. This activity aims to further develop and test Cermoni with a scenario analysis […]
Urban Mobility Flows (UMF)
The Urban Mobility Flows (UMF) platform is designed to unlock an important capability for transport agencies, city councils and transport operators. It delivers visual insights into journey patterns across multiple public and private modes of urban transport on a single dashboard. The aim of this analysis is to reveal discrepancies between infrastructure, service design, business […]
Applications are open for the EIT Urban Mobility Market Readiness Accelerators 2024
From 1 February to 15 April 2024, early-stage mobility startups have the opportunity to apply for the EIT Urban Mobility Market Readiness Accelerators. The Market Readiness Accelerators support entrepreneurs to build up a consistent business basis and avoid the most common failure for newly created startups: the lack of product-market fit. The Market Readiness Accelerators […]
Unlocking the future of mobility with European data spaces
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. This study explores the foreseen […]
Accelerate2MOVE
Accelerate2MOVE is a thematic accelerator focusing on artificial intelligence, blockchain, 5G, vehicle-to-everything (V2X), Internet-of-Things connectivity and Web 3.0 – all advanced technologies that can contribute to sustainable urban mobility. Over three years, the accelerator will provide support to at least 36 early-stage companies with solutions that have been tested in a lab or have a […]
REACTIVITY
Globally, cities are grappling with growing challenges tied to air and noise pollution, as well as traffic congestion and accidents. Concurrently, a rising number of citizens are suffering from chronic illnessesassociated with unhealthy lifestyles. In this context, local authorities need to support the uptake of intermodal active mobility and need technological tools to simplify the […]
Mobility data decentralisation leveraging Galileo and blockchain
AI mobility landscape in the EU
CityFlows – second year
The quality of life in European metropolitan areas is under pressure. A steady increase of the population in combination with the rapid expansion of city tourism frequently causes crowd-related issues. In recent years, universities, research institutes and municipalities have developed techniques to A) monitor crowd movements by means of the state-of-the-art crowd sensing systems, and […]
SUMBooST2
SUMBooST2 develops universally applicable data science methodology which extracts key urban mobility parameters and origin/destination matrix from the anonymised big data set gathered from telecom operator. The algorithms which separate relevant mobility data from the overall dataset are the unique part of the toolbox. The algorithms to identify passenger car trips are developed in 2020 […]