Mobility Talks 17: How will Living Labs bring life to innovation in mobility ecosystems?
EIT Urban Mobility facilitates testing and evaluation of new mobility solutions in living labs. Living labs are sites where citizens are engaged in the design, testing, co-creation and adoption of new solutions. The process fosters a multidisciplinary approach that draws on expertise and experience from several sectors and ensures that private, public, and research stakeholders […]
±15-Minute City: Human-Centred Planning in Action
The concept of 15mn city developed by Carlos Moreno has been increasingly popular over the past years. This study written by the Technical University of Munich explores the different dimensions of the 15mn city and looks at practical solutions to make cities and neighbourhoods more accessible and inclusive. One of the study’s outputs consists of […]
Costs and Benefits of the Urban Mobility Transition in Europe
Cities investing urgently in the shift to sustainable urban mobility in line with the Green Deal objectives could generate net benefits of up to €128 per citizen each year, finds a new report by EIT Urban Mobility, an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union. The […]
AI mobility landscape in the EU
Accelerating long-lasting change
In a context that calls for rapid local action to face numerous and diverse global challenges, fruitful collaboration to lead ambitious urban mobility change is needed more than ever. Too often, impactful innovative solutions do not make it beyond pilot stage, or mobility transformations remain circumscribed to a district. To overcome such hurdles, it is […]
Mobility Talks episode 14: Multimodal digital mobility services
Multimodal digital mobility services make shared mobility more accessible to users by bundling different modes and mobility providers in a single booking experience. Rolling out such services across European cities has the potential to significantly increase the attractiveness of shared mobility services – from public transport to micromobility – so they can compete with private […]
Mobility Talks episode 13: Pathways to zero carbon urban mobility
This mobility talk episode offers insights on pathways to transition to zero carbon mobility in European cities. Our panel gathers complementary perspectives from the private and public sectors: speakers from cities, metropolitan regions, the European Commission, and industry will reflect on their journey to reduce CO2 emissions from mobility. Discussions will reflect on the trade-off […]
Mobility Talks episode 10: Intermodality: How to move towards seamless integration?
Don’t miss our next episode of Mobility Talks on Intermodality taking place next 8 July at 15:30 CEST! Main Question: How can we move towards seamless integration? Intermodality aims to drive the better use of existing mobility services whilst facilitating the integration of new solutions, new mobility modes and promote new business models. It includes […]
Mobility Talks episode 8: Urban Air Mobility: is the future ready for take-off?
Why Urban Air Mobility is becoming so important in the future mobility of our cities? Which are the potentials and newest trends in the field? How does this potential deal with present regulations? Which is the potential role of EIT Urban Mobility? Mapping current mobility megatrends that step into the global market, two major fields deserve attention as potential frontrunners of the rapid transition towards sustainable urban commuting […]
Mobility Talks episode 5: Mobility as a Service, disrupting urban mobility in the cities!
Much ink has been spilled on the not-so-new, still controversial, arguably disruptive concept of Mobility as a Service (MaaS, for the initiated). But, What are the main and still unresolved aspects to be addressed when implementing MaaS for real? Is MaaS the silver bullet able to solve many of the challenges facing cities today? In […]
Mobility Talks’ episode 4: ”Pedalling the future: from pop-up bike lanes to long-term cycling policies”
If before COVID-19, cycling was a high priority for the policy authorities due to its benefits towards the environment, the virus has additionally reinforced the importance of cycling for the overall transport system resilience at all levels. As a result, a growing number of European cities start to supply their citizens with temporarily bicycling infrastructures […]
TIE – Mapping Urban Transportation Innovation Ecosystems
Creating a strategic infrastructure for urban policy management in the field of urban mobility