The RAPTOR 2026 Call for startups and SMEs is launching soon!
Register to attend our RAPTOR 2026 Call information webinars and learn more about the call, niche city challenges, timeline, eligibility, funding, and more!
RAPTOR 2026 Information Session: Wednesday 21 January 2026, 10-11.30h CET
RAPTOR 2026 City Presentations Part 1: Thursday 22 January 2026, 10-11.30h CET
RAPTOR 2026 City Presentations Part 2: Friday 23 January 2026, 10-11.30h CET
WHAT IS RAPTOR?
Rapid environmental changes are impacting our cities and require rapid and innovative actions. The Rapid Applications for Transport (RAPTOR) Programme seeks to do just this via its agile competition. The RAPTOR competition matches European cities facing urban mobility challenges with start-ups with innovative mobility solutions. While each of the city challenges and proposed solutions are different, the common theme woven throughout is the urgency of the transition to more sustainable transport.
Since 2022, RAPTOR has run 57 pilots across 49 cities in Europe and continues to shake up the status quo, as you can read in this Impact Story. Previous cities include Istanbul, Dublin, Utrecht, Munich, and Barcelona – read more on our RAPTOR website.
RAPTOR 2026
The RAPTOR 2026 Call will award €60k to the 15 start-ups/SMEs with the most innovative, feasible, and impactful solutions to the 15 niche city mobility challenges. Start-ups/SMEs will have the opportunity to develop and pilot their solution over 6 months.
- Berlin (Germany) – How can Berlin quickly identify priority school routes to implement targeted road safety measures for children?
- Salzburg (Austria) – How can Salzburg enhance its internal shared mobility system to increase use across departments and support sustainable staff mobility?
- Trento (Italy) – How can Trento help citizens plan better cycling trips and encourage greater use of the existing cycling infrastructure?
- Wiesbaden (Germany) – How can Wiesbaden better monitor and manage its urban loading zones to improve delivery efficiency and reduce congestion?
- Nitra (Slovakia) – How can Nitra obtain accurate, anonymised boarding and alighting data across its bus network to improve public transport planning?
- Bălți (Moldova) – How can Bălți improve public transport operations and provide accurate real-time passenger information, encouraging more residents to shift from cars to buses?
- Lviv (Ukraine) – How can Lviv develop an accurate digital inventory of traffic signs and road markings to improve road safety and traffic management?
- Helsinki (Finland) – How can Helsinki use professional fleet vehicles as a data collection platform?
- Luleå (Sweden) – How can Luleå promote and increase soft mobility by using winter road-condition data to help citizens choose safe and accessible routes in a subarctic climate?
- Arteixo (Spain) – How can Arteixo identify and prioritise optimal charging locations for public and municipal fleets?
- Guimarães (Portugal) – How can Guimarães optimise the scheduling, routing, and tracking of deliveries of fresh goods from the municipal market using our e-vehicle micrologistics?
- Bilbao (Spain) – How can Bilbao improve the mobility of patients, especially older adults and people with reduced mobility, when accessing health centres?
- Brussels (Belgium) – How can Brussels enrich EV-charging data to include accessibility and vehicle-size information for more inclusive electric mobility?
- Edinburgh (United Kingdom) – How can Edinburgh use existing vehicle data effectively to implement data-driven and differentiated parking charges based on vehicle attributes?
- London (Borough of Lambeth) (United Kingdom) – How can London dynamically manage kerbside space to improve accessibility and reduce unnecessary traffic?
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
To learn more about the RAPTOR programme and previous projects, check out the RAPTOR website. For questions, please contact the RAPTOR team via [email protected].
