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 […]
Standtrack
The Standtrack project will further improve and test the Standtrack solution to bring it closer to market. The Standtrack solution is a standard intermodal solution for the identification and traceability of parcels, and the communication between the agents involved in the transport of goods. The project aims to enhance the distribution of goods by improving […]
IMPULSE
The IMPULSE project was developed to address the challenges related to managing electric bus fleetsin public transportation.As cities transition towards zero-emission mobility, Public Transport Operators (PTOs) face difficultiesrelated to vehicles’ battery life, long charging times, as well as limited and non-standardized charginginfrastructure. These factors can lead to service interruptions, increased operational costs, andhesitation in electrifying […]
Green Dash
The Green Dash project aims to address the challenges faced by European cities and delivery companies in terms of air and noise pollution, congestion, and road accidents; caused by the rapid increase in e-commerce and last-mile deliveries. The parcel and e-commerce market needs delivery vehicle options which are sustainable, efficient, affordable and easy to use. […]
EVOSS
The EVOSS project introduces an innovative robotic charging device equipped with a high-capacity battery and one rapid charging plug. The robotic device can provide flexible electric vehicle charging inside parking areas, by moving to the precise location of the parked electric vehicle. In this way, the possibility to significantly reduce infrastructure costs is being provided. […]
Nudging for sustainable mobility: The REACTIVITY project
In a world grappling with growing challenges such as air and noise pollution, traffic congestion, and increasing chronic illnesses due to unhealthy lifestyles, the need for intermodal active mobility and technological tools for its implementation has never been more pressing. Recognizing this urgency, the REACITIVY project, implemented in cities like Lecce (Italy) and Braga (Portugal), […]
Horizon Lab Matchmaking event 2024
Matchmaking event for Horizon Europe calls organised by EIT Urban Mobility’s Horizon Lab Programme. The European Commission’s Horizon Europe research and innovation funding programme has lined up different funding opportunities that are of key strategic interest to strengthen the impact of collaboration, research, and innovation in supporting EU policies. This online matchmaking event will give […]
LivingLAPT
Cities face numerous mobility challenges: reducing emissions, improving the safety and mobility of cyclists and pedestrians, and increasing quality of life for citizens. Driverless shuttles or pods can be a game changer for cities as they address many of these challenges. However, current solutions lack a transferrable regulatory and safety framework among European cities. Low […]
Targeted Open Call
The Innovation’s Targeted Projects Programme addresses a) gaps in our innovation portfolio regarding the business plan, strategic agenda, and b) external changes and influences such as technological developments, policies/regulations, and (urgent) events. This is a long-term call with different cut-off dates that will be announced at least 2 months before the set submission deadline. Each […]
LogiCYCLE
Since COVID-19 the volume of delivered and returned goods has been growing, leading to increased emissions and congestion in cities. The LogiCYCLE project aims to create delivery ecosystems in city centers and low emissions zones which include not only first-mile or last-mile delivery, but also reverse logistics for commercial product returns. The project optimises courier […]
SME Market Expansion Open Call
The second edition of the Small Call is now launching under its new name SME Market Expansion Call. 714K€ has been allocated to the SME Market Expansion Call’s mechanism. The SME Market Expansion Call is a mono-beneficiary type of call addressed to small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Each entity awardee will receive 59,500€ per […]
UMC – second year
Available charging infrastructure is a major concern both for cities and for electric vehicle (EV) users. 33 million EV owners in Europe will need efficient charging by 2030. We aim to propose commercial enablers for new innovative EV charging solutions that will fit with the surrounding urban environment. Urban Mobile Charging is creating “NIMBEE”, a […]
2024 Main Open Innovation Call Project Results
We are proud to announce the 12 conditionally approved* projects from the Main Open Innovation Call. The Main Open Innovation Call received 33 submissions in June of this year which included entities from 25 countries. Of the 12 projects, 5 are focused on the future mobility challenge area, 4 on mobility and energy, and 3 […]
A look back at the 28 agile innovation pilot projects in Europe in 2023
In anticipation of the agile innovation calls for 2024, we look back at the success in 2023. 2024 agile innovation programmes In 2024, EIT Urban Mobility expects to fund 12 SME led projects stemming from the Small Call, expected to launch toward the end of November. Register now for the Small Call information session. It […]
LogiSmile – 2nd year
Deliveries in metropolitan areas will increase dramatically over the next few years. Last-mile logistics are becoming increasingly frequent and more fragmented, especially with the exponential growth of e-commerce. The negative impact of current urban-centre logistics practices includes increased traffic, safety issues for road users including cyclists, delivery vehicles and pedestrians, as well as the emission […]
PowerManagement – second year
PowerManagement is a custom-designed energy management software platform for the efficient charging of electric vehicles in public, corporate or residential garages. The system enables fleet managers, site operators and other clients to set up intelligent charging strategies to optimise costs and increase clean energy use. PowerManagement will address the current bottlenecks and provide sustainable one-stop-shop […]
SELECTIVE
The decarbonisation of mobility is an urgent need of our society and, as the most extended solution currently being considered, the use of electric vehicles (EV) is expected to grow exponentially in the near future. This presents some challenges as current public charging infrastructure is insufficient to assume forecasted fleet growth and private chargers are […]
Meet the 12 start-ups that won the 2023 RAPTOR competition!
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 start-ups with innovative mobility solutions. While each of the city challenges and proposed solutions are different, […]
Shaping the Future of Innovation in Europe: EIT Urban Mobility joins the new Start For Future Cooperative
EIT Urban Mobility is delighted to join the Start For Future (SFF) Cooperative, recognising it as a significant milestone in fostering long-term collaboration and cooperation among European universities and innovation actors. Our organisation proudly stands among the 18 prominent founding partners from the existing alliance, which consists of universities, incubators, research organizations, business entities and […]
Second targeted open call for the BP2023-2025
This call falls under Innovation’s Targeted Projects Programme. This programme has recently been initiated to address a) gaps in our innovation portfolio with regards to the business plan, strategic agenda, and b) external changes and influences such as technological developments, policies/regulations, and (urgent) events. Main features of the call The call addresses two separate topics. […]
New Mobility Congress 2023
EIT Urban Mobility is taking part in the New Mobility Congress! Bringing together companies from a wide array of industries, decision-makers, and C-Level stakeholders from all around Europe, the New Mobility Congress is the largest industry conference and EXPO in the Central and Eastern Europe region. The event will highlight the development of the zero-emission […]
FlexCurb – second year
Cities need to make transport more reliable and sustainable. For example, double parking caused by delivery vehicles is one of the main negative impacts of the upturn in last-mile deliveries, generating conflicts with pedestrians, cyclists, public transport and emergency vehicles. Innovative measures are needed to help cities reduce congestion and trips; achieve sustainable mobility goals; […]
RideSafeUM – second year
RideSafeUM was born in 2022 to make micromobility safer, encourage increased ridership of what have become key modes for the future of our mobility systems, and collect data on micromobility trips and crashes as a great source to nurture decision-making. Using innovative technology, RideSafeUM brings micromobility safety benefits to users, public authorities, shared service operators […]
IMMENSE
IMMENSE proposes the creation of a Transport Demand Management (TDM) tool which is able to dynamically influence traffic demand on road and parking ecosystems depending on congestion levels. By using a dynamic rate system with game design elements or “gamification” (such as automatically rewarding users with points for reducing travel time along congested routes if […]