Europe debuts new fully autonomous bus line in public service
In a first-of-its-kind project led by Espaces-Mobilités and funded by EIT Urban Mobility, two self-driving shuttles from WeRide opened for public service in Leuven, Belgium. Since January 2026, Leuven residents can take the AV autonomous bus line 16 from the city’s railway station to the neighbouring municipality of Heverlee, a 4 km route that sees plenty of commuters and students. The […]
Integrated, shared and autonomous: The future of public transport and shared mobility in cities
The EIT Urban Mobility North Summit 2025 took place in Stockholm on 16-17 September with over 110 representatives from the public transport and mobility sector in Northern Europe. Taking the stage to welcome everyone, EIT Urban Mobility CEO Marc Rozendal set the tone for the following two days: “Shifting to public transport delivers high impact […]
Minimising human errors in public transport: Predictive fatigue monitoring for higher passenger safety
In 2024, close to 20,000 road fatalities occurred across Europe. Europe’s long-term road safety goal, ‘Vision Zero’ aims to have zero fatalities in road transport by 2050. Technological advances, including connectivity and automation, present new opportunities to reduce the role of human errors. The role of fatigue in human errors on our roads, remains a […]
Official launch of M3 data space: a key project for the digital transformation of the territory
Led by AMB informació and with the support of EIT Urban Mobility, the proposal was born from the need to create a Metropolitan Data Space that responds to and provides solutions to the needs of current developments in data management in the metropolitan field of the city of Barcelona. Last month of December 2024 marked […]
How can innovation shape the future of mobility in cities?
On 9 and 10 October 2024, the Transport Innovation Forum in Vilnius became a hub for discussing the obstacles and solutions needed to transform mobility and transport in cities through cutting-edge innovation. “Unfortunately, human nature doesn’t respond well to long-term threats, so we have to find other ways to change human behaviour,” said Maria Tsavachidis, […]
Nordic conference explores future public transport and shared mobility
On 4-5 June 2024, the first-ever EIT Urban Mobility North Summit took place in Helsinki and Espoo, Finland, with over 75 participants from across the Nordic and Baltic region meeting to discuss the future of public transport and shared mobility in our cities. “The math is simple,” said Milos Mladenovic, Associate Professor at Aalto University, […]
The next edition of the Main Innovation Call is set to launch soon!
The next edition of the Main Innovation Call is to open on 4 April 2024. This year’s call will be focused on three topics: Public Transport, Urban Logistics, and Electrification of Transport and Alternative Fuels. The call is for SMEs, universities, research and technology organisations, or large businesses, established in a Member State of the […]
MaaS vouchers and discounts for public transport, some of the ideas to improve urban mobility in Slovenia
On 14 December 2021, EIT Urban Mobility RIS Hub Slovenia organised a hackathon, which focused on the development of more sustainable and innovative solutions to decarbonise Slovenian cities. Six teams of students and young researchers focused mainly on the challenges of the freight and passengers’ transport. The winning idea, that received a total award of […]