The bumpy roads of COVID-19: EIT Urban Mobility navigating cities through the pandemic
By Daniel Serra, Director of Innovation Hub South at EIT Urban Mobility, Marta Álvarez, Engagement and Communications Manager at Innovation Hub South of EIT Urban Mobility and Mateusz Kaluza, Intern at the Innovation Hub South of EIT Urban Mobility It is almost one year since COVID-19, hither to unknown strain of coronavirus, took the first […]
EIT Urban Mobility starts a partnership with Fira de Barcelona and jointly launch Tomorrow.Mobility to promote the mobility of the future
The Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress (TMWC) is a new global event organised by Fira Barcelona focused on promoting the design and adoption of new sustainable urban mobility models. The event is co-organised by EIT Urban Mobility, and also has the support of important companies and institutions. TMWC is launched to create a global benchmark in the […]
The ScaleTHENGlobal Programme welcomes its 15 new participants
After reviewing almost 100 applications, Europe’s 15 most promising emerging companies in the field of urban mobility have been selected as the next participants in the ScaleTHENGlobal Programme, financed by the EIT Urban Mobility. For the next months, they will benefit from financial support, mentoring, coaching, expert workshops, access to local ecosystems, participation at key […]
EIT Urban Mobility has joined BNEW
The Consorci de la Zona Franca de Barcelona has signed a collaboration agreement with EIT Urban Mobility this morning by which it will join the second edition of BNEW as a collaborating entity. EIT Urban Mobility has joined the BNEW initiative to cooperate in the BNEW Mobility area focused on the new mobility challenges and […]
EIT URBAN MOBLITY | Startup Investments 2021 (Q2)
Urban mobility is undergoing one of the most transformational shifts of a generation. A successful strategy in the industry requires the adoption of a comprehensive and coherent approach, centered on innovative ventures that are disrupting this landscape. While the pandemic has taken a heavy toll on the economy, the crisis has also encountered major opportunities for innovation. Examples of drivers […]
Action and Impact Group kicks off on 9 June
The Action Impact Group (AIG) is an 18-month pilot initiative by EIT Urban Mobility’s Innovation and Factory teams. The AIG pilot is designed to support partners and cutting-edge researchers and innovators in identifying, applying for, and securing regional, national, and European level funding for urban mobility projects. The AIGs will align with the scope […]
PEARL – Urban Mobility’s Newest Playground
PEARL (Person-Environment-Activity Research Laboratory) is a unique facility to explore the ways in which people interact with their environment. It is a massive space – around 44,000 m3 – in which life-sized environments – a railway station, high street, town square – can be created under controlled conditions. This allows researchers of urban mobility to […]
The Last Mile Digital Platform – Towards a more resilient goods road transport in Europe
Last Mile Team, an EIT Urban Mobility Business Creation’s portfolio company, is the winner of the first Spanish National Mobility Award in the Product category. This awards recognises the team as a catalyst to the green and digital goods road transport twin transition, and a solution that improves cities liveability and contributes to achieve the EU […]
FURNISH – The project that is reconfiguring public spaces across Europe
In the current times, where cities are facing new mobility restrictions, ensuring social distancing is still an issue for the majority of countries to avoid a larger spread of COVID-19. In this context, the teams participating in the FURNISH project, have deployed their designs onto the streets of their cities with the goal of mitigating […]
Become the dissemination partner of the next EIT Urban Mobility study!
In Q4 2021 EIT Urban Mobility will publish an analysis of the costs and benefits of the sustainable urban mobility transition in Europe, in line with the EU Green Deal objective. EIT UM is offering the opportunity for interested organisations to become a dissemination partner for this study. As dissemination partner, you will have the […]
EIT Urban Mobility City Dating for Startups
After the success of last year’s City Dating event, EIT Urban Mobility has facilitated the next iteration of the event with 25 startups from the EIT Urban Mobility Accelerator Programme Batch #2! The online event was dedicated to connecting city representatives with startups providing solutions to today’s urban mobility challenges. For this, EIT Urban Mobility […]
Living labs report published!
The living labs report is the main output of the inventory of urban mobility living labs in the Pan-European region conducted by LuxMobility and Breda University of Applied Sciences and funded by the EIT Urban Mobility in 2020. The aim of this public report is to provide the wider transport community with an understanding of the potential of successfully ran living labs and […]
Pre-Seed funding from Silicon Valley for Munich-based AI start-up
AWAKE Mobility, a startup currently supported in the EIT Urban Mobility Accelerator Programme Central batch #2, has completed a financing round with High-Tech Gründerfonds, Synapse Partners from Silicon Valley and Vireo Ventures. With the money raised, AWAKE will focus on product development and further expand the existing team. Through pilot projects with municipal and private […]
EIT Urban Mobility’s ScaleTHENGlobal programme is looking for the 15 urban mobility startups with the most potential to improve European cities
The mobility companies accelerator programme aims to take the selected start-ups to the next level by helping them find funding and giving them visibility to potential investors. The 15 selected companies will get services valued at more than €20,000, as well as the opportunity to be one of three companies in the programme to receive […]
EIT Urban Mobility Strategic Agenda 2021-2027
Transforming urban mobility has the potential to transform people’s lives. Not only because urban mobility is something many people use to manage and shape their daily lives. Far more is at stake. Our current over-reliance on cars to get around cities has many negative effects on urban populations. These include noise and air pollution, the […]
The city of Barcelona chose Urban Radar to run a pilot project to improve loading zones citywide
Urban Radar, a French based start-up supported by EIT Urban Mobility, was selected to run a pilot project on curb management and urban logistics in Barcelona, one of the leading European smart cities. Urban Radar’s platform fits in Barcelona’s strategy by enabling communities and city managers to take an accessible data-centric approach. Thanks to this […]
CALL opening! Accelerator programme batch#3 and ScaleTHENGlobal programmes 2021
Does your startup develop products, services or solutions related to urban mobility? Check our call openings for Accelerator programme batch#3 and ScaleTHENGlobal programmes 2021 and apply now! EIT Urban Mobility opens two calls on 06/04/2021: Accelerator batch#3 (July-December) will take place in the five Innovation Hubs (South, Central, North, East and West) with […]
Call for Proposals BP 2022-2024 JUST LAUNCHED!
We just launched the first calls for proposals for the Business Plan 2022-2024 on the Thematic Areas of Academy, Business Creation, Citizen Engagement, Innovation and Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS), as well as a transversal call of Public Realm. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS:18 MAY 2021 AT 23:59 CET More details about each call below! The Academy Call […]
City Club announces new Chair Àngel López, City of Barcelona, and Deputy Chair Kalle Toivonen, City of Helsinki
EIT Urban Mobility is pleased to announce that Mr. Àngel López (City of Barcelona) has been named the new Chair of the City Club. Mr. López has been the Head of the Mobility Department of the Municipality of Barcelona for almost 10 years, and also acted 8 more years as Mobility Strategies Advisor for some […]
NEW EIT INITIATIVE LAUNCHED TO BOOST INNOVATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) is launching the HEI Initiative: Innovation Capacity Building for Higher Education− a new initiative to unlock the full innovation potential of higher education institutions’ (HEIs) by increasing their entrepreneurial and innovation capacity whilst integrating them into Europe’s largest innovation ecosystem. Mariya Gabriel, EU Commissioner for Innovation, Research, […]
EIT Urban Mobility Hub North and EIT Climate KIC join forces in Copenhagen!
The Nordic teams of EIT Urban Mobility Innovation Hub North and EIT Climate KIC are happy to announce that starting from January 2021, both teams are now sharing a common office in Copenhagen, Denmark. The strategic decision to share offices was made in the belief that the challenges in urban mobility and climate change require […]
Vianova, an EIT Urban Mobility supported startup improves the shared mobility services in Milan
We are happy to announce that we reached a significant milestone by improving the integration of shared mobility services in the city of Milan thanks to the platform created by the startup Vianova. EIT Urban Mobility supported the implementation of this platform to help Milan’s streets to be safer and more efficient. This is a […]
Why are there not more female co-founders in startups?
The invested capital in startups keeps increasing steadily. Female-led startups are more successful, show a higher return on invested capital and are built in a more sustainable way. In spite of this, only around 3 % of the total capital invested in venture-backed startups in Europe was secured by women, and all-male founder teams received […]
What were the most successful Urban Mobility strategies during COVID-19?
In 2020 EIT Urban Mobility conducted a survey across 16 European cities to understand and analyse mobility strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic. This built the basis for a study on urban mobility strategies during COVID-19, written by our partners Bable, CARNET, CTAG, DTU, and UPC, with the support of Miljöstrategi AB. The full report analyses […]