Mastering mobility at Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress
The Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress (TMWC), co-organised by Fira Barcelona and EIT Urban Mobility, welcomed over 25,000 attendees from 130 countries to Barcelona last week. Now in its fourth year, the congress ran alongside the Smart City Expo World Congress, drawing students, researchers, businesses, city officials and industry experts to discuss this year’s theme: “Move Better.” […]
Traffic Intelligent Drone Evaluation using Artificial Intelligence
The solution we propose in this project responds to the challenge set by Fingal County Council in Ireland to evaluate a “quiet street”. It is one of the most effective and efficient solutions that have been developed so far. The project carries out a simultaneous observation of all the required metrics, including traffic volume, patterns, […]
Floware Vision: Comprehensive Bicycle Traceability and Safety Monitoring Solution for Vitoria-Gasteiz’s Cycling Network
The Floware Vision project in Vitoria-Gasteiz aims to improve cycling safety and infrastructure using advanced monitoring technologies. The city faces challenges in effectively tracking cycling activities, optimising bike lane usage, and ensuring cyclist safety due to a lack of precise data. Inspired by the need for sustainable and safer urban mobility, Floware is developing an […]
SmartDrive AI
SmartDrive AI is a cutting-edge technology designed to increase road safety by improving the efficiency and accuracy of accident reporting and providing decision-makers with valuable insights. The project involves Graz Linien, the public transport company in Graz, and Mapular, a Berlin-based startup specialising in geodata technologies.The inspiration for the project came from the need to […]
Working session: New Mobility Guidelines | Generalitat de Catalunya
Noves Directrius nacionals de mobilitat de Catalunya | Inici de la participació (esdeveniment en CATALÀ) Les Directrius nacionals de mobilitat són un instrument de planificació clau per establir el marc general de la mobilitat a Catalunya, d’acord amb els preceptes de la Llei 9/2003. Guiaran l’elaboració dels plans directors, dels plans específics i dels plans […]
EIT Urban Mobility and Government of Catalonia collaborate on new National Mobility Guidelines
Barcelona. 7 November 2024 – EIT Urban Mobility is leading the definition and implementation of the participation plan for the New National Mobility Guidelines in collaboration with the Government of Catalonia. This initiative, which will update the guidelines approved in 2006, is being spearheaded by EIT Urban Mobility, which is responsible for presenting and organising […]
Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress 2024
Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress (5-7 November, Barcelona), jointly organised by Fira Barcelona andEIT Urban Mobility, an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union, is the go-to event for smart urban mobility. We’ve learned the hard way that moving faster is not always a synonym of moving greener. Our reliance […]
CELESTE – second year
European cities are the object of severe problems related to high levels of congestion of road traffic. Current solutions for regulating traffic rely mostly on static speed limits defined by national and European regulations. However, this model fails to adapt to unforeseen circumstances such as adverse weather conditions, high levels of air pollution, or mass […]
City RAPTOR Expression of Interest is open now
Rapid Applications for Transport (RAPTOR) is a programme that swiftly creates and tests solutions to the niche urban mobility challenges of cities across Europe. The RAPTOR Expression of Interest (EoI) is now open for cities to join its 2025 cohort. RAPTOR is challenge-based, matching city urban mobility challenges to innovative solutions from startups and SMEs. […]
Fourth Targeted Project Call for Innovation – Info Sessions
The Fourth Targeted Project Call is launching on 14 August 2024! Register below to attend our information webinars and learn more about the call and the topics. FOURTH TARGETED PROJECT CALL The Fourth Targeted Project Call falls under Innovation’s Targeted Projects Programme. This programme was initiated to address: a) gaps in our innovation portfolio concerning […]
ABC – Advanced driver-assistance system
ABC will create a novel out-of-the-box advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS) solution for small and mid-sized bus original equipment manufacturers (OEM) from Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS) countries. The project aims to address their lock-out from the market, due to their limited internal resources for hardware and software development to ensure Vehicle General Safety Regulation (GSR2) compliance. […]
Start with Children initiative celebrates child-friendly cities in Bratislava
EIT Urban Mobility partnered and held a workshop with the Start with Children initiative, also branded as the Bratislava Summit 2024, in its first edition in the capital of Slovakia on 28 and 29 May 2024. Mayors of European cities and urban planners met to discuss how to create child-friendly cities, in an event that […]
Third Women in Tech breakfast focused on Women’s Safety and Security
On 16 May, EIT Urban Mobility in cooperation with the Research Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (VUPI) and Czech Chamber of Commerce hosted the third Women in Tech breakfast in Prague, Czechia. It brought together talented and ambitious women from startup environment. The focal point of this event was a panel discussion centred around Women’s […]
EIT Community AI Challenge: AI innovations take centre stage in the city of Braga
In February, the EIT Community AI Challenge, a competition that seeks innovative AI solutions to real-world problems, announced the winners of its contest. The challenge presented by the city of Braga and the solution presented by Hayden AI to solve it was one of the projects selected to be tested. Last week, Braga took a […]
ROAD System
This project promotes the uptake of transportation via bicycle by improving infrastructure and safety. Social Tech Projects’ ROAD System is a road scanning tool uses Internet of Things (IoT) devices installed on bicycles to collect various types of data from urban cycle infrastructure and the environment. The bicycle device provides a comprehensive road assessment by […]
ADK-S
In 2019, there were 4,628 pedestrian and 2,777 cyclist fatalities on EU roads. A.D Knight aims to prevent pedestrian and cyclist fatalities and improve traffic safety. Israeli startup A.D Knight developed a real-time traffic monitoring and accident detection sensing safety alert solution. The solution can be used by municipalities, road and rail operators and provides […]
The RAPTOR 2024 Call is now open!
We are happy to announce the 2024 RAPTOR Call is now open! 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 startups with innovative solutions. […]
EIT AI Challenge: Braga & HaydenAI win Transatlantic AI Award
The prestigious Transatlantic AI Award has crowned the city of Braga and HaydenAI as this year’s accolade co-winners. The announcement, made during a ceremony held in Silicon Valley, marks a significant milestone in the topic of artificial intelligence (AI) innovation. This endeavour between the EIT Silicon Valley Hub and the EIT AI Community celebrates collaborations […]
IMPACTS: Boosting passenger safety in Croatia and Türkiye through a collaborative system
Public transport is a crucial aspect of urban mobility, allowing people to commute, socialise, and explore their cities safely and cost-effectively. However, issues such as overcrowding, limited digitalisation, outdated reporting mechanisms, and diminished perceived safety can discourage its use, leading to missed opportunities for multimodal mobility, traffic reduction, and citizen feedback. To address these issues, […]
Integrated and safe: how innovation can increase micromobility end user adoption
Mobility Talks episode 6: “Citizens as drivers of their own mobility”
Join us on 21 October at 16:00 CET to discuss about the role of citizens in decision-making processes regarding urban mobility issues, which is essential to understand and respond to their expectations and real needs. Citizens and end-users have a say in urban mobility. Their participation in the decision-making process regarding urban mobility issues is […]
