Bicification: How the city of Braga has increased bicycle use in urban traffic
Portugal is becoming a leader in the field of urban mobility, and thanks to their collaboration with EIT Urban Mobility is leading the way. Together, the city and the entity have launched several projects in the country aimed at improving the quality of life for citizens and reducing environmental impact. And if we think about […]
EIT Urban Mobility Signs NDA with Agence de l’Innovation pour les Transports in France to work towards sustainable urban mobility
Paris, France – EIT Urban Mobility and Agence de l’Innovation pour les Transports (AIT) in France have signed a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) to establish a collaboration between both entities and achieve that France will become a sustainable country in terms of urban Mobility. The agreement was signed by María-Paula Caycedo, EIT Urban Mobility Innovation Hub […]
Barcelona Innova Lab Mobility: Get your mobility solution funded and implemented in Barcelona.
Funded by EIT Urban Mobility, the Barcelona City Council, the Barcelona Institute of Technology for the Habitat, DGT, and Fira de Barcelona, the Barcelona Innova Lab Mobility was created to boost the implementation of innovative urban mobility projects. The first challenge offers an allocation of 200,000€ in prizes plus the chance to implement the solution […]
CHILDFY: Improving mobility in the city of Cascais.
The city of Cascais, Portugal, has recently implemented the innovative CHILDFY project, funded by EIT Urban Mobility. The project focuses on providing new mobility solutions to students and young children, with the aim of creating a more sustainable urban mobility system in the city. The CHILDFY project has been designed to specifically address the needs […]
The Finnish start-up Bout uses the Seine to sail away in France
Thanks to the collaboration between EIT Urban Mobility and the Moove Lab, Bout, a Finnish start-up specialising in nautical mobility, settles in Paris to tackle the French market. Founded in 2018, Bout is a platform that connects people looking for boat trips and those who offer them through an app (Mobility-as-a-Service). The platform makes it […]
MITMA-Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda of Spain and EIT Urban Mobility agree on moving forward their collaboration agreement in 2023
EIT Urban Mobility (represented by Innovation Hub South) and the Spanish Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (MITMA, Ministerio de Transportes, Movilidad y Agenda Urbana) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) back in May 2022. The MoU provides the framework for the work towards collaborative initiatives to tackle the current (and future) urban mobility […]
Reducing motorcycle-related accidents in the city of Barcelona. This is the first challenge of Barcelona Innova Lab, the first Living Lab in the city.
The first challenge aimed at reducing motorcycle-related accidents was presented today at an event organised at Ca L’Alier, where the DGT and Barcelona City Council signed a cooperation agreement towards this objective. Starting in January, Barcelona City Council, together with Fira de Barcelona, the DGT and EIT Urban Mobility, will launch the first challenge aimed […]
EIT Urban Mobility and Transport Malta reinforce their collaboration with the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
The agreement formalises the mutual interaction and strengthens the existing relationship between EIT Urban Mobility and Transport Malta at the strategic and working levels. Barcelona, December 2022 – EIT Urban Mobility and Transport Malta have announced a new cooperation accord to develop and implement long-term sustainable urban mobility solutions in the country. The agreement formalises the […]
FURNISH-KIDS: Transforming Urban Areas Into Playscapes
FURNISH-KIDS is a project co-funded by the EIT Urban Mobility project and has put together a unique consortium consisting of CARNET, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Elisava, the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), the Municipality of Barcelona and the Municipality of Milan. Cities today are facing urban complexity and user interaction more than […]
City Leaders Event on “Towards a Net-Zero EU by 2050” at Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress 2022
During Tomorrow Mobility World Congress in Barcelona, EIT Urban Mobility’s City Club held during the second edition of the City Event Leading Innovation for Impact. This event brought together a group of policy practitioners from across Europe in a panel discussion to discuss how to go from vision to action and set out the common […]
The potential of Mobility Data Spaces
EIT Urban Mobility’s latest study about Mobility Data Spaces in the Spanish ecosystem was presented during the Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress organised last week in Barcelona. The study has been developed by Fundació i2CAT, Factual Consulting and EIT Urban Mobility. The presentation of the study was followed by a Workshop of the Mobility Working Group of […]
EIT Jumpstarter Grand Final
EIT Jumpstarter is a programme to create a sustainable impact in the Central-Eastern and Southern-European Regions by boosting innovation and entrepreneurship within this part of Europe. It is a selective, competitive program for the earliest-stage start-ups, which have not funded a company yet, and often have only an idea. During the Grand Final, teams – […]
Urban Radar receives the Greentech Innovation Label
The French start-up Urban Radar, specialised in urban transformation and sustainable city planning, has won the Greentech Innovation label. The label is issued by the French Ministry of Ecological Transition to start-ups and entrepreneurs for their commitment to green and sustainable innovation. Companies are selected based on their ability to demonstrate positive impact on sustainability […]
S+LOADZ: Transforming Urban Logistics in France
Developed under the umbrella of the 2021 Innovation call of EIT Urban Mobility, S+LOADZ project pretends to accelerate the shift to sustainable and smart city logistics. A new digital solution is being developed to manage loading and delivery zones. The French cities of Paris and Argenteuil are two of the four cities that test this […]
Mobility DataSpaces: The analysis of macro data trends will be key to implementing a model of sustainable urban mobility
In order to accelerate the transition towards more sustainable and smarter mobility, it is essential to unlock the potential of mobility data. Creating a common European data space for mobility will facilitate access, pooling, and sharing of mobility and transport data. EIT Urban Mobility and Telpark recently held the Mobility DataSpaces event on data sharing […]
Connect4Mobility-Mobility’s Net Zero Transformation
Fark Labs TEKMER and EIT Urban Mobility RIS Hub Turkiye present, Mobility’s Net-Zero Transformation, an in-person event featuring six panels. The conference will take place on October 25th from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Fark Labs (42 Maslak). The aim of the meeting is to meet mobility entrepreneurs and investors and exchange information about […]
Prague European Summit
Prague European Summit is a strategic platform set to tackle pan-European questions in light of the common challenges. Setting EU trends of the future through dialogue with the highest levels of the European public and private sphere. Strengthening the role of the European Union in the world, while building a sustainable and resilient society. EIT […]
5th E-Mobility Forum
For the 5th year in a row, EIT Urban Mobility RIS Hub Serbia is organizing the E-Mobility Forum, a conference that brings together different experts in the field. The RIS Hub Serbia, through NAEEV (National Association of Autonomous Electric Vehicles), leads these 2 days event together with the University of Belgrade.
Smart City Conference
As long-term thinking plays an increasingly important role, smart city solutions have been developed around the world. Latvia is no exception – a smart city ecosystem is also gradually forming here. Those are quite obvious solutions, for example, electrical outlets or micro mobility, or less obvious tools, such as sensors or LED lighting. In order […]
Citython Neapoli-Sykies
Do you have an idea of what will change the future of our cities? Are you excited about tackling urban challenges? This event is for you! This hybrid (in person and online) Citython edition will be held in the city of Neapoli-Sykies, Greece. The goal of this Citython is for young professionals to search for […]
Urban Mobility 3.0. in Croatia?
EIT Urban mobility RIS Hub Croatia opens the European Mobility Week with the event Urban Mobility 3.0 in Croatia?, which focuses on the application of advanced technologies in achieving sustainable urban mobility, primarily artificial intelligence (AI), Internet-of-Things (IoT) and Blockchain (BlkChn ). The interactive workshop, which will be held on 16 September from 4:30 p.m., […]
Matchmaking Breakfast | IMST 2022
EIT Urban Mobility RIS Hub Latvia together with EIT RawMaterials RIS Hub Baltic invites you to join the 5th International Conference “Innovative Materials, Structures and Technologies” (IMST 2022). The aim of this matchmaking event is to inform stakeholders about funding opportunities under the raw material, urban mobility, circular economy, sustainability, and climate areas, and ensure the […]
Best of The Baltics | sTARTUp Days
EIT Urban Mobility was thrilled to be in Estonia last week mingling with the best of the Baltic’s (and beyond) start-up scene. The three-day event is the largest one in the region bring together the start-up ecosystem in the city of Tartu, Estonia. Our Partners, the University of Tartu were one of the key organisers […]
EIT Open Day Slovenia
“Raw material needs to ensure the transition to sustainable and smart mobility”, organised by EIT Urban Mobility RIS Hub Slovenia in cooperation with the EIT Raw Materials Regional Center Adria and SPIRIT Slovenia, is a conference within the framework of the INNOVEIT 2022 programme. The event will address the key challenges and opportunities (innovative business models) […]
