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Citizen-Driven Urban Mobility Solutions for Climate Neutral Cities

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Imagine redesigning a city's streets so that everyone, including the elderly or disabled, can get around easily without a car. It's like a giant community workshop where residents help decide where bike lanes go and how traffic lights should work. The goal is to make cities breathe better by swapping car space for greener, smarter ways to move.

By the numbers
12
European cities involved
38
Consortium partners
11,347,664
EU Contribution in EUR
The business problem

What needed solving

Cities struggle with traffic congestion and pollution while failing to provide accessible transport for vulnerable groups. This leads to economic inefficiency and failure to meet climate neutrality targets.

The solution

What was built

Smart enforcement systems, adaptive traffic management tools, and digital mobility service prototypes. It also produced a set of citizen-science based toolkits for urban redesign.

Audience

Who needs this

Municipal transport authoritiesUrban design and architecture firmsSmart city software developersPublic transit operators
Business applications

Who can put this to work

Urban Planning & Infrastructure
enterprise
Target: Civil Engineering Firm

If you are a civil engineering firm dealing with outdated city layouts — this project developed space redesign and dynamic allocation tools that prioritize pedestrian and cyclist safety. This allows for more efficient use of limited urban land.

Smart City Technology
SME
Target: Traffic Management Software Provider

If you are a software provider dealing with rigid traffic flow — this project developed smart enforcement tools and adaptive traffic management prototypes. These tools help cities reduce congestion and pollution in real-time.

Mobility as a Service (MaaS)
mid-size
Target: Shared Mobility Operator

If you are a shared mobility operator dealing with low adoption in vulnerable areas — this project developed a co-creation methodology to identify specific user barriers. This ensures shared services are actually used by the people who need them most.

Frequently asked

Quick answers

What is the cost or price of implementing these tools?

Based on available project data, specific pricing for the tools is not provided, though the project received an EU contribution of EUR 11,347,664 for development and piloting.

Can these mobility solutions be scaled to other cities?

Yes, the project uses a twinning approach between 6 Lighthouse Cities and 6 Follower Cities to demonstrate that interventions are scalable across different European contexts.

Who owns the IP or licensing for the smart enforcement tools?

Based on available project data, the IP and licensing terms are not specified, but the project involves 38 partners including 13 industry members.

How does this integrate with existing city plans?

The project generates detailed guidelines and roadmaps to integrate these inclusive mobility interventions directly into Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs).

What is the timeline for deployment?

The project runs from 2023-06-01 to 2026-11-30, with piloting currently taking place in the designated Lighthouse cities.

Consortium

Who built it

The consortium is highly diversified with 38 partners across 14 countries. It shows a strong commercial orientation with a 34% industry ratio (13 companies), including 11 SMEs, suggesting that the results are being developed with market viability and practical application in mind rather than purely academic research.

How to reach the team

Contact the Research Center for Communication and Computing Systems (REC) in Greece

Next steps

Talk to the team behind this work.

Contact us to explore licensing for the smart enforcement toolkits.

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