Besides public transport such as rail, metro, tram and bus networks, collective passenger transport also covers car-sharing, car-pooling and flexible mobility services such as train-taxi schemes and demand-responsive transport in areas of low demand.
Improvements to public transport services may address public transport vehicles and related infrastructure, as well as management techniques.
EIT Urban Mobility (an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)) has published an open Call for close-to-market innovation proposals in three ‘challenge’ areas:
The annual workshops of the EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK, taking place in Ghent on 24 March 2023, will give an introduction to the theme of the campaign in 2023: Saving Energy.
The workshops follows the awards ceremony for the EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK Award and MOBILITYACTION Award, taking place on 23 March at 18:30.
The programme includes a keynote speech on the topic and a series of parallel sessions focusing on various elements of the theme as well as some key components of the campaign.
City planners in Gdansk can now use the 'Pedestrian Accessibility Model' - a mapping 'tool' to assess pedestrian accessibility to public transport stops.
