Discover success stories and case studies from leading cities, providing simple, effective lessons for implementing positive changes in urban mobility.
Last-mile microhub in Zaragoza, Spain
Zaragoza is one of the biggest cities in Spain. Its city centre has more than 53,000 citizens and, with the ecommerce growth, concentrates the majority of the last mile deliveries.
Addressing urban parking challenges with smart solutions
Cities worldwide grapple with the daunting challenge of accommodating the burgeoning parking needs of urban freight and delivery vehicles, exacerbating issues of traffic congestion, urban mobility,
Cityporto: Urban distribution service for the city of Padova
Urban city logistics is a pivotal facet of maintaining the daily functioning of a city and ensuring the well-being of its residents.
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Rome SULP: Physical Internet as backbone for future freight transport
The annual growth rate of urban logistic market is more of 8%. This rate is expected to remain stable at least until 2030.
Helsingborg: Cultivating bicycle culture in schools
The City of Helsingborg confronts a dual challenge rooted in both safety concerns around primary schools and the broader goal of fostering a culture of sustainable mobility.
Vitoria-Gasteiz: Implementing a carpooling network
Vitoria aims to address solo car commuting due to its environmental impact and the associated carbon emissions.
Bergen: Optimised scenarios for Bergen Light Rail expansion
The goal: Help a Norwegian light rail system to add extensions to the existing network while improving overall efficiency.
Nijmegen: Reserved (bike) parking for people with reduced mobility
The primary aim is to improve accessibility for individuals with limited mobility by offering secure bike parking.
Ile-De-France: Eradicating diesel-propelled buses from public transport
Since 2015, RATP has initiated a massive energy transition aiming at turning all its bus operations in Paris area into low-emission operations from a
France: Carpooling for Healthcare Workers
Hospitals, often located in urban areas, face problems with shifting hours, stressed staff and limited parking places.
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Istanbul: More equitable access to the taxi system
In Istanbul, 1.7 million of the 32 million daily journeys are made by taxis. While the urban population has grown, the number of taxis (around 20k) remained stable since the 90s.
Astypalea: On-demand and shared mobility for an entire island
The challenge has been defined by the Greek island to relaunch the local transport system by integrating a more sustainable mix of different types of mobility modes ands electric v
Tel Aviv: Contributing to pedestrian road safety
In 2020 pedestrian constituted 16% of all road users. The city’s goal is to increase the percentage to 20% by 2030.
Braga, Istanbul, Tallinn: Accelerating the modal shift through gamification
The cities of Braga, Tallinn and Istanbul are developing ambitious plans to improve the mobility of people and goods, reduce emissions and promote the shift towards low-carbon mobility systems and
Tel-Aviv: Retrofitting bike racks for secure and connected micromobility parking
Every 18 minutes a bicycle or scooter is stolen in Tel Aviv. Theft is ranked as the second most important reason for not using micro mobility.
Copenhagen: Climate adaptation for more resilient and green urban neighborhoods
The climate challenges that Copenhagen is facing are mainly related to the increase in precipitation – and rising sea levels.
Riga: Transforming a parking lot back into a theatre square
The lack of green spaces in Riga’s city centre and the quality of public space is often mentioned by residents as one of the main things they would want to improve in the city.
Riga: Standardised parklets to create green street oases
The city centre of Riga lacked greenery and appealing public space, causing streets to be deserted places used only for parked cars, which provided very few opportunities for people to stop and enj
Riga: Square transformation
Reversing car-centric urban development in a historic neighbourhood
Helsingborg: Portable parks as a flexible solution to green the city
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Cascais: Improving mobility for children
Most residents in São Domingos de Rana commute daily either in the direction of Cascais center to the western side, or in the direction of Lisbon to the eastern side.
Madrid: Piloting a sustainable last-mile delivery system
The rise of e-commerce has dramatically increased the presence of delivery vans in our cities, causing more C02 emissions, noise pollution, and congestion.
Vilnius: From car focus to society focus
Car dominance hindering the potential of a natural gathering place
Vilnius: A step towards low pollution zones
The core of the Old Town of the city of Vilnius and the archaeological area of the old town and its suburbs are extremely important in terms of cultural heritage values (in 1994 the Vilnius Old Tow
Milan, Modena and Ljubljana: Robotic assistance for safer street crossing
Road traffic injuries continue to represent a significant challenge. This places further pressure on the most vulnerable mobility groups: children, the elderly, and people with disabilities
Leuven: Reimagining the curbside
Cities curbs, being the interface between roads and sidewalks, are more contested than ever due to the growth of urban logistics, active mobility, and new mobility.
Istanbul: Applied immersive modelling to engage public transport users
The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality aims to develop a new Mobility Lab.
Girona: Mobilising former transport deserts
The region of Garrotxa has a total population of 59,000 spread over a remote area of 735 sq.km making for a sparsely populated area with an average density of 70 inhabitants per sq.km.
Cunit: Piloting a smart inventory of its road infrastructure
Cunit is a coastal city 50 km southwest of Barcelona home to around 8,000 inhabitants. During the peak holiday season, however, the population can increase up to 50,000.
Madrid: Urban Consolidation Center supported by a Digital Twin
Madrid is an important logistics hub, located within the Atlantic and the Mediterranean TEN-T corridors. Since the pandemic outbreak, the city experienced a substantial increase in
The path to climate neutral passenger transport at Munich Airport
The Munich Airport has committed to become CO2 neutral until 2030. It currently operates 53 buses to transport passengers from the gates to the airplanes.
CES4Kids: Co-creation of Sustainable Mobility
City planners and mobility experts from all over the planet have a common challenge on their hands: to change the mobility habits that have been embedded in society over the last 50 years since the
Munich airport: Unpredictable mobility patterns
Airports are hives of activity, but the passengers are only half of it.
Lisbon: Demand-responsive transport for persons with disabilities
A major city in need of more inclusive mobility: you’re waiting for your ride, the seconds ticking away before an important appointment on the other side of town. You call for an update.
Fyfield: A rural school with big mobility needs.
On paper, fixed-route-and-schedule transit is perfect for schools. After all, timetables, routes and passengers are the same day in, day out. Easy to plan for, easy to program, right?
Torre Baró: An isolated neighborhood with challenging geography
Every major city has them: marginalized neighborhoods clinging to the edge of the suburbs.
Vallirana: A small town with big mobility challenges
Life in Vallirana, a commuter town near Barcelona, comes with its own particular challenges.
Barcelona: Towards Zero-Emission Fleets
TMB is the public transport operator of the city of Barcelona.
Prague: Implementing cargo bicycle hubs
Delivery vans occupy the historical centre of town
Bicycles are not very well used in the city and cargo bikes were almost unheard of by citizens before this scheme
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Bologna: App incentivices sustainable travel for citizens
SRM, Bologna’s public transport authority, wanted to try a new approach to improve congestion and reduce CO2 emissions in the city.
Tübingen: Boosting environmental performance of full hybrid buses
Noise pollution from vehicles remains a major environmental health problem in Europe. Full electrification will significantly reduce these emissions.
London expands its successful ULEZ scheme
Despite recent improvements in air quality, toxic air pollution remains the biggest environmental risk to the health of all Londoners.
Behavioural change campaign encouraging the use of the cycle highway
After 80 years, the Waal bridge near Nijmegen was in need of major maintenance. A lot of traffic disruption was expected during the works which would take 1.5 years to complete.
Graz: Implementing 'School Living Labs'
In many cities, parents do not feel safe letting their children walk or cycle to school because of the traffic situation – not realising that they themselves contribute to the dangerous situation b
Community Mobility Sharepoints in Munich and Zurich
The goal is to encourage and support families in urban areas to be mobile without a private car and use active modes of travel, such as the electric cargo bike or a pedelec with a trailer attached.
Funchal: Innovative light-up pedestrian crossings implemented
The limited accessibility for people with disabilities to the services offered in urban spaces, due to the existence of several urban barriers spread in the built environment is one of the main iss
Las Palmas: Implementing fast EV chargers and an electrified public fleet
Before the implementation of this measure, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria had three fast charging points in one of its public parking facilities.
Milan: Piloting on-demand taxi sharing
The transition of Milan's mobility system towards more sustainable modes and reducing private vehicle ownership by citizens is at the core of Milan's mobility strategy.
Helsinki: Piloting an autonomous shuttle
FABULOS (Future Automated Bus Urban Level Operation Systems) focused on how cities can use automated buses in a systematic way.
Piloting an inclusive e-bike solution
Current urban mobility systems put certain groups of society at disadvantage – lack of inclusivenessSustainable active modes are unaccessible for elderly or physical impaired people,
Helsinki: Trialing drone deliveries of pharmacy products
The aim of the pilot was to gather learnings on the sustainability of drones as an extension to urban logistics chains and to test a new service concept with paying customers in a real urban enviro
Konya: First bicycle tram exclusively for bike users
As it strives to be Turkey’s cycling hub, the central province of Konya, boasts a 550-kilometer (341.7-mile) network of bicycle lanes, one of the longest in the country.The province’s
