Greater Manchester: optimising multimodal transport network
The Challenge
Greater Manchester aims to leverage data-driven decision-making to enhance the efficiency, safety, and sustainability of its multimodal transport network.
This challenge seeks innovative solutions that leverage digital tools and existing datasets to produce key insights, better inform policy planning and improve the efficiency, safety, and environmental impact of Greater Manchester’s transport network.
Who can apply?
The call is open to startups and SMEs. As a mono-beneficiary scheme, it is aimed at single legal entities and all proposals must therefore be submitted by a single entity. Consortia are not permitted.
Additionally:
- They must be registered as legal entities in either an EU member state or a third country associated with Horizon Europe, including the United Kingdom.
- To ensure a balanced project portfolio, SMEs selected for the EIT Urban Mobility 2024 RAPTOR Call and the previous SME Market Expansion 2024 open call are not eligible to apply for this call.
Background
Over the past five years, Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has reformed bus operations, making the Bee Network the region’s main transport system, becoming the first outside of London to do so. This has introduced new operational challenges, particularly in efficiently managing key bus routes into the city centre. These corridors are sensitive to congestion and disruption, which impacts the bus network and surrounding transport systems, causing delays, higher emissions, safety risks, and a poor passenger experience. TfGM aims to use technology to better understand the on-the-ground situation and take decisions based on collected data to influence travel behaviour, understand disruptions, and implement traffic management solutions. TfGM seeks innovative solutions that leverage digital tools and existing datasets to produce key insights, better inform policy planning and improve the efficiency, safety, and environmental impact of Greater Manchester’s transport network.