Taurage: bus infrastructure assessment
The Challenge
Taurage, an industrial city in Lithuania, aims assess its bus stop infrastructure to optimise its management and increase public transport usage.
The expected solution must identify the problems of bus stops with the following criteria and KPIs:
- The number of bus stops assessed
- Increased overall satisfaction of public transport users
- Increased number of public transport users
- Additional infrastructure information provided by the solution would be a nice-to-have (road assessment, accessibility of bus stops for people with disabilities, environmental conditions on bus stops (snow) etc.)
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
The city of Taurage has 103 bus stops in the city centre and a further 152 in the surrounding district. Many of these bus stops suffer from various defects, such as missing signs, broken benches, missing timetables, full trash cans, damaged platforms, broken glasses etc. These infrastructure problems create accessibility challenges and a decline in public transport usage.
To address this, a comprehensive assessment is needed to provide the city with a clear overview of the current situation, allowing for the prioritisation of repairs and maintenance predictions, with the ultimate goal of enhancing the public transportation experience for all users.