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"ASSURED-UAM aims to assure the safety, sustainability and acceptability of Urban Air Mobility (UAM) by embedding aviation best practices, recommendations and organizational solutions in city administrative structures.

The project provide comprehensive organisational and policy support for authorities, policy makers and urban industry organizations in the complex process of implementing vertical transport into urban and peri-urban mobility systems. It provide recommendations for the integration of surface modes under the U-Space Air Traffic Management System, regarding the introduction of unmanned urban air mobility."

The Romanian capital has announced a project to modernize and expand the intelligent traffic light system to improve the city exists, increase the traffic capacity and make crosswalks safer. Thanks to the artificial intelligence and the traffic control, the traffic lights can improve transport optimization, reducing contamination and improving road safety for the city.

With the objective of reducing atmospheric contamination, Kraków has announced its plans to create a "clean transport area". This makes the city the first in implementing a measure of this type, banning gasoline vehicles older than 31 years and diesel vehicles older than 27.

Article on the Mobility Consumer Index report, which analyzes the mobility patterns of 9 countries through three key segments: work, leisure and family

Barcelona has already 230km of exclusive bike lane, 100km of which have been inaugurated within the last 6 years. This gives response to the increase in use of the bicycle, corresponding to 11% between the years 2021 and 2022. Furthermore, the extension of the lanes has made possible that, in January of 2023, 90% of the citizens of Barcelona could say that they live at less than 300 metres from a bike lane.

Article in English on the results of the Mckinsey Global Survey, which shows that consumers are ready to take advantage of advanced air mobility, but concerns persist.

Slovakia invests in hydrogen with the creation of a new hydrogen refuelling station. This action is integrated within the Sustainable and Smart Mobility strategy of the European Union, that aims for 1.000 hydrogen refuelling stations to be installed before 2030 to supply the Slovakian and Central Europe hydrogen vehicle markets.

Hyperloop is a high-speed ground transportation system through tunnels for passengers and goods devised by Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX. Based on a system of low-pressure tubes through which transport capsules circulate, it reaches speeds of between 1,000 and 1,200 km / h, in addition to reducing energy consumption and generating a CO2 level per unit lower than that of the aircraft.

Italy invests in the development of the electric urban mobility as a response to the objectives of the national decarbonization policies. In this sense, they aim to have up to 21.000 recharging stations, 7.500 of them being super-fast charging, distributed throughout the country by 2026.

On an economic level, light vehicles have low acquisition and maintenance costs. However, in addition to this current crisis that also affects health, these vehicles make it possible to maintain social distance and guarantee transport safety.

Normally, when talking about Safe mobility, reference is made to issues and concepts directly related to Road Safety in its various meanings: road safety for the vulnerable individuals, urban road safety, occupational road safety among others. However this approach is correct, lately a major paradigm shift has been taking place in the field of mobility in two directions.

Article that aims to illustrate the complexity of an ecosystem such as the Last Mile, which has been growing exponentially in recent years and is facing enormous challenges, both from an environmental point of view, urban congestion and efficiency and sustainability of the companies and sectors that interact on it

Driverless technology keeps advancing, also for public transportation systems. As an example, a new European project, which aims at introducing 45 electric and driverless minibuses by 2025 to circulate for a year in Geneva (Switzerland), Kronach (Germany) and Oslo (Norway).

During the summer of 2022, the city of Coventry (UK) made the first tests with VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing), a helicopter designed to transport passengers within the city, and different companies are working to implement it in other cities. This new method of transportation could make travel within the city up to 75% faster and, thanks to its design, that does not require a runaway, make it more flexible. Moreover, it is a greener alternative, as it works with batteries and uses cleaner fuels, like hydrogen.

Luxemburg is building a cycling and pedestrian bridge between the capital and the Belval university campus. The 1.2km cycling bridge is going to be the longest in Europe and contribute to the expansion of the cycling lane network for the city, from the current 600km to up to 950km.

The transportation and logistics (T&L) industry has demonstrated a strong capacity for innovation to adapt to the needs of industry and consumption. This website includes a series of articles on Artificial Intelligence, the Industrial Internet of Things, Advanced Robotics, as well as Autonomous Vehicles, New Interfaces, Digital Platforms and BlockChain, with the aim of separating media noise from reality, describing these technologies, analyzing their maturity and adoption, as well as their current and potential impact and applications in T&L, both in large and small companies, in leading countries and in developing countries. development.

The general objective of REBALANCE is to carry out an open deliberative exercise with a view to the future towards a transformative transport policy strategy in favor of a paradigm shift in mobility, which takes into account emerging social values ​​(with a growing concern in relation to climate change) and better alignment with the SDGs. The deliberative process has begun and has been supported by thinkers who are not necessarily directly involved in transport research debates. They have helped to formulate research questions and working hypotheses, which are being addressed by a wider representation of stakeholders in the mobility and transport sector. Several workshops will be held to establish the vision for the longer-term transport system and, ultimately, a Manifesto for a new European mobility culture and policy will be developed.

Article in English about mobility and the change it is currently undergoing and that will affect companies and society for generations. Find out how developments in four dimensions (cars, consumers, cities and competition) are already shaping the future.

The Basque city of San Sebastián has installed 350 smart parking devices to fight against illegal parking in spots designed for people with disabilities. This smart mobility solution is directly related to the topics of environmental sustainability and social justice.

The initiative "Mediterranean transport and logistics in the post-COVID-19 era: perspectives and opportunities" convenes experts from different professional fields, different Mediterranean countries and regional and international institutions to discuss possible post-Covid-19 scenarios for the sector of transport and logistics in the Mediterranean, through thematic articles. By bringing together multiple critical views and perspectives, the initiative aims to consider different approaches and involve different actors interested in promoting future regional strategies and opportunities for cooperation.

Micro-mobility systems allow for more autonomy and efficiency to travel within a city. Now, a French start-up has designed a system to make it possible for wheelchair users to use scooters with a universal attachment that joins the wheelchair with the scooter.

Cities must think about the mobility model to which they aspire, knowing that citizens demand total freedom and flexibility.

Article in English where he talks about the great opportunity of autonomous driving to transform mobility. While autonomous private cars are less attractive than autonomous taxis, the market model suggests that they could provide OEMs with great growth opportunities.

Article in English on the potential impact of autonomous electric vehicles on global decarbonization and the implications for business. In some projections, A-EVs alone could close 1/3 of the gap needed to limit warming to 2 degrees, leading to a major business disruption.

Article in English which analyzes the airline sector beyond the pandemic: they must deal with five new realities and devise strategies to adapt

Érica is an autonomous bus that represents an evolution of transport on demand. In the future, it will complete the implementation of flexible transport in Catalonia, an implementation that has already begun. It uses an algorithm that manages the data of all users in real time. In this way, all origin and destination requests are efficiently managed, creating routes and assigning buses to each of them.