EIT Urban Mobility

EIT Urban Mobility – moving people, connecting communities, serving people and reimagining public spaces

Cities are home to over 70 % of the European Union’s population and account for some 85 % of the EU’s GDP. Having urban mobility systems that work well is crucial for citizens’ lives and our economies. However, in many cities, increasing demand for urban mobility is taking us in the opposite direction — urban mobility accounts for 40 % of all CO2 emissions from road transport and up to 70 % of other pollutants from transport. Congestion in the EU is often located in and around urban areas and is estimated to cost nearly EUR 130 billion per year — more than 1 % of the EU's GDP. In many cities more than 50 % of public urban space is taken up by roads and the space available for citizens for other uses such as work, trade, play or social interaction is only one-sixth of that allocated to mobility. The current model of urban mobility is detrimental to the wellbeing of our citizens, our climate and our economies. According to the world climate report, limiting global warming calls for a rapid and far-reaching transition in patterns of mobility; above all people need to travel less and to use more sustainable and efficient modes of transport when they do. However, in recent year, the lack of integration in mobility sectors have been slowing down the change that is so urgently needed.

EIT Urban Mobility’s mission is to accelerate change towards a sustainable model of urban mobility and liveable urban spaces.

As the leading European innovation community for urban mobility we foster integration by bringing together the key players across the whole value chain of mobility. We facilitate collaboration between cities, industry, academia, research and innovation to solve the most pressing mobility challenges of cities.

EIT Urban Mobility puts the challenges facing cities at the centre of all its activities. EIT Urban Mobility aims to develop and deploy solutions for the mobility of people, goods and waste putting the challenges cities are facing at the center of all its activities.

• Active mobility
• Future mobility
• Sustainable City Logistics
• Mobility and Energy
• Public Realm

We facilitate an ongoing exchange of knowledge on urban mobility within our community and steer activities in the fields of innovation, education and business creation, identifying good practices and creating high-impact solutions that can be deployed and scaled up in our cities in Europe and further afield.

For more information visit www.eiturbanmobility.eu.

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