MOVE21 tested and upscaled mobility solutions in three Living Lab cities (Oslo, Gothenburg and Hamburg) and in three replicator cities (Munich, Rome and Bologna) through an ambitious co-creation and replication methodology. The project results are tangible emission reductions, new services to increase interconnectivity, interoperability and seamless mobility solutions in European cities. The results are operationalized into new business ventures and models as well as new policy making in participating cities and regions.
The main objective of the project has been to help European cities and functional urban areas transform into climate neutral, connected multimodal urban nodes for smart and clean mobility and logistics. To this end, MOVE21 co-created solutions with quadruple helix partners. A large part of project activities in participating urban nodes consisted of demonstrating of different types of zero emission mobility and urban logistics hubs, mobility hotels, micro-depots, urban logistics consolidation terminals, and first/last mile services and hubs, some with integrated energy solutions such as battery swapping. The project has also demonstrated the successful digital integration of different transport modes such as micromobility and public transport and the digital integration of bikesharing and parking. Furthermore, the project has demonstrated the integration of transport services for people and freight through booking and on-demand solutions that seek to provide urban logistics services during off-peak hours in on-demand passenger transport. In this work, the project took an innovative approach to social cohesion and liveability through the combination of urban mobility and logistics solutions with social services.
To achieve the different demonstrations, the project established new governance and collaboration models for transport services and infrastructure as well as for different types of mobility hubs and hotels. Partners instigated approximately 20 new collaboration schemes that involved partners outside the MOVE21 project consortium. Most of these collaborations are set to continue after project conclusion.
A major achievement in MOVE21 is the augmented definition of what a mobility hub can be and how it can operate. Through successful private-public and public-public collaborations, mobility hubs have been augmented to include socio-economic services such as in Hamburg, or to primarily focus on services that enable the use of more sustainable modes and (cargo-) bike-based transport in city centres for both B2C and B2B segments, such as in Oslo and Gothenburg. Another notable achievement is the integration of passenger and freight transport. The project delivered pilots that tested this integration on vehicle, policy, and governance levels, and has successfully highlighted the benefits of shared-use infrastructure, resource efficiency, and reduced emissions, while also uncovering practical barriers such as regulatory fragmentation and operational complexity.
An important long-term impact are the number of new policy measures and new regulations influenced by project activities. The policy changes on local and regional levels as part of MOVE21 are on an overall level concurrent with the policy objectives of the EU’s New Urban Mobility Framework. Impact on policy levels include e.g. Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMP), Sustainable Urban Logistics Plans (SULP), traffic development plans, traffic safety plans, micromobility regulations and parking policies.
Specific exploitation and upscaling plans were developed, and commercialisation of specific results includes for example the OpenAPI that allows for the integration between public transport services and micromobility operators and has now been deployed in 10 cities across Europe, many of them outside the MOVE21 project consortium. Detailed transferability assessments were developed to aid the uptake and spread of tested solutions to other cities and urban nodes. This includes a cascade city learning programme, over 30 capacity building activities and three e-courses.
