Ask people in Kigali, Kochi or Accra how they got to work this morning, and many won't say "by bus". They might have hopped on a moto, squeezed into an auto-rickshaw, or waited for a trotro to fill up before it left the station. We talk a lot about electric buses and charging stations, and we should. But these smaller vehicles carry a huge number of everyday trips. Most of them are run by drivers who own or rent a single vehicle and work long hours to make it pay. If electric

We are excited to share with you the latest updates, insights, developments and ongoing projects from the Urban Electric Mobility Initiative. We appreciate your engagement in shaping sustainable urban mobility solutions. Stay tuned for inspiring stories, key milestones, events, and upcoming opportunities to collaborate. Let’s keep driving change together! 🌱🚀 E-Moviliza Several electric vehicle trials have now concluded in Ecuador, alongside the 13-month cross-docking pilot

Over the past three years, GEMINI has worked with cities, mobility providers and communities to develop shared mobility services and explore how they can fit into existing transport systems. Across eight Mobility Living Labs, this work has taken different forms, from neighbourhood carsharing initiatives to connections with public transport and travel to major sporting events. Project partners gathered in Turin for the GEMINI Final Event, organised by BGS, to discuss these exp

To get to work, perhaps a bus, then a train, followed by another bus will bring you to where you need to be. For those who pay for each leg separately, this cost is repeated on the trip back and throughout the working week. More fares can be added to the same day by taking a child to school or going to an appointment. The amount of money people spend is influenced by the routes open to them and how tickets work across those services. A person with a direct connection might pa

E-Moviliza’s electric vehicle trials in Ecuador have followed the work of participating companies and local users, gathering information about how the vehicles performed in their logistics activities. Several trials have concluded, through a comprehensive demonstration that, in addition to including electric vehicles, also incorporated the implementation of a cross-docking platform for consolidating, loading and unloading goods. In Rumiñahui, the electric tricycles will remai

A trip across the city can involve a bus, a ferry, a shared vehicle and a walk between them. Transport plans often describe each service separately, but people experience all of them as one journey. If the connection is difficult to find, uncomfortable to wait for or hard to navigate, even a reliable service may not be enough to make the whole trip work. This is a question that appears in two areas of UEMI’s work. MobiliseHER looks at how women and other groups experience urb

Cities rarely develop mobility projects without looking at what has already been done elsewhere. When a city starts planning electric buses, shared mobility services or new road safety measures, it makes sense to look at places that have already gone through a similar process. The experience of another city can help answer practical questions, show where problems may appear and give teams a better idea of what needs to be prepared in advance. At the same time, projects workin

This year, World EV Day is highlighting “Switching Electric: driving down the cost of motoring.” Cost is an important part of the transition, but for cities there are other practical questions too: where vehicles will charge, how they fit existing routes and schedules, and whether they can handle the conditions they will face every day. Much of UEMI’s work with cities looks at these practical questions. How does charging fit into an existing bus timetable? Can an electric del

We are excited to share with you the latest updates, insights, developments and ongoing projects from the Urban Electric Mobility Initiative. We appreciate your engagement in shaping sustainable urban mobility solutions. Stay tuned for inspiring stories, key milestones, events, and upcoming opportunities to collaborate. Let’s keep driving change together! 🌱🚀 E-Moviliza E-Moviliza held its Fourth Technical Advisory Group Meeting, bringing together key stakeholders to review

Digital tools are now part of many everyday transport services. Passengers use apps to check routes, plan trips and access different mobility options, while operators use digital systems to manage fleets, monitor services and organise routes. Cities also receive information from a growing number of transport providers and platforms. These systems are often developed for a specific purpose, which means they do not necessarily exchange information with other tools already in us

TRANS-SAFE brought together transport professionals, policymakers, researchers and practitioners in Cape Town for its final event, hosted by the University of Cape Town and UITP. The gathering marked the close of three years of work and reflected on lessons from demonstration activities in Cape Town, Kumasi, Kigali and Lusaka. Participants at the TRANS-SAFE final event in Cape Town, marking the conclusion of three years of collaboration and road safety action From local actio

Within the framework of the E-MOVILIZA project, the Fourth Meeting of the Technical Advisory Group for the E-Moviliza project pilot, “Support for the Transition towards Low-Carbon Electric Mobility in Ecuador,” was held as part of ongoing efforts to advance climate change planning and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and air pollution in the transport sector. E-Moviliza’s Fourth Technical Advisory Group Meeting brought stakeholders together to review the progress and pre

We are excited to share with you the latest updates, insights, developments and ongoing projects from the Urban Electric Mobility Initiative. We appreciate your engagement in shaping sustainable urban mobility solutions. Stay tuned for inspiring stories, key milestones, events, and upcoming opportunities to collaborate. Let’s keep driving change together! 🌱🚀 ACCESS The ACCESS team held three validation workshops in Buenos Aires, bringing together public authorities, logisti

When an electric mobility pilot begins, attention usually turns to the most visible milestones. A vehicle starts operating, a charging point is installed or a new service is launched. A pilot should also help cities, operators and project teams figure out how a solution works in real life if it meets local needs and what to do next. For this to happen teams need to know what they want to learn. What information they need to gather. An electric vehicle operating as part of th

Co-creation is at the heart of effective urban innovation. As part of the ACCESS project and with the support of the local implementing partner in Argentina, Asociación Sustentar, we brought together public authorities, including the technical team of the Buenos Aires City Government, logistics operators, technology providers, and academia in a series of validation workshops. The workshops included two in-person sessions and one virtual session. They focused on refining digit

Shared mobility can take many forms, from bike and car-sharing services to mobility hubs and digital platforms that connect different transport options. Behind each service, however, there are decisions about planning, partnerships, technology, operations and the people who will use it. These questions have been explored through the GEMINI project and its Mobility Living Labs in different European cities. The GEMINI Academy was developed to share what the project has learned

Electric mobility is easy to notice when a new bus enters service, a charging station is installed or a pilot project is launched. What is less visible is the work needed to keep these services running from one day to the next. Once the vehicles are in use, cities and operators have to deal with practical questions. Where will they be parked and charged? How will charging fit into the timetable? Who will handle maintenance? What needs to change when the service does not run a

We are excited to share with you the latest updates, insights, developments and ongoing projects from the Urban Electric Mobility Initiative. We appreciate your engagement in shaping sustainable urban mobility solutions. Stay tuned for inspiring stories, key milestones, events, and upcoming opportunities to collaborate. Let’s keep driving change together! 🌱🚀 GEMINI and eBRT2030 GEMINI and eBRT2030 were represented at the Transport Research Arena Conference in Budapest, wher

Partners from across Europe met in Helsinki for the GEMINI General Assembly, hosted by Metropolia University of Applied Sciences. The meeting brought together representatives from the project's 43 partner organisations to review the work carried out so far, exchange updates from the Mobility Living Labs and define priorities for the final months of the project. GEMINI is now in month 37 of its 42 month duration. With all eight Mobility Living Labs operational, the consortium

How can cities design transport systems that reflect the way people actually move? This question guided the discussions during the MobiliseHER EU–India Dialogue on Gender-Responsive and Inclusive Urban Mobility, organised by UEMI together with MobiliseHER consortium partners. Throughout the event, speakers from Europe and India returned to a common concern: mobility systems are often designed around simplified travel patterns that do not reflect the realities of everyday life