Call for Capitalisation | Centre for Researching Cities

Dr Dilum Dissanayake, Professor Margaret Bell, Dr. Neil Thorpe, Dr. Paul Goodman, Dr. Gustav Bösehans are working together on this project which started in 2021 and is due for completion in 2023. Funded by Interreg North-West Europe (NWE), the project is also supported by a number of non-academic stakeholders, including Promotion of Operation Links with Integrated Services (POLIS) (Belgique), URBEE (E-Bike Network Amsterdam BV) (Nederland), Transport for Greater Manchester (United Kingdom), Bayern Innovativ GmbH (Deutschland), Gemeente Amsterdam (Nederland), Electricity Supply Board (Ireland), The Highlands and Islands, Autodelen.net (Belgique), Mobipunt vzw (Belgique), Taxistop asbl (Belgique), Taxistop vzw (Belgique), Stad Leuven (Belgique).

Synopsis of the research project

Start additional eHUBS in a new region (Dublin, IE) and in regions in transition / lagging behind (Inverness, UK and Wallonia, BE). Increasing large-scale uptake and use of the eHUBS by making available eHUBS in Mobility as a Service–apps by stimulating the use of the standardised information exchange (with the TOMP-API) between shared mobility providers and MaaSproviders. Support 29 additional replication cities with the blueprint. Newcastle university will continue to be involved to conduct additional research in the new pilot cities, as well as the regional approach in Wallonia (i.e., using eHUBS as a first-mile/last-mile alternative in suburban and rural areas) and the SOLVA-case (an intermunicipal organisation acting as a replication city / region, that set up a regional network of eHUBS in South-East Flanders). Insights gathered via research will be used to increase effectiveness of the eHUBS and to provide additional evidence related to the CO2 reduction.

The link to project website for further details

eHUBS - Smart Shared Green Mobility Hubs | Interreg NWE (nweurope.eu)