eHUBS - Smart Shared Green Mobility Hubs
Beginning in 2019 and due for completion in 2022, this project is being undertaken by Dr. Dilum Dissanayake, Professor Margaret Bell, Dr. Neil Thorpe, Dr. Paul Goodman and Dr. Gustav Bösehans. Funded by the Interreg North-West Europe (NWE) – European Regional Development Fund, they are also supported by a diverse group of non-academic partners, such as Gemeente Amsterdam, Amsterdam University of Applied Science (subpartner), Promotion of Operation Links with Integrated Services (POLIS), Gemeente Nijmegen (NL), City of Arnhem (Netherlands, subpartner), Cargoroo (Netherlands), Urban Arrow B.V. (subpartner), URBEE (E-bike network Amsterdam BV; Netherlands), Transport for Greater Manchester (UK), Bayern Innovativ GmbH (Germany), Stadt Kempten (Allgäu, Germany), Autodelen.net (Belgium), Ville de Dreux (France), Stad Leuven (Belgium), Taxistop (Belgium)
Synopsis of the research project
eHUBS are on-street locations that bring together e-bikes, e-cargo bikes, e-scooters and/or e-cars, offering users a wide range of options to experiment and use in various situations. The idea is to provide a high-quality and diverse offer of shared electric mobility services to discourage citizens from owning private cars, resulting in cleaner, more liveable and pleasant cities. Six partner cities from the UK, France, Netherlands, Germany and Belgium will promote eHUBS and pave the way for others to do the same. The eHUBS implementation approach will differ according to the size and needs of the respective cities. In doing so, it will develop knowledge, best practices and a blueprint that will lead to replication of the experiences in other cities and regions, as well as a consistent reduction of air pollution, congestion and CO2 emissions in the cities and a growing market for commercial shared e-mobility providers aligned with local policy goals.
Key outputs
https://www.nweurope.eu/media/9929/dt211_state-of-the-art_report_for_ehubs_final.pdf
https://www.nweurope.eu/media/9927/dt111_ehub_technical_and_functional_requirements.pdf
The link to project website for further details
eHUBS - Smart Shared Green Mobility Hubs | Interreg NWE (nweurope.eu)