Approach
Concept
For too long, passenger mobility, freight, and logistics had been allowed to exist separately, with policies, infrastructure, vehicles, and energy sources not integrated or assessed jointly. This separation had several drawbacks, such as a lack of data, interoperability, and collaboration between key actors, which in turn impeded urban nodes in their efforts to increase efficiency, capacity utilisation, and accessibility across all modes of transport for the benefit of society at large. An effective and swift transition to zero-emissions and climate-resilient transport systems in Europe required that passenger and freight transport no longer be addressed separately and in isolation from one another. In MOVE21, this integration took place on the following levels:
- Policy and governance: MOVE21 supported the ability of decision makers to design, deploy, and monitor policies and governance models that enhanced synergies between different policy and planning domains.
- Technology: MOVE21 covered a large scope of mobility solutions, which needed to be adapted, combined, and developed on a system level to achieve the project’s objectives.
- Infrastructure: MOVE21 sought to find solutions that facilitated collaboration between actors across transport sectors, leveraging new services and business models.
- Vehicles and energy sources: MOVE21 supported the use of zero-emission electric vehicles and sustainable biofuel-based vehicles (heavy-duty, light-duty vehicles, bikes, cargo bikes, taxis, and buses) and sought to establish and promote shared charging infrastructure.
Methodology
The overall innovation methodology was based on a user-centric and dynamic open innovation process. The three Living Labs, under real-life conditions, co-created, tested, deployed, and upscaled (combinations of) technological and non-technological mobility innovations. Oslo, Gothenburg and Hamburg committed to maintain the Living Labs beyond the lifetime of the Project. Maintaining a Living Lab and its results was a known challenge. In MOVE21, specific activities were developed to maximise the sustainability of the Living Labs in the cities: (i) by uptake of new knowledge and skills within city governments, (ii) by strengthening local innovation ecosystems and networks through specific Innovation Co-Creation Partnerships, and (iii) by exploring and evaluating sustainable business models for the Living Labs as part of MOVE21. The following activities were deployed to maximise the impact and sustainability of the Living Labs:
- Increasing policy coherence between different planning mechanisms to support innovations for passenger and goods transport
- Improving innovation capacity
- Establishing and nurturing self-sustaining Innovation Co-Creation Partnerships
- Organising smooth knowledge brokerage processes to support the Living Labs
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