resilient & inclusive public transport

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about pilot projects

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Tallinn Urban Living Lab

The Living Lab of the Tallinn city region focuses on the integration of different mobility solutions and fare systems into the public transport system. The current situation, whereby public transport is partially free, that is within the city of Tallinn and only for residents registered in the city, results in a system where the residents of the city region have less incentive to use public transport. This is partly due to the fact that they have to pay the full fare for their commuting journeys to Tallinn (with some exceptions) and neither the fare system nor other mobility solutions are integrated. Therefore, ULL is exploring ways to integrate micro-mobility as well as shared mobility services or innovative mobility solutions into public transport, taking into account the differences between central and peripheral as well as densely populated and sparsely populated areas in the city region. As part of the Living Lab, we investigate the local potential of demographically and geographically diverse locations for viable business opportunities and improving service quality for daily public transport infrastructures. To this end, we are bringing together stakeholders and citizens, together with the CARIN-PT team, to find locally-responsive and resilient ways to be mobile within the Tallinn city region. The Urban Living Lab is designed as a participatory initiative and includes collaborative and experimental methods to test mobility solutions to overcome dependence on the private car and rely on public transport to create integrated, equitable and inclusive mobility systems for the urban region.

Stockholm Urban Living Lab

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Flanders Urban Living Lab

The Flanders Living Lab focuses on the role of flexible public transport as a solution for transport poverty in sparsely populated areas of Flanders. The current system of on-demand buses is about to change to different solutions, like taxi services, shared mobility and other flexible systems. The Flanders Urban Living Lab will explore in what way the needs of people in these areas are met by the current system, and whether the new systems will provide better, or more challenging, services. We will do this by bringing together stakeholders from organisations, working with different groups of people with higher risks of transport poverty, stakeholders from government and the transport authorities, and the citizens, to reflect on the current and future potential and barriers of the flexible public transport solutions. The Living Lab will also explore possibilities of bottom-up and self-organised transport as a solution to meet transport needs. The ULL trajectory should lead to a co-creation (and testing?) of possible new solution of flexible public transport in rural areas of Flanders as to create a more connected and inclusive society.

Oslo Urban Living Lab

The Living Lab of the Oslo city region focuses on the integration of different mobility solutions, built environment and current strategies on densification into a cohesive strategy for designing inclusive transit-oriented nodes. The current situation, whereby public transport nodes are being developed without a structured focus on inclusivity, within the Oslo region, results in a system where the residents of the city region have adhoc gains or losses depending on their residential areas. This is partly due to the fact that the different areas have markedly different levels of inter-modal integration, integration with the built environment, design solutions and demographic constitution. Therefore, Oslo ULL will explore ways to integrate micro-mobility, shared mobility services, innovative mobility solutions into public transport, along with a focus on needs assessment of different demographic groups, design solutions, and the existing differences between central and peripheral areas in the city region. As part of the Living Lab, we will investigate the potential of demographically and geographically diverse locations for creating inclusive TOD, both at the functional and spatial levels. We will work together with a wide array of stakeholders, mobility-providers and citizens, together with the CARIN-PT team, to find locally-responsive and resilient ways to create inclusive TOD design and strategies in the Oslo city region.