When you are using Hamburg’s public transport system, the symbol of a red power plug appears everywhere. This is the symbol of the city’s HVV Switch platform, a bundle of mobility services. It indicates multimodal mobility, meaning that you can switch to another mode of public or shared transport at that station. Read here why this makes Hamburg a city with truly smart mobility.
Topic: urban-mobility
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HVV Switch: Multimodal Mobility in Hamburg
By Laura Puttkamer on Sep 25, 2023 1:21:56 PM
Topics:
Smart Mobility
Smart City
Smart Cities
Urban Mobility
10 MIN. READ
polisMOBILITY: Germany’s Exciting New Mobility Expo
By Joe Appleton on Mar 10, 2022 2:20:33 PM
Introducing Europe’s newest urban mobility event: polisMOBILTY. polisMOBILITY is a forward-thinking conference and expo that focuses on the future of mobility and urban living, taking place between May 18 to 21 at the Koelnmesse and the City of Cologne. Strategically located in the heart of Europe’s largest economic area and a densely populated metropolitan region, the City of Cologne is the ideal place to showcase the innovations and solutions that will transform cities and solve the challenges of tomorrow.
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Smart Mobility
Sustainability
Urban Mobility
Smart City Event
9 MIN. READ
IAA 2021: Shaping the Future of Mobility
By Joe Appleton on Sep 21, 2021 3:45:51 PM
September 2021 brought something of a milestone to the smart mobility movement. Historically, Germany’s legendary IAA was a celebration of the automotive industry. Held in Frankfurt, it attracted petrolheads from all over the world who wanted a first-hand glimpse at the state of the industry. However, times have changed, and the IAA has evolved with it.
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5G Enables Smart City Innovation
By Jon Glasco on Apr 15, 2021 9:24:26 AM
Mobile operators worldwide are investing in 5G networks, and proponents of this much-hyped technology believe it will enable a new wave of smart city development. According to the IEEE, "5G is not just an evolutionary upgrade of the previous generation of cellular networks. It is a revolutionary technology … and a critical piece of the smart city puzzle."
Topics:
Smart City Solutions
Smart City
Smart City Innovation
Smart Cities
Urban Mobility
Smart Education
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How Will Urban Mobility Change In The Post-Covid City
By Joe Appleton on Aug 11, 2020 10:30:00 AM
The Covid-19 pandemic has made a tremendous impact on people’s everyday lives. Changes to our regular routines have been coming in thick and fast, from mask-wearing protocol to social distancing etiquette. Of all these changes, how we move around and get from A to B has seen some of the most drastic changes.
Over the past few months, mobility has rapidly evolved into an entirely new beast. Faithful and reliable transport methods are being shunned in favour of new systems. Citizens are avoiding crowded trains and buses in favour of bicycles and e-scooters. As cities evolve to phase out car usage, improving air quality and the health of citizens, the Covid-19 pandemic has provided a unique opportunity to overhaul urban mobility. But will these changes be here for good?
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Smart City Solutions
Smart Mobility
Smart City
Smart Cities
Urban Mobility
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CityTech RUHR: The Bochum & Hagen Challenges
By Thomas Mueller on Apr 9, 2020 5:04:30 PM
With Germany's largest international smart city startup challenge, the Ruhr Metropolis - City of Cities - is calling start-ups from across the globe to apply and solve the real-world challenges of four cities: Bochum, Bottrop, Hagen and Gelsenkirchen through a paid pilot. The application deadline has been extended due to the COVID-19 pandemic until May 3, 2020.
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Smart Mobility
Urban Mobility
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Mobility as a Service: A Blueprint for Disruption?
By Jon Glasco on Jan 27, 2020 10:30:00 AM
In less than a decade, the concept known as mobility as a service (MaaS) has captured the imagination of visionaries and innovators throughout the global transport industry. As an opportunity with potential to transform the industry and reduce dependence on car ownership, MaaS evolved from an intriguing concept to early-stage reality (at least in terms of trials, pilot projects and embryonic services).
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Smart Mobility
Urban Mobility
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E-Scooters: A Collision Between Innovation And Controversy
By Jon Glasco on Jan 12, 2020 1:04:30 PM
In their eagerness to create breakthrough technologies and disruptive platforms, innovators sometimes collide with an established (and perhaps ill-suited) regulatory and policy-making process. In a previous article on e-scooters, we reported that a strategy of "permissionless innovation" enabled app-activated e-scooter startups to gain a precarious foothold in urban mobility markets. However, these startups soon discovered that safety and regulatory issues - including the lack of regulations in most situations - led to controversial relations with cities and citizens. In this article, we cover recent experiences, lessons learned and thoughts on the need for collaborative solutions. For an overview of the e-scooter market and its dynamics, read our article E-Scooters: A Passing Fad or Smart Mobility?
Topics:
Smart City Solutions
Smart Environment
Smart Mobility
Sustainability
Last-Mile Logistics
Urban Mobility
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E-Scooters: A Passing Fad or Smart Mobility?
By Jon Glasco on Jan 3, 2020 12:29:28 AM
Electric scooters appeal to those who want to move quickly and easily through urban streets at low cost while avoiding congestion and solving first mile / last mile mobility problems. However, menacing clouds - in the form of safety, regulatory and business model issues - linger above the nascent e-scooter sharing market, raising questions about its future. A key question is whether cities can find ways for this new micro-mobility service to add value to sustainable urban mobility. In this article, we explore the e-scooter market and competitive dynamics and offer a perspective on smart city challenges. To learn about the lessons learned from the city perspective regarding the introduction of e-scooter sharing, please read our article E-Scooters: A Collision Between Innovation And Controversy.
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Cities in Motion: The Unintended Consequences of New Technology
By Mike Barlow and Cornelia Levy-Bencheton on Apr 8, 2019 3:57:22 PM
If the science fiction writers of the 1950s had been right, most of us today would travel around in flying cars and pneumatic trains. We would commute to work on high-speed moving sidewalks and zip across town in horizontal elevators. For short hops, we would wear personal jet packs or anti-gravity belts. Well, here we are in the early 21st century and we’re still waiting for buses, stuck in traffic jams and trying to walk across busy streets without being hit by a cab. Transportation has changed, but not in the ways predicted by science fiction. Many of the most important changes have been invisible.
Topics:
Smart Environment
Smart Mobility
Smart City Technology
Urban Mobility