Since its inception in 2019, EIT Urban Mobility has invested in 86 startups.
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We need to look at initiatives that can contribute to change in the city.
The pilot superblock project in the Poblenou neighbourhood faced political and civil society resistance.
Therein lies the quintessential challenge of urban mobility.
Any change being introduced by city planners has to come with a comprehensive plan to get residents on board.
Enhanced logistics planning will be key as traffic flows change.
But changing behavioural patterns is even more complex than changing cityscapes.
Another interesting startup EIT Urban Mobility has invested in isNudged, a company that encouragessustainablechoices through behavioural design.
Another in Gothenburg helped make users 76% more positive about switching to cycling.
These waterways were key to the movement of both goods and people.
Now, with the evolution of sustainable, autonomous mobility, were seeing a revival in waterborne transportation routes.
Swedish startupElonroadbelieves the solution could lay in electrifying Europes roads.
The startup is already beginning a large project to electrify highways across France.
And investors are seeing the potential here too.Circu Li-ion recently raised 8.5mn in seed funding.
Copenhagen, with its bicycle culture, wont necessarily follow the same urban mobility path as Madrid.
There are local flavours of everything.
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