Periodic Reporting for period 2 - MOLIERE (MObiLIty sERvices Enhanced by GALILEO & Blockchain)
Reporting period: 2021-12-01 to 2023-11-30
Urban mobility is an issue of great importance in today’s society due to the increasing population movements towards big cities and the exponential growth of cities in developing countries. Today, urban mobility schemes are evolving faster than ever mainly due to social, economic and technological changes. The traditional choice between walking, taking public transport or buying a car is being extended with a wide range of new flexible mobility services, such as vehicle sharing and ride-hailing.
In this context, a new mobility paradigm is needed. Promoting more sustainable, affordable, equitable, and accessible mobility is crucial, where micromobility and shared mobility services complement public transport.
Molière is building an open data commons for mobility services, a Mobility Data Marketplace (MDM) underpinned by blockchain technology, raising the profile, visibility, availability, and utility of geo-location data from Galileo, and will test it to fuel and demonstrate a diverse set of concrete, highly relevant mobility scenarios and use cases where geo-location data is key, addressing the needs of cities, public transport authorities, mobility service providers, and end-users.
The high-level objectives of the project are:
1. Fuel MaaS with GALILEO-sourced geo-location data
2. Improve road safety & sustainability
3. Enable secure payment transactions trusting GALILEO geo-positioning data
4. Nudge a positive behavioral change from users
As a conclusion, the Molière project not only offers valuable insights into the current mobility landscape but also lays the groundwork for future projects. By implementing these recommendations and seizing collaborative opportunities, future initiatives can build upon Molière's success and contribute to the continuous evolution of smart, sustainable, and inclusive
mobility solutions.
In this context, a new mobility paradigm is needed. Promoting more sustainable, affordable, equitable, and accessible mobility is crucial, where micromobility and shared mobility services complement public transport.
Molière is building an open data commons for mobility services, a Mobility Data Marketplace (MDM) underpinned by blockchain technology, raising the profile, visibility, availability, and utility of geo-location data from Galileo, and will test it to fuel and demonstrate a diverse set of concrete, highly relevant mobility scenarios and use cases where geo-location data is key, addressing the needs of cities, public transport authorities, mobility service providers, and end-users.
The high-level objectives of the project are:
1. Fuel MaaS with GALILEO-sourced geo-location data
2. Improve road safety & sustainability
3. Enable secure payment transactions trusting GALILEO geo-positioning data
4. Nudge a positive behavioral change from users
As a conclusion, the Molière project not only offers valuable insights into the current mobility landscape but also lays the groundwork for future projects. By implementing these recommendations and seizing collaborative opportunities, future initiatives can build upon Molière's success and contribute to the continuous evolution of smart, sustainable, and inclusive
mobility solutions.
Taking into account the objectives of the project, the following activities have been successfully performed in Year 1 (1st of December 2020 until 30th of November 2021):
• Identification of mobility data sources and data sharing framework for an open comprehensive mobility data catalogue (WP3)
• Design of Molière’s high-level technical architecture, including a sound governance mechanism based on blockchain (WP3)
• Five use cases have been defined by the partners of the consortium, which will be used to validate (in WP5) Molière’s technology (to be developed in WP4). The first use case will take place in Brussels whereas the rest in Barcelona and Catalonia
The project consists of 7 work packages, which have delivered the planned outcomes. Namely:
- Work Package 1 - Ethics requirements. Factual and the project consortium have fulfilled all ethic requirements as defined in the project deliverables D1.1 D1.2 D1.3 D1.4 and D1.5.
- Work Package 2 - Project Coordination & Management. Factual has undertaken the coordinating tasks for the first year of the project. Due to changes in the partnership of the project (SEAT and its two AE withdrawing from the consortium), several activities have suffered changes and have been readdressed. Factual has coordinated the entire process of the partner leaving as well as the search for other partners willing to enter the consortium and take over the activities.
- Work Package 3 - Platform Requirements & Design. The development of the activities in WP3 was led by Factual. Two main deliverables have been produced: D3.1 which serves as a baseline for the system design and components specification to develop the MDM; D3.2 which focuses on setting the high-level architecture of the outcome of the Molière project as well as the description of the components and system and their responsibilities.
Both milestones for this WP were achieved: MS2, organization of a Hackathon under the auspices of CARNET CIT UPC to generate a pool of ideas for Molière (see https://moliere-project.eu/index.php/moliere-hackathon/)(opens in new window); MS3, having MaaS platform and MDM ready for implementation
- Work Package 4 - System Development. The development of WP4 activities is led by Iomob. The main objectives of WP4 are to develop data and API abstraction layers for mobility operators, implement a blockchain-based platform, and deploy EGNSS-capable On-Board Units into a sharing fleet sourcing geo-location data to the MDM. Two main deliverables have been produced and submitted for WP4: D4.1 details Molière’s architecture and technical components. D4.2 underlines the importance of using satellite technology and geolocation in the mobility world.
The most relevant milestone of WP is MS4, having MaaS platform and MDM ready for testing, which has been accomplished.
- Work Package 5 - Demonstration. WP5’s main objectives are to ensure readiness of the hardware and software components for the demonstrations, ensure the execution of the planned demonstrations and define the KPIs for evaluation. The work package was led by the new partner, Keita, replacing SEAT. The WP analysed potential applications for Moliere, emphasising its transformative capabilities and addressing potential challenges during their implementation. This work package has one main deliverable, D5.1 – Evaluation of demonstrators, which includes the description and evaluation of the referenced use cases, and was delivered in M32.
- Work Package 6 - Business & Regulatory Aspects. The main objectives of this work package, led by Factual, are related to the identification of opportunity and market prospects of Molière, assessment of legal and regulatory aspects, privacy issues as well as identification of ethics and gender issues. The WP has 6 deliverables which have been duly submitted.
The most relevant milestone 6, indicating the project technology's readiness for market exploitation, was dependent on the completion of D6.2 which was officially achieved in M36.
- Work Package 7 - Outreach & Dissemination, led by CARNET. A sound communication plan has been delivered and related channels created and filled with timely content.The WP has 3 delieverables which have been submitted.
• Identification of mobility data sources and data sharing framework for an open comprehensive mobility data catalogue (WP3)
• Design of Molière’s high-level technical architecture, including a sound governance mechanism based on blockchain (WP3)
• Five use cases have been defined by the partners of the consortium, which will be used to validate (in WP5) Molière’s technology (to be developed in WP4). The first use case will take place in Brussels whereas the rest in Barcelona and Catalonia
The project consists of 7 work packages, which have delivered the planned outcomes. Namely:
- Work Package 1 - Ethics requirements. Factual and the project consortium have fulfilled all ethic requirements as defined in the project deliverables D1.1 D1.2 D1.3 D1.4 and D1.5.
- Work Package 2 - Project Coordination & Management. Factual has undertaken the coordinating tasks for the first year of the project. Due to changes in the partnership of the project (SEAT and its two AE withdrawing from the consortium), several activities have suffered changes and have been readdressed. Factual has coordinated the entire process of the partner leaving as well as the search for other partners willing to enter the consortium and take over the activities.
- Work Package 3 - Platform Requirements & Design. The development of the activities in WP3 was led by Factual. Two main deliverables have been produced: D3.1 which serves as a baseline for the system design and components specification to develop the MDM; D3.2 which focuses on setting the high-level architecture of the outcome of the Molière project as well as the description of the components and system and their responsibilities.
Both milestones for this WP were achieved: MS2, organization of a Hackathon under the auspices of CARNET CIT UPC to generate a pool of ideas for Molière (see https://moliere-project.eu/index.php/moliere-hackathon/)(opens in new window); MS3, having MaaS platform and MDM ready for implementation
- Work Package 4 - System Development. The development of WP4 activities is led by Iomob. The main objectives of WP4 are to develop data and API abstraction layers for mobility operators, implement a blockchain-based platform, and deploy EGNSS-capable On-Board Units into a sharing fleet sourcing geo-location data to the MDM. Two main deliverables have been produced and submitted for WP4: D4.1 details Molière’s architecture and technical components. D4.2 underlines the importance of using satellite technology and geolocation in the mobility world.
The most relevant milestone of WP is MS4, having MaaS platform and MDM ready for testing, which has been accomplished.
- Work Package 5 - Demonstration. WP5’s main objectives are to ensure readiness of the hardware and software components for the demonstrations, ensure the execution of the planned demonstrations and define the KPIs for evaluation. The work package was led by the new partner, Keita, replacing SEAT. The WP analysed potential applications for Moliere, emphasising its transformative capabilities and addressing potential challenges during their implementation. This work package has one main deliverable, D5.1 – Evaluation of demonstrators, which includes the description and evaluation of the referenced use cases, and was delivered in M32.
- Work Package 6 - Business & Regulatory Aspects. The main objectives of this work package, led by Factual, are related to the identification of opportunity and market prospects of Molière, assessment of legal and regulatory aspects, privacy issues as well as identification of ethics and gender issues. The WP has 6 deliverables which have been duly submitted.
The most relevant milestone 6, indicating the project technology's readiness for market exploitation, was dependent on the completion of D6.2 which was officially achieved in M36.
- Work Package 7 - Outreach & Dissemination, led by CARNET. A sound communication plan has been delivered and related channels created and filled with timely content.The WP has 3 delieverables which have been submitted.
Molière has delivered a fully functioning "Mobility Data Marketplace" that uses a bold blockchain-based governance layer, where participants in the mobility ecosystem (basically, Mobility Service Providers) are incentivized to participate through a tokenized scheme. Moreover, a novel mechanism for detecting fraud in claiming mobility services provided has been developed, which is beyond State of the Art, as it provides a robust mechanism to allow for a trustworthy platform for delivering mobility services, all og which make use of geopositioned data fueled by Galileo.
As for the socio-economic impact, deliverable "MOLIERE – D6.1 - Market and socioeconomic analysis on MaaS & GALILEO geo-positioned applications for mobility" has been submitted in July 2021 (M8). This document provided an overview of the socio-economic impact Molière aims to unlock, and was updated and submitted through a new deliverable, D6.6 in Month 36. D6.6 provides a final version of the market and socioeconomic analysis on MaaS and GALILEO geo positioned applications for mobility. This includes a detailed market analysis of the five Moliere applications (use cases) leveraging GALILEO geopositioning data as well as the description of 12 new potential use cases which offer valuable insight into the market readiness of blockchain and data spaces-based solutions.
As for the socio-economic impact, deliverable "MOLIERE – D6.1 - Market and socioeconomic analysis on MaaS & GALILEO geo-positioned applications for mobility" has been submitted in July 2021 (M8). This document provided an overview of the socio-economic impact Molière aims to unlock, and was updated and submitted through a new deliverable, D6.6 in Month 36. D6.6 provides a final version of the market and socioeconomic analysis on MaaS and GALILEO geo positioned applications for mobility. This includes a detailed market analysis of the five Moliere applications (use cases) leveraging GALILEO geopositioning data as well as the description of 12 new potential use cases which offer valuable insight into the market readiness of blockchain and data spaces-based solutions.