Periodic Reporting for period 1 - UPPER (UNLEASHING THE POTENTIAL OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN EUROPE)
Reporting period: 2023-01-01 to 2024-06-30
UPPER aims to spearhead a Public Transport revolution strengthening its role as the flagship of sustainability and mobility innovation in cities, leading the transition towards zero-emission mobility which will become the cornerstone of climate-neutrality by 2030.
UPPER will be implementing a combination of 78 push and pull measures, acting on the 5 innovation axes that condition user choices: mindset and culture, urban mobility planning, mobility services ecosystem, road network management and democratic governance. The UPPER measures will be supported by the UPPER Measures Implementation Support Toolkit (U-TWIN, U-SIM, U-NEED, U-GOV, U-KNOW, U-TRANSFER and U-SUMP) and demonstrated in the 10 project sites, with the overall target of increasing the use of public transport by >30% and the user satisfaction by >25%, leaving nobody behind in the process. This approach will ease the cooperation among authorities and operators, offer a physical and digital environment to test the measures, optimise the PT offer in line with user needs and patterns, involve the users in the overall mobility decision chain, trigger the behavioural change in favour of Public Transport in line with the concept of Mobility as a Right (MaaR).
UPPER will be implementing a combination of 78 push and pull measures, acting on the 5 innovation axes that condition user choices: mindset and culture, urban mobility planning, mobility services ecosystem, road network management and democratic governance. The UPPER measures will be supported by the UPPER Measures Implementation Support Toolkit (U-TWIN, U-SIM, U-NEED, U-GOV, U-KNOW, U-TRANSFER and U-SUMP) and demonstrated in the 10 project sites, with the overall target of increasing the use of public transport by >30% and the user satisfaction by >25%, leaving nobody behind in the process. This approach will ease the cooperation among authorities and operators, offer a physical and digital environment to test the measures, optimise the PT offer in line with user needs and patterns, involve the users in the overall mobility decision chain, trigger the behavioural change in favour of Public Transport in line with the concept of Mobility as a Right (MaaR).
The project has been executed according to the time plan of the Decription of Action. All deliverables until project M18 have been submitted on time (only minor delays to ensure the highest deliverable quality).
The project's foundations have been established through user research, ecosystem analysis, refinement of the push and pull measures and the definition of the technical and policy requirements of the project results. The four deliverables planned as part of the relevant WP of the project are available under the resources section on the UPPER website: https://www.upperprojecteu.eu/resources/(opens in new window)
The development of the U-tools U-TWIN, U-SIM, U-SUMP, U-NEED, U-GOV is ongoing. A first version of the three tools has been presented and is being tested with the UPPER partners.
UPPER has defined in detail, refined, established the requirements and started the development of a package of push and pull measures aimed at:
~ Re-designing the urban mobility space to promote the use of public transport and steering the public transport infrastructure towards a more user-centric approach;
~ Better understanding the user’s behaviour and identifying emerging needs to better plan and adapt the public transport offer, services, infrastructure and use of space to address these specific needs and situations in different cities;
~ Supporting local authorities and PTOs in adjusting the municipal/regional SUMPs in line with the public transport-oriented culture;
~ Managing urban mobility network in favour of PT, including the prioritization of public transport and the establishment of private vehicles access regulations, charging schemes and parking regulations in urban areas to promote the use of PT;
~ Enhancing PT efficiency, reliability and resilience during operation though innovative and data-based solutions;
~ Better planning PT offer to improve its efficiency and convenience by addressing specific needs and situations;
~ Increasing accessibility and convenience of PT services to previously under-served areas or user groups;
~ Better understanding and improving citizens perception of PT and its quality of service and improving PT attractiveness though targeted campaigns;
~ Boosting multimodality and promoting behavioural change towards sustainable modes by guaranteeing optimum PT offer and proper integration with active modes;
~ Creating a package of incentives adapted to the needs of specific groups of users to increase the use of public transport and active transport modalities;
~ Developing new collaborative frameworks and ecosystem approaches that include public transport operators and new mobility service providers and measures related to the creation of Multimodal Digital Mobility Services;
~ Involving public transport users, different governance levels and relevant stakeholders in the decision-making process.
The project's foundations have been established through user research, ecosystem analysis, refinement of the push and pull measures and the definition of the technical and policy requirements of the project results. The four deliverables planned as part of the relevant WP of the project are available under the resources section on the UPPER website: https://www.upperprojecteu.eu/resources/(opens in new window)
The development of the U-tools U-TWIN, U-SIM, U-SUMP, U-NEED, U-GOV is ongoing. A first version of the three tools has been presented and is being tested with the UPPER partners.
UPPER has defined in detail, refined, established the requirements and started the development of a package of push and pull measures aimed at:
~ Re-designing the urban mobility space to promote the use of public transport and steering the public transport infrastructure towards a more user-centric approach;
~ Better understanding the user’s behaviour and identifying emerging needs to better plan and adapt the public transport offer, services, infrastructure and use of space to address these specific needs and situations in different cities;
~ Supporting local authorities and PTOs in adjusting the municipal/regional SUMPs in line with the public transport-oriented culture;
~ Managing urban mobility network in favour of PT, including the prioritization of public transport and the establishment of private vehicles access regulations, charging schemes and parking regulations in urban areas to promote the use of PT;
~ Enhancing PT efficiency, reliability and resilience during operation though innovative and data-based solutions;
~ Better planning PT offer to improve its efficiency and convenience by addressing specific needs and situations;
~ Increasing accessibility and convenience of PT services to previously under-served areas or user groups;
~ Better understanding and improving citizens perception of PT and its quality of service and improving PT attractiveness though targeted campaigns;
~ Boosting multimodality and promoting behavioural change towards sustainable modes by guaranteeing optimum PT offer and proper integration with active modes;
~ Creating a package of incentives adapted to the needs of specific groups of users to increase the use of public transport and active transport modalities;
~ Developing new collaborative frameworks and ecosystem approaches that include public transport operators and new mobility service providers and measures related to the creation of Multimodal Digital Mobility Services;
~ Involving public transport users, different governance levels and relevant stakeholders in the decision-making process.
UPPER methodology will systematise a holistic and coordinated approach in which all actors are actively involved and contribute to the definition of measures and cross-pilot supporting tools (outputs). This approach will include all stakeholders relevant to evolving PT solutions to reach the entire population, including populations at risk of exclusion or with physical and cognitive disabilities. These processes allow identifying and designing strategies and services, being the key principles of participation and co-creation. The UPPER co-creative, socially innovative and inclusive strategy, oriented to the development of the project solutions and tools (WP3, WP4 and WP5) will systematize the process in which the solutions will take shape and will be evaluated by all the actors involved, with an iterative approach, that will have as a starting point different co-creation sessions, identification of requirements and validation at all stages of development (co-created concept, functional development, and validation on demo sites). In addition, UPPER has developed a platform to allow managing citizens’ participation, emphasizing co-creation and collaboration actions (U-GOV). This platform will be tested in UPPER project Living Labs and Twinning Sites during the implementation of their measures.
A qualitative and quantitative user research has been conducted to generate a comprehensive diagnosis of the current and emerging mobility needs, motivations and patterns of diverse users’ groups. The resulting PERSONA-format mobility maps of public transport users are reported in D2.1.
A baseline for public transportation usage has been identified in each demonstration and twinning city. Specific baselines and KPIs have been defined by the UPPER sites, depending on their challenges, priorities and the local measures to be implemented. Additionally, a Database has been created for easy access and are feeding the U-SUMP tool.
The UPPER sites have refined their local package of push and pull measures (78 measures in total). The detailed description of the measures is provided in D2.2. The UPPER sites have also defined the technical, operational and legal requirements for implementing the local packages of push and pull measures. The measures’ requirements are reported in D2.4.
A qualitative and quantitative user research has been conducted to generate a comprehensive diagnosis of the current and emerging mobility needs, motivations and patterns of diverse users’ groups. The resulting PERSONA-format mobility maps of public transport users are reported in D2.1.
A baseline for public transportation usage has been identified in each demonstration and twinning city. Specific baselines and KPIs have been defined by the UPPER sites, depending on their challenges, priorities and the local measures to be implemented. Additionally, a Database has been created for easy access and are feeding the U-SUMP tool.
The UPPER sites have refined their local package of push and pull measures (78 measures in total). The detailed description of the measures is provided in D2.2. The UPPER sites have also defined the technical, operational and legal requirements for implementing the local packages of push and pull measures. The measures’ requirements are reported in D2.4.