Periodic Reporting for period 1 - GEMINI (Greening European Mobility through cascading innovation INItiatives)
Berichtszeitraum: 2023-06-01 bis 2024-11-30
The GEMINI project (Greening European Mobility through cascading innovation INItiatives) aims to accelerate climate-neutral mobility by developing, testing, and scaling innovative shared mobility solutions across eight European cities. These solutions, categorized under New and Shared Mobility Services (NMS), focus on reducing congestion, cutting CO2 emissions, and improving urban accessibility. GEMINI integrates shared mobility with public transport, leveraging digital enablers to enhance user experience and operational efficiency.
At its core, GEMINI is structured around four lead cities (Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Munich, and Turin) and four twinning cities (Ljubljana, Porto, Helsinki, and Paris), serving as testbeds for novel mobility services. Through Living Labs (MLLs), GEMINI facilitates co-creation between stakeholders, ensuring that mobility solutions address real-world urban mobility challenges.
GEMINI’s approach includes:
• Developing new business models for shared mobility and integrating them into governance frameworks.
• Enhancing digital mobility services with AI-driven analytics and mobility data spaces to improve efficiency.
• Creating sustainable, scalable solutions that align with EU policy objectives on transport decarbonization and urban resilience.
• Fostering public engagement by involving citizens and mobility stakeholders in co-designing solutions.
By implementing these objectives, GEMINI contributes to the European Green Deal, the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy, and the broader vision of resilient, low-carbon transport ecosystems. GEMINI will generate policy-relevant evidence that can actively contribute to EU policy priorities
At its core, GEMINI is structured around four lead cities (Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Munich, and Turin) and four twinning cities (Ljubljana, Porto, Helsinki, and Paris), serving as testbeds for novel mobility services. Through Living Labs (MLLs), GEMINI facilitates co-creation between stakeholders, ensuring that mobility solutions address real-world urban mobility challenges.
GEMINI’s approach includes:
• Developing new business models for shared mobility and integrating them into governance frameworks.
• Enhancing digital mobility services with AI-driven analytics and mobility data spaces to improve efficiency.
• Creating sustainable, scalable solutions that align with EU policy objectives on transport decarbonization and urban resilience.
• Fostering public engagement by involving citizens and mobility stakeholders in co-designing solutions.
By implementing these objectives, GEMINI contributes to the European Green Deal, the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy, and the broader vision of resilient, low-carbon transport ecosystems. GEMINI will generate policy-relevant evidence that can actively contribute to EU policy priorities
GEMINI gathers a multidisciplinary team of 43 partners collectively working in the project MLLs, to co-design and deploy 8 New Mobility Services (NMS) reaching TRL-8, with significant impact, accounting for user acceptance, sustainability and financial viability. This Open Innovation Ecosystem will strengthen cooperation among stakeholders, setting the foundations for establishing public–private partnerships (PPP), mobility hubs, open mobility dataspaces, highly integrated MaaS systems and a data-driven mobility intelligence platform (AI4BI) to support cities in monitoring, regulating, and optimising shared mobility adapted to local needs. GEMINI will structure the path from business scenarios to upscaled NMS business ventures.
Each MLL will demonstrate reduction of congestion, air pollution and road risk, whilst fostering accessibility and social inclusion, targeting an increased share of NMS in the modal distribution at least by 25% compared to the baseline, measured at the start of the project. GEMINI will liaise with the CIVITAS initiative and Mission Cities umbrella to deliver a comprehensive policy package to guide and incentivise future mobility solutions.
During the first 18 months, GEMINI has made significant progress in multiple areas:
1. Business and Operational Models
• Conducted a market analysis on shared mobility trends.
• Defined eight innovative business models, including Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS), car-sharing, and micro-mobility solutions.
• Developed governance and operational frameworks for implementing shared mobility services in the Living Labs.
2. Impact Assessment and User Acceptance
• Designed city-specific evaluation frameworks to measure the impact of new mobility services.
• Assessed user needs and public acceptance through surveys and case studies.
3. Living Labs Implementation and NMS Validation
• Established mobility interventions in lead cities, including community-based car-sharing in Amsterdam and football event mobility management in Munich.
• Installed smart mobility hubs in Copenhagen and Turin.
4. Digital Mobility Enablers
• Developed an AI-driven business intelligence platform to optimize shared mobility services.
• Implemented data-sharing mechanisms for interoperability among cities.
Each MLL will demonstrate reduction of congestion, air pollution and road risk, whilst fostering accessibility and social inclusion, targeting an increased share of NMS in the modal distribution at least by 25% compared to the baseline, measured at the start of the project. GEMINI will liaise with the CIVITAS initiative and Mission Cities umbrella to deliver a comprehensive policy package to guide and incentivise future mobility solutions.
During the first 18 months, GEMINI has made significant progress in multiple areas:
1. Business and Operational Models
• Conducted a market analysis on shared mobility trends.
• Defined eight innovative business models, including Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS), car-sharing, and micro-mobility solutions.
• Developed governance and operational frameworks for implementing shared mobility services in the Living Labs.
2. Impact Assessment and User Acceptance
• Designed city-specific evaluation frameworks to measure the impact of new mobility services.
• Assessed user needs and public acceptance through surveys and case studies.
3. Living Labs Implementation and NMS Validation
• Established mobility interventions in lead cities, including community-based car-sharing in Amsterdam and football event mobility management in Munich.
• Installed smart mobility hubs in Copenhagen and Turin.
4. Digital Mobility Enablers
• Developed an AI-driven business intelligence platform to optimize shared mobility services.
• Implemented data-sharing mechanisms for interoperability among cities.
GEMINI will structure the path from business scenarios to upscaled NMS business ventures, by building an Open Innovation Ecosystem to strengthen cooperation among stakeholders, setting the foundations for establishing public–private partnerships (PPP), mobility hubs, open mobility dataspaces and highly integrated MaaS systems. The project is testing and validating shared mobility services in mobility management address key urban challenges such as climate change, air quality, road safety, social inclusion and accessibility.
GEMINI advances beyond existing shared mobility solutions by integrating:
• AI-Powered Decision Support: AI-driven analytics optimize vehicle availability, parking, and fleet management.
• Enhanced Interoperability: A decentralized GEMINI Data Space enables secure data exchange between mobility operators and city authorities.
• Innovative Business Models: Tailored to diverse urban contexts, these models focus on user-centric, financially sustainable mobility solutions.
• Resilient Transport Strategies: By integrating multimodal transport options, GEMINI improves urban resilience to mobility disruptions.
To ensure further uptake, the project emphasizes:
• Pilot testing and validation in real-world environments.
• Market readiness assessment to facilitate commercialization.
• Regulatory recommendations to support widespread adoption.
GEMINI advances beyond existing shared mobility solutions by integrating:
• AI-Powered Decision Support: AI-driven analytics optimize vehicle availability, parking, and fleet management.
• Enhanced Interoperability: A decentralized GEMINI Data Space enables secure data exchange between mobility operators and city authorities.
• Innovative Business Models: Tailored to diverse urban contexts, these models focus on user-centric, financially sustainable mobility solutions.
• Resilient Transport Strategies: By integrating multimodal transport options, GEMINI improves urban resilience to mobility disruptions.
To ensure further uptake, the project emphasizes:
• Pilot testing and validation in real-world environments.
• Market readiness assessment to facilitate commercialization.
• Regulatory recommendations to support widespread adoption.