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Galileo-Enhanced MOTIT: an electric scooter sharing service for sustainable urban mobility

Objective

Causing peaks in pollution, wasted time and noise nuisance, traffic jams are one of the greatest challenges to overcome for the majority of large cities around the world. It’s a problem that affects the richest countries and developing countries alike, and the possible solutions are as slow to put in place as they are difficult to enforce. Moreover, the reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions is one of the major challenges of the 21st century. These facts highlight the need of efficient and environmentally sustainable urban mobility services that do not generate CO2 emissions and ease traffic congestion.
Within this context, an innovative service has been developed in order to solve mobility problems in the city of Barcelona and potentially major metropolitan areas in Europe. MOTIT is a unique and innovative electric scooter sharing service, in which users may pick up and drop off vehicles wherever and whenever they want. MOTIT allows users to reserve a scooter with their smartphone, and some minutes before the start of the trip he receives a notification on his smartphone with the position of the vehicle assigned.
Vehicle positioning performance is key for the success of the service, since the user is informed on where to pick up his vehicle based on this source. During initial pilot operations, supported by European Commission R&D funding , GPS-based solution (embedded on the tablet device of the vehicle) has proven not to be a reliable solution because of:
• Lack of availability in certain areas of the city (deep urban)
• Positioning errors, and therefore misleading scooter location information to user
Therefore, G-MOTIT project aims to overcome these problems by developing and integrating an EGNSS-based location technology. The location solution will be validated both functionally and operationally through a small-scale demonstration in Grand Paris region.

Call for proposal

H2020-Galileo-GSA-2014-2015

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Sub call

H2020-Galileo-2014-1

Coordinator

PILDO LABS WESSEX LTD
Net EU contribution
€ 221 987,50
Address
38 Middlehill Road Colehill
BH21 2SE Wimborne Dorset
United Kingdom

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Region
South West (England) Dorset and Somerset Dorset
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 95 137,50

Participants (5)

Third-party

Legal entity other than a subcontractor which is affiliated or legally linked to a participant. The entity carries out work under the conditions laid down in the Grant Agreement, supplies goods or provides services for the action, but did not sign the Grant Agreement. A third party abides by the rules applicable to its related participant under the Grant Agreement with regard to eligibility of costs and control of expenditure.

PILDO CONSULTING SL
Spain
Net EU contribution
€ 98 437,50
Address
Calle Marie Curie Parc Tecnologic Bcn Nord
08042 Barcelona

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SME

The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.

Yes
Region
Este Cataluña Barcelona
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 42 187,50
GOING GREEN SL
Spain
Net EU contribution
€ 209 387,50
Address
Avenida Manoteras 38
28050 Madrid

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Region
Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 89 737,50
CLEM'
France
Net EU contribution
€ 265 405,00
Address
9 Villa Des Sablons
92200 Neuilly Sur Seine

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SME

The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.

Yes
Region
Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Hauts-de-Seine
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 113 745,00
Fundación Creafutur
Spain
Net EU contribution
€ 98 125,00
Address
Edificio Esadecreapolis, Avenida De La Torre Blanca 57 - 1a03
08173 Sant Cugat Del Vallès

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Region
Este Cataluña Barcelona
Activity type
Other
Other funding
€ 0,00
INSTITUT MUNICIPAL D'INFORMATICA DE BARCELONA
Spain
Net EU contribution
€ 54 375,00
Address
Avenida Diagonal 220/2
08018 Barcelona

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Region
Este Cataluña Barcelona
Activity type
Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 0,00