Project description
Forging a path for transport accessibility for all
Transportation is a vital aspect of modern life. However, navigating transport solutions can be a daunting task for many vulnerable user categories including people with disabilities, older people and those living in rural areas. Lack of accessibility and inclusiveness in transport solutions is one of the biggest problems. In this context, the EU-funded INCLUSION project aims to identify gaps and propose innovative solutions to ensure accessible, inclusive and equitable conditions for all, no matter their location or mobility needs. To that end, the project will conduct case studies involving different forms of transport contexts and demographic categories. The solutions proposed include information and communication technology-enabled elements.
Objective
The main objective of the INCLUSION project is to understand, assess and evaluate the accessibility and inclusiveness of transport solutions in European prioritised areas, identify gaps and unmet needs, propose and experiment with a range of innovative and transferable solutions, including ICT-enabled elements, ensuring accessible, inclusive and equitable conditions for all and especially vulnerable user categories.
INCLUSION will address a large set of case studies (at least 50) involving different forms of geographical areas and transport contexts, demographic categories, population groups and mobility solutions, providing concrete experiences from various European sites and pilot initiatives involving a variety of regulatory and business frameworks, supporting technologies, organisational and operational conditions. Complementary to this, a number of innovative solutions will be concretely tried out and validated through real-life experiments (Innovation Pilot Labs) in a mix of urban, peri-/sub-urban and rural target areas in Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain and the UK, offering a variety of different transport environments, socio-economic contexts, cultural and geographical conditions.
Expected results include: an understanding of the main challenges affecting transport provision and accessibility in the different type of prioritised areas; a structured view highlighting the dependencies among spatial and environmental characteristics, populations segments and their mobility needs; in-depth examination of 10 innovative PT approaches and a wider catalogue of at least 40 promising cases contributing to more accessible, inclusive and equitable transport solutions, complemented by innovative solution components validated in real-life experiments; a set of recommendations and an “option generator” for the development and deployment of mobility solutions addressing the needs of vulnerable user communities in European prioritised areas
Fields of science
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabases
- social sciencessocial geographytransportsocial aspects of transport
- social sciencessociologysocial issuessocial inequalities
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementemployment
- social sciencessocial geographytransportpublic transport
Programme(s)
Funding Scheme
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
20123 Milano
Italy