On March 27th, Katie Bulanowski participated in the European Mobility Week Workshops in Brussels. European Mobility Week is the European Commission’s awareness-raising campaign on sustainable urban mobility. It culminates in a week of activities on 16-22 September every year, including the popular car-free day, and has huge media appeal (around 3.000 cities register per year).…
Europe’s Rail’s new project Hyper4Rail is bringing hyperloop closer to reality in Europe. Hyperloop aims to deliver significantly shorter travel times with extremely low energy consumption. Its ambition is to revolutionize European connectivity, reshaping its social and economic geography in the long-term. It does so by operating within a near-vacuum environment, minimizing air-resistance, allowing vehicles…
The NEXUS project aims to transform metro systems by integrating advanced technologies while ensuring sustainability, efficiency, and passenger-focused solutions. By addressing key challenges in urban transport, NEXUS seeks to create a future where metro networks are both technologically innovative and socially responsible. As part of this effort, NEXUS partners have developed a survey to gather…
EPF is proud to contribute to the Hyper4Rail project which officially launched in December 2024, marking a significant step forward in the harmonisation and industrialisation of hyperloop technology in Europe. This initiative, co-funded by Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking, brings together 27 international partners and aims at advancing the development of hyperloop, a concept for magnetically…
The SHOW project (SHared automation Operating models for Worldwide adoption), funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 program, has successfully concluded after over four years of pioneering work. From January 2020 to September 2024, SHOW has brought together 66 partners across Europe to advance CCAM – Cooperative Connected and Automated Mobility – solutions that meet…
The Horizon Europe funded UPPER project, in which EPF is a project partner, aims to strengthen the role of public transport as a cornerstone of sustainable and innovative mobility across Europe. As part of this initiative, several deliverables have been published recently, providing insights and resources for unleashing the potential of urban mobility: D2.1 User…
For those who want to test their knowledge of European rail transport, the quiz is now available online and takes about 5 minutes to complete. Take the quiz here. On 23. September 2024, EPF embarked on the ‘Europe for Rail’ train for a special journey from Brussels to Berlin that marked the beginning of the InnoTrans…
📅 As part of its Annual Conference in Warschau, EPF organised a SIGN-AIR workshop on 21. June 2024. The workshop lasted 1,5 hours and around 25 EPF member representatives actively participated. The workshop focused on two aspects: air-rail connectivity & impact on passenger experience. 🚀 The SESAR-funded SIGN-AIR project is developing a platform that enables…
As part of the SHOW project’s engagement and co-creation activities, SHOW partners ERTICO and EPF organised an activity with the Belgian-based Open Summer of Code (OSoC) to define a concept for the mobility hub of the future. About SHOW SHOW aims to support the deployment of shared, connected and electrified automation in urban transport, to…
May 1st marked the official launch of our newest project: InclusiveSpaces: Designs, Tools & Frameworks For Creating An Accessible & Inclusive Built Environment For All, For Now & For The Future. Coordinated by cambiaMO, the project consists of 17 partners from 9 European countries including Spain, Greece, Cyprus, Germany, United Kingdom, Hungary, Belgium, Italy and…
EPF was at TRA – Transport Research Arena – in Dublin last month, participating as a panelist in a Strategic Session on People Centred & Inclusive Mobility. During the session, Delphine Grandsart from EPF highlighted the need to involve end-users – including vulnerable to exclusion groups – in the development of mobility services in order…
On March 19th, Katie Bulanowski participated in the workshop, “Leaving no-one behind: safe, accessible and inclusive mobility”, at the Eurocities Mobility Forum in Utrecht. Moderated by Eurocities’ Arianna Americo and Francesco Iacorossi, this workshop was the first in a series of workshops around the UPPER project’s Mobility-as-a-Right (MaaR) concept. The MaaR concept is one of…