ECOMOTION BOOKLET 2021

Cities are home to over 70% of the European Union’s population and account for some 85%of the EU’s GDP. Having urbanmobility systems that workwell is crucial for citizens’ lives and our economies. However, in many cities, increasing demand for urban mobility is taking us in the opposite direction — urban mobility accounts for 40% of all CO2 emissions from road transport and up to 70% of other pollutants from transport. Congestion in the EU is often located in and around urban areas and is estimated to cost nearly EUR 130 billion per year —more than 1% of the EU’s GDP. Inmany cities more than 50% of public urban space is taken up by roads and the space available for citizens for other uses such as work, trade, play or social interaction is only one-sixth of that allocated to mobility. The current model of urban mobility is detrimental to the wellbeing of our citizens, our climate and our economies. EITUrbanMobility’smission is toaccelerate change towards a sustainable model of urban mobility and liveable urban spaces. As the leading European innovation communitywe facilitate collaboration between cities, industry, academia, research and innovation to solve the most pressing mobility challenges of cities. EIT Urban Mobility puts the challenges facing cities at the centre of all its activities. We aim to develop and deploy solutions for themobility of people, goods and waste putting the challenges cities are facing at the center of all its activities. Activemobility | Futuremobility | Sustainable City Logistics |Mobility and Energy | Public Realm We facilitate an ongoing exchange of knowledge on urban mobility within our community and steer activities in the fields of innovation, education andbusiness creation, identifying goodpractices and creating high-impact solutions that can be deployed and scaled up in our cities in Europe and further afield. For more information visit: www.eiturbanmobility.eu. Follow EIT Urban Mobility on: Twitter:@EITUrbanMob | LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube Contact details: east@eiturbanmobility.eu

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