With Germany's largest international smart city startup challenge, the Ruhr Metropolis - City of Cities - is calling start-ups from across the globe to apply and solve the real-world challenges of four cities: Bochum, Bottrop, Hagen and Gelsenkirchen through a paid pilot. The application deadline has been extended due to the COVID-19 pandemic until May 3, 2020.
Topic: sustainable-urban-mobility
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CityTech RUHR: The Bochum & Hagen Challenges
By Thomas Mueller on Apr 9, 2020 5:04:30 PM
Topics:
Smart Mobility
Smart City Startup
Smart City Challenge
Building Information Modelling
Urban Mobility
Sustainable Urban Mobility
CityTech Ruhr
Startup Challenge
Ruhr Metropolis
Hagen
Bochum
Building Permit
City of Cities
Building Applications
Call for Better Cities
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E-Scooters: A Collision Between Innovation And Controversy
By Jon Glasco on Jan 12, 2020 1:04:30 PM
In their eagerness to create breakthrough technologies and disruptive platforms, innovators sometimes collide with an established (and perhaps ill-suited) regulatory and policy-making process. In a previous article on e-scooters, we reported that a strategy of "permissionless innovation" enabled app-activated e-scooter startups to gain a precarious foothold in urban mobility markets. However, these startups soon discovered that safety and regulatory issues - including the lack of regulations in most situations - led to controversial relations with cities and citizens. In this article, we cover recent experiences, lessons learned and thoughts on the need for collaborative solutions. For an overview of the e-scooter market and its dynamics, read our article E-Scooters: A Passing Fad or Smart Mobility?
Topics:
Smart Mobility
Last-Mile
Intelligent Mobility
Urban Mobility
Mobility
Future Mobility
Sustainable Urban Mobility
Sustainable Urban Development
Mobility Solutions
Micromobility
Sustainable Transport
e-Scooter
Mobility Revolution
e-Scooter Sharing
Electric Scooters
e-Mobility
Green Mobility
Emission-Free
CO2 Reduction
Kick Scooter
First Mile
Scooter-Sharing
Mobility Innovation
Shared Electric Scooter
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E-Scooters: A Passing Fad or Smart Mobility?
By Jon Glasco on Jan 3, 2020 12:29:28 AM
Electric scooters appeal to those who want to move quickly and easily through urban streets at low cost while avoiding congestion and solving first mile / last mile mobility problems. However, menacing clouds - in the form of safety, regulatory and business model issues - linger above the nascent e-scooter sharing market, raising questions about its future. A key question is whether cities can find ways for this new micro-mobility service to add value to sustainable urban mobility. In this article, we explore the e-scooter market and competitive dynamics and offer a perspective on smart city challenges. To learn about the lessons learned from the city perspective regarding the introduction of e-scooter sharing, please read our article E-Scooters: A Collision Between Innovation And Controversy.
Topics:
Smart Mobility
Urban Mobility
Sustainable Urban Mobility
e-Scooter
e-Scooter Sharing
Micro-Mobility
Electric Scooters
e-Mobility
Green Mobility
Emission-Free
CO2 Reduction
Kick Scooter
Lyft
Tier
Bird
Spin
Circ
Scooter
Lime
Voi
Telepod
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