Sustainability
Prioritise green investments and circular economy practices. Integrate energy management with mobility solutions to reduce carbon emissions. Green mobility for all. Sustainability encompasses more than just reducing emissions. It’s about creating a transport system that meets the needs of today while safeguarding the well-being of future generations. The United Nations has defined sustainable transport as “the provision of services and infrastructure for the mobility of people and goods, advancing economic and social development to benefit existing and future generations, in a manner that is safe, affordable, accessible, efficient, and resilient, while minimising carbon and other emissions and environmental impact”.
Resilience
Resilient transport system for all. Preparedness for any perturbation, both man or nature inflicted situation which may disrupt the efficient flow of people and goods throughout the transport networks (physical and digital). Security and cybersecurity are important and integral components of the resilient transport system. Resilience covers climate-resilience, also resilient cities = means accessible cities. We need better accessibility for effective strategies on disruptions.
Safety
Focus on making transport networks and mobility safe for all users. Promotes safe behaviour, considering cultural diversity and safety outcomes disparity across Europe, expands technology and analytics to improve safety on the roads, rail networks, inland waterways and aerial services, integrates and deploys a safe system approach, delivers monitoring of road users’ behaviour and maintenance of infrastructure, builds on analytics from collaborative safety-related data platforms.
Efficiency
Focus on minimising resource use, including energy, time, and costs, while maximizing the effectiveness of the overall transport and mobility of people and goods. This involves contributing to improving connectivity and shifting more passengers and freight to sustainable modes through innovative technologies and solutions and by supporting the adoption of digital technologies for smarter and greener mobility.
Human-Centricity
Focus on making mobility accessible and affordable for all users. Enable and enhance the user experience by ensuring safety, comfort, and predictability in mobility services. Societal readiness pilots will be applied to ensure that technology can be applied in various geographical and cultural contexts. Overall aim to place users at the centre of the consideration how to provide smart, safe, sustainable, integrated and resilient transport ecosystem for inclusive, carbon-neutral and user-centric mobility for all, whilst fostering future growth in alignment with European values and standards.
Connectivity
A very important overarching enabler of intelligent, seamless, and resilient mobility across both national and cross-border deployments. It integrates terrestrial and space-based technologies to provide ubiquitous connections within the entire transport ecosystem, encompassing both mobility and logistics. This includes remote operations of transport and supporting services.
Digitalisation
Digitalisation as an overarching method of introduction and use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the ITS domain, complementing physical infrastructure with the digital component.
Data driven intelligent mobility
Data and Digital Twins. Support initiatives for data availability, accessibility, sharing, standardisation. Artificial intelligence is a facilitating technology with data as key input. Digital Twins are prevalent input in the design of future intelligent transport systems and service, for planning, operations and optimisation purposes.
Data processing
ML & AI consists of using advanced algorithms and machine learning techniques to analyse large volumes of data generated by various vehicles, transport modes, people and infrastructure. It enables the optimisation of traffic management, predictive maintenance, real-time environmental perception and decision-making of e.g. automated driving systems, and personalised travel experiences. By integrating AI with digital platforms, smart mobility systems can enhance efficiency, safety, and sustainability, ultimately transforming urban mobility landscapes.
Transformative technologies
Develop business cases, concepts, demonstrators and prototypes for new and emerging technologies with tremendous potential to deliver new products and services for the transport sector. This includes but not limited to advanced robotics / self-driving vehicles, Innovative Aerial Services (IAS), new and emerging connectivity (e.g. 6G), quantum computing, blockchain and cryptography.
Standardisation
Support the process of developing and implementing taxonomies, technical specifications, guidelines, or criteria established by recognised organisations (e.g., BSI, ISO, CEN, IEEE, SAE) based on R&I projects and platform working group activities and results to ensure interoperability, safety, quality, and efficiency across industries and markets, ultimately supporting innovation and the seamless operation of smart mobility ecosystems.