TIDE

Transport Innovation Deployment for Europe

TIDE enhanced the broad transfer and take-up of 15 innovative urban transport and mobility measures and contributed to establishing them as mainstream measures.

The project focused on innovative measures in five thematic clusters: financing models and pricing measures, non-motorised transport, network and traffic management to support traveller information, electric vehicles and public transport organisation. The 15 cities actively supported by TIDE in developing implementation scenarios are:

• New Pricing Measures: Milan, Huesca, Gent
• Non-Motorised modes: Donostia-San Sebastian, Aalborg, Craiova
• Network and traffic management: Reading Borough Council, Lyon, Rome
• Electromobility: Rotterdam, Tampere, Barcelona
• Public Transport Organisation: BKK – Budapest, SRM Bologna, Vilnius

Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans were a horizontal topic to integrate the cluster activities. The needs of practitioners in European cities and regions were a guiding principle throughout the whole project. A particular focus was also on guiding and finding cost-efficient solutions (cost-benefit analysis). The project refined existing transferability methodologies and integrated them into an easy-to-apply handbook for practitioners.

Face-to-Face training and exchange events as well as handbooks and e-learning on how to successfully implement innovative solutions were key tools to effectively support a wide range of take-up candidates in overcoming real or perceived barriers to implementation. A broad portfolio of dissemination activities ensured high visibility of the project.

Key publications:

• A comparison of European charging infrastructures for electric vehicles based on the project transport innovation deployment in Europe (TIDE) 
• TIDE e-Course "Analysing the impact of new mobility measures in your city"
• TIDE e-Course "Charging infrastructure for electric vehicles: What kind? Where? How?
• TIDE Project Leaflet
• Final Report Summary - TIDE (Transport Innovation Deployment for Europe)

TIDE built further on the NICHES+ and NICHES project and was funded by DG Research & Innovation

• For further information, please visit the project's CORDIS page or contact Ivo Cré