UPPER – Unleashing the Potential of Public transport in EuRope

PROGRAMME: EU Horizon Europe

ABSTRACT:

During the last few years, air quality has significantly decreased in European cities due to the emission of harmful gases, especially from private vehicles. It is known that 40 million people are exposed to high levels of pollutants which, when breathed in large quantities, can lead to pneumonia, cancer and other breathing diseases. Public transport provides an opportunity to address this situation.

UPPER’s mission is to enhance and reinforce the role of public transport as the backbone of sustainable urban mobility, in line with the Cities Mission objective. The project implements in 10 European cities more than 80 measures aimed at achieving an attractive, efficient, reliable, safe, inclusive and affordable public transport system, increasing its use more than 30% and user satisfaction more than 25%. UPPER also develops a set of 7 IT tools that support cities in the implementation of its measures.

UPPER has a budget of 23.5 M€ and a duration of 48 months. With a consortium of 40 partners, under the technical coordination of ETRA, the project is validated in the cities of Valencia, Rome, Île de France, Oslo, Mannheim, Lisbon, Leuven, Budapest, Thessaloniki, and Hannover.

COORDINATOR: UNION INTERNATIONALE DES TRANSPORTS PUBLICS (UITP)

PARTNERS:

  1. UNION INTERNATIONALE DES TRANSPORTS PUBLICS (BE)
  2. FIT CONSULTING SRL (IT)
  3. ETRA INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO SA (ES)
  4. KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN (BE)
  5. POLIS – PROMOTION OF OPERATIONAL LINKS WITH INTEGRATED SERVICES, ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE (IT)
  6. EMTA EUROPEAN METROPOLITAN TRANSPORT AUTHORITIES (FR)
  7. RUPPRECHT CONSULT-FORSCHUNG & BERATUNG GMBH (DE)
  8. ICLEI EUROPEAN SECRETARIAT GMBH (ICLEI EUROPASEKRETARIAT GMBH) (DE)
  9. EIT KIC URBAN MOBILITY SL (ES)
  10. EUROCITIES ASBL (BE)
  11. INSTITUTO DE BIOMECANICA DE VALENCIA (ES)
  12. PTV PLANUNG TRANSPORT VERKEHR GmbH (DE)
    • SISTEMA – SOLUZIONI PER L INGEGNERIA DEI SISTEMA DI TRASPORTO E L INFOMOBILITA SRL (IT)
  13. FACTUAL CONSULTING SL (ES)
  14. COMMUNAUTE D’AGGLOMERATION DE VERSAILLES GRAND PARC (FR)
  15. INSTITUT D’AMENAGEMENT ET D’URBANISME DE LA REGION D’ILE DE FRANCE (FR)
  16. INSTANT SYSTEM (FR)
  17. IFP Energies nouvelles (FR)
  18. ROMA SERVIZI PER LA MOBILITA SRL (IT)
  19. ROMA CAPITALE (IT)
  20. TTS Italia (IT)
  21. EMPRESA MUNICIPAL DE TRANSPORTES DE VALENCIA SA (ES)
  22. UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA (ES)
  23. AYUNTAMIENTO DE VALENCIA (ES)
  24. RUTER AS (NO)
  25. STATENS VEGVESEN (NO)
  26. OSLO KOMMUNE (NO)
  27. BKK BUDAPESTI KOZLEKEDESI KOZPONT ZARTKORUEN MUKODO RESZVENYTARSASAG (HU)
  28. CAMARA MUNICIPAL DE LISBOA (PT)
  29. TML – TRANSPORTES METROPOLITANOS DE LISBOA EMT SA (PT)
  30. COMPANHIA CARRIS DE FERRO DE LISBOA, E.M., S.A. (PT)
  31. STAD LEUVEN (BE)
  32. ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS (EL)
  33. ORGANISMOS SYGKOINONIAKOY ERGOU THESSALONIKIS ANONYMI ETAIRIA (EL)
  34. STADT MANNHEIM (DE)
  35. RHEIN-NECKAR-VERKEHR GMBH (DE)
  36. REGION HANNOVER (DE)
  37. EUROPEAN PASSENGERS’ FEDERATION IVZW (BE)
  38. EUROPEAN CYCLISTS FEDERATION ASBL (BE)
  39. REDLAB (FR)
  40. INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF PEDESTRIANS (CH)

KEY WORDS: Public transport, sustainable mobility, Cities Mission.