Introduction to the Project

Mobility is changing. Urbanisation, climate change and digitalisation challenge how people and goods move from A to B. To cope with these challenges and to meet global climate targets, urban and inter-urban areas need to become well-connected multimodal and multi-usage nodes for smart and clean mobility. Despite the success of early pilot projects, there is still a gap when it comes to transferring innovations to different contexts, cities or regions. One the one hand, living labs, testbeds, demonstration pilots do not always reflect urban reality as they were designed specifically for testing purposes. On the other hand, these solutions were implemented based on the requirements and needs of one particular city, district or area. City planners and project developers, therefore, face the question how the results of mobility pilot projects can be used in order to implement smart city strategies and community initiatives more efficiently, faster and on a larger geographic scale? RECIPROCITY will provide answers.

Project Objectives

The project’s goal is to initiate and support replication projects in at least 20 cities and municipalities varying in size, location, degree of urbanisation and mobility demand. They will be equipped with the tools, knowledge and contacts to accelerate the process of replicating innovative mobility solutions. The consortium will organise coordination and support actions along the process from idea to implementation to nurture replication. Using a four-staged
replication framework, the project will help cities and municipalities to:

  • IDENTIFY the right innovative mobility solutions together with all relevant mobility stakeholders and citizens;
  • LEARN about requirements, processes and skills needed to put these innovative mobility solutions into action;
  • ACCELERATE the implementation of these solutions through guidance and matchmaking for business and finance;
  • SHARE and build upon lessons learned and best practices to enable fast replication on a wider scale.

ERRIN's Role

ERRIN is leading the activities on sharing and replicating policy and regulation.

Regulations on local, national and EU-level have the potential to enable upscaling and replicating innovative mobility solutions. At the same time, they are currently among the key barriers as they inhibit a fast rollout of innovative mobility solutions. Therefore, RECIPROCITY focuses on informing policy and regulation with regard to how they can ideally support these processes. In addition, continuous knowledge exchange and information flow between cities and municipalities are crucial to fast-track the process of replicating successful mobility innovations in the future

RECIPROCITY, thus, will devote particular efforts towards knowledge capturing and sharing: 

  • Recommendations for policy & regulation
  • Information & Communication Platform
  • Collection & dissemination of best practices

  • Gaia Marotta
  • Project Manager
  • Ryan Titley
  • Director of Projects
  • Silvia Ghiretti
  • ERRIN

Benefit & Links

  • Opportunity to connect and exchange with other cities around sustainable mobility.
  • Possibility to participate in planned activities (e.g. events, workshops, training).
  • Chance to bring in own use cases to be considered within the project.
  • Access to services provided by the project (e.g. business & financial services).

Project in Action

News

News

RECIPROCITY Catalogue of Mobility Solutions

The RECIPROCITY project, in which ERRIN is a partner, has published a helpful “Catalogue of Mobility Practices”. This guide is for regions and cities, as well as mobility providers, interested in replicating sustainable and innovative mobility solutions.

ARRIVAL: The Innovative Matchmaking Platform Accelerating Sustainable Transport Solutions

The RECIPROCITY and ENTRANCE projects have launched the ARRIVAL platform, a European Matchmaking Platform and complementary off-line services designed to equip mobility stakeholders with the necessary tools, knowledge, contacts and methods.

ERRIN and POLIS explore Urban Nodes in the TEN-T Regulation

On 6 July, the ERRIN Transport Working Group and POLIS organised a meeting on the impact of the revised TEN-T regulation on the urban nodes. The event put the focus on the role of the Connecting Europe Facility in effectively implementing the new requirements at local and regional levels. 

RECIPROCITY: Outcomes of the Istanbul Mobility Mission and new opportunities for members!

ERRIN recently participated in the RECIPROCITY Mobility Mission held in Istanbul from 23-26 May. This mission was a valuable opportunity to explore Istanbul’s innovative mobility ecosystem, engage in knowledge sharing and discuss best practices. Beyond the Mobility Missions, the RECIPROCITY project offers further opportunities for ERRIN members.

Taxi drones, smart traffic lights and charging robots: innovative mobility solutions presented at the RECIPROCITY Linz Study Visit

How does a cab drone work? What are charging robots? And what happens when the cameras of autonomous vehicles cannot read traffic signs correctly? These and many other questions were explored by 50 participants from all over Europe for four days at the Mobility Mission Linz as part of the RECIPROCITY project.

RECIPROCITY’s calendar for 2023: study visits, workshops and much more

RECIPROCITY wants to contribute to the transition of European cities into climate-resilient, multimodal nodes for transport, fostering the replication of mobility best practices. For this reason, the project plans many exciting activities for 2023. Join us in Linz and Istanbul and participate in our workshop finding strategies to replicate innovative mobility solutions.

Latest Updates

  • By Silvia Ghiretti

RECIPROCITY Catalogue of Mobility Solutions

The RECIPROCITY project, in which ERRIN is a partner, has published a helpful “Catalogue of Mobility Practices”. This guide is for regions and cities, as well as mobility providers, interested in replicating sustainable and innovative mobility solutions.

  • By Gaia Ialisa Marotta

ARRIVAL: The Innovative Matchmaking Platform Accelerating Sustainable Transport Solutions

The RECIPROCITY and ENTRANCE projects have launched the ARRIVAL platform, a European Matchmaking Platform and complementary off-line services designed to equip mobility stakeholders with the necessary tools, knowledge, contacts and methods.

  • By Gaia Ialisa Marotta

Contribute to RECIPROCITY Policy Papers on MaaS, Drones and Hydrogen Mobility

ERRIN invites its members to provide input to three policy papers on Mobility as a Service (MaaS), drones and hydrogen mobility solutions. The RECIPROCITY policy papers provide policy recommendations for local and regional authorities and European institutions to effectively implement MaaS, drones and hydrogen mobility solutions at local level. By contributing, members can express their needs and priorities, showcase regional examples and influence the future of smart and clean mobility in European cities.

  • By Lucy Hammond

ERRIN and POLIS explore Urban Nodes in the TEN-T Regulation

On 6 July, the ERRIN Transport Working Group and POLIS organised a meeting on the impact of the revised TEN-T regulation on the urban nodes. The event put the focus on the role of the Connecting Europe Facility in effectively implementing the new requirements at local and regional levels. 

  • By Gaia Ialisa Marotta

RECIPROCITY: Outcomes of the Istanbul Mobility Mission and new opportunities for members!

ERRIN recently participated in the RECIPROCITY Mobility Mission held in Istanbul from 23-26 May. This mission was a valuable opportunity to explore Istanbul’s innovative mobility ecosystem, engage in knowledge sharing and discuss best practices. Beyond the Mobility Missions, the RECIPROCITY project offers further opportunities for ERRIN members.

  • By Rodolphe Doité

Hydrogen Roadmap – Survey for the Call for Evidence

The European Commission will soon publish a call for evidence (expected in June 2023 and open for four weeks) to collect further input from multiple stakeholders for the roadmap. In this frame, ERRIN wishes to produce an input paper.