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The ITS World Congress in Copenhagen has come to an end, and GALILEO FOR MOBILITY was present. On 17 September, G4M held a session where participants discussed various satellite technologies from the GSA and the benefits for the deployment of multimodality, new mobility services and digital platforms. Also reviewed was the advancement made in GALILEO for mobility projects funded by the EC, plus the point of view of the transport authorities, industries and users on the matter. The speakers included: Alberto Fernandez Wyttenbach, European GNSS Agency, Czech Republic Martí Massot, RACC, Spain Steve Beck, SONY, United Kingdom Josep Maria Salanova Grau, CERTH-HIT, Greece [...]

On Monday 17 September (11:00 – 12:30) GALILEO FOR MOBILITY organises a session on Maximising the potential and the market uptake of the EGNSS in mobility at the ITS World Congress in Copenhagen. Customer access to Mobility as a Service (MaaS) offering is likely to happen through a mobile application, which collets mobility needs of the user and offers the different alternatives for traveling. Instant geolocation of user and vehicles available are then necessary to match supply and demand. Satellite navigation technologies are widely used for this purpose and it´s a key enabler for most of the services. This session [...]

From 11 to 13 July, all partners of GALILEO FOR MOBILITY traveled to Spain for the Consortium Meeting and the Advisory Group Meeting in Barcelona. Kicking off on Wednesday the 11th, the consortium meeting started with an update on the project by Coordinator Pildo, after which WP2 and WP3 activities were discussed. The Thursday saw the all-day advisory group meeting, where three topics were discussed. The first discussion focused on the project pilots and opportunities for partnerships and scalability, the second one on big data on transport and how to exploit massive geolocation data, and the third one focussed on [...]

GALILEO FOR MOBILITY was present during TRA (Transport Research Arena) 2018, which took place from 16 to 19 April in Vienna. TRA is the biggest European Research and Technology Conference on transport and mobility. The overarching this seventh edition was "A Digital ERA For Transport - Solutions for Society, Economy and Environment". It was the first time that GALILEO FOR MOBILITY was presented to such a big audience. Visitors found us at the UITP stand, where interesting sessions, technical demonstrations and a stand exhibition drew many visitors to the stand. GALILEO FOR MOBILITY would like to thank all visitors for their interest [...]

GALILEO FOR MOBILITY partner Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (AMB) recently launched the first bus on demand service in Barcelona metropolitan region, a service that connects Tiana (Maresme) to Badalona’s Can Ruti hospital. Operating under the technology platform developed by Pildo Labs, it’s the first stage of the GALILEO FOR MOBILITY Public Transport on Demand pilot in Barcelona. You can read the original news here (in Catalan): http://www.amb.cat/es/web/amb/actualitat/sala-de-premsa/notes-de-premsa/detall/-/notapremsa/l-amb-posa-en-marxa-la-primera-linia-de-bus-metropolita-directe-a-la-demanda/6944805/11696

 Karlsruhe played host to the biennial IT Trans conference where Galileo For Mobility was presented to a packed house of transport, tech and industry professionals on March 7. IT Trans gave Marti Jofre, the coordinator of Galileo For Mobility, an excellent opportunity to communicate the objectives of the project to a relevant audience of experts from all sectors and modes of transport. Interoperability was the keyword for this market update session and Jofre paid particular attention to how Galileo can be exploited for new mobility services. Coordinators from four Horizon 2020 projects, including IMOVE, GOF4R and My-TRAC, alongside Galileo4Mobility were [...]

Prague's European GNSS Agency - home to the Galileo satellite - was where Galileo For Mobility officially kicked off on January 23, 2018. The European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency (GNSS) was the only real contender to host the launch event for a project that will look to launch MaaS into the  stratosphere. Chiefly, the satellite will aid the signal strength and precision of tracking tools. This will prove a great benefit to both operators and passengers who have in the past had variable quality of geolocation services. Especially in the urban jungle where coverage can be hit and miss, [...]