Anna Thormann from Danish Street 21 and Anders Nilsson on Innovation Skåne held in Transverse Mobility August 2020 meeting that included both inspirational lectures and a workshop. Half of the participants were on site, while the other half followed the meeting digitally. The project is intended to become, among other things, a regional forum in Greater Copenhagen for cooperation on sustainable (social and environmental) and accessible mobility. Together, the actors should be able to discuss in a slightly larger context in order to find contact areas with each other.

- In the project, we will connect different types of traffic, find ways to develop new technologies faster and provide the opportunity to exchange information, says Anders Nilsson.

The aim is to test and disseminate new mobility solutions and to capture the areas of mobility that lie in the gap between different actors. Collaboration forums will focus on various themes: Sustainable mobility in rural areas through Living Labs, New mobility solutions increasing accessibility in public transport, Carpooling for better use of cars and a study of how Road users of the future Solve their transportation.

- Our hope is that participating organizations will work together to lift new mobility solutions, innovate together and create cross-cutting collaborations. For this you need to create good contacts in the different organisations and it is good if we can find ways to come together to create this together,” says Anna Thormann from Gate 21.

A good way to get started with a collaboration is to listen to inspirational lectures, and during the morning there were representatives from some current projects on site.

Magnus Fredricson, Strategist for Sustainable Traffic Development at Skaraborg Municipal Association, presented KomiLand where they work to make combinations of different types of mobility in order to have better communication in sparsely populated areas or in smaller urban areas. A technology platform with mobility services has been launched. Through the platform, it is intended that you will be able to buy a public transport ticket but also book carpooling, a village bus, a neighbour's car or a taxi.

The company NaBoGo has built an app to facilitate and promote carpooling in rural areas. In this way, you can create better mobility in the countryside and at the same time reduce congestion in the city. Some facilitating measures could include automatic payment, special meeting points and a platform.

At Glostrup station, the municipality sees challenges with how to get to the station — and this will be further problematic through future renovations. It gives the opportunity to experiment with new transports and, above all, to look at different last mile solutions. Here we analyze opportunities with ordinary bicycles, rental bikes, electric bikes, electric cars and electric scooters.

Michael Johansson and his colleague Torleif Bramryd are researchers in Environmental strategy at Lund University and specialize in finding ways to evaluate environmental projects and to find success factors. They work in the Future Intelligent Mobility project but will also be involved in Mobilitet på Tvärs.

Susanne Krawak, Senior Consultant from Concito, is included in the project to describe the organisation and funding in mobility systems in Sweden and Denmark and analyse what the participants can learn from each other. It is also important to identify barriers and opportunities for a climate-friendly and flexible transport system.

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Facts Transverse Mobility

Goals: The project aims to improve green mobility in Greater Copenhagen, including by implementing new mobility solutions and scaling up solutions across rural and urban areas.

Time period: The project runs between April 2020 — September 2022. Extended due to the corona pandemic.

Project partners: Swedish municipalities: Sjöbo, Tomelilla and Lund. Danish municipalities: Fredensborg, Frederiksberg, Slagelse, Roskilde and Lejre. Other players: Region Hovedstaden, Gate 21, Mobile Heights, Concito, 4-Leaf Consulting, Movia, Roskilde University and DTU Diplom

Financier: Interreg Öresund-Kattegat-Skagerrak (ÖKS)

Project Manager: Anna Thormann and Signe Poulsen in Danish Street 21.

Funds granted: 1,354,476 EUROS

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