E-MED
Increasing capacities of PTO and PTA in the EURO MED area by testing novel solutions to effectively manage public transport’s transition towards energy efficiency and resource-efficiency
Runtime: 01.02.2024 – 30.09.2026
E-MED tests and validates solutions to increase energy-efficiency and resource-efficiency of public transport systems to reduce public transport’s environmental footprint drastically, and to react flexibly to changing energy prices caused by the current energy crisis. This challenge affects in particular local public authorities, public transport infrastructure and energy providers, but also industry suppliers of electric vehicles and service operators.
Thus, E-MED solutions are developed to increase energy-efficiency and share of Renewable Energy Systems (RES), (e.g., tools for fleet, network planning, driver support, Artificial intelligence supported maintenance of energy systems), and to increase resource-efficiency and resilience, (e.g., re-use of batteries and rainwater, maintenance of tires, procurement guidelines) support in the evidence-based planning and introduction of e-bus systems to help objective decision-taking and smart planning, investing and procurement from the start. This way, E-MED solutions support the right design of a Public Transport (PT) system through smart organisation and planning of networks and operations, optimised charging concepts, optimal use of engineering technology, and capacity building around more “human” topics like eco-driving.
As key enablers to reduce energy consumption and to increase the lifetime of PT fleet and infrastructure, E-MED solutions with focus on end-user needs provide orientation to both buyers and industry. Based on the testing and validation of E-MED solutions, strategies and action plans are optimised in a participatory co-design approach with stakeholders from the public transport and energy community.
The project is co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund.
The project in numbers:
Project partners: 10
Pilot regions: 5
Project budget: 2,98 Mio. Euro
ERDF co-financing: 2,38 Mio. Euro
Project partners:
Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona (ES), Lead Partner
APPLUS IDIADA, Santa Oliva (ES)
University of Maribor (SI)
Transport Authority of Thessaloniki (EL)
Centre for Research and Technology Hellas CERTH (EL)
Transportes Urbanos y Servicios Generales, S.A.L., Barcelona (ES)
Companhia Carris de Ferro de Lisboa E.M., S.A. (PT)
Municipality of Maribor (SI)
ATB Mobility S.p.A., Bergamo (IT)
Redmint s.c.r.l. (IT)
Associated partners:
Javno podjetje za mestni potniški promet Marprom, d. o. o., Maribor (SI)
Municipality od Bergamo (IT)
Major Development Agency Thessaloniki (MDAT S. A.) (EL)
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki – Special Account for Research Funds (ELKE) (EL)
CARNET-Fundació Centre d’Innovació i Tecnologia de la Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona (ES)
Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa. CESUR-Centre for Urban and Regional Systems (PT)
The International Association of Public Transport (UITP) (BE)
Olesa General Transports, Barcelona (ES)
Municipality of Lisbon (PT)
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