Michele TOZZI
Galileo for Mobility
Galileo For Mobility advanced MaaS by assessing stakeholder geolocation needs and demonstrating Galileo’s benefits through shared mobility service pilots.
Fostering the Adoption of GALILEO for Mobility as a Service
Urban mobility became an issue of great importance in society due to the increasing population movements towards big cities and the exponential growth of cities in developing countries.
At that time, urban mobility schemes evolved faster than ever mainly due to social, economic and technological changes.
The democratisation of smart mobile devices allowed new business models based on sharing goods and services: the sharing economy.
Its fast growth during recent years reflected a shift from owning goods toward accessing them when needed.
In that context, shared mobility services grew exponentially during those years.
Whilst car sharing was still the most widespread form, other services such as bike-sharing, ride-hailing and flexible forms of public transport also grew rapidly.
New services based on the use of mobile apps to match demand and offer and to aggregate different transport modes constantly increased.
These developments created the potential for an integrated system of multi-modal shared mobility services – increasingly referred to as “Mobility as a Service” (MaaS) – that drove market innovation.
Geolocation of users and vehicles by means of satellite navigation technologies was widely used and was a key enabler for most of the services.
Traditional GPS-based solutions had proven not to be a reliable solution because of:
Lack of availability in certain areas of the city (deep urban), where most of these services were offered.
Positioning errors, and therefore misleading information to both users and operators.
Unaffordable battery consumption, data communication and tracking device costs.
The new European Satellite Navigation Satellite System, Galileo, declared initial operations in 2016.
Galileo further improved signal availability, thus enhancing continuity of service for shared mobility services in urban or challenging environments.
By contributing to multi-constellation solutions, Galileo satisfied the need for higher accuracy, availability and fast Time-To-First-Fix.
Moreover, the introduction of new communication technologies addressing the Internet-of-Things market, such as Sigfox, LTE-M or NB-IoT, brought down device costs and battery consumption, facilitating the exploitation of geolocation information from shared mobility fleets.
Galileo for Mobility was coordinated by PILDO LABS WESSEX LTD (PLD WSX).
Watch below the re-cap video of the project.
Galileo for Mobility is co-funded by the European Union under Horizon 2020, Research and Innovation Directorate General under Grant Agreement n° 776381.
Key Facts
- Partners: 11
- Duration: November 2017 – June 2020
- Budget: €2.73 million
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