What we do - Mobility Lab Vitoria-Gasteiz

WHAT DOES MOBILITY LAB DO?

Mobility Lab offers a space for experimentation, virtual (data space) and real, which allows testing innovative solutions and facilitates cooperation between different agents of the mobility and logistics ecosystem.

DATA SPACE

Develop a Data Space for mobility and logistics of the city and the territory, based on easily measurable indicators for decision making and testing innovative solutions.

LABORATORY

To facilitate innovation in Vitoria-Gasteiz and Araba, creating spaces for testing, measuring and demonstrating innovative solutions in real environments, and promoting projects in the mobility and logistics sectors.

MOBILITY-LAB CAMPUS

Identify the training needs of new profiles. Promote research projects. Facilitate the transfer of innovation to the market. Promote students’ access to the professional world.

CONNECT

Facilitate co-creation: Be a meeting place, exchange and alignment between administrations, companies, research and training centres, and citizens. Connecting outwards by collaborating with national, European and international networks and agents.

POINTS OF INTEREST:

Public transport

Traffic management

Active mobility

Road safety

Parking management

Shared mobility and Mobility as a Service (MaaS)

Connected and autonomous mobility

Electric and sustainable mobility

Urban and interurban logistics

Data space

OUR OBJECTIVES:

THE MOBILITY LAB FOUNDATION WORKS TO ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES:

01.

BUSINESS COMPETITIVENESS AND EMPLOYMENT

Consolidate and improve the competitiveness of companies in mobility and logistics in Alava.

Grow, consolidate and create EMPLOYMENT from applied research, intelligent manufacturing, the use of new materials, etc.

02.

ATTRACTING TALENT

Work to make Alava an attractive territory in which new companies are set up, new entrepreneurs are generated and talent is attracted.

Promote female entrepreneurship and STEAM vocations.

03.

IMPROVING SERVICES

Provide optimal services to citizens to improve their quality of life.

Measure the Social Impact of actions and promoting citizen awareness and co-creation.

WHY IN VITORIA-GASTEIZ AND ARABA?

The Historical Territory of ARABA and the city of VITORIA-GASTEIZ are ideal for experimentation and testing of mobility and logistics solutions and we have:

Mapa logístico de Álava con las conexiones de logística y movilidad.

Track record

Vitoria-Gasteiz has been European Green Capital 2012 and Global Green City 2019 and is one of the 100 Cities of the EU Mission: Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities.

Extensive network of public transport and active mobility infrastructure

Vitoria-Gasteiz has a tramway, TUVISA and BEI (Intelligent Electric Bus) and Alavabus, a network of greenways and urban footpaths.

Technical capacity and long experience in measuring indicators

The Alava Calculation Centre and the Centre for Environmental Studies (CEA) as a reference entity and member of the Expert Group on Urban Mobility (EGUM) of the European Commission since 2022.

Strategic location

We are part of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T).

Singular infrastructures for logistics

Foronda Airport (fourth freight airport in Spain in 2021), Arasur, CTVi, VIA, VIAL, proximity to the Ports of Bilbao and Pasaia, logistics bases of Lidl, Mercadona, Eroski, DHL, Michelin, Correos, Álava Logística Activa, Logiberia, Duvenbeck, Patinter, Baika Logística, Gefco, GTO, and others.

A large number of leading companies in the mobility sector

Mercedes-Benz, Michelin, Talgo, BH, IDOM, LKS Krean, Basquevolt, CEGASA, Aernnova, Geograma, Estudios GIS, Airestudio, Geotech, Novadays and others.

Leading research and training centres

CIC Energigune, Tecnalia, UPV-EHU, CIEA Lascaray, University of Deusto, Basque Mobility and Logistics Cluster, Ikaslan, Egibide, Hibridalab, and others.

Updated on

September 29, 2023