Europe’s mobility ecosystem is advancing at pace, driven by a diverse portfolio of EU-funded projects translating innovation into real-world impact. From connected and automated mobility to data-driven infrastructure management, and inclusive transport solutions, these initiatives demonstrate how collaboration across sectors is delivering safer, greener, and more resilient mobility for citizens across Europe and beyond.
Spotlight on EU-Funded Projects launched in 2025
Projects like CAMBER use real-time data to improve safety on urban and secondary roads. While data collection is underway in most pilot sites, digital twins will be developed to simulate road conditions, support safety assessment and guide smarter maintenance planning. Meanwhile, CERTAIN is developing a lifecycle safety assurance framework for CCAM, aiming to refine a human-centred safety approach that fosters trust, compliance, and reliable automated mobility solutions.
CHORUS, coordinated by ICCS, with its AI-driven orchestration framework integrating multiple transport modes, has established governance structures, a dissemination strategy and a data management framework, while aligning partners across seven European demonstration sites to define use cases and operational needs.
As the CCAM partnership Coordination and Support action (CSA), by assessing CCAM awareness and readiness among citizens, public authorities, and operators, CCAMbassador further supports the transition of CCAM from innovation to real-world operations. It recently launched the EU-CEM Methodology Clinic and is preparing the 2026 EUCAD Symposium.
FEDORA is developing a federated platform for advanced, resilient multimodal traffic and network management, integrating data, optimisation tools, and simulation foresight. It enables proactive demand-supply sensing and efficient transport operation, validated through six pilots in Austria, Spain, Cyprus, Denmark, Italy, and Hungary.
SMARTIN uses digitalisation, AI, and data analytics to increase accessibility, resilience and multimodality, transforming how transport infrastructure is managed and maintained across Europe, including through pilot sites in Barcelona, Turin, Latvia, and Budapest.
TISGRADE improves Real-Time Traffic Information by digitising traffic management data, enhancing National Access Points, and promoting harmonised standards like DATEX II and TN-ITS. The project strengthens data validation, authoritative speed limit deployment, and usability for navigation and mobility applications across Europe.
O-CEI fosters the adoption of Cloud-Edge-IoT solutions, promoting energy efficiency, open standards, and cross-domain data sharing. The project supports mobility, transport, logistics, and energy sectors while integrating CCAM SDV solutions to enhance interoperability and European strategic autonomy.
While MACBETH is developing fast charging systems for battery-electric trucks, fostering interoperability and cross-border operations, SCUDO evaluates disruptive scenarios, protects vulnerable users, and develops a platform to assess impacts across regions and user groups.
Ongoing Projects Driving Europe’s Smart Mobility
Amongst many ongoing projects, we continue to contribute to shaping the future of mobility across cities, regions, and sectors. Here is a snapshot of key initiatives making a difference in 2025–2026:
Integrating AI, XR/VR, and digital twins, 3DxVERSE, coordinated by ERTICO, supports the European Green Deal and Digital Europe goals by enhancing operational efficiency, citizen engagement, and training. Over the past year, the project has advanced sustainable mobility solutions across urban areas, airports, and ports, fostering open-source innovation and global collaboration.
CulturalRoad, coordinated by ERTICO, promotes equitable deployment of CCAM services through its Five-Pointed Star Rating System, reflecting inclusivity, accessibility, safety, network optimisation, and psychological factors. In 2025, participatory workshops and interviews in the five demonstration sites refined methodologies and KPIs, ensuring deployment strategies meet local community needs.
deployEMDS, coordinated by acatech, strengthens Europe’s digital sovereignty by enabling decentralised, trusted, and secure mobility data sharing. The project has activated key initiatives such as the Innovation & Scaling Group, Network of Follower Cities, and a dedicated training programme, while advancing cross-border operational data space architecture and governance mapping.
Developing fully electric, automated, and connected BRT systems, eBRT2030 enhances urban and peri-urban mobility. In 2025, pilots across Europe and Latin America progressed with demonstrations, technology roadmaps, feasibility studies, and visibility at major events, supporting zero-emission public transport. The project is coordinated by UITP.
Coordinated by ICCS, ENVELOPE adapts 5G-Advanced architecture to Connected and Automated Mobility, improving reliability and connectivity. Its first Open Call attracted SMEs and research institutes, fostering innovation across trial sites in Greece, Italy, and the Netherlands, with live demonstrations showcased at leading mobility and 6G events.
EvoRoads, coordinated by ERTICO, develops a cyber-physical digital twin and advanced safety systems for real-time monitoring of road infrastructure. In 2025, stakeholder consultations and pilot testing across Spain, Italy, Romania, and Latvia refined user requirements and validated AI-based tools, predictive maintenance, and smart road signalling.
Launched in 2025 and coordinated by ERTICO, ePowerMove develops low-cost, bi-directional EV charging solutions with grid integration. Pilot sites in Helsinki, Klagenfurt, and Nicosia will test smart and bidirectional charging. Following the project’s user-centric approach, each pilot hosted a co-design workshop to explore solutions suitable to the local communities’ needs. To build on other projects’ learnings, ePowerMove joined the V2X Cluster for EV charging and has participated in several joint activities to exchange knowledge.
FRODDO, coordinated by ERTICO, enhances the safety, adaptability, and performance of Connected, Cooperative, and Automated Mobility by integrating Operational Design Domains with both physical and digital infrastructures. In 2025, pilot sites in Athens, Modena, Ljubljana, and Tofas progressed with traffic management systems, GNSS-based trials, user studies, and autonomous vehicle testing, alongside active dissemination at international key events such as the ITS Congress and EUCAD.
InclusiveSpaces, coordinated by CambiaMO, co-develops urban design tools and assistive technologies for vulnerable users. Pilots in six European cities advanced co-design and real-world testing of accessibility and mobility solutions, showcased at major events including the ITS European Congress and European Mobility Week.
JULIA, coordinated by FACTUAL Consulting, leverages Galileo and Copernicus services to enhance public transport efficiency. The project launched the Observatory of EU Space Data & Services and initiated pilots across Spain, Greece, and Slovenia, supporting multimodal journey guidance, vehicle tracking, and air quality information. Open Calls enable additional operators to test solutions.
metaCCAZE, coordinated by ERTICO, deployed zero-emission shared mobility services in ten Mission Cities in 2025, with demonstrations in Limassol and Munich. Cross-city co-creation workshops helped align governance and business models ahead of roll-out, setting the stage for replication and wider adoption in the 10 Observer Cities and across Europe.
Coordinated by BASt and uniting 59 partners and 18 associated partners, NAPCORE continues to harmonise National Access Points across Europe, building on its work with TN-ITS, DATEX II, and DATA4PT standards. The project focuses on interoperability, stakeholder engagement, and aligning mobility data initiatives to support a unified European mobility data space.
NEXUS, coordinated by Stamtech S.R.L., enhances metro systems through AI, energy optimisation, and advanced simulation tools. The project progressed in stakeholder engagement, system design, and validation planning, ensuring realistic modelling and preparation for future operational testing.
PLOTO, coordinated by NetCompany-Intrasoft, strengthens IWW resilience against climate change, integrating simulations, real-time data, and decision support tools. With final activities underway, the project prepares for platform release, ensuring reliable network operations under extreme conditions and hazards.
REALLOCATE supports ten Mission Cities in creating safe, inclusive, and climate-neutral urban spaces. In 2025, it co-hosted webinars, facilitated twinning visits, and developed digital tools to monitor mobility, safety, and inclusivity, while celebrating Lyon Métropole’s Road Safety Excellence Award. The project is coordinated by the University College Dublin, National University of Ireland.
SYNERGIES released the first version of its virtual validation platform, enabling stakeholders to test CCAM systems under diverse conditions. The platform, coordinated by Applus and IDIADA, promotes interoperability, structured validation, and collaboration, accelerating safe and reliable deployment of automated mobility across Europe.
SUM is coordinated by INRIA and integrates shared mobility with public transport across nine European Living Labs. In 2025, the project showcased results at ITS events, deployed MaaS apps, and advanced waterborne electrification initiatives, improving multimodal mobility and shaping future urban transport through real-world testing.
STREnGth_M, coordinated by AVL List, tracks global e-mobility developments, identifies research priorities, and updates ERTRAC roadmaps. In 2025, the project evaluated deployment barriers, coordinated strategic research agendas, and strengthened stakeholder engagement, preparing for its final event in January 2026.
ZEV-UP, coordinated by ERTICO, develops modular, ultra-compact, zero-emission urban vehicles with swappable batteries, solar rooftops, and bi-directional capabilities available in three variants adapted to user needs. The project finalised vehicle architecture and component development in 2025, preparing for prototype assembly and demonstration in real conditions in 2026.
Flagship Projects which reached Completion in 2025
Several EU-funded projects reached successful completion in 2025, delivering tangible outcomes for safer, greener, and more inclusive mobility across Europe.
FAME delivered the European Common Evaluation Methodology (EU-CEM) for the CCAM Test Data Space, along with a connector-as-a-service model, ethics framework, taxonomy tool, and recommendations for harmonised testing across Europe. Policy briefs, a CCAM toolkit, and outputs from the 5th European Conference on Connected and Automated Driving (EUCAD 2025) are now available on the EU-wide Knowledge Base.
IN2CCAM tested CCAM solutions integrated into traffic management systems in six European cities and engaged citizens and proposing business models for inclusive, sustainable urban mobility, paving the way for scalable, interoperable and sustainable CCAM services.
SINFONICA engaged more than 1,000 citizens, producing guidelines, recommendations and tools to support socially equitable mobility services across Europe, while SUNRISE developed the SAF Interactive Handbook, demonstrating real-world testing results, providing a foundation to influence European regulation, standards, and industry best practices.
PoDIUM showcased multi-connectivity, digital twins, and edge computing through live demonstrations in Germany, Spain, and Italy, helping achieve higher levels of automation and support safer roads.
Demonstrations also took place for NextETRUCK in Barcelona, with forthcoming tests in the UK and Istanbul, integrating electric trucks with smart charging and fleet management solutions, supported by the KITE Tool and ERTICO Academy training for wider adoption.
For two years, LeMesurier provided a robust evaluation framework across 30 projects and nearly 40 KPIs, supporting evidence-based evaluation to support sustainable road transport strategies.
While PRIVATEER developed privacy by design security enablers for 6G networks, laying the groundwork for secure, privacy-focused next-generation connectivity, V4SAFETY released its framework for simulation-based road safety assessment, applying it to eleven use cases, equipping authorities and policymakers to evaluate long-term safety and socio-economic impacts.
Celebrating New Projects starting in 2026
ERTICO is proud to coordinate two new EU-funded projects starting in 2026 that address key challenges in mobility.
periASTY aims to integrate peri-urban areas in the transition towards climate neutrality by advancing and developing innovations for mobility, energy, industry, and governance. The periInnovations developed by the project will be co-designed and demonstrated in 9 Living Labs in Europe, located in the peri-urban areas of Dublin, Limassol, Ljubljana, Marseille, Guimarães, Helmond, Kalamata, Sofia, and Sisslerfeld.
COREspaces helps cities respond to growing urban, mobility and energy pressures by integrating AI-assisted planning, Digital Twins and citizen engagement. Through real-world Living Labs in 9 European cities, the project supports data-driven, inclusive and climate-neutral urban space design, contributing to more resilient and liveable cities aligned with EU Green Deal objectives.
BoostEDIC M&L supports “multi-country projects, including the upcoming European Digital Infrastructure Consortia (EDICs)” and ensures “the deployment of sectoral common data spaces”. This will ultimately help achieve a higher degree of convergence and efficiency for a smarter and more sustainable European transport system in line with the EU Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy.
Innovation platforms & Mobility Data Spaces
ERTICO’s innovation platforms continue to shape the future of mobility by uniting partners, advancing standards, and accelerating deployment across Europe.
Over the past year, ADASIS has supported Predictive Powertrain Control, reducing fuel consumption and CO₂ emissions by up to eight per cent, while the latest version opens the door to high-definition maps for automated driving. With growing relevance for Intelligent Speed Assistance regulation, its outreach continues to expand through webinars, white papers, and international events.
Data for Road Safety (DFRS) reached a milestone with the Memorandum of Understanding with Euro NCAP, integrating real-time road hazard data into vehicle safety assessments. The ecosystem continues to grow and is establishing itself as a reference framework for vehicle manufacturers across Europe.
EAVP's recent work includes the finalisation of APDS v5, which supports automation integration across SAE levels from L0 to L4 in parking operations and is also agnostic to the type of AVP standard, and the preparation for lighthouse deployment projects in several locations. The EAVP action is in line with cities’ roadmaps towards a safer and more sustainable mobility, enhancing multimodality use cases. By fostering multi-stakeholder collaboration, EAVP is set to make automated parking accessible to a wider market.
IDI (ITS-driven Innovative Aerial Services platform) supports integrated multimodal mobility across Europe and beyond, connecting aerial, ground, and subterranean transport systems while leveraging existing infrastructure and creating new opportunities for deployment.
MaaS Alliance, celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2025, continuing to unite public authorities, transport operators, service providers, and technology companies to advance integrated, user-centric mobility services. The MaaS Star Awards recognised organisations driving innovation, while the Alliance prepares for its next phase to better support the ecosystem’s evolving needs.
With its v2.0 specifications under development and growing engagement with ISO and CEN standardisation, SENSORIS strengthens alignment across the automotive and mobility ecosystem while contributing to Data for Road Safety and Euro NCAP protocols.
TN-ITS platform continues to enhance EU-wide rollout of Intelligent Speed Assistance systems and has welcomed new partners, including Google Maps, to improve data accuracy and availability.
Recent initiatives for TM2.0 include AI in Traffic Management, Traffic Circulation Plans, and renewed discussions on platform vision, contributing to safer, more efficient, and user-centric transport across Europe.
Other ERTICO-led initiatives
The ERTICO Academy continues to upskill stakeholders in smart mobility. In 2025, it supported projects such as NAPCORE and NextETRUCK through workshops and eLearning, while introducing new programmes for ERTICO Premium Partners seeking Horizon Europe funding opportunities.
The City Moonshot nears its goal of three hundred interviews worldwide, capturing insights on mobility innovation, data governance, and sustainable urban solutions. The recently launched National Moonshot extends this dialogue to ministries and national transport bodies, connecting city experiences with national priorities to foster coordinated, sustainable mobility strategies.
What becomes clear across all these initiatives is that Europe’s mobility future is being shaped not just by technology, but by the people who use it, design it, and refine it. A collective effort is steering mobility toward a safer, greener, more accessible reality. ERTICO will continue to support this shared purpose, ensuring that progress in 2026 reflects the needs and ambitions of communities across Europe.
The projects mentioned in this article are (co)funded by the European Union.