Spine, a European project in which Valladolid City Council is participating through the Innovation and Development Agency and Auvasa, is starting up with the aim of digitalising the city's public transport system and contributing to the objective of climate neutrality.
For 48 months, the Consortium will bring together multidisciplinary experts, transport operators and software developers for the digitalisation of transport.
Spine (Smart Public transport Initiatives for climate-Neutral cities in Europe), a project of the "Mission 100 Smart and Climate Neutral Cities 2030", aims to increase the use of public transport by 30% and cycling by 10%. This would result in a very significant decrease in private car traffic, estimated at 28%.
The European Commission is committed to improving the quality of life in Valladolid through innovation in public transport with funding of €430,000 for the city: the City Council will execute tasks worth €291,000 and AUVASA (municipal public transport company) €139,000.
To launch the programme, technicians from Valladolid City Council and AUVASA met this week in Brussels with participants from other countries that form the new consortium, under the guidance of the European Commission through the Climate Infrastructure and Environment Agency (CINEA).
The solutions implemented and under development -traffic light priority, bus lanes, parking and the public bicycle system, etc.- will provide real-time data on mobility and will serve to improve mobility, including through future-scenario simulations.
SPINE, far from being an isolated project, provides continuity and generates synergies with the transformation of Valladolid as one of the 100 smart and climate-neutral cities in 2030 of the Horizon Europe programme, thereby establishing itself as a driving force behind European decarbonisation.
The objectives, actions, progress and results of the project will be reflected on its communication channels and on the website: www.spine-project.eu.
This project is part of the Valladolid City Council initiatives managed by the Department of Innovation, Economic Development, Employment and Trade and its Innovation Agency, with European funding from the Horizon Europe programme, as are the Aerosofld and Urbane projects. Specifically, Aerosofld, with the participation of Auvasa, seeks to find solutions to reduce the emission of harmful particles into the atmosphere from exhaust pipes and vehicle braking elements in urban environments, and Urbane focuses on optimising the delivery of goods in the city (last-mile), with efficient vehicles and taking advantage of technological tools of artificial intelligence and data analysis.