NEW NORMAL: Sustainable mobility and logistics for post-pandemic second-tier cities

This project aims to develop a novel inter- and trans-disciplinary approach for developing an emission-free, energy-independent and space-efficient mobility system based on car sharing and drone-based logistics to meet the influx of newcomers in second-tier cities without the construction of new heavy mobility infrastructure such as metro and tram lines, tunnels, bridges, and widening streets.

It puts forward a new approach, hereinafter called as MaaS-Lane, designed based on the potentials of edge technologies tested in the pilot tests on electric vehicles (EVs), drones, on-surface solar panels, wireless EV charging, and hydrogen generation and storage, and combines into an unprecedented, novel, large-scale approach for mobility and logistics.

With our strong expertise in geography, transportation, logistics and energy, the project aims to develop and assess the potential of its novel approach in 169 second-tier EU and Chinese cities, with the implementation at Xi’an and Nijmegen.