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    THE HiReach STARTUP LAB
    DEVELOPS SOLUTIONS TO TRANSPORT
    POVERTY WITH MARKET POTENTIAL
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    INNOVATIVE MOBILITY SOLUTIONS
    TO COPE WITH TRANSPORT POVERTY
    HiReach aims to trigger the development of new tools and business models that will cover the needs of potentially vulnerable
    social groups and difficult-to-reach areas encouraging inclusive and participated mobility
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    HiReach TARGETS TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS
    OF POTENTIALLY VULNERABLE SOCIAL GROUPS
    TO FAVOUR INCLUSIVE MOBILITY
    people with reduced mobility, children and young people, elderly people, women, migrants
    and ethnic minorities, low income and unemployed, people living in rural and deprived areas
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    HiReach TARGETS 6 REGIONS
    AROUND EUROPE
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HiReach

HiReach is a three-year EU-funded Horizon 2020 project that focuses on the development of new tools and business models to improve accessibility for areas and communities in need. By combining different attributes of available transport concepts and bottom-up initiatives with new operational schemes and IT applications, HiReach will explore viable business models for small scale, modular and easily replicable mobility services (e.g. community transport services, ridesharing, minibus pooling, etc.) that can be provided at affordable prices and/or with minimum subsidies

 

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Startups involved in Startup Lab

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Study Regions

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Products selected for testing

  • HiReach STUDY REGIONS

    The project conducted focus groups and workshops in 6 regions where it could improve inclusion and accessibility in transport based on intensive fieldwork. The regions are:

     

    • Counties of Esslingen and Göppingen (Germany)
    • Naxos and Small Cyclades (Greece)
    • Southern Salento, inner area (Italy)
    • Guarda and Torres Vedras (Portugal)
    • North and South-East Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
    • Buzau (Romania)

     

    The initial analysis phase in each case study region brought the public together with the local authorities, transport operators, representatives of interest groups in society (e.g. persons with disabilities, the unemployed, children, the elderly, migrants).

    This public consultation led to in-depth interviews and the establishment of focus groups and with local professionals and relevant stakeholder organisations. The outcomes of the case studies helped HiReach to understand the needs of specific communities and groups. Armed with this information, businesses can introduce new models and solutions that address the needs of specific communities and replicate the results elsewhere in Europe and beyond.

     

    Learn more about HiReach in each Study Region and join our activities in your region!

     

    Visit Study Regions pages

STARTUP LAB – DEVELOPMENT OF SOLUTIONS TO TRANSPORT POVERTY

 

HiReach Startup Lab will develop solutions to tackle transport poverty by introducing innovative solutions for the market. The idea is to develop and commercialise these solutions even after the HiReach project ends.

HiReach will support interested startups by engaging them in a startup accelerator where they will be able to unveil their proposed solutions from the technical and business model perspective.

For more information visit the Startup Lab page
 

TOOLS & RESOURCES

HiReach provides a number of tools and resources to startups and new entrepreneurs interested in developing mobility solutions that address transport poverty. This includes:

Insight package on “Solutions to transport poverty for start-ups”, a guide describing trends, technical advances, barriers, and potential paths of opportunity for market exploitation. Find the booklet here

Open software tools, that solve basic technical challenges specific to transport poverty solutions. Find more information here


A knowledge base of innovative mobility solutions and initiatives already developed. Find more information here

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