MOVE21 was a four-year European Commission-funded project that began in May 2021, coordinated by the City of Oslo. It set out to help European cities and their surrounding areas become connected, low-emission centres for mobility and logistics, contributing to participating cities’ goal of reducing transport-related emissions by 30% by 2030 through 15 innovations. 2511
The project worked across six urban areas: Oslo, Gothenburg and Hamburg hosted Living Labs, while Munich, Bologna and Rome took part as replicator cities. In the Living Labs, public authorities, businesses, researchers and residents co-created and tested solutions under real-world conditions; the other cities explored how to adapt and scale them. The work combined physical and digital infrastructure, transport services, governance and policy, addressing passenger and freight movement together. 4712
Pilots included mobility hubs, micro-depots, logistics consolidation terminals and first- and last-mile services. The project also tested ways to connect public transport with micromobility, and to use passenger-transport services for freight deliveries during off-peak hours. In Hamburg, some hubs incorporated social and economic services; in Oslo and Gothenburg, pilots supported cargo-bike-based logistics. 313
MOVE21’s final reporting describes new services and tangible emissions reductions among its results. It also identifies practical obstacles to combining passenger and freight transport, including fragmented regulation and operational complexity. Plans for wider uptake were developed, and an OpenAPI linking public transport and micromobility services was deployed in 10 European cities. The report estimates that upscaled measures could reduce CO₂ emissions by 13–16% and increase the use of more sustainable transport modes by 18–21%. 3
The consortium comprised 24 partners from seven European countries, including public authorities, transport companies, industry, research organisations and networks. 811