Rhine-Alpine News
22.10.2025
Recap: EGTC Rhine-Alpine 22nd Assembly and Advisory Board Meeting in Turin
Pictured from left to right: Frederik Zevenbergen, Alina Candu, Cecilia Braun, Matthias Proske
The Assembly of the Interregional Alliance for the Rhine-Alpine Corridor EGTC convened in Centro Congressi Regione Piemonte on the 22nd of October to decide on key matters of governance and planning. Alina Candu of Confindustria Lombardia was elected Chair of the EGTC, reflecting the continued role of regional and industrial partners in the corridor’s governance structure.
The Assembly approved the budget for 2026, providing the financial base for coordinating projects, supporting the Alliance’s strategic priorities, and developing joint initiatives for sustainable transport along the Corridor. The EGTC Rhine-Alpine continues its function as a cooperative structure facilitating coordination among regions, infrastructure managers, and stakeholders along Europe’s central transport corridor with a new member, Province of Overijssel. The organisation was welcomed by the members and received unanimous approval for joining the EGTC Rhine-Alpine. Following the Assembly, the Advisory Board and Members convened and discussed the Action Plan as well as the direction, expectations and priorities of the Advisory Board itself.
The EGTC Rhine-Alpine expresses its gratitude to Regione Piemonte for their great hospitality and organisation of the event. The session coincided with the Stati Generali della Logistica del Nord Ovest, a tri-regional conference linking Piemonte, Lombardia, and Liguria. The event was recognized as a successful platform for discussing logistics and transport development in Northern Italy.
Share4Equity Consortium Meets in Poznań
Picture by Share4Equity
From 15 to 17 October 2025, partners of the Share4Equity project met in Poznań for their second consortium meeting, hosted by Adam Mickiewicz University.
The discussions traced the project’s move from theoretical groundwork to comparative and empirical research. Analyses presented in Poznań examined how governance structures, regulations, and markets shape the growth of shared-mobility systems. The findings described shared mobility as uneven and context-dependent.
Parallel sessions addressed how users experience shared mobility, focusing on how gender, income, and trust affect participation. Case work from Genoa’s Biscione district illustrated how local associations such as ELETTRA develop community-based sharing models to fill mobility gaps.
The group also reviewed over a thousand publications on shared mobility and equity, noting a tendency to privilege access metrics over processes driving inequality. Researchers from Canada presented initial findings from Montreal, including interviews with BIXI, Communauto, and LocoMotion, showing contrasting interpretations of equity goals among operators and municipalities.
The hosts organized a guided visit through Poznań’s redesigned pedestrian and cycling areas, followed by field visits to GZM Metropolis and Nextbike Poland. These examples demonstrated large-scale coordination in shared mobility, with GZM operating one of Europe’s largest bike-sharing networks.
The next project phase will begin qualitative research led by the University of Gävle, focusing on perceived justice in mobility through workshops and focus groups in Uppsala. The results will form the basis for the project’s empirical dataset and link user experience with governance analysis.
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TRIMIS Report on research and innovation projects in the EU
Symbolic picture by Myriam Jessier on Unslpash
The Transport Research and Innovation Monitoring and Information System (TRIMIS) has recently released a report on Research and Innovation Projects in the EU. The report surveys 247 European research and innovation projects on smart mobility, analysed through the TRIMIS framework. Of these, 126 projects stem from Horizon 2020 and 121 from Horizon Europe.
Eight thematic areas structure the assessment, identifying progress, challenges, and research needs. Central focus lies on artificial intelligence in transport, including digital twins, cooperative and automated mobility, V2X systems, and multimodal traffic management.
The study defines current trends in smart mobility as a combination of technological integration, governance adaptation, and systematic data exchange shaping Europe’s future transport systems. Access the full study on the European Commission’s website below.
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