Adventures start with Movby. Unlock unique rides and experience a city like a local, even if it's for a day - Or share yours and earn.
https://www.instagram.com/movby/
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contact email: hello.movby@gmail.com
Adventures start with Movby. Unlock unique rides and experience a city like a local, even if it's for a day - Or share yours and earn.
https://www.instagram.com/movby/
https://www.facebook.com/movby/
contact email: hello.movby@gmail.com
OUR MISSION
It is our mission to become the world's leading platform, connecting travelers and locals to ride owners from every community and make transportation more local friendly .
OUR GOALS
Safe online sharing and empowerment of local communities via online platform.
Shared transportation modes + second chance to unused goods.
Local and wider transport range.
Convenient renting service
Wider audience reach for traditional renting services
WHAT WE OFFER
On Offer: Offers people the chance to make profit out of their unused apparel with no other effort other than using the platform.
On Demand: Making renting a ride easier, efficient, safe, fast and local.
WHAT WE SOLVE
We empower local communities by promoting local friendly modes of transportation that connect local neighbors and others like tourist. Creating a more local friendly and community consciousness by sharing unused transportation modes. Encouraging local neighbors to give a use to their un used bikes and boats. Contributing to the Amsterdam ecosystem within the canals and streets. By doing so we did not only generated a sustainable and expandable business model which focuses on recycling unused mobility options but also offer a financial compensation to the local users as well as a more convenient renting services for others in need of a ride.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Currently our platform is online and fully functional.
Our desired RESULT is to expand Amsterdam's solution range in mobility issues not only locally but tourist wise. Contributing to the ecosystem by:
-Reducing the amount of abandoned bikes and boats within Amsterdam's ecosystem, clearing bike racks, garages, streets, boat parking spots, canal water systems and canal cleaning.
-Providing a local friendly mobility solution to Amsterdam's crowded streets.
-Providing local owners with an economic reward.
WHEN?
NOW
The project was initiated by Gonzalo de Velasco over a year ago, now we are a small but strong 3 people team in which Enrique Crespo jumped into operations and Claudia Barrios who is taking control over the website and communications! Currently the project is nominated amongst the 10 winner projects from almost 400 at the Philips Innovation Award 2017 in Rotterdam.
OUR NEXT STEP is to find funding in order to
LEARNINGS
Keeping a city safe and clean isn't easy but there is always a solution!
At Movby we learned that our most important asset is the community we are working with, locating their mobility issues and offering a convenient and local solution to a global scale.
We learnt that what matters the most isn´t what is being shared, for how much or for how long but the place where it's shared and the people that create the community.
In the future Movby will look into other locations in order to find out how to generate the best mobility option range and strengthen the local community.
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This article is part of the series 25 building blocks to create better streets, neighbourhoods, and cities. Read how design, starting from the physical aspects of the streetscape en -pattern contributes to the quality of the urban environment. Follow the link below to find an overview of all articles.
Streets and squares are appreciated best if there is cohesion between several elements, such as the block height, the number of floors, the type of houses, the building line and the colour. When some elements work together, others can vary. Uniformity without variation results in people avoiding a street.
Variation creates liveliness and will extend the time visitors spend on a street. This principle is applied almost everywhere in the world. Walls are fitted with arches, pillars, porches, porches, pitched roofs, windowsills, canopies, balustrades, cornices, dormer windows, linear and vertical elements, see the bottom-centre image of a Paris’ building. At the same time, the attributes of separate buildings that provide variety are most effective against a coherent background. The Parisian avenues illustrate this too, because most edifices are built according to the same principles while the ornamentation of each facade differs. The attractive streetscape in Sicily (top right) and in the Alsace (bottom right) demonstrate an almost perfect balance between similarity and difference.
A good example are the painted houses in the Canadian settlement of Lunenburg, which was founded in the 18th century by German woodworkers and is a UNESCO world heritage site today (top centre). The nature of the construction and the type of buildings ensure cohesion; the colour provides the variation.
A manageable pattern of similarly important streets contributes to the spread of visitors and provides a level playing field for shops and restaurants. A mesh, which does not necessarily have to be rectangular, facilitates orientation. A rectangular street pattern is at the expense of the element of surprise and detracts from the feeling that there is something to discover. Squares will often be found at street intersections.
Understanding of the pattern of the streets is reinforced by providing intersections with landmarks, such as statues, fountains, or distinguishing buildings (photo, top right). These elements help visitors developing a mental map. Maps every here and there are more helpful than signposts. The fewer poles in the ground, the better.
Canals and moats also contribute to the attractivity of the streetscape. They restore the human dimension in too wide streets, also in new parts of the city. The images on the left show a central street in Zaandam (top) and a 'waterway' in the Amsterdam Houthavens quarter (bottom). The edges of waterways should never be used as parking spaces. Definitely not in Amsterdam, because its unique streetscape.
I am a mid-career Architect and, Urban and Regional Planner. I recently graduated with a second master's (MSc.) from IHS, Erasmus University Rotterdam, with a Specialization in "Infrastructure and Smart Cities". My MSc. thesis research topic was based on Circular Economy concepts including the Circular Business Model and High-value reuse of material and components.
I am very passionate about smart cities and sustainability, and I am highly inspired by all the work in the smart city area that is being done in the Netherlands, where I hope to contribute and make a positive impact.
Previously, in addition to planning and project management roles, I have worked in relevant areas of smart mobility, ICT Infrastructure, renewable energy, and waste to energy, among others as part of consulting firms.
I am looking for possible work opportunities in the Smart City area in the Netherlands. I will appreciate any reference, resource, and mentorship that could be offered to me.
Regards
Anoop Jha
Netherlands
Context
At the heart of the GEMINI Project lies a commitment to fostering innovation and to accelerate the transition towards climate neutrality in mobility solutions.
Goal 11 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals advocates for access to safe, affordable, and sustainable transport systems. Nowadays, transport plays a significant role on air pollution and is one of the major sources of greenhouse gas emissions and is the only sector in the EU with increased Green House Gas (GHG) emissions compared to 1990.
The promotion of sustainable and innovative mobility solutions can help towards reducing GHG and carbon footprints, improving air quality, and achieving climate goals.
Project brief
The GEMINI Project (2023-2026 “Greening European Mobility through cascading innovation Initiatives” is a Horizon Europe funded project with 43 partners led by the Urban Electric Mobility Initiative (UEMI).
To accelerate the transition towards climate neutrality, GEMINI aims to foster widespread adoption of sustainable shared mobility solutions. To achieve this, the project will develop and test innovative business models for New Mobility Services (NMS) such as shared connected automated vehicles and shared mobility public transport through public-private partnerships. The NMS business models will be demonstrated in ten European Cities (Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Munich, Leuven, Ljubljana, Paris-Saclay, Porto and Turin).
Additionally, GEMINI will create digital tools and platforms that accommodate various mobility services, promoting collaboration and integration within the mobility sector. The project will actively engage stakeholders in the co-creation process, introducing Mobility as a Commons (MaaC) and incentivizing behavioural shifts and user acceptance of these new mobility options.
Furthermore, GEMINI will formulate policy recommendations to enable the scaling up and replication of successful mobility solutions. By aligning with Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) and urban mobility planning frameworks, the project aims to contribute to a comprehensive policy package that guides and incentivizes future mobility innovations. The GEMINI project envisions fostering sustainable, accessible, and affordable shared mobility solutions that contribute to a safer and more environmentally friendly urban mobility landscape.
Objectives
Cenex NL key contributions
The team plays a vital role in developing policy recommendations and technology roadmaps to accelerate the deployment of innovative mobility services. Through collaboration with local authorities in twinning cities, these roadmaps will align with the fast-track deployment of shared mobility trends in the short and medium term. Additionally, Cenex NL will contribute to the development of the Handbook consolidating the project’s learnings and offering practical guidance to cities and citizens across Europe.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101103801.