TIDE project

Transport Innovation Deployment for Europe (TIDE)

TIDE enhances the broad transfer and take-up of 15 innovative urban transport and mobility measures and makes a contribution to establish them as mainstream measures.

TIDE focuses on 15 innovative measures in five thematic clusters: financing models and pricing measures, non-motorised transport, network and traffic management to support traveller information, electric vehicles and public transport organisation. Sustainable Urban  Mobility Plans is a horizontal topic integrated in the cluster activities.

TIDE builds further on the NICHES+ and NICHES project, and is funded by DG Research & Innovation. It runs from October 2012 to September 2015.

Involved Cities

...are Milan, Donostia – San Sebastian, Reading, Rotterdam, BKK Budapest.

Innovation Toolbox

15 inspiring transport measures that can change your city

This brochure aims to introduce local authorities and urban transport professionals to the fifteen TIDE innovative measures. Each measure is illustrated with good practice examples, highlighting characteristics and benefits, key aspects for implementation, and useful references.

The TIDE Innovation Toolbox is available for download in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Polish.

Transferability handbook

A practitioners’ guide to analysing the transferability of innovative urban transport measures

The TIDE transferability approach is described in this handbook, illustrated with concrete examples of the transferability methodology applied to an innovative measure of each of the TIDE themes. Download here.

Impact assessment handbook

Practitioners’ handbook for cost benefit and impact analysis of innovative urban transport measures

This handbook outlines the TIDE assessment method, developed to foster the implementation of sustainable urban mobility measures. Download here.

Guidelines for Implementers

TIDE looks into the details of 15 innovative measures, structured in 5 thematic clusters. For the 10 most promising innovative measures, guidelines for implementers have been published:

New pricing measures:

• Urban road user charges
• Implementation of parking charge policies — dynamic parking charges

Non-motorised transport:

• Innovative bicycle parking schemes
• People-friendly streets and public spaces

Network and traffic management to support traveller information:

• Open access data for applications–based traveller information
• Advanced priority systems for public transport

Electric vehicles:

• Clean city logistics
• Financing schemes for charging infrastructure

Public transport organisation:

• Metropolitan public transport authorities
• Marketing research as an optimisation tool in public transport

Research and Policy Recommendations

• High Level European Deployment Scenarios
• Research recommendations on urban transport innovation

Study Tour catalogue

The TIDE Study Tour Catalogue provides urban transport professionals and local decision makers with an overview of European cities that have successfully implemented innovative measures across the 5 thematic clusters. Download here.

TIDE Awards

Created as a follow up of the OSMOSE awards developed in the framework of the NICHES project (2004-2007) – the TIDE Awards aim to reward local authorities that have shown the courage to introduce innovative and daring measures to meet the urban transport challenges they are facing in a sustainable and effective way. The TIDE Awards have been granted at the project's final conference in September 2015 in Barcelona http://www.tide-innovation.eu/en/News/Kocaeli-and-Ealing-TIDE-Award-Winners/.

More Information

Project Coordinator: Ivo Cré, icre@polisnetwork.eu
www.tide-innovation.eu

Twitter: @TIDE_innovation
LinkedIn: Transport Innovation Deployment for Europe