image: MOVEO partners gather at the Leonie-Moser bridge
Credit: European Science Communication Institute gGmbH
Representatives of the project’s 15 partners met for their General Assembly in the Swiss city of Winterthur from 09-10 June to discuss their progress and to visit a demonstration site. The assembly was organised and hosted by the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) and the City of Winterthur.
During the two-day meeting experts discussed developments in the project’s work packages, including:
- adding inspection and monitoring systems for transport infrastructure and traffic flows
- developing smart solutions for the door-to-door mobility of passengers and goods
- making transport infrastructure and mobility services more inclusive and accessible
- creating a ‘digital twin’ platform to virtually recreate the project’s demonstration sites
Partners also discussed progress in the project’s five sites chosen to demonstrate the technologies and solutions developed in the project. Two of these sites are in eastern Switzerland, and one each in Ravenna, Italy, the Seine basin in France, and the port of Klaipėda in Lithuania. These demonstrators cover different infrastructure types, climate conditions, and life cycle stages.
The meeting also included a visit to the Leonie-Moser bridge, which will connect the areas of Oberwinterthur and Grüze for pedestrians and buses. It is expected to be completed in September 2026. MOVEO is installing sensors on the bridge to help monitor the flow of passengers as they change between trains and buses.
" I think we are progressing well in all technologies. We are putting the focus on having installations done on the demosites by October,” said project coordinator José Solís Hernández of the Spanish engineering organisation CEMOSA. He says the next steps for the project are finalising installations, finalise some minimum viable products, and prepare for the project’s upcoming review meeting.
About project
MOVEO unites expertise from nine European countries, bringing together the entire value chain in transport and digitalisation, including specialists in inspection, monitoring, logistics, mobility, and inclusiveness, as well as end-users and transport infrastructure managers.
It is conducting its research over five pillars:
- Infrastructure assessment and redesign
- Inspection and monitoring
- Digitalised mobility
- Smart logistics
- Inclusiveness and accessibility
The project will be completed on 31 October 2028. The European Union has supported the project within the Horizon Europe framework with almost 5 million Euro for 42 months.