Summary with good practices from the Interreg ITRACT project on smart mobility in rural areas.
Accessibility and connectivity are essential for livability and economic growththroughout the world. Improving the accessibility of physical transport isimportant for achieving the social and economic inclusion of rural areas. Inreality, rural areas lag behind with respect to physical accessibility andconnectivity. The ambition of the ITRACT project (Improving Transport andAccessibility through new Communication Technologies) was to use ICT tocreate smart mobility services to improve accessibility and connectivity in ruralareasImproving Transport and Accessibility through new communication technologies (ITRACT) is a project funded by the European Union. The Interreg IVB and the EFRE programs have the focus on rural regions and their special needs. Involved in the ITRACT project are partners in the Netherlands, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden and Germany.
This report uses experience gained during the EU Interreg IVB project ITRACT and shares transnational learning on how to deploy IT-based solutions as part of Smart Specialisation Strategies, for example, while creating answers to societal challenges. ITRACT concentrates on rural areas, where the availability of an adequate digital infrastructure is often lacking and where people may lack the digital skills and literacy to adopt the smart solutions (known as Intelligent Transport Services; ITS) offered. The project addresses transport services as an enabler for smart specialisation.
De Hanzehogeschool Groningen heeft van 2013 t/m 2015 gewerkt aan het project ITRACT om de bereikbaarheid van dunbevolkte (krimp)gebieden in stand te houden en waar mogelijk te verbeteren in Noord-Nederland en andere rurale gebieden rondom de Noordzee. Binnen het ITRACT project zijn ca. 40 slimme vervoersdiensten bedacht en ontwikkeld o.b.v. input van bewoners, reizigers en vervoersprofessionals.De Hanzehogeschool Groningen heeft van 2013 t/m 2015 gewerkt aan het project ITRACT om de bereikbaarheid van dunbevolkte (krimp)gebieden in stand te houden en waar mogelijk te verbeteren in Noord-Nederland en andere rurale gebieden rondom de Noordzee. Binnen het ITRACT project zijn ca. 40 slimme vervoersdiensten bedacht en ontwikkeld o.b.v. input van bewoners, reizigers en vervoersprofessionals.
