Smart mobility business opportunities in Greater Helsinki
Greater Helsinki is a global pioneer in offering services & creating new business through smart mobility solutions.
Why look at smart mobility in Greater Helsinki?
The creation of new smart mobility solutions has been made easy in Greater Helsinki and Finland. The government and the capital region cities are committed to further enabling future intelligent mobility. The legislation is favourable for new experiments and the recent heavy deregulation makes it easier for new types of transportation services to enter the market. Greater Helsinki also offers several urban testbeds to pilot and scale your solutions in real-life environment. And, Helsinki is the home of the first open-mobility-as-a-service ecosystem in the world.
We at Helsinki Business Hub are focused on helping foreign companies find possibilities within autonomous vehicles, car sharing and integrated mobility (MaaS) in Greater Helsinki. However, be your interest anything within the sphere of smart mobility solutions, our team of business experts are dedicated to help you find your mix. From top R&D possibilities, product development opportunities, unique piloting platforms, global expansion, university & research collaboration, funding, talent and partners – we’ll help you tap into the Greater Helsinki region smart mobility ecosystem, free of charge.
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Autonomous driving & connected vehicles
From government support to roads & infra and up to cloud & services
Helsinki is TOP3 city most prepared for the new mobility
Future Mobility Competitiveness Index (FMCI)
Finland is leading the autonomous vehicle revolution
Integrated mobility & maas
Helsinki is a global pioneer in the MaaS concept
Helsinki #1 city for mobility-as-a-service implementation
Juniper Research 2018
All major transportation companies & operators have opened their data & services. For example Helsinki Region Transport (HSL):
Top level support from the cities in the Helsinki region to MaaS development:
Shared mobility
Car sharing – an emerging opportunity in Helsinki
When it comes to piloting in smart mobility, Greater Helsinki is the place to be
The region is famous for bringing together the whole ecosystem in the smart mobility development projects: public and private sector, academia and citizens. It’s a great place to pilot and test new mobility innovations that lead to globally scalable business solutions.
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FinEstSmartMobility – Helsinki West Harbour pilot. The project aims to tackle the ever increasing challenge of traffic congestion and flows of 8 million annual passengers between Tallinn and Helsinki through intelligent traffic solutions. The West Harbour pilot focuses on the harbour’s incoming and outcoming freight and passenger traffic.
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FinEstSmartMobility – Vantaa Aviapolis pilot. The project aims to tackle the ever increasing challenge of traffic congestion and flows of 8 million annual passengers between Tallinn and Helsinki through intelligent traffic solutions. The Aviapolis pilot concentrates on the traffic flow from Tallinn to Helsinki Airport area.
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Perille asti / Last mile project – Espoo Waterfront Walkway & Nuuksio Natural Park. Research about the accessibility and mobility services preferred by travelers´ and service providers.
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Perille asti / Last mile project – Vantaa Aviapolis. Travelers´ expectations for mobility services and accessibility of touristic attractions were studied at the Helsinki-Vantaa airport, in some hotels in Aviapolis area and in Kuusijärvi recreational area.
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Perille asti / Last mile project – Helsinki Jätkäsaari. The Last mile project utilises a market-oriented approach to seek new smart mobility solutions for the needs of tourists, residents and commuters. The aim is to facilitate transport for these target groups in the areas of Järkäsaari and Ruoholahti in Helsinki.
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aIGO autonomous public transportation pilot project. aIGO project pilots urban shared autonomous mobility in all weather conditions. Pilot in Vantaa’s Kivistö in summer 2018.
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aIGO autonomous public transportation pilot project. aIGO project pilots urban shared autonomous mobility in all weather conditions. Pilot in Espoo’s Otaniemi in fall 2018.
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RoboBusLine. Scheduled robobus service in regular traffic on roads in the Kivikko district of Helsinki. The RobobusLine project prepares for commercially viable automated bus operation in Helsinki projected to start by 2021.
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FABULOS (Future Automated Bus Urban Level Operation System). The FABULOS project focuses on how cities can use self-driving minibuses in a systematic way. The goal is to procure the operations of an automated bus line. In Helsinki, the autonomous bus line will be piloted in the Pasila and Kalasatama area in 2020. Companies can receive up to 5.5 million euros to support their R&D work in developing systems capable of operating fleets of automated minibuses.
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Sohjoa Baltic. The project works towards increasing the attractiveness of public transport by improving offered services and introducing automated driverless electric minibuses, especially for the first and last mile of the journey. The Helsinki pilot takes place in 2019.
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ROBUSTA. The project will test and study technologies that enable to remove the human operator from the bus and put to the control room responsible of multiple buses. Specific research and development themes include e.g. software platform for remote control of robot buses, 5G network as an enabler technology, real-time sensor data, AI assisted human-machine communication.
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HSL IdeaLab. In June 2018 HSL (Helsinki Region Transport) launched the IdeaLab innovation contest, seeking new mobility or related services for the Helsinki metropolitan area. With a total financing of 1M€ split to 2-3 pilots, they’re looking for solutions related to e.g. ridesharing, door-to-door services, moving around goods and people, reducing the need to travel or something completely new.
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Jätkäsaari Mobility Lab supports innovation and business development. It aims at generating better mobility solutions for the region and beyond, while building a strong network for collaboration and co-creation. The focus of supported pilots and solutions are on improved traffic flow, sustainable modal choices, mitigation of traffic violations and accidents, and improved air quality.
Interested in other smart city related opportunities? Visit hbh.fi/smart-city to learn more.
Smart mobility news from Greater Helsinki
BOND launches e-bike service in Helsinki and introduces a completely new category of smart mobility vehicles
Lime puts safety first as it launches e-scooter service in Helsinki
Smart mobility startup VOI first to scoot into Helsinki’s smart city scene
Samocat Sharing’s electric scooter stations upgrade Helsinki’s smart mobility services
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