{"id":440,"date":"2022-08-26T20:15:54","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T20:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sprouttoolbox.nuacampus.org\/?page_id=440"},"modified":"2023-02-15T12:51:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T12:51:27","slug":"step-2-understanding-drivers-that-affect-the-mobility-system","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sprouttoolbox.nuacampus.org\/index.php\/understanding-urban-mobility-transition\/step-2-understanding-drivers-that-affect-the-mobility-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Assessing the innovation readiness of a city"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Description <\/span><\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]The assessment of the innovation readiness of a city aims to enhance the understanding of the city\u2019s capability and readiness in deploying or enabling the deployment of mobility innovations. This entails understanding the city\u2019s organisational structure, capability and capacity, current regulation practices, engagement practices, financial strength, investment opportunities, etc.<\/p>\n

The elements of an innovative urban mobility ecosystem presented in the previous page<\/a> can be viewed from the angle of innovation readiness through the following sub-elements<\/p>\n\n

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\n City\n Elements <\/td>\n \n Sub-elements <\/td>\n \n Description <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
\n Innovative\n Governance & Growth <\/td>\n \n Inter-departmental\n coordination <\/td>\n \n Describes the\n structure and the dedicated departments of a city to better implement\n innovative mobility solutions <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
\n Mobility Planning <\/td>\n \n Depicts the current\n regulatory framework of the city against passenger and freight transportation\n (existence of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) & Sustainable Urban\n Logistic Plan (SULP)) <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
\n Laison <\/td>\n \n Shows the level of\n Public-Private Partnerships and corporations taking part in the city <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
\n Public Investments <\/td>\n \n Represents to what\n extent the city has ensured funding for innovative mobility solutions <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
\n Climate and City\n Typology <\/td>\n \n Openness <\/td>\n \n Concerns about the\n networking of the city by assessing the level of national and international\n synergies of the city\u2019s institutes <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
\n Science &\n Education <\/td>\n \n Constitutes the\n educational level of the inhabitants and the number of the research\n institutes and universities located in the city <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
\n Smart & Easily\n accessible <\/td>\n \n Transparency &\n Accountability <\/td>\n \n Corresponds to the\n level of the transparency of governmental processes and the availability and\n the level of accessibility of urban mobility data <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
\n Safe & Secure <\/td>\n \n No sub-elements\n identified - This element is mainly related to the liveability dimension <\/td>\n \n - <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
\n Smart &\n Innovative Resources and Infra available <\/td>\n \n Data Availability <\/td>\n \n Refers to how developed\n the data collection system is in a city (e.g. physical surveys or\n infrastructure to observe)? <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
\n Cities Capacity <\/td>\n \n Explains the level\n of capacity the city has to adopt innovation by using\/providing specialists\n and having evidence-driven policy-making and to what extent the city has the\n infrastructure to help adopt innovative mobility solutions. <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
\n Innovative People\n & Stakeholders <\/td>\n \n Culture <\/td>\n \n Shows the direction\n of the city and habitats towards innovation by assessing the city\u2019s previous\n experience of implementing Innovative Business models and the\n acceptance\/trend of the users towards green modes. <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
\n Industry Diversity <\/td>\n \n Identifies the\n smartness of the city\u2019s industry by considering the number of big innovators\n (start-up & high-tech companies) that are established in the city <\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/table>\n<\/div>