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Smart Digital Solutions for

Improved Traffic and Cross-

border mobility

Case: FinEst Smart MobilitySuvi Hänninen, City of Helsinki

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City of Helsinki ”The most functional city in the world through design, digitality and dialogue"

Smart Mobility in Helsinki

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City-wide living lab • Small enough for effective piloting, large enough for systematic development

Open innovation culture and co-development with citizens and businesses• Agile solutions based on actual needs

• Channels for user engagement = Market research 2.0

Open data opens for innovation• Act on transport services (2018)

• Opening of data, deregulation, digitalization (increased interoperability, autonomous vehicles)

• www.hri.fi – Helsinki Region Infoshare

Pioneer in public-private innovation• MaaS

• Innovation procurement

Case: FinEst Smart Mobility

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FinEst Smart Mobility

Interreg Central Baltic financed project 2016-2019, 1,8 MEUR

FI: City of Helsinki, Forum Virium Helsinki, City of Vantaa

EE: City of Tallinn, ITL Digital Lab, Maanteeamet

+ Network of local, regional and national bodies, ferry operators,

ports, transport authorities, ITS companies

Helsinki – Tallinn: One of the busiest ferry connections in the world

• 8M passengers and 300 000 trucks per annum

• Source of business and wellbeing for the region

• Strain on road network and immediate surroundings

(congestion, pollution)

www.finestsmartmobility.com

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4 smart mobility pilots

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Approach: Minipilots + User requirements Innovation partnerships Production

Powered by: Agile co-development + openness for failure

Fleetrange

One-stop-shop API for ferry schedules, position and arrival time estimates

Infotripla

Real-time and predictive traffic information system for traffic management

GoSwift – Joint innovation procurement between Helsinki and Tallinn

Just-in-time guidance solution for truck drivers

Kyyti

Shared rides from Helsinki West Harbour to Helsinki Airport

Infotripla pilot

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Harbour’s predicted and smooth operations:

Comprehensive traffic fluency model based on

open data and analytics

Aggregating information from:

• Ferry arrivals on PortNet

• Traffic sensors

• Public transport system

• Traffic signals (pending)

Producing:

• Traffic Incident and Roadworks data

• Route suggestions

• Traffic alerts

• Port vehicle data

With the help of Infotripla alerts on

incoming traffic, traffic management can

operate traffic lights based on the

estimated traffic volume and existing

traffic conditions

Result: Improved reactivity of city traffic

management in mitigating congestion

Fleetrange pilot

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FinEst API is a one-stop-shop for ferry traffic

data, producing:

• Ferry schedules

• ETA

• Ferry position data

• Open weather data

FinEst API technology improves sea-land

multimodality, making it possible to integrate

sea traffic to land traffic management and

local journey planners

Fleetrange pilot tracked over 2400

voyages during its piloting period.

Data available for download on:

www.hri.fi

Digitransit

Finnish open source journey planning platform

for public transport, cycling and walking

FinEst Smart Mobility enabled technology

transfer to Estonia

Launched this Autumn in Estonia

Cost-effective

Enables continuous development

Open for new locations: https://digitransit.fi/en/

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Photo: Digitransit

Cross-border collaboration

“Shared challenges are solved together”

• Innovations’ adaptability to varying locations

• Challenges companies to think glocal from scratch

• Regional growth through interoperability and increased

connectedness

• 2 x variables – cherish the unknown

• Shared understanding on how data should be created,

utilized, governed and shared

• Harmonization of policies – reduced risk of conflicting

operations (Helsinki – Tallinn MoU)

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Smart and Digital,Way Forward

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COMING UP: Jätkäsaari Mobility Lab

World-class test bed and innovation hub for smart and sustainable mobility

• Open Calls for agile pilots

• Investments in Smart Infrastructure (Infotripla solution)

• Co-development with residents

• Access to Data

Some spearhead projects:

• Last Mile – smart solutions for residents and tourists

• MUV – sustainable mobility through gamification

• UIA Hope – Healthy Outdoor Premises for Everyone, air quality troops

Contact: Juho Kostiainen, juho.kostiainen@hel.fi

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THANK YOU!

Suvi Hänninen, City of Helsinki, suvi.hanninen@hel.fi