The EMERALDS project developed real-time mobility analytics that transform fragmented data streams into actionable intelligence-enabling cities to predict crowding, manage multimodal transport networks, and optimise public transport performance while maintaining strong privacy guarantees.
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European cities are confronting mounting challenges in managing mobility systems: rapidly growing data volumes, stringent privacy regulations, constrained municipal budgets, and increasing citizen expectations for efficient and sustainable transport. The EMERALDS project has demonstrated that cities can overcome these obstacles with practical, affordable, and privacy-preserving real-time mobility analytics.
Through deployments in The Hague, Rotterdam, Riga, and early demonstrations in York, EMERALDS has shown that cities can achieve real-time crowd forecasting, traffic monitoring, and public transport optimisation without major infrastructure overhauls or specialist technical expertise. This brief summarises key project outcomes and presents actionable policy pathways for European cities aiming to operationalise evidence-based mobility management.
Invitation for public consultation
This policy brief is open for comment from:
- Citizens: How should mobility data serve your privacy and quality of life?
- Transport Operators: What deployment challenges do you foresee?
- Technology Providers: How can tools better integrate with existing systems?
- Local Officials: What policy barriers prevent adoption in your jurisdiction?
- Researchers: What evidence gaps should future work address?
- Any involved actor in the field.