You can find our summary of the overall strategy here!
Great success for the MCube future cluster
The Munich Cluster for the Future of Mobility in Metropolitan Regions (MCube) can continue its innovative research work for at least another three years. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has deemed the first phase of the cluster led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) a success and will fund a second funding period with around 15 million euros. This was announced by the BMBF on the basis of the recommendation of a high-ranking scientific jury.
MCube brings together key players from science, business and society to realize sustainable and transformative mobility innovations with high solution potential for global challenges based on the example of Munich. MCube's mission statement is: "Making innovations for the mobility transition - together - possible".
Broad partner network in the MCube
In addition to TUM, the City of Munich, UnternehmerTUM, Stadtwerke, BMW, SAP, Airbus and Green City are the main partners in the second funding phase of MCube. In total, over 80 partners are involved in the projects. The Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts is also generously supporting MCube financially.
TUM President Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann said: "This funding decision by the federal government is a particularly strong signal in view of the difficult budgetary times. The future of society and the environment depends on us rethinking mobility and focusing on sustainable innovations."
Georg Dunkel, Head of Mobility at the City of Munich: "I am delighted that the Federal Ministry of Education and Research is funding the second phase of the MCube future cluster. Following the successful first phase, we will be able to develop further innovative solutions for the mobility transition in Munich together with partners from administration, business, science and civil society in the coming years and test them in practice."
The spokesperson for the MCube Board of Directors, Prof. Sebastian Pfotenhauer, said: "The special feature of MCube lies in the direct involvement of the population in particular. Our unique approach is to search for innovative mobility solutions together with society and not to focus on polarization or a specific technology, but on joint experiments for a sustainable and socially just mobility future - innovation with a broad perspective."
MCube Managing Director Oliver May-Beckmann said: "Our approach is radical: we always think innovation from the people and not from the technology. This sets MCube apart from other mobility projects. We work closely with civil society, involve them in MCube's strategic decisions, include small and medium-sized enterprises and communicate our solutions to municipalities and regions throughout Germany."
The future projects of MCube
In the first funding phase, 14 projects and a large number of accompanying activities were launched. These included, for example, autonomous driving, rethinking car sharing and charging infrastructure as well as changing urban living spaces in temporary real-world laboratories.
The following nine specific projects are to be implemented by MCube in the second funding phase:
TUM and MCube
In total, around a dozen TUM chairs from various schools are involved in MCube. In addition to Sebastian Pfotenhauer, who is Carl von Linde Professor for Innovation Research, the board of directors is made up of Prof. Markus Lienkamp, Chair of Automotive Engineering and Sector Leader Mobility at the Munich Institute for Robotics and Machine Intelligence, Prof. Gebhard Wulfhorst, Chair of Urban Structure and Transport Planning, and Prof. Jeanne Rubner, TUM Vice President for Global Communications and Public EngagementRefers to the active involvement of the public in social, scientific or political processes. The aim is to promote exchange between experts and citizens, enable participation and make decisions more transparent and democratic..
A new study by MCube Consulting on behalf of Zukunft Nahverkehr (ZNV) shows: Local public transport generates three times as much revenue for the German economy as it costs.
Mobility is at the heart of Germany's economic and innovative strength, the key to climate neutrality and the core of everyday life.
Carolin Zimmer from the Chair of Settlement Structure and Transport Planning and Sebastian Preiß from the Hans Sauer Foundation explain in an interview what the project has achieved and what makes it special.
Major award for a strong team: MCube Consulting receives the Innovation Award of the City of Munich - for a solution that reduces administrative workload, improves security and shows how research enables real change.
If Munich bids for the Olympics again, it will not do so arbitrarily - but with vision, attitude and a clear plan.
MCube had its own stand at the trade fair and brought together over 100 mobility pioneers at the "Bridging City Innovation Ecosystems" event above the rooftops of Barcelona.
What does the bus of tomorrow need to look like to convince as many people as possible to change buses voluntarily?
Our experts gave keynote speeches on why we need fair, inclusive mobility that is suitable for everyday use for everyone.
The city council of Landsberg am Lech has unanimously approved the new traffic development plan (VEP).
Innovation pioneers meet in Jülich to share transfer strategies, forge alliances and shape the future.
What is MOSAIQ?
Imagine something: There is more space for people. The streets have more trees and plants. Everyone can get around better. That's how your Schwabing-West district could be in the future. How would you like your district to be? We want to talk to you about it!
The project is called MOSAIQ. MOSAIQ is a research∙project. MOSAIQ means: Mobility and urban climate in the future city∙part. The Technical University of Munich is leading the project.
What is MOSAIQ about?
MOSAIQ wants to make the streets in the city∙part more beautiful. People should feel comfortable there. There should be more space. For meetings and plants, for example. You can help decide what is tried out in the Stadt∙teil. The ideas come from you. Some ideas will be tried out on the streets for a certain period of time.
The aim of MOSAIQ is to make urban districts good places to live.
At the same time, the climate in the city should improve. And people should be able to move around the city easily.
What is happening in the district?
