What is NICHES+?

The mission of NICHES+ is to promote innovative measures for making urban transport more efficient and sustainable and to move them from their current "niche" position into a mainstream urban transport application.

The project looks into the details of 12 innovative measures, structured in 4 thematic areas:

Innovative concepts to enhance accessibility

	Travel training for public transport
	Neighbourhood accessibility planning
	Tailored traveller information for users with reduced mobility

Concepts for Efficient Planning and Use of Infrastructure and Interchanges

	Passenger friendly intermodal interchanges
	Innovative cycling facilities for intermodal interchanges
	Infrastructure for innovative bus systems

Traffic Management Centres

	Finance models for traffic management centres
	Mobile travel information services for the public
	Using environmental pollution data in traffic management

Automated and Space Efficient Transport Systems

	Cybernetic Transport Systems
	Personal Rapid Transit
	Advanced City Vehicles

NICHES+ builds further on the NICHES project, and is funded by the DG Research under the 7FP. It will run from May 2008 until April 2011.

NICHES+ will involve 7 champion cities in the implementation of innovative concepts.

The NICHES+ consortium consists of EUROCITIES, Newcastle University, Transman, TRG and Rupprecht Consult. The project is coordinated by Polis.