Sustainable Urban Transitions (SUT) Lab
The Lab projects aim to improve cities’ accessibility and liveability. Researchers collaborate with city planning teams to optimise and accelerate Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs). This involves analysing residents’ transport needs, enhancing network safety, and testing the benefits of new infrastructure investments, including mass transit and mobility hubs.
The Hannover team leverages shared mobility data, simulation models, and surveys to understand how e-scooters, cycling, and public transport can work better together to optimise a new network of mobility hubs.
The Seville team studies existing SUMPs, shared micromobility data, simulation models, and surveys to understand how micromobility, shared mobility, and public transport can integrate with planned mass transit expansion.
Hannover, Bolt and ETH Zurich join forces to study and improve urban transport
Hannover is taking bold steps to improve how people move around it. The city has partnered with Bolt and our research partner, ETH Zurich, one of the world’s top technical universities, to launch a research initiative to build a smarter, more sustainable urban transport system.
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Bolt Accelerator Programme fuels new business ideas
Bolt has announced the winners of the first Estonian edition of its Accelerator Programme, following the finals held at the company’s HQ in Tallinn.
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Empowering local innovation: Bolt awards €20,000 to South Africa’s emerging entrepreneurs
Ten aspiring entrepreneurs from Bolt’s South African driver community have received a total of €20,000 (over R400,000) in seed funding, marking the successful conclusion of Bolt’s Accelerator Program in the country.
Read article“A well-functioning urban mobility system improves quality of life, economic growth, and accessibility. It’s essential to ensure that mobility systems in cities prioritise safety, livability, and social inclusion as they evolve. SUT Lab provides an excellent opportunity to understand these processes and to develop solutions to improve urban mobility for people”.
Professor Eva Heinen
Professor of Transportation and Mobility Planning at ETH Zurich
Bolt Accelerator Programme
Through tailored training at the Bolt Academy, programme participants acquire new skills in entrepreneurship, technology, and sustainability, building confidence as innovators and community leaders.
The programme has helped bring more than 40 business ideas to life, from electric vehicle charging networks to logistics apps and fleet management services. With hundreds of partners upskilling across Africa and Europe, the Accelerator ensures that the people who keep cities moving play a bigger role in shaping them.
“Through the Bolt Accelerator Programme, my business, Lupa Township Delivery, was able to move from concept to growth. The support and funding provided helped me invest in critical tools and build a sustainable and scalable business model. This programme truly invests in the future of African mobility entrepreneurs.”
Kamogelo Modise,
Bolt driver partner in Pretoria, South Africa
About Bolt Urban Fund
Through this social impact programme, empowering sustainable urban living, Bolt partners with leading academic institutions, international organisations, NGOs, cities, and local communities to accelerate the positive impact of shared mobility worldwide. Current initiatives include:
A partnership with ETH Zurich to help cities improve urban mobility and infrastructure planning.
Supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs in the driver partner community.
Improving the social and economic integration of migrant workers in the platform economy.
Supporting small-scale projects in local communities.