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Spain
Mr. Marc Figuls
+34 675324747
https://www.factual-consulting.com/

Expertise
FACTUAL is a foresight innovation and strategy firm committed to transforming mobility. The Barcelona-based SME equips their customers, both from the public and private sector, with timely and expert insight to interpret the key challenges and drivers facing (future) mobility. One of FACTUAL’s main areas of expertise are research projects at European level, where their seasoned and multidisciplinary team is very active, cooperating hand in hand with cities and organisations paving the way of mobility innovation in international, cross-industry consortia.
FACTUAL keeps a keen eye and interprets global trends (re)shaping future mobility, from the smart combination of autonomous, connected, electric and shared features transforming the automotive industry for the better, to disruptive, new mobility paradigms redefining how mobility is consumed from a brave new user-centric perspective. A differential asset of FACTUAL is an in-house factory for developing, accelerating and validating new innovative mobility services and products, such as the on-demand transport platform NEMI, currently operating in different countries as a new start-up; RIDEAL, the micro-incentive calculation engine which can be plugged on to any MaaS and/or transport service provider platform; and LANE PATROL, a road safety tool for assessing the cycling network through the CycleRAP methodology aiming at identifying potential risks, proposing improvements to foster a safer and more comfortable environment for the cyclists
Participation in EU Projects and International Activities
Recent involvement in EU Research ARIADNA: Awareness Raising and capacity building Increasing ADoption of EGNSS in urbaN mobility Applications and services (CSA) Dec 2019-Nov 2021. Funded by the European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency (GSA) and coordinated by Factual, with the main goal to educate stakeholders in the public transport domain worldwide in the benefits of European GNSS (Galileo) to improve their operations, and achieve better performance, and stimulate the adoption of this technology.
MOLIERE: MObiLIty sERvices Enhanced by GALILEO & Blockchain (IA) Dec 2020-Nov 2021. FACTUAL is the project coordinator. The main goal of the project is to enhance urban mobility services and citizen safety through the integration of the following digital technologies: GALILEO, Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, Cloud Computing and Blockchain (DLTs). MOLIERE will build the world's best open data commons for mobility services, a Mobility Data Marketplace (MDM) underpinned by blockchain technology.
DIGNITY: DIGital traNsport In and for socieTY (RIA) Jan 2020-Dec 2022. Factual is leading the Barcelona metropolitan pilot. The main goal of the project is to analyse the digital transition from both user and provider’s perspective by developing a digital inclusive travel system that will provide a unique framework for analysis and action to: support public and private mobility providers in conceiving mainstream digital services that are accessible to all, regardless of their income and social situation.
E-CORRIDOR: Edge enabled Privacy and Security Platform for Multi Modal Transport (IA): The main goal of the project is the development of a flexible, secure and privacy-aware framework aimed at ensuring the safety and security of multimodal transport systems. It will design a framework for the security of passengers and transportation operators. Collaborative policy-aware edge-enabled information sharing, analysis and protection-as-a-service will form the basis of the new framework. Factual will develop a pilot in Barcelona to test the RIDEAL micro-subsidy calculation engine.
NUMIDAS: New Mobility Data and Solutions Toolkit (RIA) Jan 2021-Dec 2022: Funded by the European Commission. The main goal of nuMIDAS is to bridge the knowledge gap between big data analysis using AI techniques and its integration at the mobility planning, by providing insights into what methodological tools, databases, and models are required, and how existing ones need to be adapted or augmented with new data. Factual is leading Communication and Exploitation work package and air quality & big data use cases.
COMMINSAFE (RIA): Commuting with shared mobility COVID-free (Jul 2020-Dec 2020). Funded by the EIT Urban Mobility, the project develops and introduces to the market a technological solution consisting of a mobile application for shared mobility services (carpooling, ridesharing and demand responsive transport) accompanied with a data management system of disinfection facilities and users’ profile. Factual was the leader of Barcelona pilot. In April, it will start an additional 1-year project about Demand Responsive Transit in the EIT Urban Mobility framework.
RAIL4CITIES - Railway stations for green and socially inclusive cities
METACCAZE- Flexibly adapted MetaInnovations, use cases, collaborative business and governance models to accelerate deployment of smart and shared Zero Emission mobility for passengers and freight
TIPS4PED - Turning cIties Planning actionS for Positive Energy Districts into success
JULIA - Joint developments for urban resilience connecting users to public transport through space technology SCREEN - Smart Cycling Infrastructure Assessment