K2 - Swedish Knowledge Center for Public Mobility
| Reference number | |
| Coordinator | Lunds universitet - Lunds Tekniska Högskola Inst f teknik & samhälle |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 22 500 000 |
| Project duration | January 2025 - December 2029 |
| Status | Ongoing |
Purpose and goal
K2 is the national knowledge center for collective mobility and researches how collective mobility, with public transport as its backbone, can contribute to attractive and sustainable cities and regions of the future. The research is based on the perspectives of improving, deepening and renewing. The goal is to spread scientifically based knowledge about collective mobility to industry and decision makers and to develop research in the field through multidisciplinarity and interdisciplinarity.
Expected effects and result
Organization, governance, coproduction, planning, physical design, travelers and potential travelers, system development, new forms of transport, etc. will be researched. The traditional public transport, special passenger transport, shared micromobility and possible new forms of collective mobility are included. The expected effects are a more sustainable and long-term efficient and equal system of collective mobility that can contribute to attractive and sustainable cities and regions.
Planned approach and implementation
K2 will work with smaller shorter projects, larger three-year projects and strategic projects. Researchers can submit proposals for research projects, proposals from different disciplines and subjects with different scientific methods are welcomed, as are interdisciplinary ideas. Discussions will also be held with industry to identify subject areas that need to be researched. The research is compiled in scientific articles and reports and disseminated to the industry in popular science formats.