Title: SocialCar - Open social transport network for urban approach to carpooling
EU funds to the project: 5.384.645,50 €, out of which 147.125,00 € to the City of Torino (100%)
Partners: FIT Consulting srl, Ethniko Kentro Erevnas Kai Technologikis Anaptyxis, King's College Regent Walk, Ab.acus srl, Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera italiana, Vectos South Limited, LuxMobility SaRL, Bermag Galkiewicz I Galkiewicz spolka jawna, Movenda Spa, Fondazione VEL, Città di Skopje, South-East of Scotland Transport Partnership, Regione Lazio, Città di Zagabria, Promtni Institut Ljubljana d.o.o., TTS Italia, IBI Goup Limited, Concept Factory sa, Strategic Stuff BV, University of West Hungary, Zight BV, Fundacion Cetemmmsa, Brescia Mobilità SpA, CPA vzw, Lifshare.com Ldt.
Period: 36 months (June 2015 - June 2018)
Contact: Infrastructures and Mobility Directorate
Description: SocialCar is an Intelligent Transport System based on an innovative approach to transport demand management, and more specifically to carpooling in urban and peri-urban areas.
SocialCar’s main objective is developing a new communication network for intelligent mobility, sharing information of car-pooling integrated with existing transport and mobility systems. It will be achieved by means of powerful planning algorithms and integration in a liveable environment of big data related to public transport, carpooling and crowd sourcing in order to provide the final user with a simplified travel experience allowing comparison and choice between multiple options/services. SocialCar will take advantage of  Social Media to communicate, share information and provide the best just-in-time notifications to the travellers. The City of Torino is among the 10 European urban sites that will prove the concepts' validity and business case.