London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC),  Transport for London (TfL), the London Borough of Lambeth, University College London (UCL), AppyWay and Grid Smarter Cities have joined up for London's contribution to CORESpaces, a new EU-funded project helping cities design and manage urban spaces to achieve climate neutrality. 

Cities across Europe face growing pressure to reduce emissions, improve quality of life and respond to increasing mobility and energy demands within limited and contested urban environments. CORESpaces – a 16.4 million Euros project funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe Framework Programme – brings together 45 partner organisations from across Europe to test and scale ideas that support cities by enabling smarter, inclusive and climate-neutral urban space planning, use and management. Through AI-driven planning, digital twins and citizen-centric approaches, CORESpaces helps cities translate European climate strategies into practical, deployable solutions across mobility, energy and urban space systems. 

At the heart of CORESpaces is a portfolio of transferable and innovative technologies, referred to as COREInnovations, such as dynamic urban space and kerbside allocation, parking management, prioritisation of public transport and active and shared mobility, smart and bidirectional EV charging, federated digital twin and data-space platforms, AI-based decision-support systems, citizen engagement and co-creation tools, and integrated data analytics and visualisation environments. 

Ten cities actively drive the deployment, testing and refinement of COREInnovations in real urban environments, ensuring alignment with local needs, planning processes and local policies. London is one of the Leading Living Labs together with Thessaloniki (Greece), Tartu (Estonia), and Eindhoven and Helmond (Netherlands) focusing on large-scale deployment, integration and demonstration of solutions under real operational conditions. 

London's Living Lab 

London’s Living Lab convenes leaders in sustainable mobility, transport, kerbside and digital infrastructure to test solutions across the capital – ensuring all interventions align with London’s Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan and climate neutrality goals. 

The London team will lead inclusive citizen engagement using advanced AI tools and use data-driven, digital solutions to transform public spaces and make roadside infrastructure more sustainable, reducing air pollution, improving efficiency of space and improving safety for women and girls.  

LLDC will lead the team as well as the implementation of activities at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. London Borough of Lambeth will draw on its award-winning Kerbside Strategy through a citizen-led, real-time approach to street management, implementing solutions in sites across the south London borough. Transport for London will advance and promote solutions for sustainable last mile deliveries and freight in central London.  

As Scientific and Technical Manager, UCL will coordinate delivery and develop AI-enabled solutions to optimise urban space governance in line with climate-neutral objectives. AppyWay will lead digital infrastructure using AI, IoT and camera-enabled systems to map kerbside locations, while Grid Smarter Cities will manage these kerbside assets through dynamic pricing and demand-led allocation, deploying its Kerb® Delivery platform across all three sites. 

Shazia Hussain, CEO of London Legacy Development Corporation, on behalf of the London Living Lab, said: “Joining the EU’s CORESpaces programme alongside our UK partners allows us to contribute to the transition to climate‑neutral cities across Europe. Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park – as one of the capital’s innovation districts – provides a unique platform to test and scale new ideas and we look forward to working with our partners at the Park, and at other sites across London, to create greener, healthier and more accessible streets that make it easier for people to walk, cycle and use public transport. Through strong cross‑sector collaboration, we are proud to contribute to Europe’s wider effort to build more sustainable, inclusive and resilient cities.” 

Dr Emmanouil (Manos) Chaniotakis, Associate Professor in Transport Modelling and Machine Learning at the UCL Energy Institute and Scientific and Technical Manager of CORESpaces, emphasises the project’s scientific contribution: “CORESpaces is uniquely positioned to tackle emerging challenges in urban space utilization through cutting-edge science and technological innovation. It offers cities across Europe a concrete opportunity to rethink how urban space is conceived, designed and governed, through a holistic framework that integrates imagination-driven co-creation processes, urban design and planning, and dynamic, data-enabled management. Placing citizens at its core, CORESpaces will generate actionable scientific and technical outcomes that mobilize cities towards climate neutrality, fairer urban environments and enhanced quality of life.” 

London CORESpaces Press Requests 

For information about the London Living Lab, please contact Ellie Mackenzie and Kayleen Owusu-Boateng at press@queenelizabetholympicpark.co.uk. 

EU CORESpaces Press Contacts 

Roberta Rapagnani: r.rapagnani@mail.ertico.com  

Nikos Chondrogiannis: n.chondrogiannis@mail.ertico.com 

About London’s Living Lab 

London Legacy Development Corporation / Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park 

London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) is a Mayoral Development Corporation responsible for the development of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is east London’s inclusive innovation district where culture, creativity and community converge. Built on the legacy of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, its mission is to transform the lives of east Londoners and drive long-term growth and investment across the capital and the UK.  

AppyWay  

AppyWay provides digital kerbside management solutions that transform physical infrastructure into an intelligent, digital asset. By combining granular mapping of the ‘rules of the road’, including kerbside regulations and speed zones, with integrated payment and occupancy insights, AppyWay connects cities with people and businesses through a unified mobility platform. AppyWay exists to help cities thrive from the kerb up, viewing the kerb as a catalyst for solving the most pressing urban mobility challenges. Through close collaboration and industry-leading partnerships, the AppyWay platform acts as a ‘future mobility’ conduit between the public and private sectors. 

Grid Smarter Cities 

Grid Smarter Cities develops digital solutions that transform how urban kerbside space is managed for freight, servicing, and last-mile deliveries. Drawing on deep ecosystem expertise it partners with cities, local authorities, and operators to solve complex access and booking allocation challenges through its patented Kerb® platform. 

Lambeth Council  

Lambeth is a borough with social and climate justice at its heart. By harnessing the power and pride of our people and partnerships, we will proactively tackle inequalities so that children and young people can have the best start in life so everyone can feel safe and thrive in a place of opportunity 

Transport for London (TfL) 

Part of the Greater London Authority family led by the Mayor of London, TfL is the integrated transport authority responsible for delivering the Mayor’s aims for transport. TfL has a key role in shaping what life is like in London, helping to realise the Mayor’s vision for a ‘City for All Londoners’ and helping to create a safer, fairer, greener, healthier and more prosperous city. 

University College London (UCL) 

UCL is a diverse global community of world-class academics, students, industry links, external partners, and alumni. Since 1826, we have championed independent thought by attracting and nurturing the world's best minds. Its community of more than 50,000 students from 150 countries and over 16,000 staff pursues academic excellence, breaks boundaries and makes a positive impact on real world problems.  

UCL is consistently ranked among the top 10 universities in the world and is one of only a handful of institutions rated as having the strongest academic reputation and the broadest research impact. For 200 years, it is proud to have opened higher education to students from a wide range of backgrounds and to change the way we create and share knowledge. 

Additional Living Labs 

Additional Living Labs in Limassol (Cyprus), Verona (Italy), the Cluj-Napoca Metropolitan Area (Romania), Fribourg (Switzerland) and Ungheni (Moldova) will work together to adapt, replicate and scale COREInnovations through structured knowledge transfer, peer learning and capacity-building activities. 

Project Coordinator 

Dr. Georgia Aifantopoulou: gea@certh.gr 

CERTH - Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Thessaloniki, Greece  

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