Municipalities, but also service providers, are collecting and working with data to improve their services - and to improve the place where we live. What data to collect and how to use it for decision-making in urban projects in the areas of mobility, public space and climate change was one of the main topics of this year's Prague City Data Congress. It was held at the Prague Centre for Architecture and Urban Planning and was organised by the city's ICT Operator, which is responsible for Smart City solutions.

On Wednesday 9.11.2022, the Mobility Innovation Hub project, which aims to support innovative ideas in the field of mobility in the Czech Republic, publicly launched its activities. It brings together the public, private and academic sectors to find innovations that help mobility. ŠKODA AUTO DigiLab is a partner of MIH and our Innovation & Scouting team is looking forward to helping and mentoring startups in the fields of electromobility, mobility services and artificial intelligence.

We're still improving our Citymove app for easy navigation around the city. Now it's linking up with two big bike-sharing networks, Nextbike and Rekola. The user can see on the map in Citymove the location of all available bikes and can use the navigation directly to a free bike or choose a link to the Nextbike or Rekola app and book a bike directly. With a single app, a wide range of means of transport can be selected - in addition to shared bikes, this includes buses, trams and metros, taxis, shared cars or electric scooters.