Mobility
Efficient and sustainable mobility is a key factor shaping urban quality of life, economic growth, and environmental sustainability. Modern mobility means the ability to move quickly, conveniently, and in an environmentally friendly way—reducing congestion and minimizing environmental impact.
Riga is actively modernising its public transport system, improving service quality and accessibility. In parallel, the city is expanding its electric vehicle charging infrastructure to promote the uptake of low-emission transport solutions. Micromobility—such as cycling, scooters, and walking—plays an essential role in the city's sustainable mobility strategy, enabling residents to reach their daily destinations efficiently and with minimal environmental impact.
The city is also developing green infrastructure, including cycling lanes, landscaped pedestrian routes, and green corridors along urban streets. These measures help mitigate the urban heat island effect and improve air quality.
Riga is enhancing its logistics and last-mile delivery systems to improve traffic flow and reduce congestion and emissions.
Looking ahead, the city will focus on smart mobility solutions—optimising traffic management, ensuring more efficient use of infrastructure and resources, and advancing the digitalisation of urban mobility. Emerging technologies will be explored and introduced, including autonomous vehicles and drones for both goods and passenger transport.
Focus areas
Smart and integrated traffic management
Sustainable, smart, and connected mobility
Green and smart logistics
Sustainable and innovative infrastructure maintenance and monitoring Projects
The project introduced a new public transport recognition system at the intersection of Ulmaņa Gatve and Vaiņodes Street in Riga. The system automatically identifies and distinguishes between buses and trolleybuses, allowing traffic lights to prioritize each transport mode separately. This innovation ensures smoother and more efficient traffic flow across the intersection. The Significance of the […]
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The project developed a digital solution for monitoring the operation of public transport lanes and “green wave” corridors using GPS data from intercity, international, and Riga city public transport routes. The system enables tracking of actual travel speeds, identifying delays, and responding promptly to traffic disruptions, thereby improving the overall efficiency of public transport operations. […]
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Testing a new, innovative electric car charging solution using street lighting poles. The Latvian start-up company “SimpleCharge” has created the first electric charging station in street lanterns in the Baltic States, introducing technologies that effectively use existing infrastructure. This approach offers a simpler and cheaper way to develop an electric car charging network, especially in […]
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Multimodal Cities (cities.multimodal) – The First Mobility Point Established in Riga The project “cities. multimodal” fosters the development of solutions for sustainable and smart mobility in Riga and the Baltic Sea region. A first mobility point in the vicinity of VEF, which connected different sustainable modes of transport, facilitated micro-mobility opportunities and provided innovative data-based […]
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Project BSR Electric fosters the development of electric transport in cities in the Baltic Sea region, demonstrating various e-mobility solutions such as electric delivery cars, e-bikes, e-buses, e-scooters and e-boats. The Significance of the Project for Riga The European Union has set a target to abandon traditional fossil fuels in urban transport by 2050, meaning […]
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