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Revision as of 11:10, 19 October 2026
About DREAMS
DREAMS (Driving Equitable and Accessible 15-Minute Neighbourhood Transformations) explores how co-created, user-centric mobility services, mobility hubs and flexible activity hubs can make neighbourhoods in the urban outskirts of European cities accessible, sustainable and inclusive.
The 15-minute city idea grew out of dense urban cores. DREAMS asks what it takes to make it work in low- to mid-density suburbs and outskirts, where everyday destinations lie further apart and walking and cycling alone rarely cover daily needs.
DREAMS is a research project of the Driving Urban Transitions (DUT) Partnership, selected in the 2022 call under the 15-minute city transition pathway. The project is coordinated by the University of Twente and runs from January 2024 to December 2026.
Aims
The project pursues five aims:
The tools that came out of this work are described on the Tools page, and the recommendations are woven into the SUMP Process guidance on this platform.
Six living labs
DREAMS grounds its research in six living labs. Each is set in a peripheral district where local partners, residents and mobility providers work together on concrete interventions.
Together the labs cover mobility hubs, flexible activity hubs, demand-responsive services, car-sharing and car-pooling, and shared micromobility. To keep findings comparable, each scenario was planned for evaluation in at least two labs. Each lab has its own page, and the Living Lab Overview introduces all six.
Work packages
The work is organised in seven work packages. The research moves from redefining the concept and reviewing planning practice, through tool development and new business models, into the living labs, and closes with impact assessment and transfer to practice.
| WP | Focus | Lead partner |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Project and data management, and quality control | University of Twente |
| 2 | Review and comparative analysis | BOKU University |
| 3 | Development of the 15-minute city decision support tool | Technical University of Munich |
| 4 | New governance and business models and transition pathways | Mpact |
| 5 | DREAMS 15-minute city living labs | Budapest University of Technology and Economics |
| 6 | Impact assessment and evaluation | Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
| 7 | Transferability and knowledge dissemination | University of Twente |
Every research task is led and co-led by academic partners from two different countries, to make the most of the transnational set-up. This knowledge platform is itself a WP7 output, led by Mobyome and built to carry the project's findings to practitioners beyond its lifetime.
Consortium
The consortium brings together 28 partners from Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary and the Netherlands. Fifteen full partners carry out the research. They include universities, public research organisations, practice partners from planning and mobility, a municipality and EIT Urban Mobility. Thirteen cooperation partners, among them cities and regional authorities, public transport operators and shared mobility providers, open up the living labs and help test interventions on the ground. The people behind the project are introduced on the DREAMers page.
Management structure
DREAMS uses a layered management structure. Day-to-day decisions sit with the Daily Management Board, the Executive Board provides oversight, and each living lab runs its own coordination.
