

Abu Dhabi Micromobility
Integrating Micromobility Solutions into the Strategic Model in Abu Dhabi
To support their urban planning initiatives, Abu Dhabi’s transport department, Abu Dhabi Mobility (ADM), developed a strategic transport model called STEAM. They use STEAM to evaluate and make decisions on infrastructure projects and transport policies. With bike sharing and scootering becoming increasingly popular transportation modes in cities globally, ADM is investing a lot in developing appropriate infrastructure and new policies to promote and support their use.
As part of their investment, they appointed citiME to adapt their strategic STEAM model, integrating these soft modes of transportation to digitally evaluate and test different transport scenarios and determine the best infrastructure solutions and policies to accommodate micromobility within their city.
As a result of this implementation, Abu Dhabi Mobility can evaluate more accurately the results from testing different scenarios that are more reflective of how people are moving, specifically using micromobility modes. Using the integrated model allows ADM to test infrastructure changes like bike lanes before implementation, supporting sustainable and efficient urban mobility.
citiME used OpenPaths CUBE to update the STEAM strategic model, incorporating the coding of soft mode- specific infrastructure such as zebra crossings, pavements, cycle tracks, and park paths into the network, increasing the original 150,000 links to over 1 million. The network model now includes all the possible links that can be used for short trips.

This project has enabled ADM to perform digital detailed assessments of very short trips, which could not be done from a strategic level. Abu Dhabi Mobility can now evaluate and test new infrastructure and policies that support the use of soft modes for short trips. They are using OpenPaths CUBE to simulate, visualise, and evaluate how changing the infrastructure will impact local movement and accessibility to provide better local network systems for bikes, scooters, and pedestrians.

