Welcome to the MARA project
MARA – Mobility and Accessibility in Rural Areas – is a European project funded by the Interreg Baltic Sea Region programme. It is being put into practice between January 2019 and June 2021.
It aims to improve the accessibility and mobility in touristic remote areas of the Baltic Sea Region by increasing the capacity of transport actors. MARA aims to crosscheck the actual mobility demand of residents and tourists with current mobility offers.
MARA is developing several mobility mapping tools and alternative mobility pilot cases in its partner regions. Have a look here to know more about the cases.
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Latest news
4th MARA Partner Meeting took place online as a virtual event
Despite the planned visit to Vidzeme in Latvia, MARA Partners had to meet online due to current epidemilogical situation and related restrcitions. The video conference meeting took place on 8-9 September 2020.
Get an insight into the approaches to mobility analysis, watch the video-presentations by MARA partners from Mobile Tartu conference 2020.
The conference Mobile Tartu 2020 focused on the theoretical and methodological aspects of the use of various mobility data and the application of these data in statistics, in smart city and transportation development, and human mobility research.
Check out the latest scientific publication by the MARA partner University of Tartu
We are glad to share with you a recent publication in relation to MARA project.
MARA partners as co-organisers and contributors to Mobile Tartu 2020 International Virtual Conference
The 7th mobility research conference Mobile Tartu was held on 30 June, bringing together leading human mobility researchers from around the world. More than 240 participants from 48 countries contributed to the event.
MARA featured in VASAB newsletter
MARA project was featured in the June edition of VASAB1 newsletter with a special emphasis on the project's role in VASAB Long-Term Perspective for Territorial Development of the BSR within the EUSBSR.
3rd MARA Partner Meeting took place in Petrozavodsk, Karelia, Russia
3rd MARA Partner Meeting took place in the beautiful & snowy Republic of Karelia, Russia, between the 5-7 February 2020. This meeting in the city of Petrozavodsk was the 3rd opportunity for the partners to meet each other in order to gain a common understanding of the project and its various activities.
MARA miniseminar: Mobility research in Estonia, Finland and Sweden
by Age Poom, Tobias Heldt, Kati Vierikko
In the end of 2019, MARA Nordic partners met in Helsinki to present and discuss mobility research in urban, rural and touristic settings.
MARA in exchange with related projects: Lead Partner at the seminar of "mamba".
2nd MARA Partner Meeting took place in Hajnowka, Poland.
The 2nd partner meeting was held in Hajnowka (Poland) from 11th to 12th September 2019. The main organizer and host of the meeting was the Hajnówka Poviat, in cooperation with the Faculty of Management Engineering of the Bialystok University of Technology (MARA project partner).
Insights and Observations: The seminar on new mobility solutions has attracted great interest in Latvia
In mid-October, transport experts, specialists and innovators gathered in Līgatne (Latvia). The high number of attendees confirmed that the transport sector also needs to work on new ideas and new solutions.
MARA has been awarded the EUSBSR flagship status!
MARA is one of the five new EUSBSR flagship projects selected by the National Coordinator's meeting in May.
Launch of the MARA project in Schwerin!
The kick off meeting of MARA took place in Schwerin, Germany, on the 14 and 15 of May 2019. This meeting was the first opportunity for the 12 partners to meet each other and reach a common understanding of the project and its different activities.