Urban Living Lab Center

Toolbox

Welcome to ULLC Toolbox

The ULLC Toolbox is an online resource hub designed to support practitioners, planners, and learners in making informed decisions about urban mobility solutions. It brings together assessment and design tools, capacity-building materials, knowledge products, and business models to guide the effective implementation and operation of sustainable mobility strategies.

While still under development, the Toolbox already includes initial resources on vehicles, operations, and the integration of e-mobility, along with insights from various user groups and key mobility challenges. More tools and modules will be added gradually to expand its scope and usability.

SolutionsPlus Policy Paper: Electric Bus Initiative in India: Learnings from the Electric Bus Programme in India

This policy paper reviews India’s electric bus programmes and distils lessons on procurement, financing and institutional coordination. It provides guidance for public authorities on designing scalable electric bus initiatives that balance cost efficiency, operational performance and long term sustainability.

SolutionsPlus Policy Advice Paper: E-Paratransit

SolutionsPlus Policy Paper: Vehicle Conversion in Kathmandu, Nepal

This policy paper examines the potential of converting internal combustion engine vehicles to electric drivetrains in Nepal, using pilot evidence from Kathmandu to assess technical feasibility, economic performance and environmental benefits. It provides policy guidance for establishing national frameworks that enable safe, scalable and economically viable vehicle conversion as part of Nepal’s electric mobility transition.

SOLUTIONSPlus Policy Paper: National Urban Planning for Electric Mobility Transitions

This report outlines how national governments can integrate electric mobility into urban planning through coherent policies, participatory approaches and targeted implementation strategies. It provides planning principles, institutional guidance and policy recommendations based on SOLUTIONSplus Living Lab experiences and international best practice.

SOLUTIONSPlus Replication Toolkit: Living Lab Methodology Guide for Academic Institutions

The guide provides a structured methodology for embedding Urban Living Lab practices into university teaching, enabling educators and students to engage directly with real world mobility challenges. It explains how participatory experimentation, systemic thinking and multi stakeholder collaboration can be integrated into curricula to support transformative urban sustainability.

SOLUTIONSPlus Replication Guide

This guide outlines a structured process for replicating electric mobility solutions by linking technical design with regulatory readiness, institutional capacity and local priorities. It distils lessons from SOLUTIONSplus Living Labs to support cities in assessing feasibility, developing business and operating models, engaging stakeholders and adapting pilot solutions to new environments.

SOLUTIONSPlus DIY Guide: Step-by-Step Instructions for E-TukTuk and E-Motorbike Assembly

This guide provides structured instructions for designing and assembling light electric vehicles with accessible tools and components, supporting local workshops and training institutions in acquiring the skills needed for electric mobility production and maintenance. It reinforces the role of do it yourself methods in strengthening manufacturing capacity and promoting repairable, modular vehicle solutions.

SOLUTIONSPlus Scale-Up Concept Note for Bogotá, Colombia

This concept note outlines how Bogotá can expand the use of electric assisted handcycles in the Shared Bicycle System to enhance accessibility for people with disabilities. It presents a multi stage scale up strategy that includes vehicle adaptation, station selection, monitoring integration, improved rental processes, communication and training, and structured evaluation, supported by evidence from pilot testing and aligned with municipal mobility and accessibility policies.

SOLUTIONSPlus Scale-Up Concept Note: Scaling Sustainable and Electric Urban Mobility Solutions in Dar es Salaam

This concept note outlines how Dar es Salaam can expand its electric mobility transition by scaling up electric three wheelers, pedal assist bicycles and future electric bus services. It builds on extensive technical assessments, policy work and capacity building undertaken through SOLUTIONSplus and proposes integrated pathways for national and municipal institutions to strengthen regulation, expand pilots, improve technical skills and advance sustainable public transport.

SOLUTIONSPlus Scale-Up Concept Note: EV Sharing for Last-Mile Connectivity in Hanoi, Vietnam

This concept note outlines how Hanoi can expand shared electric moped services to improve last mile access to metro and BRT stations. Building on a successful pilot, it identifies operational barriers, policy gaps and infrastructure constraints, and proposes a structured plan with fourteen docking stations and one hundred and forty vehicles, supported by digital systems, stakeholder coordination and alignment with national climate commitments.

SOLUTIONSPlus Scale-Up Concept Note: Scaling Gender-Inclusive Electric Motorcycles in Kigali

This concept note outlines how Kigali can scale gender inclusive electric motorcycle deployment by extending the results of the SOLUTIONSplus pilot, which supported women riders, improved vehicle and battery design and strengthened institutional coordination. It identifies remaining regulatory, financial and ecosystem barriers and shows how the Mitigation Action Facility project can accelerate adoption through targeted financial support, increased participation of women and strengthened national policy frameworks.

SOLUTIONSPlus Scale-Up Concept Note: Scaling Up Sector Coupling Solutions in Kigali to Reinforce the Mobility-Energy-Resources Nexus

This concept note outlines how Kigali can expand electric mobility and sector coupling solutions by building on SOLUTIONSplus achievements in electric motorcycles, bicycles, buses, and institutional coordination. It identifies remaining barriers and proposes a structured framework through the Co prodUSE project to link mobility, energy, buildings and circular economy systems, supported by living labs, policy development and capacity building activities.