Rapid environmental changes are impacting our cities and require rapid and innovative actions. The Rapid Applications for Transport (RAPTOR) Programme seeks to do so via its agile competition. The RAPTOR competition matches European cities facing urban mobility challenges with start-ups with innovative mobility solutions. While each of the city challenges and proposed solutions are different, the common theme woven throughout is the urgency of the transition to more sustainable transport.

The idea of Rastel.io won first prize at the solution competition at Urbanize Hub in Oradea in 2021. The engineers who were part of the initiating team have now reached the stage of launching the project in the field.

Horea Toniuc, a 27-year-old from Bistrița, came up with a solution for those who want to keep their bicycles safe and not have to carry them up stairs daily, even 3-4 floors. He set up a smart bike parking system that can be operated with a phone. Already two such parks are functional in Cluj-Napoca, and the Bistrița specialist in aerospace engineering does not want to stop here.

Four Romanian startups, which develop innovative tech ideas, have been additionally included in the Orange Fab acceleration program, the telecommunications company informed StartupCafe.ro in a press release on Wednesday.

🔐 A modular, smart and secure bike shelter to keep your bike safe and dry
📱 An access control system to manage your bike storage facility and promote cycling
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Another #startup from our #RubikGarage Accelerator 2022 cohort on the virtual stage of start-up.ro! 🚀,

Rastel.io provides a network of smart and secure bike shelters that can be monitored and accessed through a mobile app. Read their story here: https://lnkd.in/dy_mswt3

Horea Toniuc, Tudor-Vlad Beleuţă 👏

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Rastel.io is a digital bike parking solution, through which cyclists can find a parking space, park their bike, lock it, and monitor it. In practice, they will never forget where they left their bike and will be free from the worry of possible theft. One of the founders, Horea Toniuc, will explain how the network of smart and secure shelters for bicycles that can be monitored and accessed through a mobile app works.

Last Friday we had the great pleasure to meet Her Excellency, Mrs. Laurence AUER, French Ambassador to Romania at the French Institute in Cluj-Napoca. Together with Marius Cornel Mornea - Co-founder of Sustainable Cluj, Marius Moga - architect and coordinator of Someș Delivery and Paul Emanuel Marc - Secretary General of the Youth Federation of Cluj and member of the Youth Advisory Council, we discussed the current state and future development of Cluj in in terms of urban planning, mobility and sustainability. We are grateful for the invitation, the strong support and the openness to cooperation for a more sustainable future, with healthier and happier citizens.