A new £1m initiative to develop innovative transportation technology has launched in Dundee.

The city's Mobility Innovation Living Laboratory (MILL) is looking for new products, services and business models that can be developed and trialled is the city.

The first wave of projects should focus on social and economic priorities including reduced cost, congestion and carbon emissions as well as improving air quality.

Applications for this stage are now open and will close on March 2.

Convener of Dundee City Council's city development committee Lynne Shorts aid: "We have a well-deserved reputation for being at the forefront of clean, efficient and integrated transport solutions, from electric cars and charging points to hybrid buses and smart ticketing.

"The MILL allows us to keep pushing new thinking forward and give companies, academics and entrepreneurs opportunities to get funding and a location in a coordinated and controlled way that will demonstrate to interested public, Third Sector and private bodies how their ideas could work in a real-life environment."

Dundee is one of four cities along with Aberdeen, Inverness and Stirling backed by money from the European Regional Development Fund to take on smart mobility through the Scottish Cities Alliance (SCA).

Project funding is available to support the live trial, testing and refinement of solutions from a total budget of £950,000, divided into five lots.