EUKN - European Urban Knowledge Network - Breakthrough technology for surface transportation in cities

Breakthrough technology for surface transportation in cities

Introduction

This project proves the effectiveness of automated transport systems in solving city mobility problems and the benefits on Energy, Environment and Socio-Economic.

Description

The report contains evaluations and guidelines addressed to politicians, city authorities, technicians and transport experts willing to assess the impacts of Automated Transport Systems.

Background information

To analyse in collaboration with several European cities the user needs, barriers to deployment. To take benefit of a cross-evaluation process to establish the impacts of Automated Transport Systems. The project gathers the main industrial and academic actors in order to demonstrate the effectiveness of the promising technologies of automated transport systems, in collaboration with several European cities.

Methodology

A cluster approach : the IST project CyberCars focusing on technologies, CyberMove focusing on applications and demonstrations.

Conclusions

In short term Automated Transport Systems will be successfully employed for two applications: feeders of the city main transport network and as park shuttles linking car-parks to one or many destinations. The key success factor is the Quality of service brought by guaranteed short waiting and travel times. Ad-hoc policies (accompanying measures on travel information and parking policies) prove the viability of the technology.

Contact info

INRIA
France
http://www.inria.fr
Michel Parent, tel. +33 139635593

Publication date

18/12/2004

Researcher

Georges Gallais

Document type

research

Themes

Urban Policy > Transport and infrastructure > Roads and road transport

Keywords

Traffic management