 Telematics Applications for Transport Research Information4th Framework ResearchProjects
 CONCERT TR 1013
Cooperation for Novel City Electronic Regulating Tools
Project Summary
CONCERT envisages the use of smart demand management tools to promote public modes of travel instead of car usage. The project will build on previous successful pilot systems (GAUDI). A co-ordinated European demonstrator is planned, based on multiple sites to measure the strength of different techniques (tariff incentives, road-use management/restraint and traveller information).
Combining smart card and information technologies, CONCERT will facilitate access and payment in a mutlimodal multiservice system integrating payment and operational service data. It will demonstrate:
- increased card intelligence (secure connectivity, convenience and reward) for modal shift integrated payment oriented to modal shifts
- refined and generalised smart road-use management tools
- the importance of integration of payment and information for increasing the convenience and awareness needed to generate modal shifts to collective transport.
An important element of the project is transferability, as it applies to varying sizes of city, mobility service tariffing and organisation, levels of car use, etc. Transferability, together with travel behaviour and acceptance will be tested in conjunction with the DGVII project CONCERT-P.
Working in partnership with industry and European initiatives, the cities participating in CONCERT will promote the convergence on urban smart card applications. These applications are needed to build a market of increasing global importance, which European industry has so far led, to a critical size. As part of this process account will be taken of the needs for standards in both the transport and banking sectors
Major Validation Sites
Barcelona, ES
Bristol, UK
Dublin, IE
Hannover, DE
Marseille, FR
Thessaloniki, GR
Trondheim, NO
Users
The users consist of travellers on private and public transport, public transport and road operators, and local authorities.
Approach
The development is based on IC cards, portables and reader devices, supporting technologies for enforcement and actuation sensors, and terminals for traveller information and service purchase.
Expected Benefits
- readier availability and access to quality data on the environment
- higher quality of city life due to environmental improvements associated with reduced car usage
- higher accessibility via improved modal connectivity of car alternatives
- increased revenues (new pricing tariffs & services to new market segments and better control of service consumption)
- reduced fraud and money-handling risks
- market expansion through demonstrated improvements of quality of life and citizen acceptance
- convergence on standards through technical work and collaborative synergy.
Contribution to EU Policies
This work will help Europe in maintaining an industrial lead in a key technology sector, which implies improved employment opportunities, and it will achieve transport goals in partnership with banking sector requirements.
Contact Person
Kim Cabrero, Barcelona Tecnologia S.A.
Tel: +34 3 431 4650
Fax: +34 3 431 4163
e-mail: btsa2@ibm.net
Project URLs :
http://www.aksess.no/vegvesenet/concert/concert_eng.html
Project Participants
Barcelona Tecnologia S.A., ES
Allied Irish Banks plc, IE
Ambit de la Via Pœblica, ES
Azienda Trasporti Consorziali, IT
Bristol City Council, UK
CETE Mediteranee, FR
Cityline Bristol Omnibus Co Ltd, UK
Comune di Bologna, IT
Direction Departementale de l'Equipement, FR
Dublin Bus, IE
Dublin Corporation, IE
Dublin Institute of Technology, IE
European Transport & Telematics Systems Ltd, IE
Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya, ES
Ferrovie dello Stato SpA, IT
Interactions Ltd, IE
Irish Car Parks Ltd, IE
Irish Rail, IE
Laboratori Fondazione Guglielmo Marconi Srl, IT
Laboratori General d'Assaigs i Invesitgacions, ES
Micro Design AS, NO
MOVE Entwicklungs-, Infrastruktur und Servicegesellschaft mbH, DE
Municipality of Thessaloniki, GR
Norcontel Ltd, IE
PAMBO Transport Co-operative Ltd, IE
Public Road Administration County of Trondelag, NO
Public Roads Administration, NO
Regie des Transports de Marseille, FR
SINTEF TE, NO
Societat Municipal d'Aparcaments i Serveis S.A., ES
Societe Nationale de Chemins de Fer Francais, FR
Transeuropean Consulting Unit of Thessaloniki Sa, GR
Transports de Barcelona, ES
Ville de Marseille, FR
Public deliverables
D6.2 Results & Main findings on chained mobility products
D7.2 Results & Main findings on integrated payment and information integration : Marseilles pilot
D8.2 Results & Main findings on pricing and restraint : Barcelona, Bristol, Thessaloniki and Trondheim pilots
D8.3 Pricing & restraint strategies: guidelines for European Policy Development
D3.1 Evaluation plan
D10.1 interim report on City business plans
D10.2 Smart demand management business plans
D9.2 Mobility data integration (please contact the project coordinator to obtain this deliverable)
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