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| Urban RESEARCH: DIRECT |
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| Project Acronym: |
DIRECT |
| Type of contract: |
Shared Cost |
| Project title: |
DATA INTEGRATION REQUIREMENTS OF EUROPEAN CITIES FOR TRANSPORT |
| Main contractor: |
STRATEC S.A. |
| Type organisation: |
Industry |
| Country: |
BE |
| Start date & duration: |
1998-01-01 - 24 months |
| Area: |
Urban |
| Relevant tasks: |
5.1.2.4 |
| Total cost in kECUs: |
1157 |
| Total EU contribution in kECUs: |
603 |
Objectives of research
Main objectives:
The integration of long/medium term planning and short term traffic management procedures could both benefit through better data consistency, lower costs for data collection, improved quality and coverage of the data, better background for the development of new modelling, prediction and analysis tools. The objective of the project is to analyse the various aspects of the development, implementation and operation of transport-data sharing structures (TDSS) facilitating this integration. Not only the technological aspects should be envisaged, but also the institutional, legal, organisational and financial aspects. The problem of data provision to the structure should also be a matter of concern. A particular attention shall be paid, in the technological field, to the architecture of the sharing structure: should it be structure linking databases, either existing or to be implemented, or a single database on a single site? The public or private management of the TDSS shall also be addressed.
Secondary objective:
Two prototypes of TDSS shall be developed, implemented and evaluated: 1. In Barcelona, it shall be developed with a view to be used as an information/booking system for potential users of a park and ride scheme; to provide local planning authorities with disaggregated information concerning their travel needs and behaviour; to enable the parking operator to improve its forecast for parking spaces availability and display appropriate messages on the existing VMS pannels which have been installed along the roads that access the facilities; to enable off-line evaluation of the P&R scheme, as well as its contribution to the reduction of car traffic in Barcelona city centre, and possible adjustments of the public transport services. 2. In Lille, it shall take the form of a Mobility Observatory and the local authority is expected to implement an Urban Transport Master Plan. The achievement of the Plan's objectives is to be monitored, and the tool to be developed and implemented in this respect is a Mobility Observatory. This shall make use of the various transport planning, traffic, pollution, safety, etc data which are available in existing databases, through the development of interfaces enabling easy access to the existing databases, data loading from these databases and flexible computation of appropriate indicators. The synthesis would lead to recommendations and guidelines that shall orient research work as well as development and implementation work in the future.
Demo Sites:
Barcelona and Lille
Links with other projects, tasks, areas, programmes, policy actions:
- DG VII projects: AIUTO, INCOME - DG XIII projects: TITAN, CONCERT, ADEPT, COSMOS, CLEOPATRA, TABASCO, EUROSCOPE, CAPITALS, INFOPOLIS, CARPLUS, ICARUS - TEN-T project TELNEN
Participants
| Organisation |
Type |
Country |
| STRATEC S.A. |
Industry |
BE |
| CENTRE D'ETUDES SUR LES RÉSEAUX, LES TRANSPORTS, L'URBANISME ET LES CONSTRUCTION PUBLIQUES |
Other |
FR |
| CENTRE D'ETUDES TECHNIQUES DE L'EQUIPEMENT NORD PICARDIE |
Other |
FR |
| CENTRE D'ETUDES TECHNIQUES DE L'EQUIPEMENT DE LYON |
Other |
FR |
| LILLE MÉTROPOLE - COMMUNAUTÉ URBAINE |
Other |
FR |
| UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON |
Education |
GB |
| SIMULOG S.A. |
Industry |
FR |
| AZIENDA TORINESE MOBILITÀ |
Other |
IT |
| NETHERLANDS ORGANISATION FOR APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH |
Research Organisation |
NL |
| BARCELONA TECHNOLOGIA S.A. |
Industry |
ES |
Coordinator's name: Mr. Claude ROCHEZ
Address: STRATEC S.A.
Boulevard A. Reyers, 156
1030 Brussels
BE
Tel: +32-2-7350995
Fax: +32-2-7354917
E-mail: stratec@euronet.be
European Commission Contact Point
Name: Mr. Remi MAYET
Tel: +32-2-2964677
Fax: +32-2-2954349
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