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| Road RESEARCH: HIPERTRANS |
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| Project Acronym: |
HIPERTRANS |
| Type of contract: |
Shared Cost |
| Project title: |
High Performance Transport Network Modelling and Simulation |
| Main contractor: |
UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER |
| Type organisation: |
Education |
| Country: |
GB |
| Start date & duration: |
1997-04-02 - 24 months |
| Area: |
Road |
| Relevant tasks: |
7.0 |
| Total cost in kECUs: |
1730 |
| Total EU contribution in kECUs: |
1000 |
Objectives of research
Main objectives:
Making better use of the exisiting infrastructure is one of the major objectives of the Common Transport Policy. The main problem involved is the large amount of data that has to be treated within a short period of time. To improve this situation and to provide road network operators with an efficient tool, the HIPERTRANS project will develop an accurate, high-speed, and visually interactive simulator for a road transportation network within a high-performance computing (HPC) environment. The simulator will be capable of interfacing, in real time, with urban traffic control (UTC) systems. It will be able to forecast the behaviour of a road network. The simulator will enable industrial end-users associated with the project, including road transport network operators to assess the performance of a road network quickly under a variety of operational conditions and behavourial patterns. It will also provide a tool for road traffic control systems commissioning and operator training, and for the specification, analysis, design, commissioning and operation of urban transportation networks prior to the implementation of new networks and strategies, or the modification of existing ones. The simulator is expected to be used in evaluating strategies to reduce traffic congestion levels (and consequent air pollution problems).
Demo Sites:
Specific sites to be identified in the course of the project
Links with other projects, tasks, areas, programmes, policy actions:
Links with Trans-European Road Network and Infrastructure Policy
Participants
| Organisation |
Type |
Country |
| UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER |
Education |
GB |
| WS ATKINS PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS LTD |
Other |
GB |
| PEEK TRAFFIC LIMITED |
Industry |
GB |
| ELECTRONIC TRAFIC I+D |
Industry |
ES |
| BKD CONSULTANTS LIMITED |
Industry |
GB |
| SIMULOG SA |
Industry |
FR |
| INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET EN AUTOMATIQUE (INRIA) |
Research Organisation |
FR |
Coordinator's name: Dr. Stephen WINTER
Address: UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER
Regent Street, 309
W1R 8AL London
GB
Tel: +44-171-9115099
Fax: +44-171-9115143
E-mail: wintersc@wmin.ac.uk
European Commission Contact Point
Name: Mr. Frank JOST
Tel: +32-2-2993911
Fax: +32-2-2968350
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