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| Urban RESEARCH: OPIUM |
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| Project Acronym: |
OPIUM |
| Type of contract: |
Shared Cost |
| Project title: |
Operational project for integrated urban management |
| Main contractor: |
MERSEYSIDE PASSENGER TRANSPORT EXECUTIVE |
| Type organisation: |
Other |
| Country: |
GB |
| Start date & duration: |
1996-01-01 - 36 months |
| Area: |
Urban |
| Relevant tasks: |
5.1.3.7 |
| Total cost in kECUs: |
2211 |
| Total EU contribution in kECUs: |
1099 |
Objectives of research
Main objectives:
1- To design and implement a range of physical traffic management measures in six cities (Liverpool, Gent, Heidelberg, Nantes, Patra, Utrecht). These measures will be in the areas of parking management and guidance, traffic calming and bus priority measures. 2- To evaluate the impact of the measures on transport efficiency, safety and modal split in urban areas, with particular reference to the impact on vulnerable road users. 3- To make recommendations for the future development of urban transport policies taking account of different urban environments including legal and institutional barriers, the need to improve the quality of life and the needs of different users of the urban transport system (including elderly and disabled persons)
Demo Sites:
Liverpool (UK), Gent (BE), Heidelberg (DE), Nantes (FR), Patra (GR), Utrecht (NL)
Links with other projects, tasks, areas, programmes, policy actions:
For task 5.1.3/7 a second contract has been awarded to the CAPTURE project.
Participants
| Organisation |
Type |
Country |
| MERSEYSIDE PASSENGER TRANSPORT EXECUTIVE |
Other |
GB |
| LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL |
Other |
GB |
| STEER DAVIES AND GLEAVE LTD. |
Other |
GB |
| TRANSPORT & TRAVEL RESEARCH LTD |
Industry |
GB |
| TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE AND TELEMATICS |
Other |
BE |
| CITY OF GENT |
Other |
BE |
| STADT HEIDELBERG |
Other |
DE |
| SABINE HUG UMWELTBERATUNG |
Other |
DE |
| DISTRICT DE L'AGGLOMERATION NANTAISE |
Other |
FR |
| SOCIÉTÉ D'ECONOMIE MIXTE DES TRANSPORTS DE L'AGGLOMÉRATION NANTAISE |
Other |
FR |
| TRANSPORT ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS |
Research Organisation |
GR |
| METRON SPATIAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT |
Other |
GR |
| MUNICIPALITY OF PATRA |
Other |
GR |
| DIENST RUIMTELIJKE ORDENING - UTRECHT |
Other |
NL |
| MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, PUBLIC WORKS AND WATER MANAGEMENT |
Research Organisation |
NL |
Coordinator's name: Mr R. BURLEY
Address: MERSEYSIDE PASSENGER TRANSPORT EXECUTIVE
Hatton Garden, 24
L3 2AN Liverpool
GB
Tel: +44-151-2275181
Fax: +44-151-2362457
European Commission Contact Point
Name: Mr. Marcel ROMMERTS
Tel: +32-2-2955334
Fax: +32-2-2954349
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