In the project, new knowledge on evolving needs, requirements, and feasibility was established. This was done both through literature studies, interviews with experts, and by arranging semi-structured workshops. Through this work a shared vision of the 2030 and 2050 MTME was defined including analysis of the barriers, enablers, opportunities, acceptance, and social impact of MTM implementation.
With the shared vision of 2030 and 2050 a basis, a white paper was developed. This work was based on literature studies, review of legal documents, and semi-structured expert interviews. Based on these activities, gaps and barriers were identified and recommendations for an improved legal and regulatory framework has been documented, also taking into account the deployment of MTM in the context of increased automation.
To support the understanding of the MTM concept, and to specify the related functionality and how diverse systems in the MTME should interact, the project developed a Polycentric Multimodal Architecture (PMA). The PMA was developed following the ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010:2022 standard for architecture descriptions, and is aligned with the architectural description framework ARCADE (using the modelling languages ArchiMate and UML along with textual descriptions). In addition to the PMA, the project developed a board game to support the communication and understanding of the MTM concepts.
The project has extensively utilised its two Living Labs (LLs), both to define realistic use cases and to test and evaluate systems and technologies in the real world. This has provided valuable knowledge on practical operations of relevance to the development of MTM. The real-world trials at the LLs were complemented with simulations to enable throughout evaluation of the benefits of MTM, also in in case of disruptions. The lessons learned from the pilots, simulation activities, and trials should be valuable for follow-up projects. The two LLs were:
* Herøya Industrial Park (HIP) - one of the biggest industrial parks in Norway
* Milan Malpensa airport is the second largest Italian intercontinental and international airport for passenger traffic and the first for cargo volumes
To support traffic orchestrators, network managers, fleet operators, transport service provider, and other stakeholders involved in MTM, the project has developed and validated an enabling toolkit. This enabling toolkit provides:
* Decision support and other prototypes for operative traffic orchestration.
* Training modules and training guidelines on operational multimodal traffic management.
* Assessment tools to support evaluations and analyses.
In addition to the enabling toolkit, ORCHESTRA's deployment toolkit further supports the roll-out of MTM. This covers organisational, business and market models for MTM, as well as the contractual and administrative implementation of MTM.
Towards the end of the project, 24 key exploitable results were identified and relevant target groups has been analysed.
