INTEGRATION OF CARPOOLING AMONG THE UNION CITIES

Project Information

CARPLUS

Grant agreement ID: TR1008

Project closed

Start date 1 January 1996

End date 31 December 1998

Funded under

• Specific programme of research and technological development and demonstration in the area of telematic applications of common interest, 1994-1998

Total cost € 4 437 002,00

EU contribution No data

Coordinated by

Univ. De Valencia
Spain

Objective

The CARPLUS project deals mainly with the promotion of car-pooling applications in European urban and peri-urban areas.. The objective is to integrate the car-pooling applications within the existing telematics infrastructure of the city in order to provide to the car-poolers additional real-time information which improve the pooler service to the users and encourage its use. Technical analysis will cover matching software, guaranteed ride-home systems, geographical data and other aspects. The project will consider the widest possible range of potential users and telematics solutions, including high vehicle occupancy lanes for suburban areas and customer access to big shopping centres.

The CARPLUS (ex: ICARUS proposal) project deals mainly with the promotion of car-pooling applications in European urban and peri-urban areas. The proposal is highly oriented to incentivate the use of pooled private vehicles in order to obtain benefits both at individual and social level: safety, saving in time, energy and consumption, reduction of congestion and environment enhancement.

The objective of CARPLUS is to integrate the car-pooling applications within the existing telematics infrastructure of the city in order to provide to the car-poolers additional real time information which improve the pooler service to the users and encourage its use. The following technical aspects will be analysed: communication tools, matching software, guaranteed ride home systems, geographical databases, monetary exchange system.

CARPLUS includes a demonstration in 5 test-sites (Madrid, Roma, Lille, Stuttgart and Switzerland) and it is trying to cover a widest range of characteristics, both in users' segment and telematic solution: a High Occupancy Vehicles lane for peri-urban residential areas, rail station connection, skiers car-poolers, bank clerks, shop centre customers, displacement between cities and industrial centre employers. The final key point of CARPLUS concerns the evaluation of the technical developments and the socio-economical benefits.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › software
• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › databases

Programme(s)

• FP4-TELEMATICS 2C - Specific programme of research and technological development and demonstration in the area of telematic applications of common interest, 1994-1998

Topic(s)

• A.2 - Telematics Applications for Transport

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

Univ. De Valencia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: c/ Hugo de Moncada,4-Entrlo. Esc.A ; 46010 Valencia ; Spain
• Total cost: No data

Participants (4)

INTRALUDE S.A.

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 153,AVENUE DU GENERAL LECLERC ; 92340 BOURG LA REINE
• Total cost: No data

MIZAR AUTOMAZIONE SPA

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: VIA VINCENZO MONTI 48 ; 10126 TORINO
• Total cost: No data

STEIERWALD SCHVNHARTING UND PARTNER GMBH

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 21,HESSR_HLSTRASSE ; 70565 STUTTGART
• Total cost: No data

TELEWAYS AG

Switzerland

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 6,SPL_GENSTRASSE ; 8027 ZURICH
• Total cost: No data