Objective
SLAM aims at developing a methodology and a tool for the operational support of the Local Authority in the medium-term analysis of a traffic network from the point of view of energy consumptions and emissions and to identify possible remedial actions to improve the overall network energy savings and efficiency.
Specifically the SLAM methodology will allow:
- to analyse and identify the energy consumption levels due to network traffic flows and characterise the main urban zones in terms of the identified traffic energy indicators;
- to support the municipal technical staff in the evaluation of transport remedial interventions from the point of view of global energy consumptions and emissions.
The methodology requires:
- a conceptual level;
- a operational level;
- a normative/administrative level.
For evaluating mobility condition as well as energy consumption and emissions in the medium-term in order to take appropriate remedial actions several kinds of data are necessary to Local Authorities. Mobility and environmental data are available in real-time through automated data collection systems installed in urban centres (e.g. traffic control systems,pollution monitoring systems,etc.). Territorial data are available through data banks which provide socio/economic characterisations of an area.What is lacking is an integration of such different information into coherent framework which could enable an evaluation of the impact of traffic flows on the overall energy consumption in the urban area and provide support for effective decisions and interventions on mobility in the short/medium term.
The above technological scenario, which provides a significant set of data and parameters (traffic flows,pollution levels,mobility demand,transit times,etc.) in Florence is already active and it is on going enhancement by the activation of THERMIE-JUPITER project. The management services available in the city centre are composed of several monitoring and control systems (Urban Traffic Control - UTC, automatic Vehicle monitoring- AVM, Emission Pollution Monitoring -EPRM, Variable Message Signs- VMS, etc.).
The main activities planned in SLAM are the following:
- analysis and identification of energy sources and indexes,pollution sources,environmental quality parameters,territorial features which characterise the urban network;
- realization of an integrated information base with data provided by the referenc'e technological scenario;
- set up and assembly a software tool through the integration of different models (Energy consumption,diffusion,composition identification) and simulation packages (Model assignment,Traffic microsimulator) with the above information base;
- analysis and design of an intervention methodology and its interactions with the above software tools allowing to identify remedial transport actions from the point of view of network energy efficiency;
- laboratory testing of the implemented environment (methodology and support tools) on real data collected in test area;
- analysis and assessment of results (introduction aspects,impacts,operability,technicians acceptance,etc.)
Accordingly, SLAM is organised in 9 main work packages (WP) addressing the above kind of activities.
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50131 Firenze
Italy