A NEW TRAFFIC APPROACH REGARDING ENERGY SAVING [PHASE 1]

Ziel

The objectives :
- reduction in the global energy consumption due to the mobility needs, to
achieve through both reducing and rechanneling traffic flows; this will
also mean a reduction in current level of fossil fuel consumption and as a
consequence a lesser dependance on external energy supply;
- improvement of urban environmental quality through decrease in both
atmospheric and acoustic pollution levels;
- more rational organization of urban mobility, resulting in a reduction in
private car usage and an increase of public transport users; the
consequence of this objectives are: decongestion of traffic flows, increase
of public transport average speed;
- decrease in car accidents and overall increase on safety levels for
drivers;
- promotion of users acceptance of public transport through the provision of
more and more timely information to the users based on telematic systems.
This project represents the first phase of a wider program regarding the urban mobility.
EXPECTED RESULTS
- Energy saving and reduction of environmental impact;
- more rational organization of urban mobility;
- shift from private to public transport means;
- reduction of traffic congestion;
- increase of public transport average speed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRODUCT
An integrated urban mobility management system will be deployed bringing together measures and technologies which have previously been applied only separately. The system will provide four levels of actions:
1. techniques for traffic management and control, including advanced
information systems for the users;
2. improvement in infrastructures for modal interchange, combined with
vehicle fleets more suitable for efficient public transportation in urban
areas (the vehicles will feature high energy efficiency and low pollution
level emission);
3. other complementary measures for the promotion of a modal shift towards
public, transport, also including access control to historical centres for
private cars and control and enforcement techniques for lanes whose use is
restricted to public transport vehicles.
PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED
Barcelona : none
Bologna : none
Leipzig : none
Dublin : none
Toulouse : none
SOLUTIONS ADOPTED
Barcelona : none
Bologna : none
Leipzig : none
Dublin : none
Toulouse : none.
An integrated set of actions needs to be taken in order to achieve the above listed objectives. They require a high level of coordination and cooperation among urban and extraurban public transport operators and both local and national traffic authorities. They can be grouped as follows: techniques for traffic management and control, including:
* automatic access control to congested areas;
* preferencial lanes for public transport vehicles;
* traffic light control systems integrated with the automatic vehicle monitoring so as to maximize public transport performance;
* reduction of traffic congestion through the provision of information to private car drivers about current traffic flow and alternative routes;
- deployment of infrastructures for the improvement of modal interchange efficiency and user acceptance, also in combination with fleet management;
- development of non-pollutant public transport vehicles;
- promote of private to public transport modal shift, including:
* specific provision of additional information to the users at the bus stops and at their homes and offices through telematic networks;
* smart car based, multiservice integrated fare collection system
* provision of a bus service whose frequency is demand-driven and whose level is genuinely competitive with the private cars. Representatives from the Antares cities found out that their urban areas shared more or less the same problems and the same goals. The idea of the consortium then started to take shape.
The Antares consortium should be presented as a group of five cities which share the aim of achieving higher levels energy saving and lower levels of environment pollution by means of the application of innovative, global and integrated measures to urban transport, both public and private.
Five cities got together for a number of reasons: they have already cooperated or are currently cooperating in other projects with common satisfaction, they have common features and common needs to a large extent, and they have a comparable levels of technological development in the urban transportation sector.
The energy saving/reduced pollution objective will be achieved through the application of common and integrated measures at the implementation level in all cities, ranging from variable message system to zone access, from intelligent traffic light management to aids to transport mode changes, from integrated ticketing systems to low emission vehicles in public transport.
Quite naturally, each city will have its own peculiarities. But the value added will reside in five cities cooperating in drawing a common conceptual framework, in setting common requirements, and in defining functional specifications together. This will allow for a further and deeper exchange of information and a wider selection of potential suppliers. All this will make the whole project much more likely to be successful and cost effective than would happen for each city separately.

Programm/Programme

ENG-THERMIE 1 - Programme (EEC) for the promotion of energy technology in Europe (THERMIE), 1990-1994

Thema/Themen

2.4 - TRANSPORT

Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung

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Finanzierungsplan

DEM - Demonstration contracts

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BARCELONA TECNOLOGIA SA

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