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- Traffic study on the opening of an exit along the A1 near Gavassa, Reggio Emilia TRT was commissioned to draw up a traffic study to evaluate the opening of a new exit along the A1 motorway, between Reggio Emilia and Correggio. The study saw the implementation of a macroscopic traffic model, a useful tool for the evaluation of the different hypotheses considered. A territorial analysis of the area in included, with an in-depth study of the characteristics of the road network and the traffic demand in the area, with the analysis of the origin-destination matrix of the regional model, the available traffic counts and an on-site inspection which included specific traffic counts. All these information were used to calibrate the model. The following step was the reconstruction of the reference scenario, with respect to the year 2040, in order to include in the model all the road interventions planned by regional and local administrative divisions. The traffic model was thus used to evaluate five different project hypotheses, evaluated at the year 2040: a three-way exit with connection to the ordinary road network, subject to redevelopment, to the south of the motorway axis a trumpet exit with connection to the ordinary road network north of the A1, subject to redevelopment an exit with separate functions which has an entrance to the north and to the south of the motorway; the hypothesis of a parallel road of A1 motorway which connects the Prato-Gavassa area with the ordinary road network in Via Gramsci (Reggio Emilia); the hypothesis of a parallel road of A1 motorway which connects the Prato-Gavassa area with the access road to the Reggio Emilia tollgate, including an overpass of Via Gramsci.
- Effects of pricing policies on the Superstrada Pedemontana Veneta – Surveys, analysis and proposals The study evaluated the effects of different toll schemes on Superstrada Pedemontana Veneta traffic forecasts using the PTV Visum traffic assignment software package. The toll schemes were designed combining different combinations of toll levels, modulated according to both vehicle type and geographical area of origin for passenger and freight traffic. The alternative toll schemes were designed also taking into account the outcome of a series of interviews aimed at identifying the demand for commercial vehicles that could potentially be attracted to the new road infrastructure. The survey directly involved both local and international companies, logistics operators, sector and trade associations that would be potentially interested in using the motorway infrastructure. The survey questionnaire was aimed at understanding the respondents’ needs and requirements as well as their point of view in terms of advantages and disadvantages of using the infrastructure considering time, costs, quality of services and parking areas availability.
- European Urban Mobility Observatory and support (ELTIS) and Urban Mobility Scoreboard (SUMI – Sustainable Urban Mobility Indicators) ELTIS, the European Urban Mobility Observatory, is a long-standing web portal (eltis.org), which has facilitated the exchange of information and best practice in the field of urban mobility in Europe for over 20 years. Financed by DG MOVE, ELTIS has expanded its remit over time, evolving from an information repository, to become the EU’s Urban Mobility Observatory. As such, ELTIS now provides a broad range of essential services (e.g. training and support tools) and became a one-stop shop for sustainable urban mobility plan (SUMP) guidance, following the integration of the European Platform on SUMPs into a new portal hosted on the European Commission website (Urban Mobility Observatory). To support the use of the SUMP guidance material available on ELTIS, the SUMI (Sustainable Urban Mobility Indicators) project aimed at developing a set of indicators to enable cities to identify deficiency areas and enhance alignment with EU policy goals. The ultimate goal has been the definition of indicators covering the seven indicator areas mentioned in the draft amended TEN-T Regulation, together with the development, implementation, and analysis of responses to a European-wide urban mobility data and indicators survey of cities proposed to be ‘urban nodes’ in the draft TEN-T Regulation. This project extends the legacy of the ELTIS portal, managed for the period 2022-2023, and updates and enhances SUMI to support the amendment of TEN-T Regulation. After having been already involved in both the previous ELTIS (2017-2021) and SUMI (2018-2020) projects, TRT has been awarded for the combined ELTIS-SUMI 2 project, as part of an international consortium led by Ricardo (UK), with Rupprecht Consult (DE), POLIS (BE), ECORYS (ML), TEPR (UK), Vision5 (AT), UITP (BE), TML (BE) and Marlon (BE). TRT contributes to the project as it comes to: publishing news items and case studies on the ELTIS Portal, and drafting new SUMP Topic Guides / Practitioner briefings, to facilitate the continued dissemination of best practice information to urban mobility professionals across Europe, chairing and organising meetings of the EU SUMP Platform Coordinating Group, bringing together representatives of the main ongoing and EU funded projects on SUMP, reviewing, updating and simplifying the set of SUMI indicators related to the indicator areas of the amended TEN-T Regulation, exploring data availability among the cities defined as urban nodes across Europe. For more information: SUMI website Previous ELTIS contract Previous SUMI contract [tw_button icon=”” link=”http://www.trt.it/en/Projects/” size=”small” rounded=”false” style=”flat” hover=”default” color=”#223468″ target=”_self”]Projects[/tw_button]
- Passenger demand for small aircrafts until 2050: design and application of a modelling tool to simulate future scenarios The background of the study is the European Clean Sky 2 programme, aiming at developing innovative technologies to reduce emissions and noise levels from aircrafts, while simultaneously developing and strengthening a globally competitive aeronautical industry in Europe. The scope of the programme does also include Small Air Transport (SAT), which is expected to contribute to the connectivity of remote regions in Europe and the rest of the world. The study provided an ATS level assessment and forecasts for Small Air Transport aircrafts, namely airplanes with passenger capacity between 9 and 19 seats and pressurized and unpressurized cabin compartment. A modelling tool has been developed to provide (i) the assessment with respect to passenger volume, fleet and flights for the base year 2019 and (ii) results for future years from 2025 to 2050 in five years steps. The main activities of the project have been related to: Review and analysis of available SAT concepts and potential business models; Design and development of the model for the estimation of demand for Small Air Transport aircrafts at European scale, supported by the related data collection and calibration process. The model is also accompanied by input and output interface, complemented with a user guide; Application of the model to forecasts future potential SAT demand for the reference scenario and two alternative scenarios by 2050; Analysis of European modelling results to evaluate the potential SAT demand for the rest of the world with a qualitative approach. TRT led the project and covered all the activities related to the model design, development and application. The subcontractor SEO Amsterdam Economics focused on the review of SAT concept and business models. For more information: Official site of Clean Aviation programme: description of Small Air Transport Transversal Activity.
- Definition of a strategy to exploit the potential of Greece as a gateway for logistics flows to and from Central The objective of this study is to support the Government of Greece in developing a Logistics Gateway Strategy and the related Implementation Plan to consolidate the role of Greece as maritime transhipment hub serving the international containerised traffic within the Mediterranean Sea and to pursue a transition from transhipment hub to a regional logistics gateway. The study approach is to assess and contextualize the opportunity to better position Greece’s logistics sector in order for Greece to become a more capable, more competitive and more attractive gateway linking Central Europe with international and intercontinental markets. To support the positioning of Greece, especially the port of Piraeus and Thessaloniki, the analysis develops the following steps: Quantitative mapping of the Central European Hinterland trades with a focus on south-east Asia (China) in order to understand the amount of freight traffic and the routes followed. This includes the intercontinental railway route across Asia between Europe and China. Operational mapping of the freight trades by involving relevant stakeholders (freight forwarders, intermodal operators, big retailers, etc.) mainlybased in Central Europe. The analysis provides a review of: maritime ports in Greece (Thessaloníki and Piraeus) and in Europe (Hamburg, Gdansk, Rotterdam, etc.), serving the Central European Market, freight corridors serving the Central European Market: the Pan European Corridor X and the Orient/East-Med TEN-T Corridor. In this study, TRT lead an international consortium of companies based in Greece (OPTILOG) and Austria (MC Mobility Consultants) to better cover the geographical scope of the study and with the partnership of MDST Transmodal as transport modeler expert in the container cargo shipping. [tw_button icon=”” link=”http://www.trt.it/en/projects/” size=”small” rounded=”false” style=”flat” hover=”default” color=”#223468″ target=”_self”]Projects[/tw_button]
- New mobility patterns in European cities The objective of the study is to provide an extensive data collection covering the areas of passenger mobility, urban logistics, fleet composition, transport activity and traffic for the EU Member States. The project is composed of three tasks: An EU-wide survey covering all mobility, including both urban and non-urban parts, based on the methodology recommended by Eurostat with a specific focus on new ways of mobility in cities (shared mobility, active mobility and use of alternative fuelled vehicles and modes). The task includes a statistical meta-analysis of similar surveys done at EU and at national, major regional and local level to derive evolution over time of mobility patterns. A targeted survey on urban logistics in the major EU urban centres, addressed at businesses that provide delivery services for own account or for hire, to understand the composition and the mileage of the fleet, the characteristics of the vehicles, the corresponding activity, the fuel/energy consumption, the Origin-Destination characteristics of the supply chain and the carbon footprint resulting from their activities in cities. A complete and consistent dataset of fleet, activity and traffic data and relevant indicators on the economic, environmental and usage aspects of transport, for the period 2005-2018, covering all road, airborne, rail and waterborne passenger and freight transport. TRT led the systematic review of existing mobility surveys in Europe, analysed the results of the passenger mobility survey (Task A), supported the activities for the urban logistics survey (Task B), and developed the rail dataset (Task C).
- User-friendly information tool on urban and regional vehicle access regulation schemes II UVAR-Exchange is the European Parliament Preparatory Action 2 (EP PA 2) contracted by DG MOVE. The project, which links to and follows the EP PA 1 (the UVARBox project in which TRT is also involved), aims to enhance the experience of road users by improving the communication of information to drivers in the vicinity of UVARs, as well as to facilitate the city’s access to information, especially of foreign vehicles and drivers, for their seamless travel and the city’s enforcement of UVARs. The project developed recommendations and guidance for EU-wide harmonised physical signs for different UVARs (use of symbols and layout of main and additional panels plus indication on road marking) and for variable message signs (VMS). Their applicability has been discussed and demonstrated in different countries including the provision of information to the vehicle via Cooperative Intelligent Transport System (C-ITS) UVAR-adapted and harmonized messages. UVAR-Exchange also addressed the cross-border sharing of vehicle and driver information, which will on one hand, allow the automatic compliance check of foreign vehicles and drivers, reducing the need for pre-registration (and related fines). The work included intensive desk research and extensive engagement with experts and stakeholders at the local, regional, national and international level (including the UNECE working group on road sign and signage), through surveys, interviews and workshops. For more information: UVAR BOX project [tw_button icon=”” link=”http://www.trt.it/en/projects/” size=”small” rounded=”false” style=”flat” hover=”default” color=”#223468″ target=”_self”]Projects[/tw_button]
- Analysis of ITS applications and solutions at logistics nodes Ursa Major neo project is co-financed by the Connecting Europe Facility of the European Union. The main goal of UMneo is to identify the best ITS solutions to interconnect the logistic nodes (ports and freight villages) and arches (road networks) for sharing each other information about traffic conditions or allow operators to book in advance some specific services. ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) are known to be effective for several applications in the entire supply chain, e.g. for reducing congestions at gate terminals or along the road, for saving time and costs, for reducing the environmental footprint of logistics activities, etc. The Italian partners involved in UMneo are the ports of La Spezia, Livorno, Ravenna, Trieste, Venezia, the freight village of Verona and the road network operators ANAS S.p.A, Autovie Venete S.p.A., Autobrennero S.p.A. and Autostrade per l’Italia S.p.A. TRT was commissioned by RAM to describe the state of the art about ITS services and systems applied or planned in ports and freight villages infrastructures involved in the Ursa Major Neo project, pointing out the most relevant best practices. Final results come both from desk-analysis and specific interviews that TRT performed with the involved partners. For more information: Ursa Major Neo project Objectives of the Ursa Major project on NeoAutobrennero S.p.A. website
- Study on the implementation of the amendments to Directive 96/53/EC amended by Directive 719/2015 (implementation of vehicle weight and dimension Directive) Directive 96/53/EC regulates the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic, both of passenger and freight vehicles. The evolving market, technological development and new international emission targets has required a review od the Directive in 2015 by Directive (EU) 719/2015. The amendments introduced concern: the installation of retractable or foldable aerodynamic devices to the rear of the vehicles; alternatively fueled vehicles to increase the maximum weight; the use of aerodynamic cabs with safer profiles; the increase in weight for passenger buses; the carriage of 45-feet containers and 45-feet swap bodies as part of intermodal transport operations. The objective of this study is to provide input to the Commission report, on the implementation of the amendments to Directive (EU) 2015/719 taking into account the specific characteristics of certain market segments. Five segments has been investigated by TRT in partnership with COWI: Hight Capacity Vehicles (HCV); Car carrier vehicles; Vehicles with equipment (crane, lift etc.); Vehicle for the transport of indivisible loads; Transport of military equipment. [tw_button icon=”” link=”http://www.trt.it/en/projects/” size=”small” rounded=”false” style=”flat” hover=”default” color=”#223468″ target=”_self”]Projects[/tw_button]
