DELTA - Concerted coordination for the promotion of efficient multimodal interfaces
Overview
Background & policy context:
Regions suffering from strong and seasonal variations of transport demand face growing problems, such as congestion, environmental pollution, energy loss and increased travel times. Furthermore, multimodal interfaces linking the various means serving these regions do not exist, passenger trips are organised on the basis of empirical estimates and there is ad hoc handling of seasonal demand. Other available transport means will have to play a greater role, while the use of intelligent mobility schemes and the creation of synergies between transport modes will relieve the existing situation.
The DELTA project addresses the problems and needs associated with passenger transport systems that are faced with high and steep seasonal demand. The focus of the project is on regional transport systems rather than on national or international scales. The project will define and validate intelligent mobility tools and practices guidelines, as well as policy guidelines addressing the optimum management of seasonal demand for transport areas with proven relevant problems. The end result will take the form of a Decision Support Instrument (DSI) to help the local transport or other agencies to apply techniques and strategies that minimise the unnecessary passenger trips, create efficient multi modal interfaces and synergies between the local transport means and maximise the use of their resources.
Objectives:
Having recognised the critical role that regions with steep seasonal demand can play in economic growth and development, DELTA initiated a coordination and networking action, and an active dialogue among projects, research stakeholders, policy makers, experts, representatives of regions and local governmental agencies to promote sustainable solutions and efficient multimodal interfaces in regions with seasonal peaks.
The action led to a Decision Support Instrument composed of mobility schemes, measures or policies that can be applied by cities towards integrated and sustainable mobility. Additional outcomes will be:
- a knowledge base with the detailed characteristics of the cities and regions with seasonal demand profile;
- a cities classification scheme;
- a framework of mobility schemes;
- a handbook of benchmarks;
- local and External Research Stakeholders Forums;
- a network of European cities;
- future research needs.
All these results were widely disseminated and spread to local stakeholders and members of the mobility management community. Finally, the collective character of the proposed coordination effort was quite strong, since the partners have different experience backgrounds, which when put together comprised a consortium that covers all disciplines that were essential and necessary for the successful implementation of the project.
Methodology:
General methodology
The methodology of the project was to initiate and coordinate a networking action, and start an active dialogue among projects, research stakeholders, policy makers, experts, representatives of regions and local governmental agencies to promote sustainable solutions and efficient multimodal interfaces in regions with seasonal peaks.
The More specific methodology is described in the deliverables listed below:
D2.1: State-of-practice in seasonal demand management
This deliverable 'State-of-practice in seasonal demand management' documents the results of the wide inventory and the in-depth analysis of previous and ongoing European R&D projects and other international initiatives addressing the theme of transport demand management. A longlist of 79 projects and initiatives was reviewed for their relevance to DELTA, while 16 of them with medium and high relevance to DELTA were further analysed. Innovative approaches, mobility management measures, pilot applications and their results were examined. The most important results and findings of this deliverable were used in next stages of the project.
D2.2: Data Collection Mechanism (DCM)
The aim of this Data Collection Mechanism (DCM) is to support the data collection activity in the DELTA project. All data and information was stored into a structured Knowledge base which was used for the classification of cities and mobility schemes, as well as the definition of a Decision Support Instrument (DSI). The DCM includes information about the type and structure of the selected variables, the data templates, the validation of the variables, the data sources, and the data collection process.
D2.3: Knowledge Base of regions with seasonal varying demand profiles
This document describes the work carried out for developing the Knowledge Base.
D3.1: Classification of regions with seasonal varying transport demand profile
This report describes the results of the classification of regions with seasonal varying transport demand profile. It provides the need and role of the classification, as well as the methodology adopted. The core part of the report is the classes of regions.
D3.2: Framework of Mobility Schemes
The report describes the mobility schemes identified in the project DELTA that can be applied to regions with seasonal variations of transport demand in order to reduce the effects of traffic peaks. A brief overview
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