Overview
During the last decade, the European Union has proposed a common transport policy framework as an overall strategy, integrating sustainable development in urban transport, and addressing aspects such as economy, competition, land-use planning and research policy. Transporting people and goods is a key catalyst in economy; still, increased traffic volumes significantly affect the quality of life in the urban-interurban environment. Therefore, cities and stakeholders need to identify new strategies to improve quality of life of citizens, setting up their planning according to economic competitiveness and business needs, but also to emerging travelling and consuming trends (ALLIANCE, 2016). ALLIANCE addresses the topic of intermodal interconnections, through interchanges for passenger mobility and freight transportation, taking into consideration legal and organizational issues, mobility needs and patterns of transport usage, interaction with other domains, such as spatial planning and economic development, smart and sustainable solutions for achieving smooth and seamless transportation, and decision-making strategies, methodologies and techniques for assessing and evaluating the impact of these solutions on the transportation domain, as well as the economy and society.
ALLIANCE aims at developing advanced research and higher education institution in the field of transport in Latvia by linking the Transport and Telecommunication Institute (TTI) with two internationally recognized research entities – University of Thessaly (UTH) and Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation (IFF).
The overall methodology is built around the analysis of the needs of Latvia and the surrounding region of the Baltic sea (Lithuania, Estonia, Poland) on knowledge gain about intermodal transportation terminals and the development of the tools to attain this knowledge, providing at the same time excellence and innovation capability. The analysis to be conducted during the first stages of the project, steps on the overarching relations among policy makers (e.g. government, city authorities), industry (e.g. transport operators, service providers) and education/research. Structured around three main pillars, organizational/governance, operational/services and service quality/customer satisfaction, ALLIANCE will deliver a coherent educational/training program addressed to enhancing the knowledge of current and future researchers and professionals offering their services in Latvia and the wider region.
The field of interest is “smart solutions and intermodal terminals”, and the vision is that the knowledge transfer through twinning activities will benefit to creating a doctoral programme in Transport Economics and Management at TTI. The educational/training program is structured in three thematic areas thus, governance and policy development, smart solutions and decision-making framework. Each thematic area is going to be elaborated and organized as a summer course, lasting one intensive week each. Specific material will be also developed for the train-the-trainers session, which will transfer knowledge to TTI’s staff on the topics and involve them in the teaching activities during the summer schools.
Funding
Results
D2.2: Research educational and training program in Latvia and the region
D2.3: Course material on smart solutions for the interconnection of transportation networks
D2.4: Framework for monitoring and evaluating educational and training program in Latvia
D2.5: Updated research, educational and training program in Latvia and the region
D2.6: Final research, educational and training program in Latvia and the region
D2.7: Updated course material on smart solutions for the interconnection of transportation networks
D2.8: Final course material on smart solutions for the interconnection of transportation networks
D2.9: Updated framework for monitoring and evaluating educational and training program in Latvia
D2.10: Final framework for monitoring and evaluating educational and training program in Latvia