Project
FANTASIE - Forecasting and Assessment of New Technologies and Transport Systems and their Impacts on the Environment
Funding origin:
European
STRIA Roadmaps:
Other ()
Transport mode:
Airborne
Transport sectors:
Passenger transport
Freight transport
Duration:
Start date: 01/01/1997,
End date: 01/10/1999
Status: Finished
Funding details:
Overview
Background & policy context:
Although national activities in some Member States in the development of transport technologies and their effects are relatively well developed, there does not yet exist a European wide perspective that takes account of the objectives of the Common Transport Policy. Therefore FANTASIE will identify and quantify the significance of new technologies on the environment, safety and efficiency in conformity with the CTP.
Objectives:
- Identification of new technologies (evolutionary and revolutionary) and lines of technological development which are expected to have a major impact on transport systems in the EU and the attainment of EU Common Transport Policy aim.
- Development and validation of methods of assessment which enable the scale of this impact to be forecast and quantified.
- Assessment of new technologies for their environment, safety, efficiency and socio-economic impacts.
- Assessment of technical and market potential for improving efficiency, safety, and the use of recycled materials, and for reducing environmental impacts.
- Evaluation of how technologies could affect the attainment of Common Transport Policy objectives, and the policy levers available to influence the outcome.
Methodology:
The project will define a working framework and methodology that:
- is based on a European perspective and European policy objectives;
- applies assessment indicators and criteria that are fitted to the policy context to enable a comprehensive, quantitative assessment to be carried out;
- builds on best practice.
The project will perform a European level technology analysis and forecast made up of the following sub-tasks:
- a broad technological and geographical survey of transport and transport-related technologies and systems.
- a technology watch for relevant technologies not specifically in the transport area.
- a targeted technology forecast of new technologies which are expected to have a major impact on future European Transport Systems.
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