STADIUM - Smart Transport Applications Designed for Large Events with Impacts on Urban Mobility
Overview
Background & policy context:
STADIUM is about huge events with impacts on urban mobility. The project aims to improve the performance of transport services and systems made available for such events hosted in big cities. It demonstrates Intelligent Transport System (ITS) applications at three major events: the South Africa World Cup (2010), the India Commonwealth Games (2010) and the London Olympics (2012).
The project will provide guidelines and tools to implement a traffic management system that fosters large events. Such a tool would target local authorities that are responsible for transport in candidate cities to host large events.
Objectives:
STADIUM addresses the mobility management of huge events (especially in big cities). The goal is to improve the performance of transport systems made available to a range of users in the framework of large events hosted by big cities.
Methodology:
This is done through the development of a set of guidelines and tools to implement management support systems (mainly ICT technologies), based upon past experiences of large sport events, demonstrations in South Africa, Delhi and London and best practices of ITS applications in Europe. The project will lead to:
- Improved performance of transport systems in host cities;
- Evidence of capabilities to manage high concentrated transport demand through long lasting technological solutions;
- Promotion of EU know how.
The project will result in: (i) design of ICT applications compliant with the EU ITS Frame Architecture procedures, (ii) demonstration of viability of European ITS technologies in emerging countries and (iii) a handbook providing guidelines and solutions for selecting, designing and implementing applications for the benefit of potential large events hosting cities.
The consortium includes academic institutions, research and consultancy firms, ITS manufacturers, SMEs and companies from South Africa and India.
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