Kic urban mobility research guikink final

Don GUIKINK MSc TNO Smart Mobility

Delft – the Netherlands

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Inter-urban

Intra-urban

Trends influencing urban mobility Urbanisation Ageing Digitalisation

Sharing “Modern Nomadism”

Challenges Oil addiction Climate Health

Safety Congestion Variation in cites

Policies • Green Paper “Towards a new culture for urban mobility” (2007) and

Action plan on urban mobility (2009).

• Development of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMP’s).

• CIVITAS Initiative (since 2002) supports EU cities in their ambition towards cleaner and better urban mobility.

• European Green Car Initiative (since 2008) has a strong urban focus and impact.

• Smart Cities Initiative (since 2011) triggering innovations through an integrated approach from an energy, mobility & transport and ICT perspective.

Research Challenges (1) • Technical research towards greener, more reliable and safer urban

mobility, e.g.:

– ICT-solutions for information, planning & monitoring (data mining)

– Engineering lighter and smarter vehicles and large scale deployment of new propulsion techniques (E-mobility)

– Smart infrastructure concepts / interchange development

Research Challenges (2) • Behavioral research towards improved insight in how to influence

behaviour:

– Freedom of choice versus restriction measures (e.g. implementing congestion charging in London and Stockholm)

– What is desired behaviour? Avoiding peak hours? Travelling by public transport? Working from home?

• Political question

• Researchers should know how behaviour is affected by political choices

Research Challenges (3) • Economic research towards innovative business models (public/private)

– What are costs and benefits of urban transport measures?

– Who is willing to invest in urban mobility and who benefits?

– How can we boost the economy by investing in greener, safer and more reliable urban mobility?

Topics for a KIC urban mobility

• Theme-wise, e.g. – Urban Logistics

– Multi modal transportation

– Electrification

– Inter-urban transportation (network cities)

– ….

• Or City-wise, e.g. – Network cities (Randstad, Ruhr area, Northern Italy)

– Big hubs (Paris, Berlin, Rome, Madrid, Bucharest)

– “Rural” medium-sized cities (Toulouse, Gent, Norwich, Malmo)

– “Freight” / port cities (Rotterdam, Hamburg, Naples, Athens)

– Business districts (London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam)

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