Workshop on Infrastructures Key research to solve mobility barriers Claude Dumoulin Bouygues Travaux Publics (France) reFINE core team Industrial Technologies.

Workshop on InfrastructuresKey research to solve mobility barriers

Claude Dumoulin Bouygues Travaux Publics (France)

reFINE core team

Industrial Technologies 2012Aarhus, 19 June 2012

Transport 2050 IP/11/372

Transport 2050: Commission outlines ambitious plan to increase mobility and reduce emissions (28/03/2011)

For a competitive transport system;

To increase mobility;

To remove major barriers in key areas;

To fuel growth and employment;

To cut carbon emissions in transport by 60% by 2050.

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Transport 2050 IP/11/372

Transport 2050: Commission outlines ambitious plan to increase mobility and reduce emissions (28/03/2011)

Key goals

No more conventionally-fuelled cars in cities;

A 50% shift of medium distance intercity passenger and freight journeys from road to rail and waterborne transport;

All of which will contribute to a 60% cut in transport emissions by the middle of the century.

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Transport 2050 IP/11/372

A roadmap for a competitive transport sector that increases mobility and cuts emissions;

Competitive transport systems are vital for Europe's ability to compete in the world, for economic growth, job creation and for peoples' everyday quality of life;

Curbing mobility is not an option;

To break the transport system's dependence on oil without sacrificing its efficiency and compromising mobility.

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Multimodal Hubs: example

PARIS – Charles de Gaulle Airport

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Multimodal Hubs: example

HAMBURG – Container Terminal Altenwerder

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Multimodal Hubs: example

PARIS – Saint Lazare Railway Station

courtesy: J-Christophe Benoist

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Multimodal Hubs: key research

A complex interchange building and infrastructure nodes.

Intermodal ticketing;

Access to mobility impaired people; step-free access from interchange platform to platform;

Real time multimodal public information regarding traffic conditions of all the connected transport modes;

Real time proposals of alternative transport routes in case of local delays or disruptions;

Include the whole journey, from door to door, whatever transport modes used;

Safe and secure journey.

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Multimodal Hubs: key research

A complex interchange building and infrastructure nodes.

Energy efficient building;

Building Information Modelling (BIM);

Hub maintenance and retrofit while operating the hub;

Unobtrusive works and operation;

Planning and simulation;

Baggage handling and tracking;

Baggage and freight transportation and sorting systems;

“Last mile” solutions.

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Urban Mobility: example

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Urban Mobility: example

Urban Mobility: key research

Attractive public multimodal transport modes.

Underground facilities, deeper and deeper;

Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS);

Maintenance and retrofit while operating;

Remote controlled machines for safe maintenance;

Noise mitigation;

Unobtrusive works and operation.

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Urban Mobility: key research

Attractive public multimodal transport modes.

Life Cycle Analysis/Assessment (LCA);

Building material reuse;

Existing networks upgrading;

Cultural heritage infrastructure support;

Ballast and ballast-less tracks;

Increase load carrying capacity of existing infrastructure;

Enhancement of residual life;

Health structural monitoring to optimise maintenance.

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Long Distance Corridors: example

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Channel Tunnel

Long Distance Corridors: example

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High Speed Lines

Waterways

Highways

Long Distance Corridors: key research

Sustainable inter-city transport modes.

Tunnels; Bridges; Earthworks;

Pavements; Rail tracks;

Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS);

Maintenance and retrofit while operating;

Remote controlled machines for safe maintenance;

Noise mitigation;

Unobtrusive works and operation.

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Long Distance Corridors: key research

Sustainable inter-city transport modes.

Life Cycle Analysis/Assessment (LCA);

Building material reuse;

Existing networks upgrading;

Cultural heritage infrastructure support;

Ballast and ballast-less tracks;

Increase load carrying capacity of existing infrastructure;

Enhancement of residual life;

Health structural monitoring to optimise maintenance.

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Smart Infrastructures: key research

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Seamless European transport system.

Monitoring of infrastructure operation and maintenance;

Degraded mode management to minimise delays and disruption;

Robotic methods for safe inspection, maintenance and construction while infrastructure is operated;

Intermodal Ticketing;

Freight Tracking;

Real time multimodal public information;

Information Transport System;

Geo-localisation based on Galileo.

Green Infrastructures: key research

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Sustainable European transport system.

Sustainable Life Cycle Analysis/Assessment (LCA)

Unobtrusive construction sites;

Unobtrusive maintenance / retrofit of infrastructive;

Adaptation to climate change;

Support of new energy-powered vehicles;

Increasing load capacity of existing infrastructures;

Increasing transport capacity;

Saving resources (land, materials, water, energy);

Enhanced management; strengthening and repair systems;

Cheap Infrastructures: key research

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Cost competitive European transport infrastructure.

New business models to secure infrastructure funding;

Collaborative business approaches to reduce multimodal transport cost;

Advanced risk management of construction projects;

New construction methods;

New maintenance technologies;

Increased standardisation.

A complex task !

Conclusions

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Coordination and optimisation of research is necessary to pave the way of the Future Infrastructures Networks of Europe (reFINE);

Innovation must go through demonstration facilities or construction sites;

Scale one mock-ups are needed to validate results of research before implementation.