The CityMobil programme: an overview

1. The CityMobil programme:an overview Professor Tony May University of Leeds, England January 2008, Washington

2. Automated transport systems • Cybercars • Driverless vehicles, electronic guideways • Personal rapid transit • Driverless vehicles, • Segregated guideways • High tech buses • Electronic guideways • Driven on city streets • Dual mode vehicles • Automated following • Driven on city streets • Advanced city cars • Small, low emission • With ADAS facilities January 2008, Washington

3. The CityMobil project • An Integrated Project within the EC FP6 programme • Funded by EC DG Research • €11m funding; 40% on demonstrators, 60% research • Led by TNO (Netherlands) • With 28 partners from 12 countries • Five years from May 2006 • www.citymobil-project.eu January 2008, Washington

4. CityMobil: Objectives • To achieve more effective organisation of urban transport • With more rational use of motorised traffic • Less congestion, pollution, accidents • Higher quality of life • Better integration with spatial development • Through the application of new technologies • For passengers and freight • Drawing on past European research • On new technologies: Netmobil (www.netmobil.org) • On land use and transport strategies: LUTR (www.lutr.net) January 2008, Washington

5. CityMobil: Project structure January 2008, Washington

6. Demonstrations and city studies • Three major demonstrators • Cybercars: Rome • PRT: Heathrow • High Tech Buses: Castellon (Spain) • A series of showcases • Two week demonstrations to increase public understanding • Daventry (UK), Trondheim (No): Cybercars • La Rochelle (Fr), Genoa (It): Advanced City Cars • Predictive studies of four cities • Desk studies of two or three more cities • A Reference Group of 22 cities across Europe January 2008, Washington

7. TheRome demonstrator Cybercar service linking car park to new exhibition centre Basic characteristics Total route length: 1617 m 1 roadway with 2 lanes Roundabouts at either end 12 stops (max 100m from parking) with automatic doors Six vehicles Regular headway service making all stops 12 emergency exits (maximum distance:70m) Control centre and depot Potential for more flexible service later, subject to Ministry approval January 2008, Washington

8. The car park layout TAVOLA 3 – PARCHEGGIO P1 CONRETE CTS

9. The Heathrow demonstrator • PRT system linking long stay car parks to new Terminal 5 • A pre-trial for Heathrow wide application • To replace all shuttle buses • Using ULTra technology • Battery operated 4 seat vehicles • Light weight guideway • System specification • 16 vehicles • Station to station service (no stops) • On demand, low maximum waiting time • Opening early 2009, after 12 months with shuttle buses January 2008, Washington

10. The Heathrow network January 2008, Washington

11. The prototype vehicle January 2008, Washington

12. The prototype vehicle January 2008, Washington

13. Station layout on the test track January 2008, Washington

14. The Castellón demonstrator • High Tech Bus corridor • From university to city centre • And subsequently along the coast • Automated guideway in central section • Using optical guidance • Driver-operated on some sections of route • Electric vehicles • First section open in 2008 January 2008, Washington

15. The Castellón network January 2008, Washington

16. The Castellon vehicles January 2008, Washington

17. The Daventry showcase January 2008, Washington

18. Future scenarios: objectives and work packages • Principal objective: • Assessing how automated transport systems • Fit into scenarios for urban transport • Contribute to sustainability • Work Packages • State of the Art Report • Context and application scenarios • Predictive models and case studies • Business case models • Guidelines for safety, security and privacy January 2008, Washington

19. Specification of context scenarios Mixed predictability January 2008, Washington

20. The high influence macro elements • High predictability • Population ageing; Share of urban population • Growing congestion; Growing road safety concerns • Growing air pollution, noise and global warming • Medium predictability • GDP growth; Investment in automated technologies and interactions between them • Increased energy efficiency • Low predictability • Fuel prices • Awareness of global warming and sustainability concerns • Revitalisation of inner city centres; Land use planning • Transport/ICT infrastructure; Transport pricing and taxation; Urban freight terminals January 2008, Washington

21. Passenger mobility concepts January 2008, Washington

22. Application scenarios:principal passenger applications • Cybercars • Public transport in inner city* • Public transport feeder in low density areas* • Personal Rapid Transit • Public transport in inner city* • Shuttle from parking facility • High Tech Bus • Dedicated lanes on radial corridors* • Dual Mode Vehicles • Dedicated E-lanes on corridors, networks* • Advanced City Cars • Permitted vehicles in city centres *Applications to be modelled January 2008, Washington

23. The City Application Manual • Designed to guide cities considering new technologies • Potentially based on Decision-Makers’ Guidebook • Possible outline: • Scenarios • Identifying suitable options • Estimating patronage • Illustrative predictive results • High level appraisal • Illustrative appraisal results • Barriers and ways of overcoming them • Guidance on detailed design • Possible micro-simulation examples • Planned for late 2008 January 2008, Washington

24. The role of the predictive tests • To assess the likely contribution to urban transport policy objectives of each of the four technologies • If applied at a significant scale • In representative European cities • To contribute to an ex ante evaluation of these technologies • To complement ex post evaluations of specific applications • Cybercars in the new Rome exhibition centre • PRT in London Heathrow • High tech buses on a corridor in Castellon, Spain • A series of smaller showcase applications January 2008, Washington

25. The focus of the predictive tests • Four cities • Selected to be reasonably representative of different city types in Europe • With commonly specified policy tests and appraisal in all four to permit comparison of the potential for each technology in each city • But with additional tests of city-specific options and appraisal weightings • The four cities • Almere (NL) (250k): a new city expanding to 400k • Gateshead (UK) (300k): part of a 1,100k polycentric conurbation • Trondheim (NO) (200k): a smaller monocentric city • Vienna (AT) (1,600k): a major monocentric city January 2008, Washington

26. Application scenarios:applications to be tested • Cybercars • Public transport in inner city • Public transport feeder in low density areas • Personal Rapid Transit • Public transport in inner city • High Tech Bus • Dedicated lanes on radial corridors • Dual Mode Vehicles • Dedicated E-lanes on corridors, networks January 2008, Washington

27. Complementary measures January 2008, Washington

28. The planned sequence of tests • All conducted for four cities • For the period 2005-2035 • For medium and high growth scenarios • Do nothing (specified by each city) • Each of five application scenarios, defined to be as consistent as possible across the four cities • Alone • With an agreed set of complementary measures • City-specific applications as resources permit • 22+ tests for each city = 88 tests to be compared January 2008, Washington

29. The planned tests for each city January 2008, Washington

30. The next steps • All four models available by December • Do nothing tests and review in January • Principal testing programme to June • Interpretation of results and discussion with cities in July • Report of results in September • Outputs used • For testing the Business Case Model • As input to the City Application Manual • Final review of results and methods in early 2011 January 2008, Washington