OPTIMISM

Optimizing Passenger Transport Information to Materialize Insights for Sustainable Mobility

OPTIMISM's main outcome is the development of different sets of strategies and methodologies for optimizing transport systems based on co-modality and ICT solutions. OPTIMISM also takes into consideration the passenger needs and the Low Carbon Europe objective. The main scope is to provide a scientifically documented insight of the transport system and people’s travel choices via the study of social behaviour, mobility patterns and business models. This will also allow defined  future changes in the mobility system that would lead to a sustainable  method/mode(s) of travelling, as people can travel in a more efficient, safer and cleaner manner, without compromising mobility.

OPTIMISM will base its operating principles in three main blocks of activities:

• Harmonisation of national data in travel behaviour leading to a unified set of data that serves as reference material for future exploitation of existing studies and baseline information (or data);
• Definition of  the demand and supply factors that shape the transportation system and mobility patterns in order to present an outlook on future development(s);
• Define the potential decarbonisation of the passenger transport system based upon an analysis of ICT and co-modality options.

The OPTIMISM partners will combine and utilise multidisciplinary skills, expertise, and on-going work in the fields of climate friendly transport, foresight, modelling, socio-economics, mobility behaviour, ITS and transport policy.  This will ensure the widespread dissemination of results but also allow  access to various information sources relating to national surveys.

Transport & Mobility Leuven is responsible for the creation of a methodology that can be used to unify the different available or future data sources in relation to travel behaviour. Furthermore, we will use macro models (such as TREMOVE) to estimate the impact of future ICT solutions in relation to co-modality on greenhouse gas emissions.

Link to the project website: www.optimismtransport.eu

reports

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period

2011-2013

funded by

European Commission, FP7

partners

Coventry University (UK), Zurich University of Applied Sciences (CH), Signosis, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DE), Sapienza-Universita di Roma (IT), CE Delft (NL), JRC-IPTS

researchers

Lars Akkermans, Sven Maerivoet

contact

Lars Akkermans

+32 16 31.77.34