EURAC’S involvement in the EU funded projects – SEETAC, TRANSITECTS, iMONITRAF!
Within the SEETAC project the European Academy of Bolzano -
Institute for Regional Development and Location Management is
primarily in charge of the work package 4 (WP4). Its main task is
the definition of multi-modal traffic scenarios, common mobility
standards and environmental guidelines. Several technical meetings
took place in Rome, Bucharest and Trieste to carry out the
elaboration of a sustainable traffic model and transport scenarios
for the road-, rail- and waterway-network. These gatherings aimed
the definition of the SEETAC network and, consequently, data
requirements. During these meetings, the network design, analysis
and the data selection, necessary to run the model were thoroughly
discussed. At the last project meeting, SEETAC partners also talked
about the model methodology, modeling functions, the graph
elaboration and multimodal traffic scenarios. The discussion among
participants showed that participants had different perspectives on
data to be collected for the model. All participants gave their
inputs and a harmonized and coherent view was achieved
through accurate and comprehensive discussions and
consultations
EURAC and its external expert Mr. Massimo Santori (CSST, Fiat
Group) will technically implement the traffic model in close
collaboration with the project partner of WP3 (CEI's external
expert Sistemi Operativi) who is in charge of the database. The
traffic model and data collection require a concrete geographic
reference and a clear definition of traffic infrastructures that
should be considered. Hence, different traffic graphs, reflecting
the relevant connections and nodes, have been drawn to define a
network which all Project partners could agree upon. From the
discussions different priorities emerged as well as relevance of
road-, rail- and waterway routes and corridors, which the
SEETAC country representatives suggested to integrate in the
network. For this reason, an intensive exchange of
information took place among experts and partner countries to
set up a common network to start the data selection. The now quite
complex and challenging network sets the framework for the next
demanding step, i.e. data collection. At the last technical meeting
in Trieste it was agreed that the data for the traffic models must
be collected by September 2010. Some of the most relevant
parameters to be provided are, for example, the estimation of
origin and destination, a large scale of parameters that show the
traffic direction, as well as capacity parameters, like number of
lanes and the validation of centroids and nodes.
Besides SEETAC, EURAC's Institute for Regional Development and
Location Management plays a similar role in two other EU funded
projects. Namely it is partner in two traffic related projects
Transitects - Transalpine Transport Architects (ETC "Alpine Space
Programme"¸ www.transitects.org) and iMonitraf! - Implementation of
Monitoring of road traffic related effects in the Alpine Space and
common measures (ETC "Alpine Space Programme"; www.imonitraf.eu).
In May two important meetings took place in Prien, Germany
(Transitects) and in Innsbruck, Austria (iMonitraf!). At the
successful political Kick-off meeting of the project Transitects a
platform for discussion and information exchange was presented,
which brought together politicians and stakeholders from the
transport sector. The main goal of TRANSITECTS is to develop and
implement attractive transport and logistic rail products and
systems to disburden traffic bottlenecks in the Alps and to
mitigate related negative effects of traffic.
The iMonitraf! Transport Forum provided information about best
practices for sustainable transport solutions in different Alpine
regions and offered the possibility to share views and experiences
with politicians, stakeholders and the public. This meeting also
served as an important platform to strengthen the common voice of
the Alpine regions and to discuss common strategies and measures
for achieving sustainable transalpine traffic.