OPTIMISM

The use of information and communication technologies (ICT), which allows to collect, maintain and provide optimal and optimized information, which enables better integration and overall efficiency between the different modes of transport.

OPTIMISM (Optimising Passenger Transport Information to Materialize Insights for Sustainable Mobility) proposes, by simulating the implementation of certain strategies to assess the impacts, a better understanding of the impacts of co-modality and the use of ICT on the transport system and the choices of travel by people.

The activities of the project, coordinated by CTL, also included the collection and analysis of travel statistics of Member Countries.

As part of the impacts related to the implementation of measures based on ICT and co-modality transport demand, they were evaluated by performing simulations with the TRANS-TOOLS-S Demand Module, while the estimate of environmental impacts has been carried out with TREMOVE System Dynamics (TSD).

The simulation results show that the measures that characterize the OPTIMISM strategies, based on the use of ICT and co-modality, while not giving rise to significant changes in total demand for transport, have an appreciable impact on the mobility model, through a substantial modal shift from private car to public transport (especially in the scenario characterized by an increasing rise in the oil price). The results also show that although the OPTIMISM strategies to reduce the impact of transport on the environment, this reduction is not enough in itself to achieve the reduction targets set by the EU for 2030. It must, therefore, support other policies, such as regulation of the type of vehicles and fuels, road charging and traffic restrictions.

Contacts: Ing. Paolo Delle Site - paolo.dellesite@uniroma1.it

               Ing. Marco Valerio Salucci - salucci@ctl.uniroma1.it