Development of a Methodology and Tool to Evaluate the Impact of ICT Measures on Road Transport Emissions

Approaches and Techniques for Modelling CO2Emissions from Road Transport

“…Kö hler et al, 2009; Samaras et al, 2012;. As suggest, "The real world problems in the transportation system, however, do not match up well with a single modelling approach" (p. 43).…”

“…The agent-based modelling components are then interfaced with a systems dynamics tool to explore how these behaviours play out in interactions and relationships in a future transition to sustainable mobility. As a further example of model combination, Samaras et al (2012) combined a traffic network model with a model of ICT applications in transport to look at the emission implications arising from the integration of ICT in transport. This combination of multiple tools allowed the exploration of emissions from new ICT-enabled transport schemes that was otherwise challenging within the scope of a single modelling approach.…”

“…Motivations behind modelling are as numerous as the challenges, and include such factors as improving inefficiencies in networks and examining the potential traffic impacts of changes to infrastructure (Brö mmelstroet & Bertolini, 2011;Gudmundsson, 2011), exploring socio-economic effects of transport (Wismans, Van Berkum, & Bliemer, 2011), understanding supply and demand for transport (Proost & Van Dender, 2011), as well as modelling air quality and emissions Samaras et al, 2012). The scale of transport modelling is also wide-ranging, from the micro-level modelling of a single intersection, or local road network, to the global transport system.…”

Detailed vehicle modelling of state-of-the-art energy efficiency technologies

“…The field of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) that use Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has attracted attention, due to its potential to deliver combined benefits in consumption, safety, comfort and the environment. ITS/ICT systems have to do with improvements in driver behaviour and eco driving, navigation and travel information, traffic management and control, demand and access management and on board innovative vehicle devices which assist the driver [130,131]. The aforementioned improvements have been acknowledged by ACEA already in 2009 [132] and according to ERTRAC [133], such measures are characterized as level 1 systems for automated driving.…”