| making cities smarter: the changing landscape of urban transport innovation ivo cré, polis
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Making cities smarter:
The changing landscape of urban transport innovation
Ivo Cré, Polis
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Understanding innovation
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Understanding Innovation
‘Idea, practice or object that is perceived as new by an individual or other unit of adoption’ (Rogers) and that provides a better solution to existing challenges than traditional measures in urban transport and mobility Higher potential to effectively respond to current challenges than
already well-established measures Pragmatic perspective: mainstream in some countries versus new in
other parts of Europe Comparably new to large parts of Europe
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Most European cities want to be innovative, but not all want to be the first to implement a new measure
Various risks Financial: will we be able to afford the measure? Political: will the measure be accepted, will citizens vote in favour of it? Effectiveness: will the measure solve the problems it is meant to solve? Implementation: will we be able to introduce the measure smoothly,
without delays or extra cost?
How can we shorten the innovation cycle?
What about Impact Assessment and Transferability?
Reduce the risk of starting something new
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Understanding the transferability of a measure
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Understanding the intrinsic value of a measure (Impact assessment)
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Smart cities(The city as arena for innovation)
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EU smart cities and Communities European Innovation Partnership
C(2012)4701 final
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• Smart Governance
• Smart Economy
• Smart Mobility
• Smart Environment
• Smart People
• Smart Living
Integrated planning: the Smart Cities concept
Source: Mapping Smart Cities, EP, 2014 – TU Wien model
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Polis SCC scope
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Not about... But about...The market citizensMega – cities All European cities Mega - infrastructures Small scale ‘living labs’, integration, intelligence and
innovation building on existing infrastructureMega - investments ‘oil in the machine’Industry as main driver Public service at the steering wheelTechnology focused Policy focused with technology as a key enablerProduct/Service oriented Process/service orientedMono-sectoral (+ICT) (To a degree Intersectoral), interdisciplenaryConsultants & big ICT players Civil servants and citizens
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What drives innovation in PT?
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Public transport sector drives innovation
‘Push’ from EU policy side: not strong, nor coordinated
‘Urban Mobility Package’/ transport white paper PT not very visible!
ITS directive (travel data)Clean Power for Transport PackageClean vehicle directivePublic Service ObligationsRegulation (revision)
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PT stakeholders: the narrow view
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Cost efficiencyFleet management tools /ITSKnowledge about costumerTicketing
Cost efficiencyFleet management tools /ITSKnowledge about costumerTicketing
Travel informationAffordable journeyComfortable journey Accessibility
Travel informationAffordable journeyComfortable journey Accessibility
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Reality: three stakeholders!
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Cost efficiencyFleet management tools /ITSKnowledge about costumerTicketing
Cost efficiencyFleet management tools /ITSKnowledge about costumerTicketing
Travel informationAffordable journeyComfortable journey Accessibility
Travel informationAffordable journeyComfortable journey Accessibility
Value for moneyAbility to controlPT as tool to reach societal goals: Economic development, energy and environment, social equity, accessibility
Value for moneyAbility to controlPT as tool to reach societal goals: Economic development, energy and environment, social equity, accessibility
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Examples of innovation areas for public transport
energy information automation organisation
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The energy challenge
Hybrid buses Plug-in hybrid buses Fully electric buses
30-40% Fuel reductionSilent take-off40 % lower on road emissions Improved passenger capacity
80% Fuel 60 % Energy reductionElectrical drive 70 % of route = silent80-90 % CO2 reduction*Charging 6 min at end stations.
2009 2013 2015
80 % Energy reductionElectrical drive 100 % of route = silentNo local exhaust emissions99 % CO2 reduction with CO2 neutral electricityCharging 6 min at end stations.
Source: Volvo
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Electrification: ZeEUS
Zero Emission Urban Bus System
Testing electrification solutions at the heart of the urban bus system network through live urban demonstrations and facilitating the market uptake of electric buses in Europe
8 core demonstrations in 6 EU countries 35 buses of 12+meters and double-deckers 3 innovative electric solutions
Plug-in hybrid, full electric, battery trolley buses fast and slow charging strategies different energy supply modes
Plug-in, inductive, conductive, overhead line www.zeeus.eu
11/2013– 04/2017
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Outputs:
Economic, environmental and societal feasibility analysis in different conditions
Guidelines and tools to support decision makers
ZeEUS Observatory to follow and discuss the progresss of urban bus system electrification
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The information challenge
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Pictures TfL, MyWay
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Personalised travel planning: MyWay
European Smart Mobility Resource ManagerMultimodal journey planner with integrated ticket purchasing
and automatic travel readjustments that encourages cleaner modes of transport.
Improved real journey times Reduced congestion Increased multi-modal split Three test sites:
Berlin (DE), Catalonia (ES) and Trikala (GR)
Policy & research recommendations Business models http://myway-project.eu
09/2013– 02/2016
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Innovation Challenge: Automation in public transport
European project CityMobil2
Demonstrated at five sites already (Oristano, La Rochelle, Lausanne, Vantaa, Trikala)
High interest of cities and public transport sector
Automation in PT session at Bus World (Kortrijk/B), 19/10/15
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Public transport organisation: TIDE
Creation of Public Transport management bodies for metropolitan areas
Contracting of services focused on improvement of passenger satisfaction and efficiency
Marketing research as optimisation tool in public transport
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Metropolitan public transport authorities
• Cooperation platforms between different local authorities to provide quality public transport
• Efficient management of the PT system through gathering key competences at one point, thus supporting LAs in managing transport systems
• Better because integrated information
• More intuitive ticketing: single ticket
• Better network design: coordinated subsystems
• Lower management costs
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Marketing research as optimisation tool in PT
• Marketing research can be used for evaluation and improvement purposes and for predicting future changes in transport behaviour
• Effective way of recognising future and current market needs
• Valuable support tool for transport modelling and sustainable urban mobility planning
• Improves the efficiency of public expenditure
• Better evaluation and monitoring of quality of services
• Can be low-cost!
• Degustibus Bologna
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Public Transport Organisation
Budapest BKK: Relation between SUMP and the structure of the PTAMarketing to enhance PT offer
Bologna: DEGUSTIBUS – app for direct user feedback
Vilnius: Vision for MPTAuthority
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Stakeholder acceptance of reorganization Increased acceptance for the ”user perspective” Coherent policies on all levels Increased use of smartphones
TIDE: Drivers for change
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Lack of flexibility in governance structure Privacy and data security legislation Different legal and financial contexts on different levels of
governance Political timing Transparency of business intelligence
TIDE: Barriers for change
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Provide standards and guidelines There is a need for a common, standardised set of indicators
for monitoring of contracts. European guidelines on transparency in terms of users’
satisfaction data and clear and accessible tendering conditions would be very welcomed to local actors.
Spread information Support local cooperation Provide funds
TIDE recommendations
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Conclusions
Preparing for the future...
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DeploymentClose to market
Smart CitiesMulti-modal
Integrating policies and technologies
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Integrated roadmap – urban last mile
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EU: Remaining and new challenges
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New mobility service providers
Mobility as a ServiceAccessible
infrastructures
New mobility service providers
Mobility as a ServiceAccessible
infrastructures
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On offer...
CIVITAS Activity Fund (up to €10.000)
EMPOWER – call for cities (€100.000)
The Polis Annual Conference (19-20 November)
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