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Introduction Transport Institute TU Delft, kick off event 8th november 2012TRANSCRIPT
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Challenges for maintaining a world class transport systemProf Dr Ir Bart van AremDirector TU Delft Transport Institute
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Agenda
time programme
13.00 Welcome & Introduction of the TU Delft Transport Institute
13.30 Kick Off of TU Delft Transport Institute
13:45 Introducing four themes
Challenging the TU Delft Transport Institute
15.00 Break with meeting opportunities
15.30 MSc student & PhD candidate presentations
16.00
Introduction of the Transport Lab
16.45 Closing & Announcement of follow-up activities
17.00 Drinks
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The NetherlandsWorld rank
Area 41543 km2 135
Population 16.730.623 63
GDP per inhabitant
€ 34.822 17
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Infrastructure of the Netherlands
Waterway density
Liechtenstein 0,18
Netherlands 0,15
Belgium 0,07
Bangladesh 0,06
Vietnam 0,05
Roadway density
Belgium 5,03
Netherlands 3,29
Japan 3,20
Hungary 2,12
Jamaica 2,01
RailwayDensity
Czech Republic, Switzerland, Germany
0,12
Belgium 0,11
Hungary 0,09
Cuba, Austria 0,08
Netherlands, Slovakia, Japan, United Kingdom
0,07
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Mainports of the Netherlands
1st in Europe
10th world wide
Largest non Asian port
3% Dutch GDP
Quality:1st in Europe4th world wide
Europe4th passenger volume3rd freight volume
4,7% Dutch GDP (incl airlines)
Port of Rotterdam Schiphol airport
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Transport in the NetherlandsMotorways with
daily volume over 180.000 vehicles
Netherlands 15
United Kingdom 2
Germany 2
Haulier international
transport performance (million tkm)
Poland 97.456
Germany 60.028
Spain 58.872
Netherlands 39.036
Czech Republic 30.983
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Congestion
225 km congestion is regular… (VID)
Morning peak Frequency
< 80 km/h 37%
< 60 km/h 3%
< 55 km/h 1%
Evening peak Frequency
< 80 km/h 42%
< 60 km/h 6%
< 55 km/h 3%
(KiM,2012)
Travel delay
%
2,8-3,7 B€ per year (KiM)
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Traffic safetyRoad fatalities per million inhabitants
Sweden 28
United Kingdom
31
Netherlands 32
Malta 36
Ireland 45
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Vulnerability
Congestion top 108th February 1999 975 km Snow, tilted trucks
25th March 2008 888 km Snow
29th November 2010 871 km Snow
3rd February 2012 831 km Snow
25th November 2005 810 km Snow
26th February 2004 760 km Snow
17th December 2010 753 km Snow
6th March 2006 660 km Snow
26th May 2009 605 km Thunderstorm, rain
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Development in transport demand
Freight and passenger transport flows
EU and world wide economic, demographic and political developments
Travel behaviour
Lifestyle, culture, demography, aging, on-line
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Need for sustainability200,000 people premature deaths per year in
EU because of air-quality
Transport generates about 25-30% of Green House Gases
Smart use of available transport systems
Life cycle management of transport infrastructure
Lack of space and money for new transport infrastructure
Need for sustainable use of materials
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Maintaining a world class transport system
• World class transport is essential for our society and economy
• Past performance is no guarantee for the future
• No single silver bullet: multi-disciplinarity is crucial
• Cooperation government, knowledge institutes and private sector
• A world class transport system needs world class transport research and education
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Transport research and education at TU Delft
Civil Engineering and Geosciences
Industrial Design
Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
Architecture
Aerospace engineering
Technology, Policy & Management
Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and
Computer Science
Different groupsDifferent disciplinesDifferent coalitionsDifferent scientific cultures
Shared passion for researchShared passion for educationShared need for multi-disciplinarityShared stakeholdersShared commitment to transport
Transport research and education at TU Delft
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The TU Delft Transport Institute
To improve societal visibility
To further improve scientific quality
Internal and external collaboration
Create focus and mass
13 December 2011, Executive Board TU Delft
TU Delft Process Technology InstituteTU Delft Climate InstituteTU Delft Transport InstituteTU Delft Robotics Institute
2012-2016
1,7M€
In cooperation with the Delft Research Based
Initiative for Infrastructure and
Mobility (DIMI)
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Ambition• Scientific top 5 world-wide
• Yearly 200 Transport MSc
engineers
• Integral approach aimed at
solutions
• Visionary and objective
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Focal area of transport
transport market
Infrastructure
Means of transport
Travellers, load units
People, products
travel market
traffic market
Behaviour
Policy
Space
Technology
Transport focuses on interactions!
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Focus: the Transport Institute clusters
Coordinated and Cooperative Traffic Management
Transport PolicyFreight Transport & LogisticsSpatial Planning and Mobility
Active support:•Strategy development•Roadmaps•Internal and external alignment •Position papers, special sessions•Acquisition of funding•Dissemination
Strong scientific and societal position, active group
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Emerging clusters
Modelling Pedestrian TrafficConveyor Systems
Rail trafficAutomotive Human Factors
Public TransportAirport development & Air traffic management
CyclingImplementing Electric Mobility
Support with tailored actions on demand within resources available.
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7 faculties
60 staff
100+ MSc students
60+ PhD students
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Scientific quality
•Science, engineering, design
•Develop criteria based on papers, citations, awards, grants, editorships, science popularization,
conferences, design/engineering portfolio
•Transport Institute staff members based on regular output and commitment
•Champions
• Special publications and courses
• Cross-faculty mentoring of peers
•Share scientific networks
•Joint books (You are the traffic jam), papers, seminars, conferences (ISTTT 2013, IEEE ITSC 2013), journals
(EJTIR), sabbaticals, proposals (NWO Synchromodal Logistics)
20091.MIT2.UC Berkeley3.Imperial College London4.Delft University of Technology5.University of Leeds
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PhD programme
Research skills
Discipline related skills
TU Delft/ TRAIL
TRAIL
Generic skills TU Delft
TU Delft Graduate schools
PhD transport researchers (>60) community
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Current MSc Transport programmes, tracks and specializations
TEL/PEL SEPAM-T&L T&P TIL
fundamentals
specializations
electives, projects, internships
MSc project
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Exploring a coherent MSc Transport programme
fundamentals
specializations
electives, projects, internships
MSc project
MSc degree•Mechanical Engineering•Civil Engineering•Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis and Management•Transport, Infrastructure and LogisticsDepending on courses taken
Points of attention:•Responsibilities•Organization•Finance•Quality management•Coherence
Tailored to needs labour market Broad and deepEfficient
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Integral approach
• Integrating design, engineering and science
• Multidisciplinary: policy, behaviour, traffic, technology, control, communication,…
• Involve societal stakeholders
Integral BSc and MSc projectsTransport labGrand challenges…
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Valorization and acquisition
• Stake holders: I&M, RWS, PoR, ProRail, NS, TNO, SWOV, consultancy firms
• EU: Horizon 2020• Top sectors Logistics, HTSM• LDE collaboration• 3TU collaboration• NWO, STW• Connekt, AUT NL, DITCM• China: cooperation with preferred partners
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CommunicationTarget groups Aim
Potential MSc students Increase number MSc in transport
Societal stakeholders Easy and clear access to transport research results Dialogue with transport researchers
TU Delft transport researchers
Mutual awareness and Improved cooperation
www.transport.tudelft.nl
@transportTUD
newsletter
Seminars in preparation:
Alberto Broggi: Driving automatically from Parma to ShanghaiMark Evers: Transport at the Olympic Games
Transport Thursday (3rd Thursday each month)Interactive presentations, workshops, discussions
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TI Cluster leaders
Alexander Verbraeck Logistics and Freight Transport
Bert van Wee Transport Policy
Kees Maat Spatial Planning and Mobility
Serge Hoogendoorn/ Bart van Arem
Coordinated and cooperative traffic management TI Sounding board
Karel Luyben Rector Magnificus TU Delft (commissioner)
Theo Toonen dean TPM
Bert Geerken dean CEG
Theun Baller dean 3ME
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TI core team
Bart van Arem director
Hans van Lint education
Serge Hoogendoorn & Eric Molin
scientific quality
Hans Hellendoorn integrality
Vincent Marchau education & valorisation
Arjan van Binsbergen valorisation & secretary
Vacancy communication
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Funding
• Budget 1,7 M€ (CvB/DIMI)
• Seed money for:• Supporting sabbaticals• Events• Books• Initiatives
• MSc scholarships
www.transport.tudelft.nl
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A world class TU Delft Transport Institute
Top down bottom up interaction – no blueprint for
cooperation
TI provides framework, internal and external networks and
seed funding
Shared passion and curiosity for transport research and
education is the key to success