HEAVEN Healthier Environment through Abatement of Vehicle Emissions and Noise IST Programme Key Acti

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HEAVENHealthier Environment through Abatement
of Vehicle Emissions and NoiseIST Programme
Key Action I - Systems and Services for the
CitizenM. TomassiniSTA, Rome Mobility Agency
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Project details

• 36 Months project (2000 - end 2002)
• 28 Partners from 6 EU Countries and 2 CEC
  Countries
• 2.8 MEuro funding
• 700 Man months planned effort
• 6 technical 3 horizontal WP
• driven by the cities
• Rome, Rotterdam, Berlin, Paris, Leicester,
  Prague

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Partnership

• Società Trasporti Automobilistici Rome, Elsag,
  Mizar Automazione, World Health Organisation
  (WHO)
• Senatsverwaltung Berlin, IVU Traffic Technologies
  AG, European Academy for the Urban Environment,
  BSU
• City of Rotterdam, Environmental Protection
  Agency (DCMR), Netherlands Organisation for
  Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Goudappel
  Coffeng
• Airparif, Ville de Paris, Carte Blanche Conseil,
  DREIF/SIER, MERCUR
• Leicester City Council, Institute for Transport
  Studies Leeds, Swedish Meteorological
  Hydrological Institute
• City Development Authority of Prague, Institute
  of Transportation Engineering, Czech
  Hydrometeorological Institute

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High-level goal
To develop a Decision Support System which will
provide integrated and near real-time
information on air and noise pollution and a
comprehensive overview of the current
transportation situation
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Objectives

• Improve the basis for decision-making through
  integrated and real time information on key
  pollution factors
• Inform key actors on air and noise pollution
  levels due to transport and their effects on
  health
• Data definition for health experts and data
  exchange platform implementation with health
  authorities
• Concrete TDMS benefits identification for
  sustainable urban development and the quality of
  life in cities.

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System concept
Decision Support
Dispersion modelling Regional scale
Common information platform
Dispersion modelling Urban scale
Network-wide Traffic data (near real-time)
Emission model Emission map
Transport Demand Management Strategies (TDMS)
Dispersion modelling Local scale
Data exchange platform with health authorities
Traffic Sensors (dynamic)
Noise model
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Applications
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Project lifecycle
Project Management
Validation Co-ordination
User Need Analysis
System Specifications
System Development
System Verification
Demonstration
Dissemination
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Major RTD tasks

• DSS development evaluation of TDMS with mobility
  related emissions.
• Methods and interfaces development to link
  real-time traffic with environmental modelling
  process.
• On-line connections between environmental
  monitoring networks and model suites.
• Integrated information platform implementation on
  ambient air and noise quality.
• Data requirements identification for health
  authorities.

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Major demonstration tasks

• Operate and demonstrate DSS benefits.
• Validate improvements in forecasting quality of
  air and noise models.
• Integrated information platform implementation on
  ambient air and noise quality.
• Analyse the socio-economic benefits and user
  impacts of the demonstrations
• Data exchange platform with health authorities
  implementation

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First results (1) User Need Analysis
Identification of user groups
Step 1
Definition of uniform User Need Approach
Step 2
Individual UNA investigations in the cities
Step 3
Berlin
Rome
Leicester
Rotterd.
Paris
Prague
Individual UNA reports for each city
Step 4
Berlin
Rome
Leicester
Rotterd.
Paris
Prague
Compiling and summarising the results to EU-level
User Needs
Step 5
Cross-check of HEAVEN U.N. with Cities of
POLIS-Network
Step 6
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First results (2) User Need Analysis

• POLLUTANTS TIME/SPACE RESOLUTION
• Pollutants CO, NOx, HC, O3, Benzene, PM10/2.5
• Noise levels and exposition
• Spatial Scale Street, district, city, (regional)
• Temporal scale 1 hour - 24 hours
• DSS desired functions
• DSS for short- and long-term transport policies
  
• Modelling/Scenario functions
• Forecast and alarm functions
• Information on historical and actual
  environmental data

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First results (3) Evaluation concept
Core Applications
Expected Impacts
Appraisal groups
Indicators
Objectives of the HEAVEN Project
Reference cases Success criteria
EVALUATION
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First results (4) Evaluation concept

• DSS Formal evaluation and Sensitivity test
  towards different TDMS
• TDMS assessment in the demonstration year only
  on a limited scale
• TDMS under consideration (in progress)
• Traffic re-routing
• Speed limits
• Traffic calming measures
• Measures to improve traffic flow
• Restriction of access for heavy duty vehicles or
  non-catalyst cars
• Restriction of access for certain times of the
  day
• .

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Expected Impacts

• Better description of current environmental
  situation
• Enhanced environmental scenario analysis
• Traffic management decisions based on
  environmental situation
• Improved access and quality of environmental
  information
• Better co-operation of transport, environment and
  health agencies
• Environmental information to support strategic
  planning and decision making

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The architectural design

• DSS Design a kernel of functions based on the
  functional integration of systems common to all
  sites

• DSS Design Compromise between user needs and
  context constraints
• Physical (type and timing of available data)
• Existing models and applications.
• Strategic site developments.

INFORMATION PLATFORM BULDING
AIR QYALITY / NOISE MODELLING
TDMS Environmental Impact Analysis
DSS
TRAFFIC MODELLING
OPERATOR INTERFACE
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Conclusions

• HEAVEN DSS IST integrating databases and
  environmental models.
• DSS assist the cities in identifying TDMS
  reducing the traffic impact on the environment
• Innovative noise modelling systems anticipating
  the forthcoming EU Directive on Noise
• Enable Cities to manage mobility related
  emissions facing established and forthcoming EU
  directives
• Information of key actors and the public on the
  state of transport and environment facing health
  effects.

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