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LEADING PARTNERIN RESEARCH ANDINNOVATION
UITPPROMOTING INNOVATION AND RESEARCH FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTResearch & Innovation drives the development of public transport sector. They are the key factors to create added-value solutions, not only for public transport sector, but for society as a whole. UITP adopts “think global, act local” approach, taking action in local communities with the goal to improve quality of life around the world.
However, innovation requires huge investment and carries the risk of a low return. For this reason external funds from the 3rd parties play a key role in supporting and sharing the financial risk with public transport stakeholders.
With special attention to sustainability and efficiency of public transport, UITP strives to excel in this area to provide Members with the cutting-edge solutions.
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Contact us!
Umberto Guida Director of Research & Innovation
[email protected]@uitp.org
UITP | Research & Innovation DepartmentRue Sainte-Marie 6, B-1080 Brussels | Belgium
www.uitp.org/research-innovation-projects
IT2Rail ....................................4ZeEUS ....................................5ELIPTIC ................................6EBSF_2 .................................. 7SETRIS ..................................8OPEUS .................................9AUTOPILOT ......................10UMii ...................................... 11
GOF4R ............................... 12CIVITAS SATELLITE ........ 12SCORE ................................ 13JIVE ..................................... 13Completed Projects ........... 14
R&I Team ............................. 15UITP in brief ....................... 16
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Information Technologies for Shift2Rail
The IT2Rail project joins the forces of 27 partners. It is designed as the first step of implementing the Shift2Rail 4th Innovation Programme “IT Solutions for Attractive Railway Services”. Its main objective is to enable the development of solutions providing a seamless travel experience by giving access to a complete multimodal travel offer, which connects the first and last mile of long distance journeys.
The project looks into a complete door-to-door multimodal travel offer which integrates diverse existing and future services for planning, one-stop-shop ticketing, and real-time re-accommodation. In addition, the partners are not restricted to specific business-models within the booking and ticketing market, thus guaranteeing the attractiveness and economic self-sustainability of these (e-)services on the long-term basis. This is achieved through the introduction of a ground breaking technical enabler based on two concepts:
> The traveller is placed at the heart of innovative solutions. > An open published framework is providing full interoperability, without prerequisites for centralized standardization.
UITP and its members are involved in the definition and development of booking and ticketing specifications, including the implementation and testing of the key concepts through a European scale pilot. Moreover, UITP is responsible for the coordination of the consultative bodies that will support the project development.
www.it2rail.eu
EU-funded project
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Bringing electrification to the heart of the bus network
40 partners led by UITP are joining forces to extend the fully-electric solution to the core part of the urban bus network.
ZeEUS demonstrates the feasibility of several electric solutions for high capacity buses in live operational scenarios in 10 cities across Europe. With around 60 series and pre-series vehicles taking part in the ZeEUS demonstrations, a meaningful evaluation of the real impact of the electric solution on the operations will be performed.
Aiming at facilitating the market uptake of electric buses, this analysis will contribute to the development of tools to support decision makers on “if”, “how” and “when” to introduce electric buses in the core part of the bus network.
The ZeEUS Observatory closely follows the progress of bus system electrification in Europe. Through exchanges of experiences and knowledge, the Observatory provides a picture of the European electric bus market and contributes to its deployment strategies.
www.zeeus.eu
@zeeusproject
EU-funded project
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Optimising existing electric infrastructure and rolling stock in order to reduce costs and energy consumption
ELIPTIC develops new use concepts and business cases in order to optimise existing electric infrastructure and rolling stock, saving both money and energy. The project strengthens the role of electric public transport, leading to reduced fossil fuel consumption and improved air quality.
The project supports the uptake and exploitation of results by developing guidelines and tools for upgrading and regenerating electric public transport systems. ELIPTIC also advocates for an electric public tran sport sector at the political level and helps develop political support across Europe.
With a strong focus on end users, ELIPTIC use case analyses focus on three thematic pillars:
> safe integration of ebuses using existing electric public transport infrastructure > smart energy management upgrade of electric public transport systems > multi-purpose use of electric public transport infrastructure
UITP, one of the 33 project partners, is leader of the demonstrations and responsible for dissemination of the project.
www.eliptic-project.eu
@elipticproject
EU-funded project
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Advanced solutions for improved efficiency and attractiveness of urban bus systems
The European Bus System of the Future 2 (EBSF_2), coordinated by UITP, combines the efforts of 42 partners. The joint collaboration of industries, operators and authorities allows testing and evaluating a set of technological solutions for improved efficiency of urban and suburban bus systems as well as attractiveness to the users.
Demonstrations in real service in 12 cities address several domains for innovation: energy management and auxiliaries, driver assistance, exterior and interior bus layout, IT standards and the interface of the bus with the system in terms of both intelligent garage and urban infrastructures. The technological innovations being tested within the demonstrations deal with a wide range of bus systems, from BRT to local lines, and all current propulsion technologies. They have been identified according to their technological maturity in order to ensure an easy commercialisation after the project is finished.
Key solutions that still require more steps for a wide acceptance in the market are also evaluated in the project through the use of prototypes and simulation tools.
www.ebsf2.eu
@ebsf_2project
EU-funded project
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Research and innovation strategies for all transport modes in Europe
The SETRIS project (Strengthening European Transport Research and Innovation Strategies) federates for the first time all major transport related European Technology Platforms (ETPs) into a single collaborative initiative. Its aim is to produce a cohesive approach to innovation and research strategies for all transport modes at the European level.
The most important task in fulfilling this goal is to identify the commonality and synergies between the transport ETP’s strategic research and innovation agendas (SRIAs) of the different domains and then update them in order to promote a comprehensive multimodal and integrated transport system framework. Subsequently, the project defines the implementation of comprehensive credible and realistic implementation plans.
A complementary task addresses the need to benchmark past and present research initiatives in order to assess the viability of different research topics and the potential market uptake. Lastly, SETRIS will deliver inputs for supporting and strengthening the future Transport Research Arena (TRA) Conference.
As one of 18 project partners, UITP leads the contribution of the urban rail stakeholders concerning the future R&D&I transport strategies and the cooperation with other relevant transport stakeholders.
www.newrail.org/setris
EU-funded project
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Modelling and strategies for the assessment and OPtimisation of Energy USage aspects of rail innovation
The aim of OPEUS is to develop a simulation methodology and accompanying modelling tool to optimise the energy consumption of rail systems with a particular focus on in-vehicle innovation.
The OPEUS concept is based on the need to understand and measure the energy being used by each of the relevant components of the rail system and in particular the vehicle. This includes the energy losses in the traction chain, the use of technologies to reduce them and to optimise energy consumption (e.g. ESSs).
The project gathers 6 partners. UITP’s role in OPEUS includes identification of the urban rail energy requirements and support to the development of the project simulation system, based on previous work done in the OSIRIS project. UITP also helps define the reference simulation scenarios for urban and suburban/regional operations. Final outputs aim to assess the future energy needs and usage within the wider rail sector.
EU-funded project
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AUTOmated driving Progressed by Internet Of Things
Automated driving is expected to increase safety, provide more comfort and create many new business opportunities for mobility services. The market size will grow gradually reaching 50% of the market in 2035. To use the full potential of the autonomous vehicles, the AUTOPILOT project combines them with the concept of the Internet of Things (IoT) - enabling connections between objects or «things» anytime and anyplace, using any service over any network.
Within the project, the European automotive industry is investing in connected and automated driving with vehicles becoming moving “objects” in an IoT ecosystem eventually participating in BigData for Mobility. AUTOPILOT brings IoT into the automotive world to transform connected vehicles into highly and fully automated vehicle.
Thanks to the project, the IoT eco-system involves vehicles, road infrastructure and surrounding objects, with a particular attention to safety critical aspects of automated driving. AUTOPILOT also develops new services, like autonomous car sharing, automated parking, or enhanced digital dynamic maps to allow fully autonomous driving. AUTOPILOT IoT enabled autonomous driving cars is tested in European cities in real conditions.
EU-funded project
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UMiiUrban Mobility innovation index
Urban Mobility Innovation Index
UMii is based on 9 composite indicators that enable intercity comparison and conversation, rather than scoring and ranking cities competitively.
The goal is to provide insights into urban mobility and innovation in cities across the world and to deliver a guide for cities to foster innovation in their urban mobility services and systems. Data is collected from cities worldwide to be analysed and produced in a final report. Cities contributing to the index are invited to take part in the Urban Mobility Innovation Forum, dedicated to exchange and learn ‘next and best’ practices.
The project gathers 3 partners (UITP, RTA - Dubai Roads & Transports Authority and Future Cities Catapult). UITP is responsible of the management of the project, validation of the research methodology, communication and UMii Forum.
www.umi-index.org
@UMiindex
International project
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Governance of the Interoperability Framework for Rail and Intermodal Mobility
The objective of the project is to define sustainable governance for the Interoperability Framework (IF). The IF, subsequently, will create the right conditions to introduce seamless mobility services. GoF4R helps to overcome obstacles currently impeding development of market innovation by fostering a large acceptance of the “semantic web for transportation.” The governance structure creates the basis for long-term stability and controlled future evolution of the IF.UITP, one of the 16 partners, is responsible for the analysis of the needs and barriers in those sectors that may impact the intermodality.
www.gof4r.eu [email protected]
EU-funded project
Cleaner and better transport in cities
CIVITAS SATELLITE (Support Action Towards Evaluation, Learning, Local Innovation, Transfer & Excellence) coordinates and supports the efforts of the current and upcoming CIVITAS 2020 projects.SATELLITE facilitates cooperation among all stakeholders involved in CIVITAS Innovation Action (IA) and Research and Innovation Action (RIA) projects, recruits new stakeholders and provides information so that cities can lower barriers to implement the solutions identified by the CIVITAS community.As one of 7 partners, UITP is responsible for cooperation with the project internationally and for the Thematic Groups, Collective Passenger Transport and Clean Fuels and Vehicles.
www.civitas.eu @CIVITAS_EU
[email protected] EU-funded project
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Scoreboard of competitiveness of European transport manufacturing industries
The SCORE project aims to provide knowledge for companies and policy makers to anticipate the challenges and conclude on effective push or pulled measures. The findings are summarized and visualized in a so called scoreboard (hence, SCORE) that indicates the current and future competitive position of the European transport manufacturing industries.
SCORE combines the efforts of 8 partners. UITP participates in the dissemination and analytic activities and is responsible for the coordination of the Advisory Board.
[email protected] www.project-score.eu
EU-funded project
JIVE Joint Initiative for hydrogen Vehicles across Europe
JIVE aims to ease the commercialisation of fuel cell buses by deploying 142 vehicles across 9 locations, which will double the number of FC buses operating currently in Europe. JIVE uses coordinated procurement activities to unlock the economies of scale which are required to reduce the cost of the buses. The project also tests new hydrogen refuelling stations with the required capacity to serve fleets in excess of 20 buses.
UITP, one of 22 partners, convenes an unbiased User Group composed of its members to review the methodology and emerging results from the data collection process. Additionally, UITP plays a role in dissemination activities and acts as an advisory body.
[email protected] EU-funded project
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COMPLETED PROJECTS
Discover more on www.uitp.org/research-innovation-projects
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R&I TEAM
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Karine Sbirrazuoli
Project Manager
Michele TozziProject Manager
Yannick BousseProject Manager
Umberto GuidaDirector of
Research & Innovation
Guido Di Pasquale
Project Manager
Pauline BrugeProject Manager
Cristina Hernandez
Project Manager
Marta Van den Bergh-Goralczyk
Communications Officer
Sylvia DerveauxAssistant
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