Projektbeschreibung

Proposal Outline: FrOST
Provisional lead partner: Transport for Greater Manchester
Area of Intervention
This proposal puts forward ideas which address INTERREG Priority 2, specific objective 4 (SO4):
To reduce Green House Gas (GHG) emissions in North West Europe through international
cooperation on transnational low carbon solutions in transport systems.
Specifically, the work packages outlined below will encapsulate Types of Activities (ToA) 8:
Implementing solutions for optimised traffic management, to enhance capacity while reducing
GHG emissions in the transport sector.
Project summary
Transport infrastructure is a nation’s lifeline: Ensuring an efficient flow of goods through the arteries
of this lifeline makes it possible for the products and services essential for everyday society and the
economy to reach their destination.
GHG emissions linked to Reliability and congestion is a major problem for effective logistics
operation throughout NWE, and through cooperation between partners from key regions in NWE,
this project proposes to implement vehicle to infrastructure technology which will facilitate
improved access to freight centric locations.
The project will tackle the volume of emissions and pollutants caused by current inefficiencies in
freight transport. As well as improving delivery efficiency and helping reduce congestion.
The effectiveness of the solution will be demonstrated by installing environmental monitoring
systems which will allow any change in emissions to be accurately measured, both during and
following project completion. In addition to this, improvements in reliability and efficiency will be
measured by monitoring freight times in real-time to measure journey time variability and reliability.
The improvements in interoperability of freight mobility will benefit not only freight and network
operators and their customers, but crucially, will have socio-environmental benefits for wider society
too in terms of improved air quality.
The project approach will address the lack of interoperable communications network standards in
NWE by proposing and implementing a solution which will enable technology to be deployed which
facilitates seamless freight access to freight centric locations on key freight corridors in North-West
Europe.
As a region which encompasses major strategic freight distribution routes for northern England,
Greater Manchester is ideally placed to form a pilot zone to implement the outlined solutions.
Greater Manchester contains some of the most strategic transport links across the northern England
as well as links to the rest of the United Kingdom.
The current limitations of the transport infrastructure is being addressed in the £15b 15-year
strategic proposition “One North”, which advocates improved transport links for the North of
England.
It is proposed that solutions are implemented simultaneously by European city and region partners
to trial systems in parallel, so as to demonstrate the benefits across transnational logistics routes
and evaluate the impact on Greenhouse gas emissions in divergent urban areas. Baseline data will
need to be established for participating city regions.
Proven benefits can facilitate commercialisation of the technology for supply to market, providing
ready-packaged solutions for local authorities to implement in their own localities.
It is envisaged that the systems and solutions which are the result of this project will build on and
utilise existing ITS, as well as providing leverage for future expansion and development of intelligent
urban infrastructure, to support connected city frameworks.
This project is innovative in that, for the first time in Europe, it proposes coordinated
communications and application technology to deliver real-time active traffic management for
freight and logistics in urban environments. The result of this will be the facilitation of greater
efficiency in managing limited highway capacity, whilst simultaneously bringing about a reduction in
Greenhouse gases on test corridors to meet the criteria specified in SO4 and ToA8.
FrOST will utilise real-time data to calculate actual delay to freight journeys, rationalise traffic signal
control, to help HGVs through the urban road network, and provide accurate information on delays
to drivers Where specific journeys are assessed as behind schedule, the system will have the
capability to send commands to UTMC signal controllers, giving priority to goods vehicles at
signalised intersections. Interfaces would be developed for European partners for compliance with
non-UTMC signals in NWE.
Project partners
The project is composed of partners from the major NWE regions, including France, Germany, UK,
and the Netherlands. We are also seeking to engage partners from Belgium and Ireland, to give
comprehensive coverage for demonstration of the solutions across the entire NWE region. These
regions have the strongest economies in NWE, but also contribute the highest levels of emissions
from transport.
The partnership is composed of transport and urban/regional authorities, transport operators and
infrastructure owners, technology providers and academic research institutions. The consortium will
provide the capability to undertake research, development, implementation and evaluation which
the WP requires. Agreement is needed from all urban/regional transport and/or municipal
authorities, in which solutions are proposed to be implemented, to pilot active traffic and freight
prioritisation interventions.
The breadth of the partnership is essential in order to meet the project objective of developing a
system’s based application which demonstrates how commonality in real-time communications
protocols can be used for implementing intelligent traffic control for freight across NWE.
Project description
Proposed Work-packages
1) Data collection and identification of study area
a) Collecting data about the contribution of the HGVs to air pollution – establishing
baseline data for delays /reliability of HGV trips Etc, and the associated cost and
impact on congestion this creates.
b) Define test zones.
2) Freight information and Active Traffic Control Application (FiTA)
The proposed application is the core solution to be developed and tested as part of the
Smart Freight Corridors project. The application will compose two data processing and
actuation elements:
a)
Interface via UTMC compliant database to output data from traffic signal controllers on
predefined corridors and/or at freight centric locations identified during WP1. Signal
phase staging and cycle information will be passed to the HGV via a mobile app, using
existing wireless communications technology. Where additional network infrastructure
is required, it is proposed that market ready self-defining transmitters, repeaters and
receivers are deployed, to provide the necessary infrastructure framework.
b) Collating and matching GIS/GPS routing/positioning data with delivery timetables for
businesses and/or hubs within the test zones. This will be analysed in real-time by the
system by relaying data using the existing backhaul route between the signal controller,
the vehicle and the journey time processing engine, using complex algorithms to
evaluate progress of the delivery against the planned delivery window. This will allow
the optimisation of data relayed to drivers and operators, so highly efficient routing
information can be supplied via the in-vehicle app.
c) Investigate and evaluate potential for Interventions to signal phasing, to enable
prioritised, smooth and seamless passage of freight to its destination.
3) Environmental Monitoring and Measurement Assessment Platform (E-MMAP)
a) Results of the project will require emissions and airborne pollutants to be monitored,
using a combination of particulate and GHG sensors and proxy data exported from HGV
trip computers and in-vehicle app.
b) Data will be collated and integrated with weather and traffic information, for analysis
using complex algorithms. Simulation software will then be used to model the predicted
impact of the project interventions. This will be used to provide a live “Green map”,
demonstrating how the solution can create benefits to improve GHG emissions in
transferring the interventions in other European regions.
4) Project Management
Project coordination and management will be undertaken by the lead partner, with all
partners expected to contribute significantly, attending meetings as required. Roles and
responsibilities will be set out and agreed by all partners prior to the second stage
submission, assuming success at stage one.
5) Communication
Effective communication between partners, their organisations, the programme secretariat
and project beneficiaries will be achieved through regular contact between partners,
coordinated by a lead representative from each partner organisation, as agreed at
commencement of the project.
Interim and final results will be published for circulation by INTERREG and also disseminated
at conference events in Europe.
6) Long-term effects
It is anticipated that the effect or change that this project demonstrates will be reported on
annually. Long-term effects will be evaluated at three stages: upon completion of the
project, and at intervals of five and ten years after the project ends.
Project objectives, outputs and results
Programme priority specific
objective (SO)
To facilitate the
implementation of
transnational low-carbon
solutions in transport systems
to reduce GHG emissions in
NWE
output
1) Optimisation
models for realtime collaborative
routing.
2) Baseline study
3) FiTA application
and interface
4) Simulation tool
Programme result indicator
R4: Status of competences
of the transport sector in
the use of low carbon
solutions in the transport
systems
Project context
These proposals share a degree of commonality with previous and existing INTERREG projects, such
as Weastflows, and as such look to build on work sponsored by the EC which has already started to
address some of the issues identified by the call for SO4/ToA8. As a founding partner in this proposal
TfGM has previous leadership experience in INTERREG projects, demonstrated through the
successful delivery of the Ticket to Kyoto programme. LJMU have substantial experience in European
projects which have looked at improving maritime freight.
The solutions and outputs proposed by this project will help support and add value to the proposed
for the transport for the north agenda, as well as supporting the long-term transport strategy of
TfGM. If proved to be successful, the interventions tested could be expanded for deployment on
inter-urban corridors, extending the value of investment for feeding in to future schemes and
projects.
Contact and Call for partner details
To register interest or request further information, please contact one of the partners below:
Partner
Transport for Greater
Manchester
Liverpool John
Moores University
Contact
Tim Morris
Telephone
0161 244 1839
Email
[email protected]
Zaili Yang
0151 2312531
[email protected]
Beneficiary
Anticipated
Responsibility
Resources
Output
Target Groups
Industrial Technology
Support
integration of
existing data
streams and
develop
additional
technology
Input logistics
data
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Data
Integration
sensor
development
Navigation
application
Development of
technology solutions
for supply to market
Enterprise, SMEs, NWE
residents.
Port/gateway
schedules and
processes
Inland
shipping and
rail facilities
In-cab display
Driver
training
Improvement in
throughput and
efficiency of goods
movement;
environmental
footprint reduction
Cost savings and
improved operations
management;
environmental
footprint reduction
Greater integration
and coordination of
traffic management
on inter-urban
routes.
Operators
Industrial –
Freight
Infrastructure
operators
Industrial –
HGV
Operator(s)
Local/Regional
Authority –
Highway
Managers
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
Implement
navigation and
emission
measurement
systems
Integration of
data into active
traffic control
active
strategies.
Policy
agreement on
implementation
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Signal
controller
infrastructure
Route
mapping
Real-time
highway data
Operators, enterprise, NWE
residents, government
authorities
Residents, authorities,
operators, SMEs.

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