Congested Roads in Mediterranean Urban Areas as in REMEDIO Project - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

A Tool for Environmental Assessment of Traffic Mitigation Actions for High Congested Roads in Mediterranean Urban Areas as in REMEDIO Project Dr. Anastasia Poupkou Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Challenges of REMEDIO The way (road) we were The vision we have The every day traffic jam

REMEDIO’s Approach in Addressing the Challenges Soft actions on Low Integrated Modelling Carbon Mobility Horizontal Condominium Tool Solutions Energy transport efficiency, Noise impact, Local Air pollutant Present and emissions & Small scale Participatory Agreements Carbon SUMPs Future footprint, Air Governance Protocols Investments Scenarios dispersion, MoUs Freight streamlining, Cost & Health effects

Integrated Modelling Tool (IMT) ✓ Customized modelling tool to evaluate at local MODULE DEVELOPER LEVEL MODULES DEVELOPED IN LINUX TO street level the environmental-related performance BE INTEGRATED IN THE PLATFORM Health module of low-carbon mobility actions. Cost module Energy module SUMO Noise module ✓ Includes modules for estimation of traffic-related: TRAFFIC MODEL RESULTS AVAILABLE FOR MODUDE Emissions module DEVELOPERS IN .xml FILE Freight module MODULES RESULTS 3 • Pollutant emissions Pollutants dispersion module 2 • Carbon foot print module Carbon footprint IMT USER LEVEL • Atmospheric dispersion RESULTS DATA INPUT ANALYSIS • 1 Energy consumption 4 • Noise • Health events and related Costs. IMT PLATFORM (FIWARE) IMT PLATFORM (FIWARE) 12000 35 Fuel consumption (g/h) 10000 30 25 8000 speed (m/s) 20 6000 15 4000 Access through the link http://130.206.115.232:3001/ 10 2000 5 0 0 200 220 240 260 280 300 t (s) fuel consumption (g/h) speed (m/s)

IMT Modules ✓ Traffic Simulation SUMO – Simulation of Urban MObility ✓ Pollutant Emissions Module ✓ Carbon Footprint Module ✓ Energy Consumption Module VADIS Μ odel Dispersion Wind Flow Module Module ✓ Air Dispersion Module DISPER FLOW Pollutants Concentrations SUMO CNOSSOS-EU ✓ Traffic Noise Module ✓ Health / Cost Module Methodology (Statistical Modelling)

Conceptual Modelling Approach FIWARE PLATFORM STEP 1: ZONE DEFINITION STEP 2: TRAFFIC DEFINITION Steps 1 and 2: Road data requirements Traffic data requirements - Road Definition ❖ Input data: Road description, Traffic - Vehicle technologies (fleet) - number of trams - Traffic flow characterization For each tram - especial lanes - vehicle loading - gradient data, Buildings dimensions, - curvature - Building/spaces Meteorology, Air quality data etc indentification STEP 3: MODEL SIMULATION REMEDIO IMT FREIGHT AIR QUALITY COST AND HEALTH ENERGY AND NOISE TOOLS MODEL IN C TOOL TOOL TOOL Steps 3 and 4: Models Calling SUMO+PHEMlight ❖ Application of modules Noise model CNOSSOS-EU Energy model ❖ Output data: Raw data, Graphs, Maps ❖ Data analysis FIWARE PLATFORM STEP 4: ANALYSYS OF RESULTS STEP 5: MODIFICATIONS 50 - Total fleet fuel consumption -Include one traffic light in the position X 49 - Consumption by vehicle type -Increase the bus frequency N5 48 Step 5: -Consumption in public transport e4 -Change tram to pedestrian 47 e3 - Total CO2 emissions traffic -Include bicycle lane N3 46 e2 - Houses exposed to Lden>65db ... 45 e1 N2 ´ -Sensible sites exposed to Lden>65 db. 44 ❖ Traffic scenarios building 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 N1 tl1 ฀

The Case of Thessaloniki: Eastern Horizontal Axis of the City

Eastern Horizontal Axis of Thessaloniki ✓ Important road axis connecting the SE parts of the city with the city center. ✓ Mixed-uses road axis with enhanced commercial activity . ✓ Dense residential area . ✓ Historical importance with various historical monuments and point of interest for tourists . Current Traffic Conditions

IMT Environmental Simulations: Current Traffic Conditions Where? Which Type of Vehicles? When? Which Chemical Species?

Road Redesign for Improved Urban Mobility 1 st Traffic Scenario (SCN10) ✓ 10% Reduction of passenger cars and motorcycles traffic load. 2 nd Traffic Scenario (SCN20) ✓ 20% Reduction of passenger cars and motorcycles traffic load and Future Traffic Conditions ✓ Increase by 2 of public buses circulation frequency.

Environmental Impacts of Traffic Scenarios ✓ Differences (%) in values between the future traffic scenarios (SN10, SCN20) and the current traffic conditions (Base Case). Fuel Consumption Pollutant Emissions – Carbon Footprint Traffic Noise SCN10 -18% -0.5% SCN10 (max -2.8%) -16% SCN20 -1% SCN20 (max -3.4%)

Conclusions ✓ REMEDIO IMT = Sound, Customizable, Transferable Tool to evaluate the environmental-related performance of low-carbon mobility actions. ✓ Technical Developments can be more useful when Scientific Knowledge is associated with Participatory Governance : Collective Intelligence o Citizens, Users, o Experts, o Stakeholders, o Organizations, Local authorities, Policy Makers.

Th Thank ank yo you u fo for r yo your ur at attention tention Ricardo Chacartegu Email: ricardoch@us.es Anastasia Poupkou /remediomed Email: poupkou@auth.gr Francesca Liguori remedio.interreg-med.eu/ Email: francesca.liguori@arpa.veneto.it remedio-med@ctn.tecnico.ulisboa.pt Susana Marta Almeida Email: smarta@ctn.ist.utl.pt