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Towards Smart Rural Transport Areas: the SMARTA Project Andrea Lorenzini Giorgio Ambrosino MemEx Srl Webinar series June –July 2020 SMARTA Webinar | 17th June 2020 www.ruralsharedmobility.eu 2 The context A quarter of Europe’s population lives in rural areas, that is about 150 million people Naturally diffuse, much higher need for mobility than in urban areas Public transport weak, high dependency on private car Mobility How to live a daily life without a car Traffic generated The issues in rural areas Environment SMARTA | Smart Rural Transport Areas 3 Mobility in rural areas needs attention Cities Depopulation Austerity Ageing measures population Towns and suburbs 27% of Europe’s population means 137 million people, which equates to the population of the 40 largest Metropolitan areas in Europe Rural areas Same level of attention not been paid in transport policy, innovation, capital investment and ongoing subsidy for rural mobility needs Distribution of population (%) by degree of urbanisation, EU-28 Eurostat 2017 SMARTA | Smart Rural Transport Areas 4 The SMARTA Project www.ruralsharedmobility.eu Sponsored by European Parliament Funded through EU Transport Explore ways to ensure sustainable Ministry - DG MOVE mobility by improving shared mobility integrated with public transport services The SMARTA Consortium across different European rural areas 3 Main strands of activities Research Demonstration Engagement Recommendations and Policy Guidelines SMARTA | Smart Rural Transport Areas 5 Rural shared mobility landscape Asset sharing Flexible Transport Services Allows the traveller to utilise/pick- Include a range of services that act as an up a specific means of transport additional layer between conventional (bike, car, e-scooter, etc.) without (fixed route and schedule based) any property issue; users must be transport and personal transport (car or registered. taxi) Fixed-route bus and rail Ride sharing The ‘shared mobility services’ Allows aggregation of the mobility include both the mobility services demand for sharing a ride in the themselves and the supporting same vehicle (e.g. carpooling); services including traveler and/or to use the same service (e.g. information, reservation, payment taxi) together with other persons and operation management. SMARTA | Smart Rural Transport Areas 6 Task1: Research 7-10 pages each “Insight Papers” Analysis of the challenges of mobility in rural areas and the framework in each of the 28 EU countries (including selected EEA states, North America and Australia) “Good Practices” Comprehensive overview of Good Practices in rural shared mobility from around Europe and beyond SMARTA | Smart Rural Transport Areas 7 The Insight Papers: 10 key issues Are there Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMP) or equivalent for rural areas Which is the layer of Government at which Is there a specific rural mobility/transport rural mobility is primarily determined? policy with objectives and targets? Yes, with specified objectives National and target outcomes Yes, but only with aspirational State / Region goals and without target objectives Municipality/County On what basis does the public transport No give coverage of villages and rural areas? … SMARTA | Smart Rural Transport Areas 8 Insight Papers: preliminary results Some Key Motivations Financing Policy There is near-total absence of specific policy for mobility in rural areas There are different Authority levels acting Different in rural mobility Frameworks There are few obligations to provide rural Organisational Institutional mobility services The organisational arrangements for rural shared mobility are weak Frameworks are not conducive to Regulatory developing rural shared mobility http://ruralsharedmobility.eu/index.php/insight-papers/ SMARTA | Smart Rural Transport Areas 9 Shared Mobility [SM] Task1: Good Practices SUMA,Elba, IT [SM1] SOPOTNIKI. SI [SM2] Demand Responsive Transport [DRT] Alpine Bus –Bus service in tourist Rural Mobility Ring a Link, Kilkenny, IE [DRT1] Shotl Platform, ES Bummelbus (DRT), LU [DRT7] Flexible mobility services in area, CH [SM3] Programmes [MP] [DRT4] Byala, BG [DRT10] Talybont Energy, UK [SM4] Rural Transport Prontobus, Modena Province, IT [DRT2] The Village Bus in Western Region DRT Pilot DRT in rural areas of Programme, IE, [MP1] Kolsillre, SE [DRT5] Stage 1 – AUS [DRT8] Castilla y Leon, ES [DRT11] Rezo Pouce, FR [SM5] ITNAmerica, USA, [MP2] DRT in the region of Middle Tejo, PT [DRT3] RegioTaxi, NL [DRT6] Suffolk Links DRT, UK [DRT9] EcoVolis community bike-sharing, Albania [SM6] CT Program, Ontario, Northern Commute, Limerick, IE Canada, [MP3] [SM7] Fare-free buses, EE, [MP4] Autonomous shuttle in Bad Birnbach, DE [SM8] National MaaS Framework, Bürgerbuses, Baden-Württemberg, FI, [MP5] DE [SM9] Flexi Tec, BE [SM10] Hybrid cases [HYB] (Rail and Bus) Public Transport Network [PT] ArrivaClick On-Demand PT Service, UK [HYB1] SmartMove project in Langadas, GR [PT1] Badenoch&Strathspey Community Transport Krakow Metropolitan Transport, PL Company, UK [HYB2] [PT2] Texelhopper, NL [HYB3] Smart Move in Alba Iulia, RO [PT3] Muldental in Fahrt, DE [PT4] Go-Mobil, AU [HYB4] Donegal Local Link, IE [PT5] SMARTA | Smart Rural Transport Areas 10 SMARTA Report on rural Good Practices Main reference typologies More than 30 GPs in More than 20 rural mobility domain countries covered Available at https://ruralsharedmobility.eu/report-on-rural-good-practices/ SMARTA | Smart Rural Transport Areas 11 Some examples Demand Responsive Transport Services Community-based solutions SMARTA | Smart Rural Transport Areas 12 SMARTA Report on rural Good Practices SMARTA | Smart Rural Transport Areas 13 Task2: Demonstration and Evaluation Validation and evaluation in real-field conditions of effectiveness, efficiency, response, impacts and prospects for shared mobility services connected with public transport Combining travellers more efficiently by different service schemes Long-distance coach Local bus Improving the availability and integration of transport offer and mobility options Carsharing / Ride sharing Bus On-Demand E-hitchhiking Support ITS such as user info, booking, E-Bikesharing ticketing, fleet control, …. MaaS schemes SMARTA Evaluation Framework 4 Layers 1. Enabling factors for change SMARTA Consortium is supporting and engaging 2. Mobility & Accessibility indicators with 13 different sites across Europe 3. Implementation process 4. Feasibility of strategies SMARTA | Smart Rural Transport Areas 14 Task 2: Pilot sites and Good Practices 4 SMARTA Pilot sites 13 Different mobility practices ▪ Ring a Link, Kilkenny, Ireland ▪ School bus and ITS, Toscana Sud, Italy Vejle, DK Vidzeme, LV ▪ RezoPouce, Herault, France ▪ Bürgerbus, Germany Groningen Drenthe, NL Bürgerbus, DE 4 SMARTA2 Pilot sites Kilkenny, IE Bielsko-Biala, PL East Tyrol, AT ▪ East Tyrol, Austria Herault, FR ▪ Municipality of Trikala Brasov, RO ▪ Municipality of Águeda Águeda, PT ▪ Brasov Metropolitan Area Trikala, GR 5 in-depth Good Practices Vallirana, ES Toscana Sud, IT SMARTA | Smart Rural Transport Areas 15 Task 2: Pilot sites and Good Practices 4 SMARTA Pilot sites Ring a Link, Kilkenny Bürgerbus Ireland Germany Who Demand responsive Who Community based and door-to-door transport services in service by a non-profit Kusel District and making, charitable Dreisam Stromer transport organisation What Analysis of different What Integration of business cases and conventional and models shared mobility services Kilkenny, IE Bürgerbus, DE ‘Open door’ school bus, Toscana, RezoPouce Italy France Herault, FR Who Public Transport Who Hitch-hiking service Operator of Arezzo, organized by Grosseto, Siena, Municipalities with Piombino and Val di Rezopouce association Cornia What Evaluation of (new) What Transport services RezoPouce services in dedicated to students 2 areas of Herault Toscana Sud, IT managed with innovative ITS CELSO sytem SMARTA | Smart Rural Transport Areas 16 Task 2: Pilot sites and Good Practices 4 SMARTA2 Pilot sites East Tyrol Austria Who Regional Brasov Management East Tyrol no profit Romania organisation Who Brasov What Expand the existing Metropolitan Águeda car-sharing system Agency for Portugal with four new Sustainable stations and four Development Who Municipality of Águeda, cars & Integrated Portugal What Carpooling ticketing platform that will enable users to offer and book What Expand the electric shared trips bike-sharing system by installing five e-bike East Tyrol, AT parks and 15 e-bikes Trikala Greece Brasov, RO Who e-Trikala (Trikala Municipality) Águeda, PT Trikala, GR What Application for real-time PT information and carpooling options SMARTA | Smart Rural Transport Areas 17 Task 2: Pilot sites and Good Practices 5 in-depth GPs Veijle Municipality, Denrmak Who Veijle Municipality in cooperation with NaboGo Groningen-Drenthe What Implementation of a The Netherlands ridesharing application Vidzeme region Who Groningen-Drenthe Province Latvia Vejle, DK Vidzeme, LV What Mobility hubs for Who Vidzeme Planning Region integration of transport What Pilot of Transport on Demand Groningen Drenthe, NL services services (ToD) in two counties of the region – Mazsalaca County and Alūksne County Vallirana Municipality Bielsko-Biala, PL Spain Who Vallirana City Council, Bielsko-Biala Soler i Sauret PT, Shotl Poland ITS Provider Who Vidzeme Planning Region What Integration of on- demand transport What Pilot of Transport on Demand services with Vallirana, ES Service & Non-Commercial conventional PT Drive Pooling in Bielsko SMARTA | Smart Rural Transport
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