Better Accessible Transport to Encourage Robust Intermodal Enterprise

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Dr John Harrison

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• Deliver a web-based journey-planning tool to facilitate intermodal journeys across the Atlantic Area maximising the use of smart technology and alternative fuels

• Establish a ‘journey’ through all of the regions, to test smart technologies and alternative fuels and more importantly to test how these provide an easy transition between modes of transport.

• Demonstrate best practice in making the smart technologies and various fuel sources available.

BATTERIE - objectives

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Deliverable 1:

“Deliver a web-based journey-planning tool to facilitate intermodal journeys across the Atlantic Area maximising the use of smart technology and alternative fuels.”

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Research and Identification of components

Online research has been carried out into all of the existing journey planners; walk & cycle route planners; public transport planners

Although most existing Journey planners have good functionality and some impressive features that would be relevant to BATTERIE

No planner uses these features together effectively enough to detach itself from the competition

The following are the main features which were found which can be incorporated within one planner to become dominant in its area

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Survey and findingsDuring a recent survey between partners, the following results where found:

The main characteristics of planning a journey are:

• Distance• Time• CO2 emissions • Cost.

The most important factors highlighted for a user to effectively plan a journey is the time taken for a journey and the cost.

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Survey and findings

In terms of what the journey planner should be able to do for the end user, we found:

That all transport forms should be taken into consideration to provide a truly intermodal journey planner.

Real time information should be provided for public transport such as arrival time of buses which would change depending on delays.

Location and information on cycling rental stations should be provided.

Different criteria should be available to combine and compare e.g. time against co2 emissions or co2 emissions against cost.

Journey planner should provide efficient and consistent service across all regions.

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CO2 emission calculatorThis can be used to calculate the CO2 saved by low carbon transportation as opposed to regular vehicles

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Calculation of elevation along route

Many cycle or walking route planners allow users to calculate the varying elevation levels along the route.

This feature allows you to scan over the elevation index to see what distance into the journey each point is.

In BATTERIE a feature like this will be necessary for users due to the effect going uphill will have on the charge of a vehicle

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Real Time Data: eg. Live traffic reports

Important for :

Factoring in delays into your journey

Impact that can have on next leg of journey

For EV’s my impact whether or not you get to the next charging point

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Ability to select from variety of routes

These options will include the quickest route, the quietest route or the route covering the least amount of distance.

This feature can be tailored for BATTERIE e.g. offering users the choice to avoid traffic, go a longer distance around high elevations etc.

More freedom to decide how to plan their trip

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Let the user compare the different route options simultaneously in real time

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Intermodal Transport – The Platform

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Intermodal Transport– The Future

In certain areas, "multimodal" transportation is already a reality. In cities people walk, take the subway, grab taxi, and walk some more.

Now we're seeing the beginning of what's called intelligent multimodal transportation.

Smart phones allow us to instantly rent a bike, instantly car share with someone just a mile up the road, find out exactly when the bus is coming bus.

You will not phone a taxi any more you will hit a button on your phone

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Future outlook for BATTERIE

Better Planning

Suitable Platform

All Transport

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Future outlook for BATTERIE

When the fully functioning journey planner is up and running we will be moving onto communications between the journey planner and the charging posts. We look for this ability to provide information such as the energy consumption of the post on a daily basis and the availability of the charging post.

We would also aim to be looking into the ability to reserve charging posts through an online booking system. This will improve the ability of our journey planner to provide more exact times of departure and arrival and mean the user can plan a route more precisely than they would have done without the ability to reserve. If this becomes unique to BATTERIE, it will ensure a large user base.

The next step for BATTERIE will be looking at the intermodal side of things and ensuring that users can plan a journey taking into account public transport.