PICAV
Personal Intelligent City Accessible Vehicle System
| Coordinatore | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA
Organization address
address: VIA BALBI 5 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Italy [IT] |
| Totale costo | 3˙938˙761 € |
| EC contributo | 2˙797˙050 € |
| Programma | FP7-TRANSPORT
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Transport (including Aeronautics) |
| Code Call | FP7-SST-2008-RTD-1 |
| Funding Scheme | CP-FP |
| Anno di inizio | 2009 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2009-08-01 - 2012-09-30 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA
Organization address
address: VIA BALBI 5 contact info |
IT (GENOVA) | coordinator | 594˙363.00 |
| 2 |
INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET EN AUTOMATIQUE
Organization address
address: Domaine de Voluceau, Rocquencourt contact info |
FR (LE CHESNAY Cedex) | participant | 561˙666.00 |
| 3 |
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
Organization address
address: GOWER STREET contact info |
UK (LONDON) | participant | 406˙892.00 |
| 4 |
UNIVERSITA DI PISA
Organization address
address: Lungarno Pacinotti 43/44 contact info |
IT (PISA) | participant | 401˙760.00 |
| 5 |
ZTS VYSKUMNO-VYVOJOVY USTAV KOSICE AS
Organization address
address: JUZNA TRIEDA 95 contact info |
SK (KOSICE) | participant | 380˙506.00 |
| 6 |
"Mazel Ingenieros, SOCIEDAD ANONIMA"
Organization address
address: Avenida Can Amat 8 contact info |
ES (Abrera) | participant | 312˙063.00 |
| 7 |
Transportes Colectivos do Barreiro
Organization address
address: Rua Resistentes Antifascistas contact info |
PT (Barreiro) | participant | 139˙800.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'The proposal presents a new mobility concept for passengers ensuring accessibility for all in urban pedestrian environments. The concept addresses a new Personal Intelligent City Accessible Vehicle (PICAV) and a new transport system that integrates a fleet of PICAV units. The transport system will ensure accessibility for everybody and some of its features are specifically designed for people whose mobility is restricted for different reasons, particularly (but not only) elderly and disabled people. Ergonomics, comfort, stability, assisted driving, eco-sustainability, parking and mobility dexterity as well as vehicle/infrastructures intelligent networking are the main drivers of PICAV design. The innovative electrical vehicle will present new frame-suspension structure, new seating sub-assembly, new efficient power supply module. The PICAV transport system will provide an efficient and rational service to citizen within urban traffic restricted areas: the application fields of PICAV are outdoor pedestrian environments where usual public transport services cannot operate because of the width and slope of the infrastructures, uneven pavements and the interactions with high pedestrian flows. This transport system is a on-demand and it is based on the car-sharing concept. To overcome the barriers of traditional car-sharing systems, the following specific services will be provided: instant access; open-ended reservation; one-way trips. The single units are networked and can communicate each other, with city infrastructure, public transport on the surrounding area and emergency services allowing high level of intermodal integration.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
European scientists have been working to increase urban transport system access and mobility in traffic-restricted city areas. The EU-funded PICAV project advanced its vision of an efficient, on-demand transport system based on the car-sharing concept.
Descrizione progetto (Article)
Radical new mobility concepts strive to ensure accessibility for all in urban environments with restricted access, and particularly for mobility-restricted individuals. The project 'Personal intelligent city accessible vehicle system' (PICAV) worked to extend the existing public transport system to pedestrian environments with small, networked, mobile units.
The innovative electrical vehicles will act very much like pedestrians; they will offer instant access, open-ended reservation and one-way trips. Better yet, their small dimensions and tiny footprint mean zero environmental impact.
Offering a high level of intermodal integration, on-board intelligence will enable the single units to communicate with each other, with public transport nearby, with emergency services and with city infrastructure. Other elements of the design include assisted driving, comfort, stability and parking ease.
Over the course of the project, scientists developed and described system requirements and detailed system specifications, and expanded on the system's conceptual design. They designed the iSeat, taking into account the ergonomics of automotive seats and user needs across a spectrum of abilities. A first design for a platform and power system were also realised, and the first vision of a transport system simulator was described.
PICAV concepts offer a new take on urban personal transportation, offering Europeans enhanced transport access and opportunities to practice 'good mobility' citizenship. This will improve quality of life in urban environments, without sacrificing the charm of cities' historical areas and their unique atmospheres.