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Teaser, summary, work performed and final results

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - SUITS (Supporting Urban Integrated Transport Systems: Transferable tools for authorities)

Teaser

Summary

SUITSâ€™ overall aim is to increase the rate of introduction, and sustainability/long term viability of integrated transport measures in S-M (small to medium) LAs. SUITS addresses the training needs and cultural change in organizations responsible for the promotion, planning and implementation of integrated, sustainable transport measures in 3 ways. 1) By developing organizational change processes suitable which can transform them into learning organisations. 2) By providing training material to enhance recognized shortfalls of knowledge related to sustainable transport. 3) By demonstrating how S-M LAs can generate and use mobility data to build up their capacity and understanding of transport. SUITS uses the experience of larger cities in the consortium (Coventry, Rome, Valencia, Torino, Alba Iulia and Stuttgart) and to transfer knowledge to smaller cities (Kalamaria, Dachau and Palanga). In so doing it will provide methods to support mobility transformation which acknowledge the need for changes in work culture and practices and tools to better understand and integrate mobility data. In particular SUITS will address innovative financing, evidence and argument, mobility intelligence, freight and citizen data gathering, procurement, safety and security. These tools will help S-M LAs address:
1. Cultural and behaviour change from a socio-technical, perspective at individual, organizational and institutional level;
2. The collection and use of real-time, open source and legacy data to inform urban mobility plans;
3. The ability of local authorities to address the requirements of vulnerable and hard to reach groups and those not using sustainable modes of transport and resisting change (such as car drivers);
4. The integration of freight and passenger information and measures;
5. Increasing the appreciation of the wider benefits of sustainable transport to citizens and cities (e.g. in terms of public health and infrastructure investment) by all stakeholders in the transport ecosystems
6. Sustainable and innovative financing for new transport measures;
7. Compliance with new procurement directives;
8. Development of appropriate evaluation methods and tools for sustainable transport and mobility needs.

Work performed

SUITS is managed through 10 work packages. WP1 and WP10 (Coventry University) relate to project management, data management and ethics. 5 confidential deliverables have been submitted: D1.1 Data Management Plan (SBOING) ; D1.2 Quality Assurance and Risk Management Plan (CovUni); D1.3 Management Handbook (CovUni); D1.4 Project Evaluation Plan (CovUni). WP10 is responsible for ethical issues and GDPR compliance (along with the DMP). This is detailed in D10.1.
WP2: Capacity Building Requirements (VTM) is completed and reported in 2 deliverables which set the groundwork for the project. D2.1 (VTM) contextualises and benchmarks the project cities. D2.2 (VTM) provides an evaluation framework to guide and support the capacity assessment of each city to develop and implement transport plans.
WP3 (ITENE) continues through the project. Its main concern is with data collection and analysis tools for integrated measures. In this stage existing mobility data collection methods have been reviewed and the data requirements of the cities investigated. A data management platform has been developed to process data derived from the cities. Trial planning has been completed. Deliverables /milestones submitted: D3.1 Gap analysis on data collection and analysis methodologies (ITENE); D3.2 Design of demo of data collection, architecture of the system and analysis methodologies (POLITO). Milestones relate to the development, installation and training on the data management platform for the Urban Transport Management Tool (LogDrill and ITENE).
WP4 (INTECO) concerns innovative and sustainable financing, procurement and business innovation. Its objective is to maximise the effectiveness and sustainability of transport measures through transferable best practice, new funding models and opportunities for new business entries. Activities completed so far include a comprehensive set of draft guidelines, a workshop held in Bucharest, webinar and e-learning course (in association with WP8). No deliverables were due in this reporting period.
WP5 (LEVER) concerns the development of the capacity building programme. Starting in Month 8, it extends through the project drawing on outcomes from other WPs, and its own investigations into gaps in training needs for partner (and S-M) cities. D5.1 (Lever) contains an integrated subject module and facilitatorâ€™s guide and the training modules which will be developed in the next stage of the project and the delivery mechanism. A worked example is also provided.
WP6 (CovUni) relates to organisational change. No deliverables were planned for this period. Background work has been conducted in understanding the LAs, building a relationship with them, running workshops, and a benchmark trust survey.
WP7 (Interactions) focuses on process and impact evaluation. Workshops have occurred with Site Evaluation Agents to look at barriers and enablers. 3 deliverables have been submitted. D7.1 (Interactions) is a confidential report of the baseline assessment using data from Task 2.4 and Task 6.2. D7.3 (CovUni) reports the Social impact Assessment survey conducted in M12.
WP8 (WI) focuses on engagement with transport stakeholders. Starting in M10, it aims to support cities, member states and the EU to achieve relevant policy targets and enable them to successfully plan and implement innovative sustainable mobility measures, technologies and policies. It draws on work conducted in the first 18 months and the training material to deliver workshops, webinars, policy briefs, and e-learning courses. No deliverables were planned for this period
WP9 (SIGNOSIS) relates to dissemination and communication. It has produced 2 confidential deliverables: D9.1 Dissemination Strategic Plan (SIGNOSIS) ; D9.2 Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SIGNOSIS).
To summarise, work-to-date has related to understanding the requirements of cities. In the next stage this will form the basis of scientific, societal and economic purposes through scientific publicati

Final results

Software developments which will be exploited later:
o A digital badge scheme (www.MyDigitalBadges.net) to monitor how training material and new skills have been used by participants.
o Once validated in demonstrations, software specifically designed to meet the data requirements of S-M LAs include. 1) Android app for car multimedia consoles (sbCarNavi), https://e-shop.sboing.net/sbcarnavi-license-platinum , 2) GPS tracker (sbUTracker), optimized for urban environments, 3) Traffic monitoring and fleet management web platform, www.MyPolisLive.net
Methodological approaches will be developed further so that they will be useful for S-M LAs relating to organisational change, capacity needs of S-M LAs, Social Impact Assessment. D3.2 has developed an innovative methodology to address a KPI, \'time lost in congestion\', as a decision support tool for policy makers, which integrates data avoiding the use of specialist software which requires skills that are typically not available in mid-sized cities. This has an impact on other key issues such as air pollution, noise emissions, energy efficiency and health problems.