Test site in Trondheim, Norway

SMARTFREIGHT will cooperate with the "Wireless Trondheim Network Lab", which is offering a city-wide physical high capacity communication network. It makes the city a laboratory for innovative transport services connected to the CALM standard. The SMARTFREIGHT test site in Trondheim will use the wireless infrastructure to:

• Test the technical solutions specified and implemented by the project;
• Demonstrate new functionalities for traffic management measures towards individual vehicles and support and control of transport operations;
• Analyse the technical solutions with respect to capacity and usability.

SMARTFREIGHT Webstream (Internet Explorer required)
Hans Westerheim
Introduction to the Trondheim test site
(12 minutes, 16 slides)

Simulations in Winchester, UK

Winchester has its own traffic control centre operating the SCOOT urban traffic control (UTC) system. Of particular interest in a confined, historic street setting is how to better manage the scheduling of freight vehicles on a daily basis. To prove the SMARTFREIGHT concepts, the test site in Winchester will be used to:

• Simulate the functionality provided by the project outcomes;
• Evaluate how the concepts and technical solutions may affect the traffic flow and freight operations within the city and quantify the benefits to the various users;

SMARTFREIGHT Webstreams (Internet Explorer required)
Tom Cherrett, University of Southampton
Introduction to the work in Winchester
(16 minutes, 16 slides)

Fraser McLeod, University of Southampton
An overview of the simulation model using AIMSUN
(7 minutes, 9 slides)

Simulations in Bologna, Italy

The city of Bologna is to develop a new ITS system that will further integrate transport monitoring and management, electronic enforcement, data collection and traffic simulation and modelling. To prove the SMARTFREIGHT concept, Bologna will:

• Simulate the new, extended functionalities that can be provided by the solutions specified and implemented in the project;
• Analyse how the technical solutions may affect urban traffic and transport.

SMARTFREIGHT Webstream (Internet Explorer required)
Giancarlo Sgubbi
Bologna & SMARTFREIGHT
(23 minutes, 19 slides)

Desktop Study in Dublin, Ireland

Dublin has a strong ITS investment to date and is in the process of re-assessing its ITS activity across various stakeholders involved in goods management. Dublin's role in SMARTFREIGHT will be:

• To assess the information needs and exchange opportunities between different stakeholders in relation to goods and freight;
• To provide user feedback, via the Dublin based goods stakeholder group;
• To participate in the evaluation of the Trondheim work, to inform the nature of future IT integration projects in Dublin;
• To do a survey among users of information needs (drivers, fleet managers, and other logistics interests).

SMARTFREIGHT Webstream (Internet Explorer required)
Linda Saunders, Dublin Transportation Office
Dublin & SMARTFREIGHT
(32 minutes, 31 slides)