green initiatives in transportation - some swedish examples

Green initiatives in transportation

Some Swedish examples

Per Olof Arnäs Chalmers University of Technology

per-olof.arnas@chalmers.se Slides on slideshare.nre/poar

Chalmers University of Technology

Gothenburg, Sweden

chalmers.se

green_tunnel by elaine on Flickr (CC-BY,NC)

Next: Three projects >>

GO:Smart – Innovative service for sustainable urban passenger transport

Sendsmart – Innovative services and systems for sustainable urban freight transport

High Capacity Transport – Increasing transport efficiency by increasing capacity

Next: GO:Smart >>

GO:Smart

Could we manage our daily lives

without owning a car?

A project done in Gothenburg 2012-2014

Göteborg #5 by Gongashan on Flickr (CC-BY,NC,ND)

Next: UbiGo – the service >>

GO:Smart 2 UbiGo

A service/smarthone app for urban travel

Works as a digital pay-as-you-go access to many types of transport

6 month test 71 families

168 persons

Mobility as a Service - MaaS

”Spotify” for urban travel

Next: UbiGo – Transport suppliers >>

Transport suppliers

Car rental Public transport

Taxi

company Bike

rental Electric car pool

purple sunset by Patrik B on Flickr (CC-BY,NC,SA)

Next: GO:Smart - Takeaways >>

GO:Smart - Takeaways

The MaaS business

model works!

People liked the

service!

Technical systems for incident warning can increase safety

Visualization

important

Travel by Susana Fernandez on Flickr (CC-BY,ND)

Next: Sendsmart >>

Sendsmart: Three interacting challenges that

require new and innovative solutions

Urban delivery Urban

construction

Urban waste transport

Next: Sendsmart – Challenges >>

Sendsmart challenges

Technology

Policies Cooperation

Information

sharing etc.

Efficiency 24/7

Increase

safety

Access control

port of gothenburg by Patrik B on Flickr (CC-BY,NC,SA)

Next: Sendsmart – Urban delivery >>

Urban delivery

Micro

terminals

Electric mini-train Ads are a major source of revenue

Bike-deliveries

Next: Sendsmart – Construction >>

Construction

Filling material exchange online

Application for information exchange developed

Classification

scheme

developed Someone digs a hole – another

needs to build a mound

kv. Sädesärlan by Veidekke_SE on Flickr (CC-BY,NC,SA)

Next: Sendsmart – Waste transport >>

Transport of waste

Test off-peak waste pickup

Electric vehicle

Electric

compactor

Redesigned garbage bins

Stora Hamnkanalen by Mikael Tigerström on Flickr (CC-BY)

Code of

conduct

for drivers

Next: Sendsmart – Takeaways >>

Sendsmart - Takeaways

Urban delivery

Construction

Societal cost down 98%!

More work to be done

Waste transport

Off-peak: positive results

Next: High Capacity Transport >>

High Capacity Transport

Today 25,25 m

HCT

Next: HCT - Transport efficiency >>

Transport efficiency

More work done by

fewer vehicles

Two trailers

80 tonne

32 meter

Next: HCT - Various goods types >>

Various goods types

Bulk cargo

74 tonne

25,25 meter

Density can be higher than

”normal”

Next: HCT – New legislation? >>

Suggested legislation in Sweden: 74 tonne limit (and 25,25 m)

Each pile higher

74 tonne 24 meter

Suggestion under review

Next: HCT – Takeaways >>

HCT - takeways

Energy efficient

Reduction of fuel

consumption between

12-27% per tonne cargo

Safety

equal or

higher Modal shift?

90 tonne

25,25 m

Iron ore

Next: Summary (almost there now!) >>

GO:Smart – Innovative service for sustainable urban passenger transport

Sendsmart – Innovative services and systems for sustainable urban freight transport

High Capacity Transport – Increasing transport efficiency by increasing capacity

The MaaS business

model works!

People liked the

service! Increased safety

Societal cost down 98%!

Reduced vehicle-km Noise reduction:

positive results

Energy efficient

Safety equal

or higher

Modal shift?

GO:Smart – Innovative service for sustainable urban passenger transport

Sendsmart – Innovative services and systems for sustainable urban freight transport

High Capacity Transport – Increasing transport efficiency by increasing capacity

The MaaS business

model works!

People liked the

service! Increased safety

Societal cost down 98%!

Reduced vehicle-km Noise reduction:

positive results

Energy efficient

Safety equal

or higher

Modal shift?

GO:Smart – Innovative service for sustainable urban passenger transport

Sendsmart – Innovative services and systems for sustainable urban freight transport

High Capacity Transport – Increasing transport efficiency by increasing capacity

The MaaS business

model works!

People liked the

service! Increased safety

Societal cost down 98%!

Reduced vehicle-km Noise reduction:

positive results

Energy efficient

Safety equal

or higher

Modal shift?

Thank you! Per Olof Arnäs

Chalmers University of Technology Gothenburg, Sweden

about.me/perolofarnas

Slides on slideshare.net/poar

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