Drawing on scientific expertise to develop a Mobility Monitoring Centre and SUMP in Thessaloniki

Dr. Maria Morfoulaki

Hellenic Institute of Transport

Centre for Research and Development Hellas

Web: www.hit.certh.gr

The objective of the presentation

Local Community

Tools and Data

collection and analysis

Scientific Expert

Common Achievement

The Centre for Research and Technology-Hellas is

one of the leading research centers in Greece with

important scientific and technological achievements in

many areas.

Our Institute consists of 4+1 sectors

No1

in the top list of

research

organizations in

terms of EU Funding

in Greece

No 17 in EU

The scientific expert: Who we are

www.imet.gr

Vehicle -

Human Factors -

Vehicles

Infrastructure-

Networks Mobility

and Logistics

Transport Economics

& Environment -

Non-Land Transport

Transport &

TourismHorizontal Activities

Hellenic Institute of Transport-HIT , established in 2000, is part of the

greater team of CERTH. HIT is a highly recognized research body offering

specialized basic and applied research and highly technical services in all fields of

transport. Scientific team: 80 members

The mission of

HIT is to provide

state of the art

research and create

innovation in the

field of Transport in

Greece and in

Europe.

What we mainly do

VEHICLE & DRIVER – TRANSPORT SAFETY – ACCESSIBILITY

Road Safety and Security

Clean and Autonomous Vehicles

Industrial design, Intelligent Materials and Manufacturing in Transport

Personalized and Accessible Systems and Services

Risk Analysis and Resilience

INFRASTRUCTURE, NETWORKS, MOBILITY AND LOGISTICS

Sustainable Mobility

Data analysis and Modeling

Infrastructure and traffic management in land transport

Freight transport and logistics

Rail Transport System and Services

NON-LAND TRANSPORT, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES

Maritime Transport Systems and Services

Air Transport Systems and Services

Constructural and Infrastructure Research in Maritime and Air Transport.

Environmental and Energy Impacts of Transport Systems

Economic and Social Impacts of Transport Systems

Hellenic Institute

of Transport

HIT

Members of the SUMP 2.00 Editorial Board

Authors and co-authors in specific SUMP 2.00 topic guides (Metropolitan Areas, Urban

Logistics, ICT, MaaS).

Coordinate or cooperate in relevant EU projects (REFORM, NOVELOG, SPROUT,

MOTIVATE etc) and contracts (SUMI & UMP).

Representing the scientific community in the national Committee for SUMPs specification

coordinated by the Greek Ministry of Transport.

Enchance the development of Local Sumps in the RCM by supporting the competence

center of sustainable mobility planning.

Acting as technical consultant in several municipalities in Greece for the development of

their sustainable urban mobility plans (Thessaloniki, Ioannina, Preveza, Igoumenitsa, P.

Mela, Volos, Agrinio)

What we do for SUΜ

HIT is very active in actions for promoting sustainable

mobility in National and European Level.

The new planning for urban sustainable

mobility requires specific methodological

procedures in order to ensure that the

final result will not be a transportation

master plan but a collaborative

procedure in favor of sustainable urban

living.

HIT is not implementing the technical

work of SUMP but as a research

organization is supporting and

supervises this implementation, ensuring

that the relevant monitoring Authority will

follow the latest European and National

guides and also specific scientific

methodologies and tools for the

development of each step.

What is the need of a scientific expert for

developing a SUMP in Greece??Laboratory B1

Sustainable

Mobility

Develop a Local Community in Thessaloniki…

Hosting the Mobility Monitoring Center (Part of

the TIUMMS from 2010…)

Mobility Awareness Services

Enables users to get familiar with Sustainable

Urban Mobility (SUM):

Historical and Real time P.T and

Auto Traffic Data (volumes,

speed, travel times, delays)

Updated 4 step transportation

model for the Thessaloniki

Agglomeration

Mobility Awareness Material

(campaigns, tools, e-learning

material)

Hosting the Mobility Monitoring Center (Part of the

TIUMMS from 2010…)www.mobithess.gr

Introduce the SUMP as planning instrument to the relevant authorities and

determination of the planning framework.

Propose the technical departments that should cooperate and the experience of

the staff that should work in the core team of SUMP.

Collect and analyse the existing data and the relevant studies/plans.

Analyse the current situation and the problems and opportunities.

Analytical description of the data that should be collected and the methodology

of data analysis that should be performed during the development of each

relevant SUMP step.

Determination of the profile and qualifications of the external expert that will

implement the SUMP.

Description of the technical work that should be allocated in order to deliver a

comprehensive SUMP in accordance with the European and the National

Guidelines.

Traffic data coming from the ICT devises as well as from past

traffic surveys and counts was already stored in the

observatory of the Mobility Centre.

The continued updates of the traffic model as well as the traffic

data analysis using advanced methodologies, gave clear picture

of the mobility problems.

Supporting the SUMP Development in

Thessaloniki

Support the creation of the future scenarios as regards

city demographic, economical, spatial and traffic

development.

Coordinate the discussion of the future scenarios with

stakeholders and citizens.

Transfer of knowledge as regards the determination of the

SUMP strategy, priorities, vision and targets.

The updating traffic model of the Mobility Centre, simulating the current and the

future scenarios as well as the historical data analysis with timeseries models

gave a clear view of the possible future scenarios of the city development.

Responsible for the

Using techniques and tools from the Mobility Awareness Services (Motivate platform, promotional

material for SUMP, mobility week events, open day events, open consultation etc) the citizens and

stakeholders gave feedback for the future development of the city..

Supporting the SUMP Development in

Thessaloniki

Supervise the procedure for package of measures

selection in close cooperation with stakeholders

Transfer of knowledge as regards the measures

definition and analysis

Supervise the development of the methodology for the

measures evaluation and monitoring.

Support the identification of financial sources for

measures implementation.

Ensure the support of the stakeholders and the

citizens in the proposed measures.

Quality check of the final deliverable of SUMP.

Using the updated transportation model of the Mobility Centre the effects of each package of measures to the

shift in more sustainable transport/living was estimated and specific indicators were also calculated

Using techniques and tools from the Mobility Awareness Services (Motivate crowd sourcing platform, open consultation etc)

the citizens and stakeholders expressed their support to the proposed measures giving also input for possible modifications

Supporting the SUMP Development in

Thessaloniki

Develop and implement

Support the periodical monitoring procedure

Support the communication of the SuMP development

and results to the public

Analyse the success and failures and propose new

solutions

Using the updated transportation model of the Mobility Centre the effect of each

package of measures in the shift to more sustainable way of travel/living was

estimated and specific indicators were also calculated

Using techniques and tools from the Mobility Awareness Services (Motivate platform,

promotional material for SUMP, web page, mobility week events, open day events, open

consultation etc) the results of the SUMP were communicated broadly to the public ..

Supporting the SUMP Development in Thessaloniki

Responsible for the

The development of a SUMP requires

-deep knowledge of the daily operation of the city/region,

-comprehensive and well structured data analysis covering the mobility, social, spatial and

financial development.

-well understanding of the SUMP philosophy as well tools and methodologies to cover the

collaborative and integrated planning of each SUMP step.

The technical staff of the authorities who undertake to implement a SUMP still lack of

experience or specific qualifications for monitoring all the procedure. Even the technical

consultants who are very experienced in Transport Mater Plans implementation are still

not very familiar with the new approach of sustainable planning.

Collaboration of the relevant authorities with the scientific experts and the technical

community is the only solution for achieving an integrated SuMP.

Existing “community based” systems that are continually monitor the mobility of an urban

area, giving feedback to the authorities and the citizens, constitute a very robust base for

SUMP development, evaluation and monitoring as well as for citizens’ engagement to

SUM.

Main Conclusions..What is

this SUMP?

SUMP? Ok.. Business as

usual..

Thank you for your attention