SMARTFREIGHT FACT SHEET TOPIC / ACTIVITY Impact evaluation of the new concepts PURPOSE OF THIS TOPIC / OBJECTIVES OF THIS ACTIVITY IN SMARTFREIGHT The impact evaluation of new concepts address the effects of the new services being developed for traffic management and freight management separately, but also combined for the urban transport system as a whole. The new elements introduced in both traffic and freight operations would have an influence on many urban transport issues, both for passengers (using private cars or public transport) and goods (goods distribution to retailers, waste management and return loads) and as a consequence they will have an impact on several policy areas. The evaluation will make use of the performance indicators stated in WP2 (Analysis of urban freight transport challenges and requirements). It will be based on the specifics of the proof of the SMARTFREIGHT concept and verification of ICT solutions and the SMARTFREIGHT framework architecture, of both the operational site (Trondheim) and the other sites (Bologna, Winchester and Dublin). The impacts on urban transport will be analysed based on emerging ICT and related innovative solutions in the field. The necessary next steps to be taken by the stakeholders in order to continue the working relationship established in this project will be also investigated. WORK CARRIED OUT SO FAR / CURRENT STATUS Key performance indicators related to impact areas were originally identified in WP2 (Deliverable 2.1 User Needs Review) and were critically reviewed and are revised according to site descriptions and the applications (or extended services) that were implemented. In Deliverable 6.1 (Summary of proof of concepts and the verification of ICT solutions) a list of extended services (related to the original SMARTFREIGHT functionalities) was developed and was presented as a combination of functional modules on strategic, tactical or operational levels. A priority list of extended services (encompassing all or some of the functional modules involved) was created in D6.1, one per test site. This list was an adaptation of the work in WP6 (Proof of concepts and verification of ICT solutions) to the real situation at the test sites in order to clarify what could be the possible near future services to be introduced in the test sites. The impact evaluation of the SMARTFREIGHT concept on urban freight (or FDMS – Freight Distribution Management System) as well as the UTMS (Urban Traffic Management System) were in principle supposed to be based on the local scenarios (or their replacement – a priority list). However, the real tests performed did not relate to this priority list apart from the two simulation studies performed in Winchester. In the case of Bologna a local ICT-based system ‘Van Sharing’ was seen as an urban transport approach that followed many of the SMARTFREIGHT principles and some aspects of route optimisation for inner city distribution transport services were studied instead, e.g. Use of road network & Measures to increase load factor. Also the loading bay concept was tested in a pilot study.

The Dublin desk study was in principle a transport company manager survey with the aim (in the SMARTFREIGHT context) to further improve the results of the user need studies performed and reported in D2.1. Deployment issues were assessed and were based on the studies and the implementation made in Trondheim. As an example, the service “access control” was covered. Different aspects on deployment were treated and alternative deployments were considered. The general impacts of SMARTFREIGHT (and the line of thinking applied) on urban transport were also addressed. State-of-the-art and trends of the technologies used in an urban context were identified and there exist today a range of advanced information and communication technologies that are suitable for urban scenarios. The findings were based on technology forecasts in the ICT field as well as the trends found in the freight transport sector. Important sources of information were the different Directives and Action Plans from the European Commission, e.g. on ITS, Urban Mobility, Freight, etc. These documents and the related decisions have a basis in the views of many groups of European experts that have been involved in the preparatory work of these guidelines. A historical review of the use of ICT solutions in the goods transport sectors was made and some typical milestones were identified. One way to gradually increase the understanding of the feasibility and the usefulness of the SMARTFREIGHT solution in all possible (and new) contexts, is to transfer the knowledge and the experiences form the different test in the SMARTFREIGHT cities through transferability analyses. The term transferability means the quality of being transferable or exchangeable, which becomes the possibility to implement somewhere else the positive results achieved during the SMARTFREIGHT project. Different approaches were presented and discussed. A future outlook for ICT in urban freight was also made. The Future Internet was highlighted as a summarising term for the further development of the original Internet, and the focus was on critical shortcomings such as performance, reliability, scalability, security as well as societal, economical and business related aspects. It can be considered as a converged “infrastructure” of the concepts of Internet of Things (IoT), Internet of Services (IoS) and Internet of Content (IoC). NEXT STEPS The work has been completed (PRELIMINARY) KEY RESULTS / CONCLUSION The work on impact assessment performed in the test sites has given some insights into how the SMARTFREIGHT concepts and the related extended services (however in a limited scale) will work and what positive outcomes could be expected when they are implemented in real life. As a final conclusion it can be stated that the main objective of implementing and developing the SMARTFREIGHT concept has been successful, the technology works. With regard to the impacts, only limited knowledge could be gained from the tests performed. However, some potential drawbacks have been identified and with the structure of impacts and KPIs (Key performance Indicators) already prepared, future more dedicated studies on the impacts of the

implemented SMARTFREIGHT solutions (or other solutions for urban freight problems) could start from a good position. It was also found that the general impacts of SMARTFREIGHT (and the line of thinking applied) on urban transport is dependent on the state-of-the-art and trends of the technologies used in an urban context. There exist today a range of advanced information and communication technologies that are suitable for urban scenarios. The Future Internet is one summarising term for the further development of the original Internet with a lot of potential also for urban transport. Finally, different approaches to transferability were presented and discussed. MORE INFORMATION Deliverables 7.1 (Impact analyses on urban freight –including deployment issues) and 7.2 (Generic findings on urban freight transport and a future outlook) will provide details on the main findings of the impact evaluation. Contact: Stig E.R. Franzén, PhD, Professor in Human Machine Interaction – HMI, Design & Human Factors, Dept of Product and Production Development, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden. Phone : +46 31 772 42 48, Fax: +46 31 772 58 58, e-mail : [email protected], www.chalmers.se/ppd