Authors:
Gonçalo Salazar
1
;
João Pedro Silva
2
and
Bernardo Ribeiro
1
Affiliations:
1
CEiiA - Centro de Excelência e Inovação na Indústria Automóvel, Portugal
;
2
Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Keyword(s):
Urban Mobility, Portugal, Emissions, Cost, Time, Mobility Index.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Energy and Economy
;
Innovation Labs, Experimental Test-Beds and Simulation Environments
;
Intelligent Transport Systems and Traffic Management
;
Smart Cities
Abstract:
This work aims at systematically characterizing urban mobility. There are several possible approaches to the
problem but this work focus on reducing commuting times and emissions using the current infrastructures and
without increasing the cost to the end user and doing so in an effective and sustainable way. A set of pairs of
destinations and origins was chosen to represent usual commutes and cover a significant area of a city. These
locations were connected by car, motorcycle, public transportation, cycling and walking. The routes were
performed in both directions at three different times of day which allowed for a better understanding of daily
traffic variations. For each route and for each mode of transportation the route and time taken were collected
and the emissions and cost were estimated . The data was treated to adjust the route and gradient difference
between the collected data and actual roads. Measurements and estimates were compared and averaged for
all the routes and f
or each means of transportation providing an overall view of the commutes. The different
means of transportation were compared and the limit to which one mode has the advantage over another was
evaluated, this advantage is however dependent on the chosen route.
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