XVII CONGRESO ARGENTINO DE VIALIDAD Y TRANSITO 24 al 28 de octubre 2016 ROSARIO, SANTA FE How innovations could shape our urban transportation projects? André BROTO PIARC TC. B. 3 1
How innovations could shape our urban transportation projects? Summary The demand of mobility in urban areas How innovations could shape our projects 2
City Population 1960 Source : United Nations, The 2011 World Population Prospects 3
City Population 1980 Source : United Nations, The 2011 World Population Prospects 4
City Population 2011 Source : United Nations, The 2011 World Population Prospects 5
2011 : the 150 most populated cities : How to face their mobility needs? 6
Mobility per range of lenthg (France exemple) Type of mobility Lenght of trip Transportation modes Do people have an alternative at a reasonable cost? ocasional more than about 80 km Plane, train, car, bus Yes (bus) daily trips 5/10 to about 80 km MRT, Train, BRT, bus, car, No (about 80% of inhabitants have only the car) daily trips a few km Metro, Tramway, Urban bus, Bycicle, Walk Yes (motor bike, bycicle, walk) 7
Mobility per range of lenthg (France exemple) Type of mobility Lenght of trip Transportation modes Do people have an alternative at a reasonable cost? ocasional more than about 80 km Plane, train, car, bus Yes (bus) daily trips 5/10 to about 80 km MRT, Train, BRT, bus, car, No (about 80% of inhabitants have only the car) daily trips a few km Metro, Tramway, Urban bus, Bycicle, Walk Yes (motor bike, bycicle, walk) 8
Mobility per range of lenthg (France exemple) Type of mobility Lenght of trip Transportation modes Do people have an alternative at a reasonable cost? ocasional more than about 80 km Plane, train, car, bus Yes (bus) daily trips 5/10 to about 80 km MRT, Train, BRT, bus, car, No (about 80% of inhabitants have only the car) daily trips a few km Metro, Tramway, Urban bus, Bycicle, Walk Yes (motor bike, bycicle, walk) 9
Daily trips of about 5/10 to 80 km, who is concerned? (example of Toulouse 450 000 inhabitants) City : 450 000 inhabitants? No Metro area : +250 000? Neither Commuting area : +550 000? Most of them Main purposes for those trips : Access to work Access to university Access to hospital 10
Trips in the medium range of lenthg (about 5/10 km to 80 km) are the most importants Why? Access to work, university, hospital, Poor modal choice Most of them are constraints They cost a lot of money to households Most of them occur during peak hours (congestion) CO2 emissions 11
How we should see the needs of daily mobility 12
How innovations could shape our projects? There is strong debates on innovations 13
28 september 2016 : strong competition 14
But the digital is going deeper and deeper into transportation, and the question is Can we choose the fields where we desire those technologies? Integrated and real time information on transportation services Traffic management forecast and optimization Smart transport ticketing Vehicles (autonomous car, Hyperloop, ) Transport services and operators Infrastructures (roads, rails networks, ) 15
Can we choose? Seems difficult! 16
May 2016 : Can we choose? seems very difficult! Turning an $8 Uber ride into a $4 Uber ride for urban dwellers living in poverty, via a federal subsidy, has the potential to radically transform how people commute. A new report and case study from the Center for American Progress (CAP) found that in cities like Atlanta, public subsidies for ridesharing would likely enhance the ability of lower-income people without cars to get to work and access the wider mass transportation network. 17
Sept 2016 : the US department of transportation published its policy on automated vehicles 18
How will new technologies will shape our projects? Today we do not know But : The rise of new technologies is inevitable They will challenge transportation services in many fields 35,000 people died on U.S. roadways in 2015, and 94% of crashes can be tied to a human choice or error Our transportation services are far from being efficient; most of the time, the vehicles (cars, bus, BRT, metro, ) are 80% empty With a good algorithm new technologies can provide a better and cheaper public service It can be rapid the unknowns of today will become knowns tomorrow 19
Recognizing the great potential of highly automated vehicles (HAVs) Cities will reconsider how space is utilized and how public transit is provided. Infrastructure capacity could be increased without pouring a single truck of asphalt. HAVs may also have the potential to save energy and reduce air pollution from transportation through efficiency and by supporting vehicle electrification. We must rapidly build our expertise and knowledge to keep pace with developments, expand our regulatory capability, and increase our speed of execution. 20
As a conclusion (1) : we should look for integrated projects, smart projects. Integrated projects : housing + transportation Road and rail networks Smart projects: Optimize existing networks Small projects in the short term 21
As a conclusion (2) : we should focus on people, their needs, their new habits. «We bring people together» «Unimos personas» 22
Thank you Muchas gracias 23