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Bundle: Urban logistics services

1.9

Service: Eco-driving

1.9.1

Description

Figure 49: Eco-driving concept.


(Source: Pihjalamaa et al. 2012)

1.9.2

Economic impacts

Magnitude of
Service: Eco-driving

Description of the impact

impact
The optimization of travel routes for freight
and

the

associated

fuel

savings

can

generate growth through greater efficiency

Growth

of

the

logistics

chain.

These

will

improve

Europes industries operations and provide


opportunities

to

gain

advantage

over

regions where such service is not available.

The targeted reduction in fuel consumption


Economic
competitiveness

and

the

greening

of

transport

can

give

5
Europe a competitive edge with respect to
rest

213

of

the

world.

The

impact

can

be

Service: Eco-driving

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


significant in terms of reduction of required
energy imports.

The welfare gains from the service will be

Economic welfare

globally
5

significant

implementation

provided

becomes

that

the

broad

and

European coverage.

Massive investments will be needed in in


vehicle

Investment

systems,

processing,

as

integration

of

data

the

storage

system

various

will

types

and

require

of

data,

including user profiles and preferences.

Implementation
cooperation

of

the

of

requires

and

private

public

stakeholders.

While

be

by

provided

service

roadside

the

road

systems

operator

will
and

certain back-office systems by public sector


stakeholders, the in-vehicle system is on the

Market share

responsibility of the operator of the vehicle.


The system has potentially an impact on the
market

shares

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control

of

companies

roadside

systems

supporting

the

as

units
the

providing

and

traffic

manufacturers

service

will

get

an

advantage over their competitors.

The potential of this service is both Europewide and beyond. Most of the expectations
are based on the assumption data use and

Overall impact

availability is Europe-wide and will endorse


4

more

users

factors

are

to

utilise

both

the

service.

coverage

of

Critical

sufficient

amount of cities and the amount of users of


the service.

Legend:

0 = no impact
1 = potential impact, within the city limit
2 = potential impact, reaching regional level
3 = potential impact, reaching national level
4 = potential impact, reaching EU level
5 = potential impact, reaching global level

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1.9.3

Social impacts

Service: Eco-driving

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


The

Cohesion

service

will

have

limited

cohesion

impact, which is created by the use of the

service by different user groups.

The use of less energy and fuel will lead to

Health

reduction
1

in

greenhouse

gas

emissions,

which will have improvements in health at


least at the city level.

The system will require maintenance and

Employment

user

assistance

staff,

which

is

mainly

required at the city level.

The system will likely reduce emissions and

Quality of life

noise in cities and thus improve the quality


2

of

life.

However,

this

impact

will

be

realised at city or regional level.

The system will provide new functionalities


such as enhanced information on most fuel

Service level

efficient route and energy efficient traffic


3

control

functions which

are not provided

by current eco-driving applications. These


impacts will be realised on national level.

Europe

2020

strategy

has

target

of

reduction of 20 per cent of emissions will

Greenhouse gas
emissions

lead
4

to

significant

improvement

in

emission levels. Achieving this would be a


major contribution of transport sector to
fighting climate change.

Major

social

impacts

will

be

achieved

through the improvements in quality of life


and service level. As the service is intended

Overall impact

to
1

reduce

system
impacts

the

the
will

emissions,

emissions

additional
result

which,

if

from
the

of

0 = no impact
1 = potential impact, within the city limit
2 = potential impact, reaching regional level
3 = potential impact, reaching national level
4 = potential impact, reaching EU level
5 = potential impact, reaching global level

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level

the

reduced

service

becomes

Europe-wide, will be significant.

Legend:

transport

European

1.9.4

Policy impacts

Service: Eco-driving

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


Most

eco-driving

planning

in

services

most

such

energy

as

trip

efficient

way,

navigation via most fuel-efficient route will


have a positive impact on fluency of traffic

More Fluid

in

cities.

Impacts

recommending

of

the

driving

most

support

energy

efficient

way to drive on traffic fluency are likely to


be

mixed

(Klunder

et

al. 2009,

Qian

and

Chung 2011).

Eco-driving

services

aim

at

supporting

drivers to drive in a more energy efficient


manner.

They

exchange

consent,

data

for

describing

example,

drivers

to

current

state. In this way the vehicle (and its driver)

Greener

and

the

traffic

system

can

each

benefit

from extra information that allows them to


perform

better

and

reduce

their

energy

consumption. For this reason there will be a


considerably

impact

at

city

and

regional

level.

Eco-driving
impact

in

services
terms

will

of

have

regional

enhancement

of

ITS

applications by using cooperative vehicleinfrastructure

Smarter

exchange

systems

to

energy-relevant

collect
data

and

between

vehicles and roadside systems, to improve


the preview of the traffic situation ahead in
order

to

determine

the most

economical

route or way of driving.

Systems

aiming

operate

the

vehicle

to

support

efficient

way

typically

in

the

aim

driver

most
to

to

energy

reduce

the

frequency of hard accelerations and hard


brakings.
support

Safer

alert

Eco-driving
system

may

functionality

oriented

driver

also

include

speed

which

has

clearly

3
positive

impacts

on

safety

of

road

users

(for summary of studies on speed alert, see


http://www.imobility-effectsdatabase.org). Another
to

give

drivers

advice

example
for

could

their

adjustment for helping in the merging


the

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traffic

flows

in

highway

be

speed

ramps.

of

Eco-

Service: Eco-driving

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


driving services potentially have a positive
impact

on

safety

which

could

reach

national level.

The eco-driving services could help in make


the city more accessible. These systems, in
fact,

use

the

sources

information

(e.g.

road

management

More Accessible

containing
driving,

determine
efficient

side

centers,

attributes

and

from

also
the

other

best

driving

units,
GIS

and

for

eco-

vehicles)

route,

strategy

traffic
systems

needed

from

different

the

to

most

the optimal

traffic management.

The

five

mobility

addressed

to

sustainable
impacts
urban

urban

is

commuting

individual

The

possibly

trips.
of

policy

By

into

a
of
the

regional

by

systematic

looking

the

are

of

span

confined

consideration

effectiveness
1 / 2

system.

inherently

into

dimensions

achievements

dimensions,

taking

Total impact

policy

the

bundle

at
on

pillar it must be

the
each

pointed

out that all of them are positively affected


by the delivery of the services; therefore,
by

promoting

deployment
European
impacts

the

of

urbanized
at

adoption

these

and

services

areas,

European

the

scale

to

the
all

positive
on

the

sustainable mobility can be very high.

Legend:

0 = no impact
1 = potential impact, within the city limit
2 = potential impact, reaching regional level
3 = potential impact, reaching national level
4 = potential impact, reaching EU level
5 = potential impact, reaching global level

1.9.5

Technological impacts

Service: Eco-driving
Innovation

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


Considerable

amount

of

innovation

is

4
required to combine the various features of

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Service: Eco-driving

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


the

service,

storage

which

and

include

processing,

mobility,

real-time

data
travel

support and monitoring the condition of the


vehicle. These will lead to multi-functional
in-vehicle
service,

system

which

is

and

data

will

be

management

challenges

for

service integrators.

There will be new service available at the

Technological
breakthrough

European
4

level

that

addresses

multiple

policy goals of the EU. This will be, in spite of


combining

mainly

existing

technologies,

major technology advancement.

Service development will startby focusing on


providing solutions that work in the national
context,

where

language,

local

technology

standards and user preferences define the

Research
competitiveness

solutions
3

service

technical
cases

specifications.

will

most

The

likely

first

utilize

architectures, technologies and components


developed

at

demonstrated

European

in

the

level

eCoMove

as

project

(Mathias, Vreeswijk and van Koningsbruggen


2011).

Availability of data for the system and the


ways in which data are collected from and
provided to service users must be agreed on

Standards agreements

at the European level in order to ensure the


maximum coverage of the system and the
principles

of

using

the

system

across

national borders.

Cooperative

eco-driving

standardised

by

ETSI,

services

and

at

are

being

least

some

components and interface will be based on


existing

Industrial leadership

European

standards.

Support

for

eco-driving applications will be implemented


3

as a part of ICT infrastructure intended for a


set of ITS applications. The support for ecodriving

applications

impact

on

the

will

have

competitive

positive

position

of

European system and components suppliers.

Development
systems

Technological leadership

driving

of

technical

providing
will

take

services
place

solutions
related

at

and

to

eco-

national

and

4
European

level.

Some

level

of

interoperability between national solutions


will be required. Development taking place

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Service: Eco-driving

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


at European level will offer opportunities to
re-use the solution developed and to benefit
from

economies

of

scale.

Eco-driving

oriented driver support and energy efficient


traffic control are currently active research
topics.

The

availability

of the

service will

provide

greater integration of various services that


at presently do not offer all the features that

Integration

are envisaged to appear in the new service.


4

The

integration

interface

is

and

infrastructure

linked

to

linking

used

to

data,

of

data

user

physical

infrastructure

supporting the service.

The

service

knowledge

will

require

between

transfer

different

of

ecosystems

and across national borders. The integration

Knowledge transfer

of applications from various member states


and the interface design in a way that takes
into

consideration

various

features

of

the

system will be a massive operation.

The

service

will

require

smarter

infrastructure across Europe that can

take

into consideration the requirements of the

Infrastructure
development

information
4

collection

and

provision

envisaged in the service delivery. Most likely


the

technology

existing

mass

solutions

production

based

on

components

are

but

may also require alteration of the existing


physical infrastructure to be fitted.

The

system

will

improve

the

mobility

of

those already using the transport system but


it can potentially create an adverse impact
of introducing more users of private vehicles

Mobility of personnel

to

transport

system

as

the

benefits

are

experienced by also the new users. Mobility


impact is expected to be European level, as
the system will improve route planning and
availability of timely travel information.

Technological

challenges

related

to

the

service provision are massive, resulting from


availability

Total impact

of

the

service

in

all

Member

States to the data handling and storage. Due


to

the

infrastructure

revision

needs

the

actual implementation may become stalled,


unless sufficient funds are secured for the

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Magnitude of
impact

Service: Eco-driving

Description of the impact


required investments.

Legend:

0 = no impact
1 = potential impact, within the city limit
2 = potential impact, reaching regional level
3 = potential impact, reaching national level
4 = potential impact, reaching EU level
5 = potential impact, reaching global level

1.10 Service: Dynamic last mile delivery


1.10.1 Description

Consignee system
Web application that can be used from any
device having browser environment
Devices may vary from desktop PCs to mobile
devices (e.g. mart phones)
Mobile (optionally location-aware) device and
application f or pushing notifications to the
consignee
Signing the delivery with RFID enabled smart
phone by reading smart tag in the parcel.

Courier Service
Provider

Internet

Internet

Delivery Point 1

Back office (courier service


provider)
Manages and optimizes the
deliveries and its f leet exploiting
consignees shared future time & place
scheduling and keeps consignee upto-date of the delivery progress and
gives an estimation of the delivery time
Internet
and place
Courier service provider may have
own trip planning application or it may
use third party cloud services for f leet
optimization
The progress of the deliveries by the
f leet is monitored using location
technologies, RFID based smart
tagging, wireless communications
Trip planning
service provider Real-time adjustments to delivery
plans are conveyed to consignees
smart phones using wireless, IPv6
based, communications.

UMTS / LTE / 3G / WI-FI


Delivery Point 2
Courier

Courier system
Satellite navigation system with hybrid positioning covering the shadows
Trip planning system that gets up-to-date inf ormation about traf fic, updates on real-time adjustments on the delivery destinations and
routes. May be based on stand alone navigator system getting updates f rom Internet vie wireless communications.
In-car terminal and optional mobile terminal for trip planning and f leet management.
In-car system automatically recognizes delivery when RFID tag is read when moving delivery f rom the vehicle

Figure 50: Dynamic last mile delivery concept.


(Source: Pihjalamaa et al. 2012)

1.10.2 Economic impacts

Service: Dynamic last


mile delivery
Growth

Magnitude of impact

Description of the impact


Service can improve the logistics and

1
efficiency

220

within

the

immediate

Service: Dynamic last


mile delivery

Magnitude of impact

Description of the impact


surroundings and the faster delivery
can

create

growth

impacts

at

city

level, as the deliveries become more


rapid.

Economic
competitiveness

The

service

the

small

give

availability

business

competitive

can

improve

operations
edge

and

to

the

companies that can provide or take


advantage from the service.

Those

companies

from

the

that

service

can

are

benefit

likely

to

experience welfare gains but due to

Economic welfare

the relatively marginal impact of the

last

mile

delivery

on

the

whole

logistics chain these impacts are likely


to remain at city level.

The

main

already
to

Investment

elements

exist

support

and
the

of

some

the

service

investments

satellite

navigation

system may be required. The use of


1

the service itself is

not

expected to

generate major investments, with the


exception of some software required
to track the delivery addresses.

Last

mile

deliveries

provided

by

are

likely

companies

to

that

be
will

specialize in this service model, either


as a part of the broader logistics chain

Market share

or
2

as

separate

niche

market.

However, the main impact is likely to


appear
context

in
as

provided by

the

city

the

and

service

regional
can

be

multiple entities with

country.

Major impacts are not foreseen from


this

Overall impact

service,

it

mainly

addresses

segment of freight transport that will

improve service level experienced by


the end users of logistics services.

Legend:

0 = no impact
1 = potential impact, within the city limit
2 = potential impact, reaching regional level

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3 = potential impact, reaching national level


4 = potential impact, reaching EU level
5 = potential impact, reaching global level

1.10.3 Social impacts

Service: Dynamic last


mile delivery

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


The

Cohesion

Health

service

cohesion

not

considered

on

people

to

as

it

have

mainly

deals with the freight transport.

No

health

impacts

are

envisaged

as

the

service does not address peoples mobility.

Some

Employment

is

impacts

additional

jobs

may

be

created

to

manage the service but these are likely to

remain at city level.

The availability of this service will improve


the

Quality of life

peoples

greater

day-to-day

flexibility

in

life

by

receiving

allowing

deliveries.

These impacts will be city level due to the


nature of the service.

In relation to the improvements in quality

Service level

of
1

life,

the

considerably

service
and

level

make

will

improve

delivery

business

more smooth and customer friendly.

The

Greenhouse gas
emissions

volume

of

delivery

business

in

the

transport system is relatively small and it is


not

foreseen

emission

will

that

major

reductions

take place even

within

in
city

limits.

Social

Overall impact

impacts

of

the

service

are

very

minimal as the service is targeted to freight


1

and logistics, where the users of the service


do not interact with other users.

Legend:

0 = no impact
1 = potential impact, within the city limit
2 = potential impact, reaching regional level
3 = potential impact, reaching national level
4 = potential impact, reaching EU level
5 = potential impact, reaching global level

222

1.10.4 Policy impacts

Service: Dynamic last


mile delivery

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


Dynamic

last

mile

delivery

service

offers

greater flexibility on the time and location


where the delivery may take place. It also

More Fluid

reduces

the

delivery

attempts.

number

of

congested

number

of

unsuccessful

Reduction

vehicle

kilometres

traffic

conditions

in

the

driven
can

in
be

expected. However, the impact on fluency


of traffic will be small and it will be realized
only within urban areas.

The optimization of flows of goods and so


last

mile

freight

distribution

within

and

into urban conglomerates can improve the

Greener

environmental
2

surroundings.

quality
This

can

be

of

urban

achieved,

for

instance, by applying trip planning systems


and fleets monitoring through RFID based
smart tagging.

The

Smarter

application

of

ICT

systems

for

trip

planning and fleet management definitely


1

has an

impact on the smartness level

of

the city.

The system is not assumed to have direct


impacts on safety. However, advanced fleet
management systems connected with onboard

Safer

computers

gather

set

of

information that can also be a valuable tool

to

enhance

network
behaviour

and

safety
to

within

on

the

promote
the

urban
safer

logistic

road
driver

company

using the system.

The dynamic negotiation of the deliveries

More Accessible

allows the final consignee to have a better


1

access to the service in terms of quality,


efficiency and availability.

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Service: Dynamic last


mile delivery

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


The

five

mobility

addressed

to

sustainable
impacts
urban

policy

the

urban

is

system.

inherently

dimensions.

effectiveness

of

dimensions

achievements
The

the

span

confined

By

are

of

of

into

looking
bundle

the

at
on

the
each

individual policy pillar it must be pointed

Total impact

out that all of them are positively affected


by the delivery of the services; therefore,
by

promoting

deployment
European
impacts

the

of

adoption

these

urbanized
at

and

services

areas,

European

the

scale

the

to

all

positive
on

the

sustainable mobility can be significant.

Legend:

0 = no impact
1 = potential impact, within the city limit
2 = potential impact, reaching regional level
3 = potential impact, reaching national level
4 = potential impact, reaching EU level
5 = potential impact, reaching global level

1.10.5 Technological impacts

Service: Dynamic last


mile delivery

Magnitude of
impact

There

Innovation

Technological
breakthrough

Research
competitiveness

Description of the impact

No

major

innovation

major

technology

service

does

not

development of new

required

in

advancement

is

require

significant

research or products

so there will be no impact.

No

Standards agreements

no

required for provision of this service.

The
0

is

providing the described service.

standards are needed

order
0

can

to

be

provide

the

developed

to be

service;

with

no

agreed

in

applications

restrictions

or

instructions.

There is no foreseen leadership developing

Industrial leadership

Technological leadership

for

this

service

as

the

applications

can

location or company-specific.

Similarly to industry leadership, now major


technology

224

provider

is

foreseen

as

Service: Dynamic last


mile delivery

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


requirement, more likely individual solutions
providers will emerge.

Technology

Integration

Knowledge transfer

is

needed

at

city

level to combine information of locations of


service users and deliveries.

No knowledge transfer is expected to take


place.

Some

Infrastructure
development

Mobility of personnel

additional

developments

in

the

infrastructure may be required, in particular


related to the satellite based monitoring of
vehicles.

Due to the nature of the service no mobility


impacts will be foreseen.

The

Total impact

integration

service

will

not

require

major

technological advancements, and will utilise


existing technologies.

Legend:

0 = no impact
1 = potential impact, within the city limit
2 = potential impact, reaching regional level
3 = potential impact, reaching national level
4 = potential impact, reaching EU level
5 = potential impact, reaching global level

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10 Bundle: Urban Traffic Management Services


1.11

Service: Cooperative traffic signal control

1.11.1

Description

Figure 51: Cooperative traffic signal control concept.


(Source: Pihjalamaa et al. 2012)

1.11.2

Economic impacts

Service: Cooperative

Magnitude of impact

Description of the impact

traffic signal control


No major growth impact is foreseen
Growth

Economic

to result from the service.

There
0

are

no

direct

impacts

on

competitiveness from this service.

competitiveness

The

system

is

expected

to

have

positive impact on economic welfare


on city level. The impact is related to
shorter
Economic welfare

average

travel

times

1
experienced by road users. However,

Back office system in T

the impact
travel
times
Backon
of ficeaverage
collects the traffic
data from
RSUs is

Internet of Things technologies (including M2M


likely to be
small
and it will
depend
In addition
to management
of RSUs
and vehicl on
GIS databases, massive real time spatio-tempor
the

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performance

of

traffic

control

Service: Cooperative
traffic signal control

Magnitude of impact

Description of the impact


systems

and

provided

the

functionalities

before

the

they

system

was

implemented.

Most

of

the

investment

impact

will

result from data management linked


to

Investment

the

traffic

fleet

management

signal

investments
where

control
will

the

take

with

system.
place

system

in

is

the

These
cities
being

implemented.

Most

likely

single

company

will

emerge to provide the services within


a

Market share

city

as

the

fragmented
the

due

system

to

market
to

the

cover

will

be

limitation

mainly

of

major

cities in Europe.

The

service

significant

Overall impact

will

not

generate

economic impacts outside

the immediate surroundings of a city,

even in this context the overall impact


is limited.

Legend:

0 = no impact
1 = potential impact, within the city limit
2 = potential impact, reaching regional level
3 = potential impact, reaching national level
4 = potential impact, reaching EU level
5 = potential impact, reaching global level

1.11.3 Social impacts

Service: Cooperative
traffic signal control
Cohesion

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


There

is

no

cohesion

impact

associated

with this service.

The system aims to reduce the number of


accidents

Health

which

intersections

system

is

in

happen

urban

expected

at

signalised

environments.

to

have

The

positive

impact on health where it is implemented

Employment

No
0

major

employment

gains

will

from the adoption of this service.

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result

Service: Cooperative
traffic signal control

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


In

Quality of life

the

cities

people

will

find

the

driving

more pleasant and enjoyable if they adjust


1

their travel to suggested speeds and green


light patterns.

New

Service level

service

can

improve

in

particular

driving during off-peak hours when green


1

lights

can

be

made

more

user-friendly

according to vehicles on the streets.

Minor

Greenhouse gas
emissions

impacts

on

emissions

can

be

observed as waiting times at traffic lights


are likely

stops

to

shorten

and

and

the

accelerations

number

of

likely

be

will

reduced.

The service will have limited social impacts,

Overall impact

mainly
1

within

through

the

implementing

improvements

in

city

mobility

and

service level.

Legend:

0 = no impact
1 = potential impact, within the city limit
2 = potential impact, reaching regional level
3 = potential impact, reaching national level
4 = potential impact, reaching EU level
5 = potential impact, reaching global level

1.11.4 Policy impacts

Service: Cooperative
traffic signal control

More Fluid

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


The traffic

congestion

decrease

by

systems
1

for

level

will

introducing
decentralized

certainly

cooperative
traffic

signal

control. These systems can optimize traffic


flows

system

and

so

reduce

total

delay

time of the urban network.

When implemented, the system will reduce


the number of stops and accelerations at
intersections

Greener

system
number

has
of

in
also

urban

environment.

potential

vehicle

to

The

reduce

kilometres

the

driven

in

queuing and slowly moving traffic. This will


have

228

positive

effect

on

emissions

and

Service: Cooperative
traffic signal control

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


energy consumption.
Cooperative traffic signal control systems

Smarter

by definition increase the smartness of the

city where they work.

Effects of signal

timing on safety can

be

seen in the Detection Control System. This


real-time

Safer

adaptive

control

application

is

effective at improving the relative safety of


an intersection and so increasing safety at
city level.

Efficiently

managing

network

through

applied

More Accessible

to

the

traffic

cooperative

traffic

signal

on

the

systems

control

can

improves accessibility at city level in terms

of

quality

business

of

access

have

to

that

the

people

urban

and

mobility

system.

The

five

mobility

addressed

to

sustainable
impacts
urban

policy

the

urban

is

system.

inherently

dimensions.

effectiveness

of

dimensions

achievements
The

span

confined

By

the

the

at
on

a
of

into

looking
bundle

are

of

the
each

individual policy pillar it must be pointed

Total impact

out that all of them are positively affected


by the delivery of the services; therefore,
by

promoting

deployment
European
impacts

of

the

urbanized
at

adoption

these

areas,

European

and

services
the

scale

the

to

all

positive
on

the

sustainable mobility can be noteworthy.

Legend:

0 = no impact
1 = potential impact, within the city limit
2 = potential impact, reaching regional level
3 = potential impact, reaching national level
4 = potential impact, reaching EU level
5 = potential impact, reaching global level

1.11.5 Technological impacts

Service: Cooperative
traffic signal control
Innovation

Magnitude of
impact
1

Description of the impact


Innovation

229

takes

place

within

the

city

Service: Cooperative
traffic signal control

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


context where the new and improved traffic
light

guidance

will

help

users

to

optimize

their travel patterns.

Technological
breakthrough

No major new technologies will be required


0

to introduce the service.

Utilization of a vast number of data sources


in

Research
competitiveness

real-time

network

level

traffic

optimization of urban traffic is a topic still


1

under
still

research.

have

Solutions

novelty

value

to

this

and

problem

relevance

as

research topics.

No agreements on standards are required as

Standards agreements

the

service

is

very

much

fixed

to

its

immediate surroundings.

Service can be designed and implemented

Industrial leadership

locally, even through the utilisation of local


1

SME

sector

to

provide

the

required

technologies.

No major technologies will need to emerge


nor

should

the

(necessarily)

Technological leadership

solutions

by

can

service

larger

be

also

be

produced

companies
very

as

localised

the
and

therefore provided by companies for which


these markets are more attractive than for
the bigger industry players.

Integration of vehicle data and traffic light

Integration

Knowledge transfer

management will take place at the city level.

No knowledge transfer is foreseen to take


place in context of this service.

Within cities the need to integrate fleet data


with

traffic

light

management

system

creates the demand for new infrastructure

Infrastructure
development

development, but this is basically based on


1

upgrading

the

technically
transfer

existing

system

compatible

and

on-time

with

to

the

be
data

management

of

system.

Peoples

mobility

improved

Mobility of personnel

better
1

due

flow

to
of

within
less

cities

waiting

traffic.

will

times

Again,

be
and

these

improvements may have adverse incentives


for

service

users

to

adopt

use

of

private

vehicles as it will become more attractive.

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Service: Cooperative
traffic signal control

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


Technological requirements are low for this

Total impact

service
1

and

this

results

in

low

overall

score, where impacts are observed they are


within city limits.

Legend:

0 = no impact
1 = potential impact, within the city limit
2 = potential impact, reaching regional level
3 = potential impact, reaching national level
4 = potential impact, reaching EU level
5 = potential impact, reaching global level

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1.12 Service: Speed management


1.12.1 Description

Figure 52: Speed management concept.


(Source: Pihjalamaa et al. 2012)

1.12.2 Economic impacts

Service: Speed
management

Magnitude of impact

Description of the impact


Potential growth impacts are created
by

the

better

operation

of

transport

system, which mainly affects the daily


commuting traffic in regional and city
context.

Growth

small

The

growth

reduction

is

of

result

travel

of

times

(http://www.imobility-effectsdatabase.org)
address

the

and
impact

preparedness
of

weather

to
and

other factors on the operability of the


transport system.

Economic
competitiveness

Economic welfare

No

major

impact

on

economic

competitiveness is foreseen.

Improved safety of road users will have


a positive effect on economic welfare

232

Service: Speed
management

Magnitude of impact

Description of the impact


of

society,

traffic

impacting

within

surrounding
been

the

commuting

cities

region.

estimated

and

the

The

system

to

be

has

socio-

economically profitable in an analysis


carried out for one EU member state
(Lai,

Carsten,

Tate

2012).

The

magnitude of the effect will depend on


the type of ISA implemented and the
deployment scenario.

Investment are needed to provide the


signalling system, which will boost the

Investment

development of durable and low costs

variable

speed

signs

required

to

replace the current signs.

Speed

limit

databases

will

be

established at national level (ROSATTE


implementation

platform).

It

is

likely

that management of speed limit data

Market share

at national level will be carried out by a

single

company.

integrated
developed

in
at

In-vehicle

the

systems

vehicle

the European

will

be

or global

level.

The service has potential


investments

to

to increase

technologies

that

enable use of speed management as a

Overall impact

2 / 3

means

to

means

major

current

controlling

the

traffic.

investments

signals

and

also

to

cabling

other supporting infrastructure.

Legend:

0 = no impact
1 = potential impact, within the city limit
2 = potential impact, reaching regional level
3 = potential impact, reaching national level
4 = potential impact, reaching EU level
5 = potential impact, reaching global level

1.12.3 Social impacts

Service: Speed
management

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact

233

This

replace
and

Service: Speed
management
Cohesion

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


The nature of the service does not lead to

any cohesion impacts.

Health impacts result from better control of


speed on roads, resulting in less accidents

Health

and injuries, which will affect in particular

the

commuting

travel

in

the

city

and

regional context.

Employment

There
0

are

no

employment

impacts

associated with the service.

The service will improve quality of life in


Europe as the speed management becomes
more linked to actual conditions and less

Quality of life

static as is the present situation. People will

also

have

better

chance

to

adjust

their

driving and to take necessary precautions


against changing driving conditions.

The service level of speed management will


improve

significantly

reduction

in

predictable

Service level

and

can

accidents

travel

lead

and

times.

to

more

These

new

features will benefit in particular frequent

travellers but will also provide comfort to


those who are less frequent travellers
not

familiar

with

local

roads

and

or

their

conditions.

Mandatory

speed

alert

system

would

reduce considerably emissions and energy


consumption.

Greenhouse gas
emissions

system
2

are

The

likely

effects
to

be

of

smaller

voluntary
and

the

evidence on their impacts in areas with low


speed

limits

is

partly

contradictory

(http://www.imobility-effectsdatabase.org).

The major impact of the service will be the


improved

Overall impact

service

level,

as

the

transport

system users can better adjust their speeds

2 / 4

to external factors than simply relying on


their own situation analysis.

Legend:

0 = no impact
1 = potential impact, within the city limit
2 = potential impact, reaching regional level
3 = potential impact, reaching national level

234

4 = potential impact, reaching EU level


5 = potential impact, reaching global level

1.12.4 Policy impacts

Service: Speed
management

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


Impacts of speed management will depend
on the number of vehicles equipped with
the system. When the share of equipped
vehicles

More Fluid

above

certain

threshold,

the

system will result in a more homogenous

and

smoother

small

fraction

traffic

flow.

When

only

of drivers use the system,

the system may increase the frequency of


overtaking situations.

Mandatory

ISA

adaptation)
emissions

Greener

(intelligent

will

and

reduce

energy

speed

considerably

consumption.

For

voluntary ISA, the impacts are smaller and

evidence on impacts is partly contradictory


for areas with low speed limits (Andersson
2009; Carslaw et al. 2009).

The

Intelligent

system

is

technologies
increasing

Speed

example

applied

the

to

safety

mobility. The system

Smarter

Adaptation

good

ICT

vehicles

for

aspect

in

(ISA)

of

fact

of

urban

enables

the

vehicle to know the relevant speed limit


3

from

an

database

on-board
of

speed

and

limits,

updateable

and

Global

Positioning Satellite (GPS) system advising


where the vehicle is located. The system
then provides feedback to the driver about
whether current speed exceeds that limit.

The

main

services

is

scope
to

of

speed

increase

the

management
level

of

road

safety. Speed alert provided to the driver

Safer

has been estimated to reduce the number


4

of

fatalities

injuries

by

in

EU27

2.6-9.5%

by
if

4.5-12.6%

all

vehicles

and
were

equipped with the system (Wilmink et al.


2008).

The system is not expected to have any

More Accessible

significant

impact

services or locations.

235

of

accessibility

of

Service: Speed
management

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


All the five mobility policy dimensions are
addressed

to

sustainable
impacts
urban

is

the

urban

achievements
system.

inherently

dimensions,

The

confined

except

for

of

span
into

a
of

the

smartness

and safety which can get to a national and


European

framework

course by

Total impact

respectively.

Of

looking at the effectiveness

of

the bundle on each individual policy pillar it

must be pointed out that all of them are


positively

affected by

services;

therefore,

adoption

and

services

to

the

the delivery
by

of the

promoting

deployment

of

the

these

all European urbanized areas,

the positive impacts at European scale on


the sustainable mobility can be very high
for all the five pillars.

Legend:

0 = no impact
1 = potential impact, within the city limit
2 = potential impact, reaching regional level
3 = potential impact, reaching national level
4 = potential impact, reaching EU level
5 = potential impact, reaching global level

1.12.5 Technological impacts

Service: Speed
management

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


There is no major innovation involved in the

Innovation

service,

the

major

are

already

tested and in use in some pilot regions.

To

upgrade

the

management

Technological
breakthrough

elements

development
3

replace

the

transfer

of

service

from
of

ones

works

national
sites

low-cost

existing
signal

to

testing

signs
and

in

all

level

requires
that

where

will
the

conditions,

when a change to existing speed limit shown


is required.

No

Research
competitiveness

impact

is

expected

on

research

competitiveness as most of the technologies


0

required are already tested and piloted by


potential service providers.

236

Service: Speed
management

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


Current

status

and

management

of

speed

limit data in Europe has been studied by the


ROSATTE

Standards agreements

project

(ERTICO

implementation
3

established

2012).

platform

(Flament

2012)

Rosatte

is
to

being

utilize

the

work carried out in ROSATTE and to support


data

flow

from

national

road

administrations to providers of digital maps.

Systems

Industrial leadership

used

to

manage

speed

limit

implementation will mostly be implemented


on national level.

National level service providers are likely to


generate the leadership that is required to

Technological leadership

produce
3

integrated

providers

can

systems. These service

also

provide

the

similar

service to other countries and provide more


broad solutions.

National

level

service

providers

will

be

responsible for integrating data from various

Integration

infrastructure

managers

database

national

integrate

at

speed

into

level.

limit

data

common

Efforts

into

to

existing

digital maps are being made by digital map


providers

and

the

work

is

supported

by

ROSATTE implementation platform.

Knowledge transfer

No knowledge transfer is considered to be


0

associated with the service.

Infrastructure
address

Infrastructure
development

various
3

the

development

speed

parts

of

needs

management

the

Europe.

to

needs

At

in

present,

most member states have no national level


speed limit database, and investment in new
ICT infrastructure will be required.

The effects of speed alert system on travel


time

are

roads

Mobility of personnel

likely

to

because

be

negligible

delays

at

on

urban

intersections

constitute much of the travel time (Wilmink


et al. 2008). Therefore, the impacts of the
system

on

mobility

are

likely

to

be

very

limited.

The service has mixed impacts, which results


in

Total impact

average

score

perhaps

misleadingly

pointing the regional level impacts. Some of


the

impacts

will

be

experienced

at

the

European level whereas in many cases there

237

Service: Speed
management

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


are no technological impacts at all.

Legend:

0 = no impact
1 = potential impact, within the city limit
2 = potential impact, reaching regional level
3 = potential impact, reaching national level
4 = potential impact, reaching EU level
5 = potential impact, reaching global level

238

1.13 Service: Predictive smart parking


1.13.1 Description
ParkingService
Collect static and dynamic real-time
inf ormation f rom all parking operators
Payment operator
(commercial & cities)
Parking operators
TIC / TCC
Provides parking inf ormation as a service
f or car drivers and handles reservations as
well as payments together with Payment
Parking broker
operator
GIS system w/ spatio-temporal transaction Trip planning
capabilities including all static and dynamic service operator
Transport service
parking place inf ormation
operator
Internet
Trip Planning
Camera monitoring
Parking is a part of trip planning that helps
& surveillance
users to f ind (available) parking places and Parking control
navigate to there
In addition, multi-modal journey planning
with park & ride scenarios are supported
Park &
Trip planning utilizes real-time inf ormation
Ride
and predictions as a basis of parking place
selection
NFC based
Identification &
payment

Payment
Universal mobile payments or travel
cards covering all modalities of mobility
in addition to parking as well as several
options f or pricing schemes
Based on NFC
Parking enforcement
Easy way to detect parking
violations, e.g., with NFC
technology

NFC based
identification &
ticketless payment

UMTS / LTE / 3G / WI-FI


Access controlled
parking

TIC / TCC
Authorities and traf f ic management
exploits inf ormation about parking
monitoring and may control remotely
dynamic road signs etc.

In-car terminal, OBU, sensors, OBD,


GPS + hybrid positioning,
mobile and wireless
communications

Parking places
Access controlled parking places have barriers that are
controlled remotely or locally and are connected to
identif ication and/or payment activities
Open parking places are prone to parking violations and
thus parking enf orcement is needed. Dif f erent kind of
sensors and road side units may support parking
enf orcement as well as parking monitoring and payments.

On-Trip Planning & Guidance


On-trip scenarios and ad hoc parking needs are
f ulf illed with on-trip planning based on real-time data
of parking place availability.
User interaction while driving must be realized in a
saf e and ef f icient way, e.g., by using audio UIs
Fixed in-car terminal alone is inadequate solution
f or multi-modal journey planning and guidance
complement / replace with mobile solution

Open / roadside parking


Parking
enforcement

E.g.,802.11p

Roadside station, sensors

Figure 53: Dynamic and predictive parking concept.


(Source: Pihjalamaa et al. 2012)

1.13.2 Economic impacts

Service: Dynamic and


predictive parking

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


The growth impacts will materialise through
gains

in

productive

time

due

to

less

time

spent in search for parking space; these are


calculated
driver

per

as

time

day);

savings

additional

(minutes
impact

is

per
the

increased revenue of the cities from parking


fees

Growth

and

probably

lower

cost

of

enforcement; however, even when added up


the impacts remain local and possibilities to
make the system European standard depend
on

interface

locally

design

available

and

data

to

ability

to

solutions

convert
that

are

usable through multiple types of interfaces


(including language conversions). There is
potential to foster innovation in the field of

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Service: Dynamic and


predictive parking

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


ITS services associated to smart parking.
This would in turn contribute to global growth
and go beyond local level impacts.
In terms of the competitiveness, the savings
in

Economic
competitiveness

time

and

productivity
1

can

improve

sizeable

the

related

increase

in

are considered minor. Impacts


dynamics

impacts

comparing

to

but

be

do

not

have

detected

productivity

of

when

cities

or

productivity in Europe against other regions.

The users of the city parking facilities will be


better

off,

but

again

the

impacts

do

not

result in gains that can in terms of magnitude


or coverage reach significant impact at the

Economic welfare

European or even national level. There are


gains related to quality of life through
parking

service,

which

are

due

to

the
less

congestion but there is no direct welfare gain


associated with the service.

Significant

investment

infrastructure

Investment

implement

will

the

in

not

service

physical
be

or

required

except

sensing

ICT
to
and

detection systems such as cameras or other


types of sensors.

Companies that provide integrated services


for

the

market

parking

are

share in

great

Europe as a whole,

likely

to

have

when

they have demonstrated the functionality of

Market share

the
4

systems

through

piloting.

These

companies will most likely provide a limited


number of similar solutions to the markets,
which can be tailored to each city and have
some level of interoperability between cities
and technologies.

Due to the fact that most of the impacts will


be local and the benefits, although covering
a large volume of users, will remain modest

Overall impact

the

overall

remain

impact

limited.

This

of

the

can

be

solutions
enhanced

will
by

coupling parking solutions with other traffic


management applications.

Legend:

0 = no impact
1 = potential impact, within the city limit

240

2 = potential impact, reaching regional level


3 = potential impact, reaching national level
4 = potential impact, reaching EU level
5 = potential impact, reaching global level

1.13.3 Social impacts

Service: Dynamic and


predictive parking
Cohesion

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


The application does not address cohesion

directly.

The health impact will be of local nature,


mainly

resulting

from

better

local

air

quality due to less emissions resulting from

Health

reduced search time for available parking.

Obviously in major cities these impacts can


affect large populations so the magnitude
depends on the city.

The system and its maintenance, as well as


effective monitoring will create new jobs,
but

these

are

mainly

at

local

level

for

On
the other hand fewer jobs needed for
As
manual
onsite
enforcement.
people needed to manage the system.

Employment

technologies
industries

are

there

already
are

no

available

major

from

additional

employment gains in industries.

The application can improve the quality of


life as people spend less time in search of
parking

space

and

find

the

system

less

stressful than situation before. Impact on

Quality of life

congestion
3

affects
can

will

cities

be

also

and

considered

availability
parking

of

service

be

citizens.

significant
These

national

dynamic
will

and

and

impacts

level,

the

predictive

improve

moving

around in other cities as well.

Overall, in Europe the parking system will


become

Service level

more

interactive

and

will

considerably improve the management of

parking

services

for

operators. Users

can

benefit from the new services.

Depending on the volume of traffic in cities

Greenhouse gas
emissions

and countries, the service can potentially


reduce emissions significantly, also due to

possibilities to promote electric and hybrid


solutions

241

through

preferred

parking

Service: Dynamic and


predictive parking

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


solutions.

Social

Overall impact

impacts

are

two-fold,

creating

mainly broad impacts through the services


1 / 3

ability

to

serve

better

urban

parking

demand.

Legend:

0 = no impact
1 = potential impact, within the city limit
2 = potential impact, reaching regional level
3 = potential impact, reaching national level
4 = potential impact, reaching EU level
5 = potential impact, reaching global level

1.13.4 Policy level impacts

Service: Dynamic and


predictive parking

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


Well

in

advance,

everywhere

up-to-date

information

about

and

parking

space availability will positively impact the


fluency of urban traffic. The drivers, in fact,

More Fluid

will

be

informed

current

in

occupancy

good

levels

time

of

on

the

parking

lots

and car parks, allowing them to plan their


route

accordingly

and

reach

their

destination in the shortest time possible.

By

reducing

the length

of time

a vehicle

circulates on urban streets or in a car park,


emissions and noise levels will be reduced

Greener

and so requirements on better air quality


1

and noise abatement can be met. However,


the

impact

facilities

is

and

realised
city

only

centres

in

parking

with

limited

availability of parking.

Traffic

and

provide

travel

data

information,

processing
assistance

can
and

dynamic control of transport to drivers and


network managers. ICT technologies to be

Smarter

used
3

for

systems
level

enhancing

and

traffic

management
and

the

parking

integrating
systems

can

efficiency

of

interoperability

smarter urban transport.

242

them

guidance
in

higher

improve

the

urban

mobility

level

towards

Service: Dynamic and


predictive parking

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


The

Safer

system

is

not

expected

to

have

significant impacts on safety of road users.

These systems will surely increase the level


of accessibility from the view point of the

More Accessible

quality of access that people and business

have to the urban mobility system, made


up of infrastructure and services.

The

five

mobility

addressed

to

sustainable
impacts
urban

is

urban

commuting

The

confined

possibly

trips.
of

By

span
into

of
the
by

systematic

looking

the

are

of

regional

consideration

effectiveness
1 / 2

system.

inherently

into

dimensions

achievements

dimensions,

taking

Overall impact

policy

the

bundle

at

the

on

each

individual policy pillar it must be pointed


out

that

all

positively

of

them

affected

by

services;

therefore,

adoption

and

services

to

all

the

except

safety

the delivery
by

promoting

deployment

European

of

are
the
the

of

these

urbanized

areas,

the positive impacts at European scale on


the sustainable mobility can be very high.

Legend:

0 = no impact
1 = potential impact, within the city limit
2 = potential impact, reaching regional level
3 = potential impact, reaching national level
4 = potential impact, reaching EU level
5 = potential impact, reaching global level

1.13.5 Technological impacts

Service: Dynamic and


predictive parking

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


Although not an entirely new concept, and
while utilising

mainly

existing

technologies

the innovation lies in the potential to bring

Innovation

the

solutions

service
leisure

that
traffic,

together
can

into

benefit

including

an

integrated

commuter

tourism,

and

provided

that the user interface is designed to work in

243

Service: Dynamic and


predictive parking

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


non-local equipment and platforms as well.
The

first

solutions

to

be

available

will

be

realised at national or regional level.

Only when considered to change the existing


services
the

available

application

in

be

cities

for

parking

considered

to

can

have

technological advancement at the city level.

Technological
breakthrough

Internet
1

of

things,

real-time

allocation

of

parking spots is a challenge, which can be


solved

through

private

areas,

but

public

areas (road sides) remain difficult to address


as

the

installation

monitoring

and

of

technologies

vacancy

data

is

for

more

challenging.

The selected application within a city will be

Research
competitiveness

a
1

result

of

competitiveness

in

design

and

concept development, but at the European


level

it

will

be

hard

to

detect

changes

in

research competitiveness.

The

potential

to

have

interoperability

of

applications

the

improve

at

citizenship

agreement

various

&

on

city

European
tourism

the
level

level
and

to

other

usage can lead to standards, with regards to

Standards agreements

functions

of

the

applications

(payment

methods, user interfaces, signalling etc.). In


particular

the

infrastructure
standardized

presentation
based

on

presentation

of

a
is

city

common
crucial

in

setting a common platform for applications.

At national level there are likely to emerge


companies

that

development

and

provide
tailor-made

concept
applications

that suit the local conditions, as the market

Industrial leadership

will be attractive when the customer base is


larger. Naturally major cities offer a lucrative
market but it is more likely that companies
would choose to provide applications to a
country as a whole.

European

level

coverage

will

result

in

leadership which is defined by data use in

Technological leadership

information applications. Key is to build user


4

interfaces

that

independent

of

enable

use

location

or

of

resulting in greater interoperability.

244

system

language,

Service: Dynamic and


predictive parking

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


Systems and
mobility

Integration

various
4

applications will enhance

of

people,

actors

the

interoperability

(public

sector,

of

companies,

users etc.) and also generate systems level


integration,

which

can

be

best

achieved

through interactive user applications.

Impact will be limited in some cases, mostly


through training of local
management

Knowledge transfer

Based

on

of

staff for practical

applications

national

within

level

city.

operators

experiences, the solutions can be taken to


other

locations

with

appropriate

modifications.

The

Infrastructure
development

system

will

be

realised

by

combining

existing physical and ICT infrastructure with


1

new

technologies.

need

for

parking

Also,
space

reduction
can

in

in

the

the

future

change the existing infrastructure.

Better information on parking can result in


changes in commuter habits, which can be
an inverse impact in terms of increasing the
share

Mobility of personnel

of

trips

done

by

private

vehicles.

However, if the goal is to reduce private car


use

(also dynamic) pricing can be used to

control

traffic

transport

mode

volumes
(keeping

and
in

choice

mind

of

equality

considerations).

The total impact of the parking system is a


result

of

low

impact

caused

by

city

level

solutions and of high impact caused by EUlevel

standardisation

and

applications

that

have cross-border implications and result in


better predictability in travel within and to
cities. It needs to be acknowledged that the

Total impact

impact
1 / 4

of

less

congestion

as

result

of

dynamic and predictive parking will lead to


impacts observable at the city level when it
comes

to

congestion

or

emissions

reductions, which are part of the social and


economic impacts. Taking into consideration
that cities are nodes in TEN-T networks will
increase the value of smooth parking from
the European perspective.

Legend:

245

0 = no impact
1 = potential impact, within the city limit
2 = potential impact, reaching regional level
3 = potential impact, reaching national level
4 = potential impact, reaching EU level
5 = potential impact, reaching global level

246

11 Bundle: Booking and payment


1.14

Service: Mobile payment

1.14.1

Description

Figure 54: Mobile payment concept.


(Source: Pihjalamaa et al. 2012)

1.14.2

Economic impacts

Magnitude of
Service: Mobile payment

Description of the impact

impact
The

payment

growth
Growth

current

system

impacts

as

systems

does

it

in

not

basically

have

any

aids

the

administrating

the

payment of various services.

There
Economic

competitiveness

are

no

impacts

on

competitiveness

from this service as the service provided will


only marginally change current processes.

No welfare gains are envisaged to take place


Economic welfare

from the use of this service.

No major investments are needed to provide


Investment

0
the

247

service

and

it

is

not

foreseen

that

it

Service: Mobile payment

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


would generate any investments.

It is likely that the service will be provided at


the

Market share

European

level

by

one

or

more

companies as is the situation at present with


other

similar

services

offered

by

financial

institutions.

Economic impacts are limited and linked to

Overall impact

the service providers role in the European


markets.

Legend:

0 = no impact
1 = potential impact, within the city limit
2 = potential impact, reaching regional level
3 = potential impact, reaching national level
4 = potential impact, reaching EU level
5 = potential impact, reaching global level

1.14.3 Social impacts

Service: Mobile payment

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


Due to the nature of the service there will

Cohesion

Health

be no cohesion impacts.

Due to the nature of the service there will


be no health impacts.

The

Employment

service

additional
0

provision

resources

will

in

not

terms

require

of

staffing

and it will not generate any additional jobs


either.

The availability of better payment services


will most likely improve the daily activities

Quality of life

of service users but these impacts will be

limited in the immediate surroundings at


the city level.

Users

can

better

benefit

from

existing

technologies in their day-to-day travel and

Service level

the
4

service

throughout
travellers

is

likely

Europe,
that

to

be

which

utilise

available

will

public

benefit

transport

anywhere where the system is available.

Greenhouse gas

The

248

service

provided

has

no

impact

on

Service: Mobile payment


emissions
Overall impact

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


emissions.

1 / 4

Social

impacts,

service

level,

apart

are

from

likely

to

improved

remain

small.

Payment service is not considered to affect


the social interaction as such.

Legend:

0 = no impact
1 = potential impact, within the city limit
2 = potential impact, reaching regional level
3 = potential impact, reaching national level
4 = potential impact, reaching EU level
5 = potential impact, reaching global level

1.14.4 Policy impacts

Service: Mobile Payment


More Fluid

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


Mobile payment services do not have any

impacts on the level of urban congestion.

Mobile payment services do not have any

Greener

Smarter

Safer

impacts

on

the

level

of

environmental

issues.

Mobile payment services do not have any


impacts on transport smartness.

Mobile payment services do not have any


impacts on safety.

Mobile payment services do not have any

More Accessible

Total impact

impacts

on

the

level

of

transport

accessibility.

This

service

significant
point.

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1 = potential impact, within the city limit
2 = potential impact, reaching regional level
3 = potential impact, reaching national level
4 = potential impact, reaching EU level
5 = potential impact, reaching global level

249

bundle

impacts

does

from

not

the

have

policy

any
view

1.14.5 Technological impacts

Service: Mobile payment

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


There is no major innovation in the service

Innovation

provision

as

it

is

based

on

existing

technologies.

There

Technological
breakthrough

Research
competitiveness

is

no

breakthrough

major

required

technological

to

provide

this

service.

There

is

no

research

competitiveness

involved in the provision of the service.

Regarding payments and data transfer there

Standards agreements

needs to be agreement at the EU level of the


4

format of data and privacy of users of the


service.

It is likely that one or more EU level or global


service

Industrial leadership

providers

offering

the

will

service

be
to

sufficient geographical

responsible
clients

to

for

have

coverage and client

base.

The technologies for payment management


are likely to exist at the European level to

Technological leadership

give a sufficient client base for the broad4

based

use.

operate

These

similar

service

payment

providers

systems

in

can

other

markets as well.

Integration

The
0

service

Due

Knowledge transfer

Infrastructure
development

Mobility of personnel

does

not

require

particular

technology integration.

to

the

knowledge

nature

transfer

of
is

the

service

expected

to

no
take

place.

Due

to

the

nature

infrastructure

of

the

development

is

service

no

foreseen

to

take place.

Due to the nature of the service no mobility


impacts are foreseen.

The

main

technological

impacts

are

connected to the service provision, which in


many

Total impact

ways

is

new

application

of

the

existing payment technologies and is most


likely

benefiting

present

offer

those

similar

other market segments.

250

companies
services

that

at

already

in

Legend:

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1 = potential impact, within the city limit
2 = potential impact, reaching regional level
3 = potential impact, reaching national level
4 = potential impact, reaching EU level
5 = potential impact, reaching global level

251

1.15 Service: Mobile ticketing


1.15.1 Description

Figure 55: Mobile ticketing concept.


(Source: Pihjalamaa et al. 2012)

1.15.2 Economic impacts

Service: Mobile ticketing

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


The service does not have growth impacts. It

Growth

is focusing on efficiency and alternatives in


payment of public transport services.

The service aims to increase the use of public

Economic
competitiveness

Economic welfare

Investment

transport by providing

alternative payment

methods. This does not have a direct impact


on competitiveness.

Similarly, the service does not generate any


welfare impacts.

The

252

service

does

not

require

major

Service: Mobile ticketing

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


technologies
also

to

be

generating

investments

implemented.
needs

in

for

supporting

It

is

not

additional
services

or

technologies.

The system is best utilised within cities and


at regional level transport. It is likely that a

Market share

single

operator

within

each

will

urban

provide
area

the

and

services

surrounding

region.

Economic

impacts

are

quite

limited

and

relate to market share, which can be seen to

Overall impact

increase
2

the

utilisation

of

public

transport

and therefore giving the operators using the


payment

system

an

advantage

in

competition.

Legend:

0 = no impact
1 = potential impact, within the city limit
2 = potential impact, reaching regional level
3 = potential impact, reaching national level
4 = potential impact, reaching EU level
5 = potential impact, reaching global level

1.15.3 Social impacts

Service: Mobile ticketing

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


The availability of better ticketing systems
will have a minor positive impact on the
use of public transport in city and regional
context. In other words, easy to use and

Cohesion

effectively operating ticketing system is in


2

essential
seen

part

of

attractive

commuters

public

by

and

transport

travellers.
those

service

Particularly

using

public

transport as their main mode of transport


will benefit from the service.

Using public transport is likely to increase

Health

peoples use of light traffic and therefore


2

to

improve

the

health

situation

in

the

context of the transport system use.

Employment

The nature of the service does not require


0
major

253

staff

and

therefore

no

real

Service: Mobile ticketing

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


employment impacts can be foreseen.

The

Quality of life

availability

payment
2

of

more

methods

is

flexible

likely

to

ticket
benefit

people who are using the public transport


or will now have incentives to do so.

The

available

payment
immediate

Service level

transport

of

will

more

surroundings

is

flexible

positively

used,

the

ticket

impact

in

city

which
and

the
public

regional

commuting traffic where the volume and


frequency

of

service

make

the

system

meaningful.

The shift of passengers to public transport


use is likely to reduce emissions, however
these

Greenhouse gas
emissions

impacts

passengers
vehicle

and

magnitude.

depend

shifting
are
Easy

on

from
at

to

the
use

best
use

volume
of

of

and

of

private
regional

effectively

operating ticketing system is an essential


part

of

public

transport

service

seen

attractive by travellers.

The

Overall impact

on
2

social
the

service,

impact

is

mainly

geographical
which

is

supporting

city and regional travel.

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3 = potential impact, reaching national level
4 = potential impact, reaching EU level
5 = potential impact, reaching global level

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concentrated

utilisation
in

of

the

particular

1.15.4 Policy impacts

Service: Mobile ticketing

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


The

More Fluid

NFC

potential
1

based
to

ticketing

reduce the

system

has

time needed

for

boarding at bus or tram stops. This reduces


travel times of public transport passengers.

Potentially,

by

implementing

mobile

ticketing system for public transport, a city

Greener

can increase the number of users and so

change the citizens behaviours towards a


less intensive use of private vehicles.

Mobile ticketing
that

could

the

view

definitely has an impact

reach

the

point

of

regional

city

level

from

smartness.

The

service, in fact, by using ICT systems such

Smarter

as

barcodes

integrated

and

contact

circuits

Communication
enhance

or

(NFC)

the

less

RFID

Near

Field

systems

intelligence

will

of

urban

environment.

Safer

The service is
0

not

expected

to

have any

impacts on safety..

Mobile

ticketing

can

enhance

the

integration of different transport modes in

More Accessible

a metropolitan area by letting use just one


2

ticket.

For

definitely

this

reason

have

the

service

will

effect

on

regional

accessibility of public transport.

Except for safety, the other four mobility


policy

dimensions

achievements

are

of

addressed

to

sustainable

the

urban

system. The span of impacts is inherently


confined

into

possibly

the

urban

regional

by

dimensions,
taking

into

consideration systematic commuting trips.


By

Total impact

looking

at

the

effectiveness

of

the

bundle on each of the four policy pillars, it

1 / 2

must be pointed out that all of them are


positively

affected

services;

therefore,

adoption

and

services

to

all

the

by

the delivery
by

deployment

European

of

promoting

the
the

of

these

urbanized

areas,

the positive impacts at European scale on


the

sustainable

noteworthy.

255

mobility

can

be

Legend:

0 = no impact
1 = potential impact, within the city limit
2 = potential impact, reaching regional level
3 = potential impact, reaching national level
4 = potential impact, reaching EU level
5 = potential impact, reaching global level

1.15.5 Technological impacts

Service: Mobile ticketing

Magnitude of
impact

Description of the impact


Innovation

is

limited

to

the

geographical

context in which the new service is intended

Innovation

to

operate

and

consists

of

new

ways

of

integrating the payment system and existing


ticketing system for public transport.

Technological
breakthrough

No new technologies are required, just the


0

integration of existing systems.

Most

Research
competitiveness

likely

service

is

provided

by

experience of the similar systems and data


management.

Standards

Standards agreements

the

national service provider, which has already

are

required

to

integrate

the

payment systems with ticketing systems but


2

this is again done in the local context within


city and the regional commuting system.

National level entity is likely to manage the

Industrial leadership

similar
3

systems

in

different

cities.

This

company will integrate various technologies


needed.

Same

Technological leadership

companies

that

operate

systems

in

the national context are also generating the


3

technical

solutions that become utilised in

various cities and regions within a country.

Integration

Integration

Knowledge transfer

Infrastructure
development

is

experienced

in

the

city

and

regional level where ticketing and payment


systems are implemented.

There is no impact on knowledge transfer in


this service.

No special infrastructure is required as the


0

technology

is

and software.

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based

on

existing

hardware

Service: Mobile ticketing


Mobility of personnel

Magnitude of
impact
2

Description of the impact


Mobility

can

regional

context

be

increased
but

this

in
is

the

city

and

depending

on

external factors as well such as the service


level of public transport system.

The technological impacts are mainly limited


to the immediate context in which most of
the travel utilising the ticketing system takes

Total impact

place,
2 / 3

which

is

within

cities

and

at

the

regional level. Benefits are reaped by those


who travel more frequently and by service
providers

who

can

offer

their

service

interested operators within a region.

Legend:

0 = no impact
1 = potential impact, within the city limit
2 = potential impact, reaching regional level
3 = potential impact, reaching national level
4 = potential impact, reaching EU level
5 = potential impact, reaching global level

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