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Report

Teaser, summary, work performed and final results

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - C-MobILE (Accelerating C-ITS Mobility Innovation and depLoyment in Europe)

Teaser

Summary

C-MobILE envisions completely safe and efficient transport on European roads, without casualties and serious injuries, particularly in complex urban areas and for Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs), by deploying safe and reliable C-ITS services. C-MobILE will provide the framework for large-scale deployment in Europe, elevating pilot sites to deployment locations for sustainable services, supported by local authorities. C-MobILE will take a common approach in order to ensure interoperability and seamless availability of services, while presenting an acceptable cost for end users and thus enhancing the business case for organisations in the supply chain.

The C-MobILE project has seven key targets:
â€¢ C-ITS framework defined (in partnership with major stakeholders) for proposing key deployment enabling solutions on existing pilot sites, including the business case.
â€¢ Strategic research agenda defined for key research and innovation areas that promote sustainable C-ITS deployment and work towards automated transport in Europe.
â€¢ Assessment (including cost-benefit analysis) of the cumulative real-life benefits of clustering C-ITS applications and integrating multiple transport modes into the C-ITS ecosystem.
â€¢ Open secure large-scale C-ITS deployment of new and existing applications, demonstrated in complex urban environments, interoperable across countries, and involving large groups of end users.
â€¢ An open platform provided for C-ITS sources to support deployment of service concepts on commodity devices, validated by developer communities.
â€¢ Operational procedures validated for large-scale deployment of sustainable C-ITS services in Europe.
â€¢ Testing methodologies to evaluate the proven impact of C-ITS architectures and services released.

Work performed

List of C-MobILE objectives and the work carried out to achieve them in the first 18 months:

O1: Define a C-ITS framework in partnership with all key stakeholders for proposing robust deployment enabling solutions, including business cases, for the pilot sites as well as other cities and regions.
The Stakeholders Forum (serving as a project network) has been set and many stakeholders (which are constantly being added to the Forum) are invited to periodic events such as the City Pool meetings.

O2: Create a Strategic Research Agenda addressing key research and innovation areas to promote sustainable C-ITS deployments and lead towards automated transport in Europe.
A living agenda of events is managed by WP4 and WP7 where different research-related activities are carried out in congresses, expos and related events.

O3: Assess the cumulative, real-life benefits of bundling C-ITS applications and integrating multiple transport modes in the C-ITS ecosystem.
The ex-ante Cost-Benefit Analysis (D2.1), which considers the analysis of the bundling concept, was delivered in M9.

O4: Demonstrate an open and secure large-scale deployment of C-ITS applications in complex urban environments interoperable across countries involving large groups of end-users.
The C-ITS architecture (D3.4), which proposes a reference to ensure interoperability, was delivered in M13.
All the activity related to the large-scale C-ITS implementation and deployment will be gathered in deliverables D5.2 (M21), D5.3 (M21), D5.4 (M24) and D5.5 (M40).

O5: Provide an open deployment platform towards C-ITS sources by creating open access, secure software libraries and development platforms to support deployment of applications on commodity devices.
The C-ITS reference architecture (deliverables D3.1 to D3.4), which provides a common implementation to support C-ITS deployments was delivered in M6, M8 and M12 and is available through the project website.

O6: Define an operational process for large-scale deployment of sustainable C-ITS services in Europe.
Operational procedures guidelines (D2.4) was delivered in M18.

O7: Release testing methodologies to evaluate C-ITS architectures and the effectiveness of applications.
The validation and impact assessment methodology (D6.1) was delivered in M6.

O8: Demonstrate the added value and economic viability by means of a comprehensive Cost-Benefit Analysis and impact assessment.
The ex-ante CBA (D2.1) was delivered in M9.

Final results

Innovation capacity and replicability
The approach of C-MobILE is expected to significantly contribute to increased innovation for the value chain of all involved stakeholders (i.e. products and services, business development and exploitation, policy, and processes).

Standards and new knowledge integration
The use of harmonized standards will be a guiding principle for all C-MobILE services and applications.

Competitiveness and market growth
C-MobILE will directly provide benefits to the European private sector entities that are active in the transport and mobility domain, by supporting the development of innovative products and services. Applications bundling will allow them increase their competitiveness by extending relevant markets and speeding up roll-out pace (at national, EU and global levels). Public and private stakeholders involved will have competitive advantages as compared to other actors also by being part of an integrated C-ITS framework (or ecosystem), which will realised by C-MobILE upon the successful execution of the project and brought forward beyond its life span by city-led business partnerships.

Economic Impacts
C-MobILE will achieve significant impacts at macro and micro-economic level. While it is difficult to anticipate figures of annual turnover during the project life, it is easier to say that at macro level, the overall improvement of transport operations (i.e. safety and efficiency) will contribute to more sustainable economic activities and better economies of scale, also at local level. C-MobILE shall also contribute to increased return on investment for transport technologies and infrastructures, primarily for the public sector. At micro level, C-MobILE will develop economically viable (i.e. energy saving) products, services and applications, which will be commercially exploited.

Social Impacts
C-MobILE aims to improve transport safety and efficiency through the provision of C-ITS services as novel bundles of applications for a variety of use cases and end-users, including VRUs. As a result, the project will have significant social impacts in: 1) the reduction of traffic related incidents, accidents and fatalities, 2) the improvement of road traffic flows for people and goods in complex urban areas and of all the major mobility related parameters, such as reduction of travel times and delays, increased average speed.

Sustainability and Environmental Impact
C-MobILE will have a direct and positive impact on sustainability and the environment, since a major aim of the project is to reduce traffic induced emissions and pollutants through reduced fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. These are expected to decrease by 5 to 25%, depending on local deployment configurations and applications bundling. The reduction of CO2 achieved by C-MobILE will also contribute to the mitigation of climate change.