Project

“Guidelines for a Sustainable Mobility Plan for Tbilisi”

Tbilisi, Georgia

IV Local Economic Development Forum

Sustainable Urban Transport

7-8 April, 2010

Introduction

Georgian – Italian cooperation

Project supported by Italian Ministry of Economics and Finance (MEF)

Main objective

“preparation of preliminary Guidelines for a Sustainable Mobility Plan for Tbilisi” aims at providing the local administration a valid technical support to its Departments of Transport and International Relations dedicated to sustainable development and international cooperation

Italian Ministry of Economics and Finance

NET Engineering S.p.A. profile and fields of expertise

NET Engineering is a dynamic Company which produces andsupplies technical and management services in the field ofcivil engineering for customers in Italy and abroad.

The roots of the company come from the early 70’s with theprofessional activity of the majority shareholder. NETEngineering today is a joint stock company which employsabout 160 people, with offices in Monselice (30 minutes fromVenezia), Roma, Mestre-Venezia, Napoli.

Our Company’s mission is to provide optimal integration ofcompetencies to respond to customers’ needs, studying,planning, designing and implementing projects in thefollowing sectors :

Transportation

Land Use, Environment, City Planning

Architecture and Real Estate Development

Hydraulics and Water Cycle

Consulting

Our system approach

Thetis company

Thetis operates as a Consultant, Solution Provider and Systems Integrator in advanced technology applications, Expertise from the Venice environment

• Environmental and Civil Engineering: Requalification of polluted areas and territory, construction management, rehabilitation of historical building

• Intelligent Transport Systems for Sustainable Mobility: Public Transport fleet management systems; Integrated Traffic Management Systems.

The Company personnel is 200 permanent staff, growing. Several international partners from Industry and Academy cooperate with Thetis.

Thetis is member of Ertico, UITP, Aipnc… and participates to International Research Projects within the EU Framework Programmes

Thetis, our expertise: Mobility Management ITS

Study of an ITS for Comprehensive mobility management in Delhi

Outlook: the 2010 Commonwealth Games

Background: the Beijing Olympics experience

Proposed solution:– Creation of a Mobility Agency

– Definition of an Integrated Mobility Plan

– Implementation of an ITS to integrate:

» Air Quality Management

» Public Transport Management

» Traffic Light control

» Variable Message Signs

» Traffic Information Services

Sustainable mobility applications

Integrated traffic-environment management systems

Traffic limitation (counters and tag readers)Air quality monitoring Public transport monitoring

Forbiddencity

What is Sustainable Urban Mobility

The ability to meet the needs to move people and goods, without sacrificing the essential human and ecological values, today and in the future.

The focus is on moving people and not vehicles !

Organising mobility such that the consumption of energy , environment and land does not endanger the opportunities of future generations to reach at least the same welfare level as those living now.

Access to goods and services for all inhabitants of the urban area

Safety access to all

Unmanaged mobility ..

Unmanaged mobility is• The main threat to the smooth development of cities• The most important source of pollution in cities• The cause of social costs to all (e.g. health) • A source of economic loss due to congestions

Two challenges:• Strong strategies for a better mobility in existing cities• Design new cities and transport systems integrated

One concept:• Mobility is for people and goods (i.e. not only for cars)

• Vehicle emissions contribute to 60% of pollution in large cities

How to implementSustainable Urban Mobility

Set up an operational organization (Mobility Agency)

Main policies actions

-Prepare master plans to harmonize urbanization and transport

Traffic Modelling and engineering

Incorporate principles of ● air quality improvement

● low energy consumption

● attractiveness of public transport

● minimization of private car use

● transport for all

- Adopt ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) to improve transport management efficiency and cost effectiveness

The role of the Mobility Agencies

Integrated view of mobility:

Main goal - to grant harmonization of interests and implementation issues;- to coordinate actions and answer needs of traffic Police corps, municipal transport department and public transport companies;- to guarantee monitoring effects and feedback actions inside different items of Sustainable Mobility Plan.

Planning•Analysis and processing of traffic data, simulation models•Studies and planning of the comprehensive mobility network•Define mobility strategies and infrastructures•Define ITS deployment plan

Operations•Plan the local public transport service •Manage contracts with Public Transport Operators•Operate the Traffic Management System•Provide integration of existing subsystems•Provide information to travelers

Low or Zero Emission vehicles

Geographical infosystem

Bus lane control

Environmentmonitoring

Planning

Atc

GPS

PCar ParkSystem

Traffic lightmanagement

Intelligentbus stops

Variable messagesystem (privatetransport)

Infrastructuremanagement

INTEGRATED MOBILITY AND ENVIRONMENT

MANAGEMENT

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Informationvia GSM

What is ITS Technologies for traffic management

Accessibility through urban design is not enough, ITS help to reach the objective

ITS KEY APPLICATION AREAS • Transport planning• Public transport

systems• Traffic management• Passenger information

services• Electronic payment

systems• Zone access control• City logistics

management and commercial vehicle operations

• Fleet management of public services

Tbilisi mobility plan: Guidelines for development strategies towards sustainability

Management strategies

Infrastructure strategies

Transport Master Plan for public and private network

•Public Transport system plan•Pricing policy•Freight transport plan•Parking plan•…

Pilot projects in 2013

2020

Sustainable Mobility Plan

MobilityAgency

Example of Pilot projects: Tbilisi mobility needs

Pilot project for the city of the river

MOBILITY NEEDS

•Regular service

•Speed and capacity

improvement

•integration with microbuses

•Information on waiting time

Transit Corridor Project

Pilot project for the old city centre

MOBILITY NEEDS

• pedestrian areas

• Historical heritage preservation from

crossing traffic

Pilot project for the old city centreZone access control

Safety Plan pilot Project

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Air Quality Management System pilot Project integrated in the management centre

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Conclusion

The implementation of a Sustainable Mobility Plan will integrate the vision of the on going Master Plan project with the action on mobility management and the implementation of ITS tools;

The creation of a Mobility Agency, according to international practices, in charge of implementation of a Sustainable Mobility Plan;

The opportunity to realise Pilot project, inside the Sustainable Mobility Plan and going forward the same objective of Master Plan, in order to get two main goals:

• arising level of performances for public transport service network in the next future with specific planning activities and ITS tools implementation;

• providing Master Plan of a useful tool to tune and recalibrate, if necessary, transport macro modelling features.

Eng Paolo Squillante (paolo.squillante@thetis.it)

Eng. Matteo Apollonio (matteo.apollonio@thetis.it)

Thetis SpA

Castello 2737/f

30122 Venice, Italy

Tel +39 041 2406111

Fax +39 041 5210292

www.thetis.it

info@thetis.it

Eng. Giovanni Acciaro (giovanni.acciaro@netspa.it)

Doct. Gabriele.Sau (gabriele.sau@netspa.it)

NET Engineering SpA

Centro Direzionale "Le Torri" Via Squero 12

35043 Monselice (PD)

Tel. +39 0429 787111

Fax +39 0429 787105

http://www.netspa.com/

info@nestpa.com

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