Participate to the launch event of H2020 HARMONY project in London
Access to key activity hubs has deteriorated and private vehicle reliance has grown, largely due to expanding urban sprawl where distances between functional destinations (workplaces/shops etc.) have increased. Widespread congestion has become the norm in many cities, reducing people’s quality of life through negative externalities, such as pollution or increased travel times. Today, new mobility services and technologies present a possible solution. However, authorities face several challenges when it comes to harmoniously integrating these developments into spatial and transport plans.
The HARMONY project
The H2020 HARMONY ("Holistic Approach for Providing Spatial & Transport Planning Tools and Evidence to Metropolitan and Regional Authorities to Lead a Sustainable Transition to a New Mobility Era") project envisages developing a new generation of harmonised spatial and multimodal transport planning tools which comprehensively model the dynamics of the changing transport sector and spatial organisation, enabling metropolitan area authorities to lead the transition to a low carbon new mobility era in a sustainable manner.
Small-scale demonstrations with Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) and drones take place to understand in real-life their requirements and collect data to be used for modelling. The HARMONY model suite is also linked to the EC's EU-wide model TRIMODE to further identify the impact of the concepts and technologies on the TEN-T level. HARMONY's concepts and the model suite are applied and validated on six EU metropolitan areas on six TEN-T corridors: 1. Rotterdam (NL), 2. Oxfordshire (UK), 3. Turin (IT), 4. Athens (GR), 5. Trikala(GR), 6. Upper Silesian-Zaglebie Metropolis (PL).
Public Launch Event in London
The HARMONY project's Public Launch Event will bring together transport and spatial planning professionals, public authorities and policy makers, mobility technology developers, autonomous vehicles and drone manufacturers, and researchers to discuss the spatial and transport planning challenges metropolitan areas face in terms of integrating traditional and new transport modes.
To register for free, click here.
The Agenda
7 June 2019 - UCL Chandler House , 2 Wakefield Street, London WC1N 1PJ, United Kingdom
- 09:30 - 10:00: Registration & Coffee
- 10:00 - 10:50: The HARMONY project
- 10:50 - 11:50: Session 1 - New mobility services and technologies for passenger and freight
- 11:55 - 12:55: Session 2 - Cities challenges for passenger and freight transport and sustainable urban mobility planning (SUMP)
- 12:55 - 13:55: Networking Lunch
- 14:00 - 15:00: Session 3 - Spatial and transport modelling challenges
- 15:00 - 15:15: Coffee break
- 15:15 - 15:45: Cross-session discussion
- 15:45 - 16:00: Closing remarks
To download the agenda, click here.
More information
Website:
https://www.maaslab.org/harmony