Transport Telematics

Modern transport telematics systems experimented by CIVITAS Plus cities (2008-2012) offer opportunities to make urban transport faster and more efficient, and support travellers. Communication technology are  used to coordinate traffic flows with the help of satellite-based applications, global positioning systems, wireless data transmission, automated traffic counting devices, and high- resolution cameras. Such technologies make it possible to give priority to public transport, improve parking management and better enforce road rules, but they can also provide passengers with real-time information and mobile guidance.

Find more @ Vitoria-Gasteiz, Aalborg, Brescia, Skopje, Craiova, Ljubljana, Bologna, Tallin, Usti-nad-Labem.

We are an start-up from Barcelona area developing an exciting project of shared mobility: Shotl (www.shotl.com). With Shotl, citizens will insert their desired origin and destination through their smart phone. The system will match the requested route with that of other users traveling in the same direction. One of our main focus is to offer a great customer experience during all the trip, including vehicles with extra comfort, facilities to work on board and vehicles driven by professionals.
We want to work together with public bodies and transit agencies to contribute to better, greener and more accessible cities, enabling the change to more car-independent lifestyles.

We are currently developing and calibrating our product, and trying to understand which are the best cities and environments to do our first deployments. Thus, we would really appreciate collaboration from this forum on the following topics:
- Previous similar experiences that could help us learning the crucial success factors (i.e. Kutsuplus in Helsinki) and best practices.
- Research studies investigating or predicting the potential impacts of a service like ours.
- Regulation, legal and political benchmarking (barriers and facilitators) among EU cities and countries.
- Suggestion of potential cities and areas that would be open and suitable to test Shotl.

Please do not hesitate to ask us more detailed questions about Shotl in case you are interested. We would appreciate help and suggestions.

Kind regards.

Find more info @ Demand Management for Goods Vehicles in Bath and and Cluster Report 4 (2013) 

Find more info @ Infomobility tools for fleet management in Craiova (Romania)