Achieving Sustainability in a Disruptive Society: Experience in the U.S.

For the past several years, transportation planners and engineers have been referring to the impacts of new mobility options as being “disruptive”. This term captures the dramatic change that has taken place in transportation planning, design and operations due to the rapid introduction of shared mobility which is being deployed throughout the world. This Special Session will not only address the varied responses in the U.S. to this new phenomenon of shared mobility, but the Session will also address technologies, user services and strategies to achieve sustainable urban mobility in a post-COVID-19 disruptive society. The speakers are internationally recognized experts who will address (a) Actions of a State DOT; (b) Accessibility, Equity and Inclusivity; (c) Autonomous Vehicles and Micromobility; and (d) the Business Case for MaaS.

Session Moderator:

Ron Boénau, P.E., F.ITE, F.ASCE, International Transport Research Advisor

Topics and Presenters:

1. Achieving Sustainable Urban Mobility: Actions by a State DOT

Christos Xenophontos, Assistant Director, Rhode Island DOT

Jonathan Spear, Director at Atkins Acuity

2. Sustainable Urban Mobility and Accessibility, Equity, Inclusivity in a Rapidly-changing Mobility Ecosystem

Carol Schweiger, President, Schweiger Consulting

3. Autonomous Vehicles and Micromobility in a Disruptive Society and Transportation System

Lily Elefteriadou, Ph.D., Director, University of Florida Transportation Institute

Xilei Zhao, Ph.D, Assistant Professor, University of Florida Transportation Institute

Lili Du, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Florida Transportation Institute

4. Destroying Disruption: Building a Strong MaaS Business Case

Andy Boenau, AICP, Mobility Innovation Advisor

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MOMENTUM – Modelling Emerging Transport Solutions for Urban Mobility

In the era of sustainable urban mobility radical changes related to the demand as well as the supply side have been emerged grouped under the concept of smart or intelligent mobility. On the demand side, a mindset change has been observed during the last years since the citizens are gradually moving away from the currently prevailing paradigm of private car ownership showing interest for more sustainable solutions such as the vehicle sharing. The evolution of technology influences positively this turn offering numerous mobile apps that facilitates daily trips and reduce total trip time. On the supply side, the citizens are increasingly showing preference for active mobility and micromobility modes. Moreover, new trends such as vehicle sharing, demand responsive transport and Connected Autonomous Vehicles (CAV’s) as well as the need of bundling the mobility services (Mobility as a Service-MaaS) are increasingly gaining ground.

Session Moderator:

Georgia Ayfantopoulou, Deputy Director, Hellenic Institute of Transport – Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Thessaloniki Greece

Topics and Presenters: 

1. “Modelling Emerging Transport Solutions for Urban Mobility”

Javier Burrieza Galán, Nommon Solutions and Technologies S.L, Madrid, Spain

2. “Future Scenarios for mobility innovations and their impacts in cities and transport models”

Rodric Frederix, Transport and Mobility Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

3. “Cataloguing and Assessing City-Scale Mobility Data”

Antonio Masegosa, DeustoTech, Faculty of Engineering, University of Deusto, Spain

4. “New modelling approaches for innovative mobility services”

Tamara Djukic, Aimsun S.L., Spain

5. “Integrating Modelling in Urban Policy Cycle and Decision Making”

Josep Maria Salanova Grau, Hellenic Institute of Transport – Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Thessaloniki Greece

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