IMMO sessions at ETC 2024

Sessions on Intelligent Mobility – Management and Operations 

Although Mobility-as-a-Service seems to be a topic that is decreasing in popularity, the session on MaaS platforms showed that in practice the development continues.

In Firenze, Italy, an experiment has started, and also in Flanders research is done, on a platform for persons with reduced mobility. In the sessions, a lot of attention was paid to safety. A concept for surveying traffic conflicts, involving vulnerable road users at selected intersection types, was presented using observers and cameras.

Also, a case study on traffic safety and the aging society was presented, as well as a study on the safety of cycling in Milan, Italy. For ITS safety is also an important topic.

Research on the workload during semi-automated driving, the warning for a stationary vehicle and the inside climate of vehicles, all these very different topics passed in review.

Fortunately, traditional traffic management was not forgotten and had its place in the sessions. There was a presentation on how to use traffic lights to prevent traffic to use an underpass, which is flooded during extreme weather circumstances.

Something quite different is the use of social practice theory to let people use sustainable modes. And how to develop policies to do that, was the topic of a presentation on multimodal traffic management. That traffic management is still an effective approach to deal with the increasing amount of traffic, was shown with presentations on the impact of the ITS use case green light optimal speed advice and the impact of queue tail warning on traffic safety.

In short, the IMMO sessions showed that the topics on intelligent mobility are very diverse and that research, policy and practise came together to discuss developments and to learn from each other.