HARMONY

HARMONY aims to develop a new generation of multimodal transport planning tools, harmonised at European level, that model the dynamics of the evolving transport sector and land-use planning in an integrated way, enabling metropolitan authorities to sustainably lead the transition to low-carbon transport. Small-scale trials of autonomous vehicles and drones are planned to understand their needs and how they can be used in real-world contexts and to collect data useful for modelling in six EU metropolitan areas on six TEN-T corridors: in addition to Turin, Rotterdam in the Netherlands, Oxfordshire in the UK, Athens and Trikala in Greece, and the Upper Silesian-Zaglebie metropolitan area in Poland.

European Partners

UCL – University College London (UK), TUD – Technische Universiteit Delft (NL), Uaegean Panepistimio Aigaiou (GR) – UOW – University Of Wolverhampton (UK), ICCS – Institute Of Communication And Computer Systems (GR), AIMS – Aimsun Sl (ES), TRT – Trasporti E Territorio Srl (IT), Enide Solutions S.L (ES), SIGNIF – Significance Bv (NL), AIRB – Airbus Defence And Space Gmbh (DE), ARR – Arrival Ltd (UK), TNO – Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Tno (NL), MOBY – Moby X Software Limited (CY), AUCM – Associazione Urban Lab (IT) – Griff Aviation As (NO), OCC – Oxfordshire County Council (UK), ETRIK – Anaptyxiaki Etaireia Dimou Trikkaion Anaptyxiaki Anonymi Etaireia Ota – E-Trikala Ae (GR), Comune Di Torino (IT), GROT – Gemeente Rotterdam (NL), OASA – Organismos Astikon Sygkoinonion Athinon Ae (GR), GZM – Gornoslasko-Zaglebiowska Metropolia (PL)

The project in Torino

Turin is one of six metropolitan areas where small-scale trials of autonomous vehicles and drones will take place to understand their needs and how they can be used in real-world contexts and to collect data useful for modelling. In Turin, primary data collection will analyse the social acceptance of new mobility services and technologies. Simulation of co-created scenarios will measure their impact on land use, accessibility, energy consumption, noise and air quality.

Practical steps

The Turin pilot will focus in a modelling study on the territorial impact of the new public transport infrastructure and the new mobility paradigm MaaS (Mobility as a Service) on the Urban Functional Area consisting of the City of Turin and the municipalities of the first and second tier.

Numbers

• EU contribution to the City of Turin: € 127,500.00 
• 21 partners
• 6 pilot sites
• 45 months (June 2019 – February 2023)