Project Partners
ISIS (Project coordinator)
ISIS, Istituto di Studi per l'Integrazione dei Sistemi, is an Italian private research and consulting firm, active since 1971 at the national and international levels in the areas of information and decision support systems, mathematical modelling, and operational research. ISIS' methodology and tools are applicable to the entire range of sectors and economic activities in which planning and policy design represent aspects of strategic importance. ISIS has participated in and/or coordinated several transport RTD projects with FP4-6, in the strategic urban and intermodal sectors. They have accrued particular expertise in the areas of energy, environment, transport, and local finance. In addition, ISIS has established a network of alliances currently active in European nations. This network is the result of years of participation to international projects which have been carried out under combined efforts and agreements. Key personnel in the project are the project Co-ordinator Andrea Ricci who will be assisted by Riccardo Enei.
http://www.isis-it.com/
ITS
The Institute for Transport Studies (ITS Leeds) is the focus for the transport research interests of all departments of the University of Leeds. The Institute's aim is to advance the understanding of transport systems throughout the world, by teaching and research activities which develop the necessary skills and best practice in the planning, design, operation, and use of transport systems. ITS Leeds secured a 5* rating, the highest rank, in the most recent UK Research Assessment Exercise. External sponsorship accounts for over three-quarters of the Institute's income. A significant component of this is research funded by the European Commission, both in Transport and in Telematics. ITS Leeds has participated in some 34 projects in the Fourth Framework. Key personnel in the project are
Prof. Chris Nash and
Bryan Matthews.
http://www.its.leeds.ac.uk/TNO
TNO Inro is one of the 14 Institutes of TNO, Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (4500 employees), which is a leading independent research organization in The Netherlands. TNO Inro has the following departments: Transport, Traffic, Logistics, Economics, Planning. The Institute employs 80 people, most of them academics who represent a variety of disciplines; it institute plays a leading and independent role in studies on transport and transport policy. The institute has a close relationship with the Dutch Ministry of Transport as well as other authorities and the scientific community. Key personnel in the project are
Arnaud Burgess and
Wieger Savenjie.
http://www.inro.tno.nl/
TUD
Dresden University of Technology (Technische Universität Dresden, TUD) is one of the oldest technical universities in Germany. It consists of fourteen different faculties; one of these is the faculty for transportation sciences, the only one dedicated to research in traffic and transport in Germany. The chair of Traffic and Transportation Psychology in the faculty for transportation sciences was established in 1994, and allows for an interdisciplinary approach to questions of mobility and safety. TUD is a worldwide leading expert in the development of an acceptability model of travel demand management strategies. Within recent years, TUD has been a partner in in several European research projects like Transprice, AFFORD, CUPID, TIPP and MC-ICAM.
Key personnel in the project are
Dr. Jens Schade and
Prof. Bernhard Schlag.
BUTE
Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Transport Economics (BUTE). The profile of the department is teaching and research of transportation economics theory and practice and solution to application problems. Accented research programmes of the department cover fields such as the application potentials, education and counselling of the implementation of EDI, the development of the methodology and the program package for investment financing, preparing feasibility studies, the elaboration of the application of privatisation techniques to transport and the application of multi-criteria decision supporting techniques in transport fields. The department is also a participant to EU research projects, such as UNITE, MC-ICAM, SPECTRUM, IMPRINT, TIPP, HEATCO, EUR2EX. Key personnel in the project are Prof. Katalin Tanczos, Botond Kovari and Ferenc Meszaros.
http://www.bme.hu/en/
The Commission Project Officer
Peter Vis
Peter.Vis@cec.eu.int
European Commission
Directorate General Energy and Transport