Mobility systems

Research focus

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The Group’s main activity is research in planning, management, optimisation, safety and sustainability of transport and mobility systems. The research is mainly focused on: Transport, Safety and Civil Protection The appointment of the Research Group as Skill Point of the Civil Protection National Department (Research Group for transport management and safety) is the underlying principle to become a point of reference for the activities in transport and mobility planning which are aimed at protecting Citizens. Within this scope, the research is focused on the following subjects: - mobility management in case of emergencies; - “security” in transport systems, i.e. civil protection in case of intentional offences; - “safety” in transport systems, i.e. users’ safety to face any inconvenience caused by particularly important natural events (earthquakes, floods, adverse weather conditions, etc.); - minimization of risks in the transport of hazardous materials. Transport Systems Planning and Traffic Management Research initiatives aim at developing the methods and algorithms applied to plan the proper means of transport based on several real situations: from traffic models to simulate either single intersections or a whole urban network up to transportation models to analyse networks at European level. A particular attention is paid to develop: - methods to manage traffic in both ordinary and emergency conditions; - guidelines to work out and implement traffic management plans. Infomobility and ITS (Intelligent and Innovative Transport Systems) ITS are highly technological and innovative services based on the most recent techniques to send information and collect traffic data. In the last few years they have significantly developed, also thanks to the innovation in the field of telecommunications and satellite navigation. Within this scope, the research is mainly focused on the following subjects: - Evaluation of the impact of ITS in order to improve their effectiveness and to promote their development in the road network and in public transport; - Development of innovative technologies to survey traffic data on the network and to carry out forecasting models, which are orientated towards Infomobility; - Study of methods and technologies (Websites, SMS, UMTS, etc.) to send information on mobility to users in an effective and safe way; - Development of ITS aimed at road safety. Sustainable Mobility The Research Group supports the Mobility Manager of the Politecnico di Milano as well as other institutes and companies to develop innovative transport systems (car sharing, car pooling, dial a ride, etc.) and alternative mobility systems to replace private cars (possibility to walk, ride a bike, etc.). The Group is also engaged in evaluating the impact on the environment of infrastructures and in planning activities to reduce such impact. Concerning the Dial a Ride problem, the Group focuses on the post-optimization aspects that try to improve the initial assignment of requests to vehicles through the development of local search algorithms taking into account as objective function a weighted combination of Level of Service (LoS), the used bus amount and the total travelled distance.

Departments

Dipartimento di Industrial Design, Arti, Comunicazione e Moda (INDACO)

Professors

Full Professors
Roberto Maja
Alberto Colorni
Assistant Professors
Maurizio Bruglieri