UPPER Toolkit
U-TWIN
U-TWIN based on the concept of Urban Digital Twins (UDT), supports the city by offering an integrated and modular real-time representation of urban mobility assets and its actual operation status. U-TWIN provides the city and the mobility authorities with a comprehensive solution that makes it easy to understand the complex interrelation between the PT operation, traffic, users demand, events and other urban factors.
U-TWIN not only facilitates the real-time visualisation and monitoring of PT, but also detects abnormal situations (in terms of excessive occupation level, delay w.r.t schedule, low air quality…) and provides forecasted information (travel times, estimated time of arrival, occupation, air quality…) supporting the end user to implement corrective actions, if needed, in an efficient way.
U-NEED
U-NEED is a data analytics and big data visualisation tool that helps city authorities, PTOs and PTAs to understand the multimodal transport demand and how people move around the city, so as to adapt PT offer accordingly. The tool integrates origin-destination (OD) information from different transport modes, provides a geographic 3D representation of the flows of people and identifies the main inefficiencies of PT offer (geographic areas not well covered, excessive travel times, insufficient capacity…).
The goal is to help defining the optimal PT capacity, schedule, frequency and routes based on the user needs and passenger flows. U-NEED also allows optimising the offer in the short/medium term, by predicting PT demand and operation under certain circumstances and anticipating abnormal situations.
U-SIM
U-SIM.plan is a comprehensive, flexible software system for transportation planning, travel demand modelling and network data management. Designed for multimodal analysis, U-SIM.plan integrates all relevant modes of transportation (trains, trams, buses, pedestrians, bicyclists, cars and trucks) into one consistent network model. It makes it the standard for macroscopic simulations and macroscopic modelling of transport networks and transport demand, public transport planning, and for the development of transport strategies and solutions, providing insights for long-term strategic planning but also short-term operational use. U-SIM.plan is based on PTV Visum.
U-SUMP
U-SUMP provides a data-driven platform that helps to guide and track the development, implementation, and update of SUMPs with a climate-neutrality focus. It aims to support the continuous monitoring of goals, as defined in individual SUMPs, with the help of a pre-defined set of indicators that can be visualised in the form of a dashboard. U-SUMP is also designed to act as a data-based decision-support tool, providing input on trends and specific measures’ achievements to decision makers.
The platform will integrate the results of the UPPER “push & pull” measures and guide the development, implementation, and update of the SUMPs of the partnering cities, while keeping the climate-neutrality target in focus. The tool targets both local and regional authorities, PTOs and PTAs.
U-GOV
U-GOV is an inclusive, continuous and data driven community engagement platform to power the decision making. U-GOV foster the citizen participation, in four levels: Information/Sensitization – Consultation/Dialogue – Collaboration/Co-creation – Alliance/Decision making.
It provides a meeting point among the different actors of social innovation, where to make proposals and foster the public consultation, discussion, enrichment, co-creation and validation of new solutions and services to advice the decision makers. The platform will be in digital format and will include a collection of tools employed in social innovation, to be used by mobility agents.
U-KNOW
U-KNOW’s objectives are to facilitate knowledge transfer, promote best practices, and stimulate innovation in the field of public transport. It aims to support cities, public transport operators, and authorities in creating more sustainable and efficient urban transport systems. U-KNOW promotes collaboration and knowledge exchange to accelerate the adoption of innovative solutions.
It identifies and promotes best practices in the field, helping to optimize transport systems and improve citizens’ quality of life. Finally, U-KNOW stimulates innovation by providing a platform for exchanging ideas and sharing cutting-edge research and development. At the first instance, U-KNOW will support cities and project partners as a capacity-building tool, a learning centre structured around the Cities Mission and the UPPER measures. Secondly, U-KNOW will serve as a dissemination tool including information about the UPPER measures and tools.
U-TRANSFER
U-TRANSFER will offer a dynamic and interactive platform to guide the cities and PTOs through the implementation of knowledge and solutions demonstrated in UPPER and deposited in U-KNOW repository. It will also provide space for knowledge exchange and discussion on the enablers and barriers that govern the implementation and replication of successful solutions. U-TRANSFER will provide tailored workshops, courses and implementation roadmaps based on detailed mapping of needs of the visitors of the platform.
Relationship with ambassador cities and city visits could be established through the platform based on a matchmaking process that can facilitate relationships based on similar challenges, cultural and governance background. U-TRANSFER will provide transferability guidelines that will facilitate the transferability of UPPER solutions to a broader range of cities.