Innovative Urban Transport System – Autonomous and Locally Low-Emission
https://doi.org/10.21122/2227-1031-2021-20-3-243-247
Abstract
In recent years, intensive research on urban transport has been observed. The search is about finding such solutions that will enable, among others: increasing the importance of public transport, matching transport for the needs of people with reduced mobility, increasing capacity, reducing emissions, energy efficiency (technical and organizational dimension through the organization of transport on demand), increasing the vulnerability to recycling and remanufacturing. The paper presents the main concept and technical solutions of the innovative transport system – HMASSUT Prometheus (Hybrid Modular Autonomous System for Sustainable Urban Transport), which combines the concepts of personal rapid transport and an electric vehicle at the L4 autonomy level (according to the Society of Automotive Engineers classification). An assessment of the effectiveness of an innovative transport system using indicators used in road engineering is given in the paper. The concept of simulation and optimization of the transport network is presented together with the theory of cellular automata.
About the Authors
W. ChoromańskiPoland
Address for correspondence: Choromanski Wlodzimierz – Warsaw University of Technology, 75, Koszykowa str., 00-662, Warsaw, Republic of Poland. Tel.: +48 695 226-075
wlodzimierz.choromanski@pw.edu.pl
I. Grabarek
Poland
Warsaw
M. Kozłowski
Poland
Warsaw
A. Czerepicki
Poland
Warsaw
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Choromański W., Grabarek I., Kozłowski M., Czerepicki A. Innovative Urban Transport System – Autonomous and Locally Low-Emission. Science & Technique. 2021;20(3):243-247. https://doi.org/10.21122/2227-1031-2021-20-3-243-247