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• These parameters were used to achieve the
objectives of the WP6 :
• Definition and standardization of the typical
technical parameters required to dynamically
estimate the environmental effects for each
TRANSITECTS pilot project (as developed in
work packages 4 and 5.
• Selection of homogenoeus parameters such
as emission standards (Euro classification
of heavy duty vehicles) for the involved vehicles,
the typology of rail traction and other
specific parameters for each pilot project.
• Functional evaluation of the provisional scenarios
for each pilot-project;
• Estimation of benefits in terms of emission
reduction for each pilot project, related to the
new modal shift for road transport.
For each pilot project the environmental
model identifies in WP6 allowed to identify the
environmental benefits related to the shift from
road to rail.
The pilots projects and their characteristics
have been constantly discussed with other project
partners (PP) in order to identify the main
paramteres of the pilot projects. This refers in
particular to the partners of WP4 and WP5 in
order to ensure the best environmental performances
for the pilot projects, explained more in
detail in this chapter.
The activity of emission estimation per single
TEU, regarding the comparison between project
scenario and current status, it was based
on an algoritm calculating emission impacts
deriving from freight transport moves.
The “T-Env” Model has been employed in
order to check and calculate the air pollutant
emissions produced by traffic, according to
the different scenarios of intervention defined
in the pilot projects. The model is universally
recognized as valid in the field of the impacts
evaluation of the transport system at a macroscopical
level. It is particularly suitable to evaluate
effects on transnational and pan-European
corridors. It has already been used for other
modeling implementations, for example during
strategic projects in the framework of the
Interreg ETC progrm AlpineSpace, such as
AlpCheck and AlpCheck2, as part of the activities
assigned to the MATTM, official partner in
the project.
abbreviations
WP Work Package
UCT Unaccompanied combined transport
ROLA Rolling Highway
TEU Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit
CO2 Bioxide of Carbon
NOx Oxide of Azot
PM10 Tiny Particulate
O/D Origin/Destination
PP
Pilot Projects
UFT (FOT) Federal Office of Transport
CAFI Franco-Italian Alps Conference Association
CAFT Cross-Alpine Freight Transport (CAFT)
RHA Road Haulage Association
MATTM Italian Ministry for the Environment
EURAC European Academy of Bolzano Bozen
CSST Centro Studi sui Sistemi di Trasporto
T-Env Transport Environment (Emission Model)
DSS Decision Support System
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