Decision Support Tools - Thematic Research Summary - Transport ...

interest in studying ways of effectively, efficiently, and safely managing flow of people andgoods in emergency conditions. This sub-theme includes the development of emergencypolicies, as well as planning and prediction tools.Sub‐theme 1Transport planningtoolsSub‐theme 2European transportinformation andassessment systemsSub‐theme 3Project and policyevaluationmethodologiesSub‐theme 4Benchmarking intransportSub‐theme 5Planning foremergencyconditionsFigure 1: Sub-themes considered in the synthesis of findings from research projectsTable 2 below shows the EU-funded projects together with a selection of national projects,which have dealt with each sub-theme. The table includes:• completed projects which are synthesised in this TRS and for which the followingsub-sections report on research objectives, research results, policy implicationsand implications for further research;• projects which were synthesised in the EXTR@web TRS on urban transport andwhich are briefly summarised in the background of the following sub-sections;• other EU-funded projects which have not yet made results publicly available.Table 2. Research projects relevant to the themeSub-themeTransport planning toolsContributing projectsProjects covered in this report:CONSAVE 2050; EXPEDITE; FORESIGHT FORTRANSPORT; GUIDEMAPS; POET; SPOTLIGHTS-TN; STEPS; THINK-UP.Projects covered in the EXTR@Web report:H102N (UK); ISHTAR; MOSCA; PROSPECTS; UG220(UK); VELO INFO; Guidelines for programming localtransport services (IT); Multi-modal freight model fordistance-based HGV charging (UK).Other FP6 projects with results not yet available:PEPPER.Thematic Research Summary: “Decision Support Tools” Page: 20 of 74Transport Research Knowledge Centre