ieCOtrans: Smart Mobility for Economic, Energy and Environmental Assessment of Measures and Policies Applied to the Transport Sector

Resources for planning and managing transport infrastructures and services are an essential tool for sustainable development, and due to the current economic situation, they are expected to be increasingly important in the short and medium run.A general method within this framework for “global” assessment of the socio-economic, environmental, financial and energy impact of the measures and policies applied to the transport sector will, to a great extent, facilitate the ability to design, assess effects and make solid comparisons of these measures and policies. Thereby collaborating in the process of making informed decisions. From this essential objective the ieCOtrans project has been created.Ineco's role as a benchmark consultant and demonstrating support in the decision making process, has made it a leader in the market of the five elements that enable this methodology to be developed (planning, demand of model building, ICT design solutions, economy and environmental).There has been fundamental work carried out in regards to the standardisation of baseline information and the incorporation of the technological component to the transportation planning process. Several hypothesis and analysis’ guidelines have also been established, which has given the outcome of the following results:PRODUCT 1: Methodological GuidePRODUCT 2: Computer ToolThe two products developed by ieCOtrans are currently being applied to the assessment of proposals for Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans via the implementation in monitoring offices, thus enabling multi-criteria analysis to be applied to indicator monitoring.The ieCOtrans Methodological Guide and the IT tool enable the transport planning stage to be enriched by systematising the assessment process for policies and measures in the transport sector, while also incorporating existing technological components based on a relationship between sustainability, Smart Mobility and transport planning.In this paper the structure and methodology of the work performed is shown, as well as an example of the implementation and operation of the tool developed.The ieCotrans computer tool enables users to save time by 33% in respect to the traditional analysis, proving that this new tool is very useful for simplified analysis and obtaining quality results.