Optimising multimodal network and traffic management, harnessing data from infrastructures, mobility of passengers and freight transport
HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions
Basic Information
- Identifier
- HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-06
- Programme
- Safe, Resilient Transport and Smart Mobility services for passengers and goods
- Programme Period
- 2021 - 2027
- Status
- Closed (31094503)
- Opening Date
- May 6, 2024
- Deadline
- September 4, 2024
- Deadline Model
- single-stage
- Budget
- €7,000,000
- Min Grant Amount
- €3,000,000
- Max Grant Amount
- €3,500,000
- Expected Number of Grants
- 2
- Keywords
- HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-06HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01Freight and logisticsSustainable transport
Description
Project results are expected to contribute to at least 4 of the following expected outcomes:
- Optimised multimodal transport network and traffic management, for efficient door-to-door mobility of passengers and freight (from producers to last mile deliveries).
- Validated solutions for effective and secure data exchange across all modes of transport, for dynamic and responsive multimodal network and traffic management.
- Validated systems for accurate detection and resolution of network bottlenecks, improving safety, security, resilience and overall performance of the transport network, enabling pro-active mobility management.
- New tools and services for optimising mobility of passengers and freight, in cities and other areas, cutting traffic jams and improving multimodal traffic flows. The proposed solutions should demonstrate (e.g. through simulations, pilots) the potential to reduce by at least 30% the average travel delay, as well as the overall transport energy consumption and emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutants in the network.
- Workable governance arrangements for multimodal transport network and traffic management, in view of further supporting regulatory and policy actions.
Optimised multimodal network and traffic management is essential for an efficient transport network and seamless door-to-door mobility of passengers and freight. Such advanced capabilities need to be supported by harnessing data from physical and digital infrastructures, as well as from the mobility of passengers and freight, involving different types of vehicles, rolling stock, aircraft and vessels (including zero-emission, connected and automated), technologies and the use of innovative services. At the same time, novel forms of mobility (e.g. shared, micro-mobility or even hyperloop) and new services (e.g. Mobility as a Service) present new challenges, but also great opportunities for enhanced management and optimisation of the transport network. This includes advances to fully utilise dynamic and interoperable data exchange from multiple actors and transport modes, for well-tested and validated systems and operations, with appropriate governance arrangements in place.
In this context, building on best practices (technological, non-technological and socio-economic), ongoing projects on multimodal network and traffic management, as well as other initiatives (e.g. the Digital Transport and Logistics Forum and the common European mobility data space), actions should address at least 6 of the following aspects:
- Developing and testing new generation multimodal, flexible, agile and adaptable, secure and resilient transport network and traffic management systems, leveraging state of the art technologies (e.g. artificial intelligence, big data, edge computing, internet of things, blockchain).
- Assessing and simulating the effects on multimodal network and traffic management of new forms of mobility (e.g. zero-emission, connected and automated vehicles and vessels, car sharing/pooling, active-/micro-mobility, sustainable land/air transport modes and drones), as well as of innovative services (e.g. Mobility/Logistics as a Service), in different urban and rural environments, considering the socio-economic acceptability and different user needs (including vulnerable and gender groups).
- Performing simulations for network-wide optimisation of traffic models, aiming towards a “social optimum” and an evaluation of mobility options for multimodal mobility and freight flows (including last-mile), enabling a modal shift to more sustainable modes (leveraging public transport), while addressing planned and unplanned events of mobility and freight systems under disruption.
- Demonstrating the collection, aggregation, analysis and use of network-wide data from infrastructures, vehicles/vessels and users (using ICT and EU satellite-based systems), from across transport modes (modal and intermodal data), stakeholders and national borders, while preserving data privacy, security and confidentiality to data providers, thereby enabling effective and intelligent multimodal network and traffic management, and even further data exchanges with other sectors (e.g. energy and telecoms).
- Performing early pilot activities on multimodal network and traffic management of limited scale in mobility hubs (e.g. rail nodes, maritime or inland ports), where cross-modal or hinterland inter-connections are present for passenger and freight traffic flows.
- Designing and testing innovative multimodal network and traffic management services, offered by public and/or private stakeholders, which can be operated at network centres (e.g. at cities or hubs) and/or at decentralised level (e.g. by users or vehicles/vessels themselves).
- Developing and showcasing workable governance and dynamic incentive models, for the effective engagement of public and private stakeholders in interoperable data exchange, in the optimisation of transport network and traffic management and in promoting a better use of (public) transport systems.
- Evaluating the qualitative and quantitative impact of the proposed measures and project results, including on reducing travel delay, transport emissions and energy consumption, with a clear baseline for each use case.
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries are expected to describe if and how the use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS are incorporated in the proposed solutions. In addition, proposals should describe the technological and societal readiness of the systems and/or techniques proposed for development and use, particularly in the case of systems based on Artificial Intelligence.
The multimodal aspects listed above are complementary and in synergy with actions foreseen in other parts of the Work Programme, such as in the areas of C-ITS (as part of Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility), rail traffic management (as part of EU-Rail Joint Undertaking), air traffic management (as part of SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking) and vessel traffic management (as part of Zero-Emission Waterborne Transport).
In line with the Union’s strategy for international cooperation in research and innovation, international cooperation is encouraged.
Destination & Scope
This Destination includes activities addressing safe and smart mobility services for passengers and goods.
Europe needs to manage the transformation of supply-based transport into safe, resilient and sustainable transport and demand-driven, smart mobility services for passengers and goods. Suitable research and innovation will enable significant safety, environmental, economic and social benefits by reducing accidents caused by human error, decreasing traffic congestion, reducing energy consumption and emissions of vehicles, increasing efficiency and productivity of freight transport operations. To succeed in this transformation, Europe’s ageing (and not always sustainable) transport infrastructure needs to be prepared for enabling cleaner and smarter operations.
Europe needs also to maintain a high-level of transport safety for its citizens. Resilience should be built in the transport systems to prevent, mitigate and recover from disruptions. Research and innovation will underpin the three safety pillars: technologies, regulations and human factors.
This Destination contributes to the following Strategic Plan’s Key Strategic Orientations (KSO):
- C: Making Europe the first digitally enabled circular, climate-neutral and sustainable economy through the transformation of its mobility, energy, construction and production systems;
- A: Promoting an open strategic autonomy[1] by leading the development of key digital, enabling and emerging technologies, sectors and value chains to accelerate and steer the digital and green transitions through human-centred technologies and innovations.
It covers the following impact areas:
- Industrial leadership in key and emerging technologies that work for people;
- Smart and sustainable transport.
The expected impact, in line with the Strategic Plan, is to contribute to “Safe, seamless, smart, inclusive, resilient and sustainable mobility systems for people and goods thanks to user-centric technologies and services including digital technologies and advanced satellite navigation services”, notably through:
- Accelerating the implementation of innovative connected, cooperative and automated mobility (CCAM) technologies and systems for passengers and goods (more detailed information below).
- Further developing a multimodal transport system through sustainable and smart long-haul and urban freight transport and logistics, upgraded and resilient physical and digital infrastructures for smarter vehicles and operations, for optimised system-wide network efficiency (more detailed information below).
- Drastically decreasing the number of transport accidents, incidents and fatalities towards the EU’s long-term goal of moving close to zero fatalities and serious injuries by 2050 even in road transportation (Vision Zero) and increase the resilience of transport systems (more detailed information below).
Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility (CCAM)
Joint actions are foreseen between the “Cooperative Connected and Automated Mobility” (CCAM) partnership, the “2ZERO” Partnership and the Mission on “Climate Neutral and Smart Cities”, in particular the Joint topic “Co-designed smart systems and services for user-centred shared zero-emission mobility of people and goods in urban areas (see work programme of the Cities’ Mission 2023).
To test CCAM solutions, applicants can seek possibilities of involving the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) in order to valorise the relevant expertise and physical facilities of JRC in demonstrating and testing energy and mobility applications of the JRC Living Lab for Future Urban Ecosystems https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/research-facility/living-labs-at-the-jrc
Main expected impacts:
- Seamless, affordable and user oriented CCAM based solutions with particular focus on shared, smart and zero emission mobility and goods deliveries for all and high public buy-in of these solutions.
- Validated safety and security, improved robustness and resilience of CCAM technologies and systems.
- Vehicle technologies and solutions which optimise the on-board and off-board experience in terms of well-being, security and privacy.
- Comprehensive set of verification, validation and rating procedures of CCAM systems
- Secure and trustworthy interaction between road users, CCAM and “conventional” vehicles, physical and digital infrastructure and services to achieve safer and more efficient transport flows (people and goods) and better use of infrastructure capacity.
- Clear understanding of societal needs and impacts of CCAM (including ethics, employment, socio-economic impacts) at individual and collective level, to ensure a more tailored, resilient and sustainable deployment of CCAM solutions.
- Better coordination of public and private R&I actions, large-scale testing and implementation plans in Europe towards harmonisation and standardisation.
Multimodal and sustainable transport systems for passengers and goods
Main expected impacts:
- Upgraded and resilient physical and digital infrastructures for clean, accessible and affordable multimodal mobility.
- Sustainable and smart long-haul and regional (including links to urban) freight transport and logistics, through increased efficiency and improved interconnectivity.
- Reduced external costs (e.g. congestion, traffic jams, emissions, air and noise pollution, road collisions) of passenger mobility and freight transport, as well as optimised system-wide network efficiency and resilience.
- Enhanced local and/or regional capacity for governance and innovation in passenger mobility and freight transport.
Safety and resilience - per mode and across all transport modes
Main expected impacts:
Safety in Urban Areas / Road Transport Safety
- Drastic reduction in serious injuries and fatalities in road crashes by 2030 and establishing a framework to improve traffic safety culture in the EU.
- Avoiding risks, collisions and finding new ways of reducing long term consequences of road crashes.
- Minimising the effects of disruptive changes on transport safety and improving the resilience of transport systems by design.
- Better infrastructure safety on urban and secondary rural roads throughout a combination of adaptable monitoring and maintenance solutions.
Waterborne Safety and Resilience
- Ensure safe and secure exploitation of technologies like digitalisation, Internet of Things, and sensors
Aviation Safety and Resilience
- Ensure safety through aviation transformation (from green/digital technologies uptake up to independent certification).
[1] ‘Open strategic autonomy’ refers to the term ‘strategic autonomy while preserving an open economy’, as reflected in the conclusions of the European Council 1 – 2 October 2020.
Eligibility & Conditions
General conditions
2. Eligible countries: described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide.
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may additionally be used).
The following exceptions apply: subject to restrictions for the protection of European communication networks.
3. Other eligibility conditions: described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion: described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes
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Award criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes
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Submission and evaluation processes are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual
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Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement: described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants: described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes
Documents
Call documents:
Standard application form — call-specific application form is available in the Submission System
Standard application form (HE RIA, IA)
Standard application form (HE RIA IA Stage 1)
Standard evaluation form — will be used with the necessary adaptations
Standard evaluation form (HE RIA, IA)
MGA
Call-specific instructions
Additional documents:
HE Main Work Programme 2023–2024 – 1. General Introduction
HE Main Work Programme 2023–2024 – 8. Climate, Energy and Mobility
HE Main Work Programme 2023–2024 – 13. General Annexes
HE Framework Programme and Rules for Participation Regulation 2021/695
HE Specific Programme Decision 2021/764
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual
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Latest Updates
Call update: EVALUATION results
Published: 07/12/2022
Deadline: 05/09/2024
Available budget: EUR 124,500,000.00
The results of the evaluation for each topic are as follows:
Topic | D6-01-01 | D6-01-02 | D6-01-03 | D6-01-04 | D6-01-05 | D6-01-06 | D6-01-07 |
Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls) | 12 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 1 | 48 | 15 |
Number of inadmissible proposals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Number of ineligible proposals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Number of above-threshold proposals | 8 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 34 | 12 |
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals | 47,762,928.00 € | 27,999,436.00 € | 29,963,857.00 € | 135,479,203.00 € | 4,499,846.00 € | 171,508,721.00 € | 116,678,805.00 € |
Number of proposals retained for funding | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Number of proposals in the reserve list | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Funding threshold* | 12.5 | 12.5 | 14 | 14 | 10.5 | 14 | 15 |
Ranking distribution |
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Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 26 | 3 |
Topic | D6-01-08 | D6-01-09 | D6-01-10 | D6-01-11 | D6-01-12 | D6-01-13 | |
Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls) | 29 | 18 | 17 | 31 | 17 | 1 | |
Number of inadmissible proposals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Number of ineligible proposals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Number of above-threshold proposals | 8 | 14 | 14 | 25 | 11 | 0 | |
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals | 39,465,318.00 € | 41,766,523.00 € | 56,781,814.00 € | 85,857,663.00 € | 38,573,706.00 € | 0.00 € | |
Number of proposals retained for funding | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Number of proposals in the reserve list | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Funding threshold* | 12 | 14.5 | 14 | 14.5 | 14.5 |
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Ranking distribution | |||||||
Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |
Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 10 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 0 | |
* Proposals with the same score were ranked according to the priority order procedure set out in the call conditions (for HE, in the General Annexes to the Work Programme or specific arrangements in the specific call/topic conditions).
Summary of the observer report:
"The selection of experts was found to be well balanced, and the experts complemented each other well. In general, the content of the topics was well covered by the experts. The CINEA staff was well prepared, and the organisational set-up was professionally arranged. Transparency was ensured through briefings, clear guidelines and quality control. The evaluation process was found efficient, with well-organized briefings and supporting documentation. The evaluation was considered fair and impartial, with high confidentiality maintained. The evaluation was conducted in full conformity with the applicable rules and guidance documents, and the quality of the entire evaluation process was high. The report also highlights some recommendations for improvement".
We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.
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The call for proposals HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01 closed on 05/09/2024. 239 proposals were submitted to the call. The breakdown per topic is:
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-01 (RIA): 12
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-02 (RIA): 3
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-03 (IA): 7
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-04 (RIA): 30
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-05 (CSA): 1
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-06 (RIA): 51
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-07 (IA): 18
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-08 (IA): 32
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-09 (RIA): 18
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-10 (RIA): 17
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-11 (RIA): 31
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-12 (RIA): 17
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-13 (CSA): 2
Following the adoption of an amendment to the 2023-2024 Work Programme of Horizon Europe, a topic has been added to call HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01, namely topic HORIZON-CL5-2024-D6-01-13: “EU Member States/Associated countries research policy cooperation network to accelerate zero-emission road mobility (2ZERO Partnership)”.