CyberMove
Conducted in: 2001 – 2004
Anyville, like many European cities faces numerous challenges associated with the use of private vehicles. Problems include road congestion, energy expenditure, noise and pollution, all of which degrade the quality of urban life. These, in turn, by diminishing the attractiveness of living and working at the city center contribute to the development of unsustainable suburbs.
Technology has the potential to contribute to a sustainable development of our European Cities but this should take place within an integrated and global approach, which seeks to balance the social, economical, and environmental impacts of the targeted technological development.
The goal of CyberMove is to assess the potential of novel intelligent transport systems for resolving the most acute mobility problems faced by European cities. Cybermove will compare different new transportation systems based on cybercars that will be demonstrated in several European cities. These cybercars will be tested as a complement to public mass transportation to improve the attractiveness and quality of life in Anyville. Cybercars are expected to reduce the intensity of use and the parking needs of traditional cars. Cybercars offer a cleaner and safer transportation mode available to everyone, including people who cannot (or should not) drive, for a level of service better than with private cars (door to door, individual, on-demand transportation).
CyberMove’s aim is to create a new transportation option for city authorities to move towards sustainability and increase the attractiveness of city centres. Cybermove is a project supported by the key action “City of Tomorrow and Cultural Heritage” of the Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development program of the European Commission. It is closely linked to the project CyberCars that aims at developing the new technologies for cybercar vehicles and infrastructure. The CyberMove approach is to demonstrate the new technologies developed in the CyberCars project. This demonstration will take place in several European Cities, with the aim to identify and overcome barriers such as technology confidence, customs, landscape, scenery, user-friendliness and regulations.