MOWE-IT: Management of Weather Events in the Transport System
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project group : - partner:
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Istituto di Studi per l’Integrazione dei Sistemi, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Finish Meteorological Institute, Centre of Research and Technology Hellas – Hellenic Institute of Transport CERTH – HIT, Fraunhofer-Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI, Cyprus Meteorological Institute, Österreichische Wasserstraßen-Gesellschaft mbH, Vaisala, University of Birmingham, Odessa National Maritime Academy
- start: 09/2012
- end: 08/2014
Objectives
- Analysis of the impact of extreme weather events on transportation
- Decision support:
- Identification of best practices
- Development of methodologies to assist transport operators, authorities and transport system users to mitigate the impact of natural disasters on the transport system
Contribution of the IIP
- Development of a framework of the European transport system for the consideration of intermodal substitutability
- Assessment of the road sector’s resilience Vulnerability and information requirement analyses for urban delivery services, long distance road haulage and supply chains
- Vulnerability and requirement analyses for air cargo services and supply chains
- Cost assessment of extreme events and natural hazards for the European passenger and freight transport chain