An ITS System for Reducing Congestion and Noise Pollution due to Vehicles to/from Port Terminals

Marino Lupi (), Marco Boero, Daniele Conte, Luca Naso Rappis, Mauro Vannucci and Alessandro Farina
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Marino Lupi: Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy
Marco Boero: AlgoWatt spa, 20123 Milano, Italy
Daniele Conte: Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy
Luca Naso Rappis: AlgoWatt spa, 20123 Milano, Italy
Mauro Vannucci: AlgoWatt spa, 20123 Milano, Italy
Alessandro Farina: Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 21, 1-25

Abstract: This paper deals with a new ITS system aimed at reducing road congestion and noise emissions on the urban roads leading to port terminals. This system is composed of: traffic video cameras, VMS panels and an app. These three components are connected and managed by an integrated ITS system management platform, called “LIST Port ITS System Central” in this paper. Video cameras measure traffic characteristics, such as flow rates, speed and composition of the vehicle stream and provide these data to the LIST Port ITS System Central. The central elaborates the data and provide the traffic flow characteristics to the app. The app calculates, in real time, the best route to/from port terminals, according to traffic congestion and noise emissions, and provides this information to the Central. Then, the app shows to the user the best route and the traffic and noise status in real time. The calculation of the best routes takes place according to the “physical capacity” and “acoustic capacity” of road infrastructures. Noise emissions are directly calculated from traffic characteristics by means of the CNOSSOS-EU model, and are after compared to the noise emission limit levels established by law. The services provided by the LIST Port ITS system are new, because, currently, routing strategies are usually based only on congestion, while noise pollution is almost always neglected. Noise pollution could be a more restrictive constraint because the “acoustic capacity” is often lower than the physical one.

Keywords: ITS system; road congestion; noise pollution; optimal route; acoustic capacity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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