Formalizing Sustainable Urban Mobility Management: An Innovative Approach with Digital Twin and Integrated Modeling

Andrea Grotto (), Pau Fonseca i Casas, Alyona Zubaryeva and Wolfram Sparber
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Andrea Grotto: Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Campus Nord, C/Jordi Girona 1-3, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
Pau Fonseca i Casas: Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Campus Nord, C/Jordi Girona 1-3, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
Alyona Zubaryeva: Institute of Renewable Energies, Eurac Research, Viale Druso 1, 39100 Bolzano, Italy
Wolfram Sparber: Institute of Renewable Energies, Eurac Research, Viale Druso 1, 39100 Bolzano, Italy

Logistics, 2024, vol. 8, issue 4, 1-25

Abstract: Background : Urban mobility management faces growing challenges that require the analysis and optimization of sustainable solutions. Digital twins (DTs) have emerged as innovative tools for this assessment, but their implementation requires standardized procedures and languages; Methods : As part of a broader methodology for continuous DT validation, this study focuses on the conceptual validation phase, presenting a conceptualization approach through formalization using Specification and Description Language (SDL), agnostic to simulation tools. The conceptual validation was achieved through stakeholder engagement in the Bolzano context, producing 41 SDL diagrams that define both elements common to different urban realities and specific local data collection procedures; Results : The feasibility of implementing this stakeholder-validated conceptualization was demonstrated using Simulation of Urban MObility (SUMO) for traffic simulation and optimization criteria calculation, and its framework SUMO Activity GenerAtion (SAGA) for generating an Activity-Based Modeling (ABM) mobility demand that can be improved through real sensor data; Conclusions : The SDL approach, through its graphical representation (SDL/GR), enables conceptual validation by enhancing stakeholder communication while defining a framework that, while adapting to the monitoring specificities of different urban realities, maintains a common and rigorous structure, independent of the chosen implementation tools and programming languages.

Keywords: urban mobility; digital twin; SDL; formalization; SUMO; SAGA (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L8 L80 L81 L86 L87 L9 L90 L91 L92 L93 L98 L99 M1 M10 M11 M16 M19 R4 R40 R41 R49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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