Accessibility and connectivity are essential for livability and economic growth throughout the world. Improving the accessibility of physical transport is important for achieving the social and economic inclusion of rural areas. In reality, rural areas lag behind with respect to physical accessibility and connectivity. The ambition of the ITRACT project (Improving Transport and Accessibility through new Communication Technologies) was to use ICT to create smart mobility services to improve accessibility and connectivity in rural areas.
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Donderdag 5 februari 2015 vond de eindconferentie plaats van het project ITRACT: Improving Transport and Accessibility through new Communication Technologies, als onderdeel van het Europese Interreg North Sea Region Programme. 16 partners uit Noorwegen, Zweden, Duitsland, Groot-Brittannië en Nederland hebben de afgelopen 3 jaar samengewerkt aan de vraag hoe een beter vervoersaanbod gerealiseerd kan worden in perifere, dus dunbevolkte gebieden. De 16 partners bestonden uit vervoersorganisaties, vervoersautoriteiten, lokale en regionale overheden, bedrijven en kennisinstellingen. De projectleiding lag bij de Hanzehogeschool Groningen.
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The objective of the ITRACT2 project is to create attractive transport options for regions with low population densities including rural areas. A basic assumption of the ITRACT project is that information and communication technology can be used to build IT services that allow for more adaptive transport services and that these adaptive transport services create a better match between supply (transport schedules) and demand (traveller needs) and therefore a more viable business case.
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Movie: Results of the project Improving Transport and Accessibility through new Communication Technologies. This project is funded by the European Regional Development Fund within the Interreg IVB North Sea Region Programme.
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This paper relies on knowledge gained from ITRACT (Improving Transport and Accessibility through new Communication Technologies), an Interreg IVB project in the North Sea Region. We will show how digital innovation to promote mobility and accessibility in rural areas is limited by poor data infrastructure and a lack of digital engagement. It is argued that these limitations perpetuate the remoteness of these areas.
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Best practice guide on creating an IT architecture that supports smart mobility services. Joint work of Karlstad University and Hanze University of Applied Sciences within the Interrg IVb project ITRACT.
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This report uses experience gained during the EU Interreg IVB project ITRACT and shares transnational learning on how to deploy IT-based solutions as part of Smart Specialisation Strategies, for example, while creating answers to societal challenges. ITRACT concentrates on rural areas, where the availability of an adequate digital infrastructure is often lacking and where people may lack the digital skills and literacy to adopt the smart solutions (known as Intelligent Transport Services; ITS) offered. The project addresses transport services as an enabler for smart specialisation.
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Accessibility and connectivity are essential for livability and economic growththroughout the world. Improving the accessibility of physical transport isimportant for achieving the social and economic inclusion of rural areas. Inreality, rural areas lag behind with respect to physical accessibility andconnectivity. The ambition of the ITRACT project (Improving Transport andAccessibility through new Communication Technologies) was to use ICT tocreate smart mobility services to improve accessibility and connectivity in ruralareasImproving Transport and Accessibility through new communication technologies (ITRACT) is a project funded by the European Union. The Interreg IVB and the EFRE programs have the focus on rural regions and their special needs. Involved in the ITRACT project are partners in the Netherlands, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden and Germany.
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Summary with good practices from the Interreg ITRACT project on smart mobility in rural areas.
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The aim of this study is to develop sustainable and cost-efficient medicinedeliverystrategies for the health care industry. The study was undertaken by Prof.Kees Jan Roodbergen and Dr Stuart X. Zhu from the University of Groningen.The report is based on a 16 month study for Work Package 8 of the ITRACTproject, Improving Transport and Accessibility through new CommunicationTechnologies (extension).
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