Mobility
.MOBI – The Fleet Sizing Tool for On-Demand Public Transport
Mission: Green Living Areas
Developed by: ArtMED
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Organisational Environmental Technological TerritorialWhat is the solution?
A user-friendly tool designed to support policymakers, public transit operators (PTOs), and mobility planners in evaluating Demand-Responsive Transport (DRT) or Autonomous Mobility on Demand (AMOD) services.
What challenge does this solution address?
The problem addressed is that PTAs in Euro-MED lack accessible tools to assess the socio-economic and environmental impacts of AMOD, making it difficult to plan deployment. Sparsely populated areas face high operating costs, low ridership, car dependency, and CO2 emissions, while existing methodologies from AVENUE and MultiDEPART are not easily transferable. ArtMED tackles this by optimising these methods into a user-friendly tool, enabling PTAs to evaluate AMOD’s potential, build political support, plan investments, and design transport models for more inclusive, accessible, and sustainable mobility.
What is the added value?
The added value of the new tool lies in expanding beyond purely economic analysis by integrating environmental and socio-economic dimensions of AMOD deployment. Unlike the current EASI-AV tool, which only addresses cost-benefit aspects for operators, the upgraded version will include indicators such as CO2 emissions, service quality (e.g., waiting and travel time), and labour market impacts. This holistic approach, co-developed by ECL and Carnet, ensures the tool reflects diverse Euro-MED contexts by incorporating regional input characteristics like population density and terrain, thus providing PTAs with a more comprehensive decision-support framework. It includes a relevant user guide.
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Best practices collection on Automated Mobility on Demand (AMOD):
Video tutorial of the .MOBI tool