Ontology-based multi-agent system for urban freight transportation

Congestion, pollution, and safety are some of the most worrisome side-effects of the urban goods movement activities. These problems are generally attributed to the underlying characteristics of the domain such as heterogeneous stakeholders, their conflicting objectives and resulting distributed decision-making. Such autonomous decision-making...

City Logistics in the European CIVITAS Initiative

This paper discusses the developments of city logistics in the CIVITAS initiative. CIVITAS is a large European Commission co-funded program to support sustainable urban mobility. Urban freight logistics is one of eight CIVITAS clusters by which cities aim to improve sustainability in their cities. During the last decade the CIVITAS initiative...

Development of a generic Smart City model using MARVEL (abstract only)

The concept of the ‘Smart City’ is seen as double edged sword that should alleviate societal and environmental problems as well as fuel economic growth. Literature has identified many important characteristics of Smart Cities but has not yet provided a systemic approach that describes the interdependencies between these characteristics. The...

Computermodel voorspelt overlast in woonwijken - en wanneer die uitblijft

Misschien wel de beste oplossing tegen overlast in woonwijken: een computermodel om overlastsituaties te voorspellen. Selmar Smit van TNO ziet reële kansen voor zo’n model. Daarmee kan een wijk overlastbestendig worden ontworpen. Bijvoorbeeld door een buurthuis te bouwen, of een park aanleggen.

Experiment for integrating dutch 3D spatial planning and BIM for checking building permits

This paper presents a research project in The Netherlands in which several SMEs collaborated to create a 3D model of the National spatial planning information. This 2D information system described in the IMRO data standard holds implicit 3D information that can be used to generate an explicit 3D model. The project realized a proof of concept to...

Critical Information Infrastructures Security, 8th International Workshop, CRITIS 2013, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 16-18, 2013, Revised Selected Papers

Towards E(lectric)-urban freight: First promising steps in the electric vehicle revolution

Innovative logistics service providers are currently looking for possibilities to introduce electric vehicles for goods distribution. As electrical vehicles still suffer from a limited operation range, the logistical process faces important challenges. In this research we advise on the composition of the electrical vehicle fleet and on the...

On Managed Services Lanes and their Use in Home Networks

Home networks show an increasing level of heterogeneity regarding the devices connected, network technologies used, and services supported. Heterogeneity inhibits quality assurance for new services, such as online gaming, energy management, and health care. This paper focuses on the role that the concept of Managed Services Lanes (MSLs) plays in...

Integrated infomobility services for urban freight distribution

City logistics is one of the causes of today's road congestion in our cities, but at the same time its efficiency is affected by the traffic problems. The driving behaviour and mission strategies used by vans and lorries operating in urban areas usually does not exploit modern infomobility solutions. CityLog, a project co-funded by the European...

The influence of road pricing on physical distribution in urban areas

The Dutch government decided to implement a road pricing system called, 'paying differently for mobility'. The main idea is that road users have to pay for using the road infrastructure instead of for owning a car. In the future, the price per kilometre will also depend on the time of the day and the location of the travel. Crowded locations and...

Long-term effects of traffic-related air pollution on mortality in a Dutch cohort (NLCS-AIR study)

Background: Several studies have found an effect on mortality of between-city contrasts in long-term exposure to air pollution. The effect of within-city contrasts is still poorly understood. Objectives: We studied the association between long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution and mortality in a Dutch cohort. Methods: We used data...

Hoe effectief is een centralist?

Welke factoren bepalen de effectiviteit van een centralist die naar CCTV-beelden kijkt? Aan de hand van een onderzoek dat TNO-FEL medio 2002 is gestart moet deze vraag eind 2003 uiterlijk begin 2004 te beantwoorden zijn. Hoe is het onderzoek opgezet?

Configuring the digital city of Amsterdam: Social learning in experimentation

Design and dispersion of new socio-technological configurations are studied by many varying sorts of scientific disciplines, ranging from communication studies to technology studies. In this article, the configuration and appropriation of new socio-technical constituencies are studied and subsequently interpreted in terms of a rather novel...

Cameratoezicht in de binnenstad: vragen en (enige) antwoorden

Veel binnensteden hebben te kampen met een toegenomen onveiligheid, hetgeen maatschappelijke onrust veroorzaakt Dit heeft in diverse plaatsen in Nederland geleid tot programma's en projecten waarnee beoogd wordt de veiligheid op straat te verbetren. De belangrijkste doelstelling die men met deze projecten nastreeft, is het verbeteren van de...

Determination of source contributions to ambient volatile organic compound concentrations in Berlin

During three measuring campaigns in June, July, and August 1996, volatile organic compound (VOC) concentrations were measured at a rural background site, a city residential site, and a street site in Berlin. In addition, samples were taken near relevant sources of VOCs. The measurements covered the volatile hydrocarbons in the range C1-C14 and...

Determinants of p,p'-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (DDE) concentration in adipose tissue in women from five European cities

To identify the determinants of p,p'-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (p,p'-DDE) in adipose tissue in subjects who participated in a cross- sectional study, we analyzed fatty acids, antioxidants, and p,p'-DDE in aspirates of adipose tissue of 328 postmenopausal women from 5 European countries. The overall mean of p,p'-DDE concentration was 1.66 μg...

Urban air quality improvement by using a CNG lean burn engine for city buses

The use of compressed natural gas (CNG)-fuelled lean-burn city bus engines has a significant potential for air quality improvement in urban areas. Particularly important is the reduction of NO, as well as particulate and non regulated HC-emissions. For this reason, a CNG-fuelled, lean-burn, turbocharged, intercooled engine equipped with...

In Groot-Brittannië heiligt het doel de middelen

In Nederland bestaat nogal wat politieke weerstand tegen observatie met 'technische hulpmiddelen'. In Groot-Brittannië is dat anders. Daar zijn camera's in winkelstraten inmiddels een vertrouwd gezicht geworden. En de Britten gaan nog een stapje verder. Ze hebben sinds kort een database met uiterlijke kenmerken van als crimineel geclassificeerde...