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4 THEMES AND PROJECTS
4.1 Internet of things
Amsterdam has chosen four themes that are relevant to the more major developments – the Internet of Things, a view of the city and smart use of space, mobility as a service, and self-driving cars. Using these four themes as our basis, we are casting light on projects that have already started, and we are also launching a number of new projects that will contribute to meeting the accessibility challenges facing the city. We are learning by doing. This means executing and monitoring projects as quickly as possible, and evaluating the methods, results, and impact. We set out how we will do this when structuring the organisation of the programme.
The Internet of Things offers many opportunities for Amsterdam. The city has opted for a targeted approach in order to respond to this development. This involves, on the one hand, targeted solutions for parking, logistics, and cycling. For parking, the emphasis is on reducing the amount of traffic looking for spaces and making better use of space by acting more effectively against illegal parking in public spaces. On the other, it involves investing in digital infrastructure as a means of improving the city’s own mobility applications (that is, traffic control installations, etc.). At the same time, we are challenging the market to come up with smart mobility solutions via an open beacon network.
1. There are around 5,000 parking spaces for certain special groups in Amsterdam. These are spaces for shared and electric cars, as well as spaces for the disabled and loading and unloading spaces. In addition, there are drivers who park their vehicles in public areas that are not actually parking spaces. There is a need for real-time enforcement and clear information about these spaces.
2. The car parks on the periphery of Amsterdam are still not being used to the full. Providing information about available spaces on the edge of the city and attractive pricing will reduce the numbers of cars going into the city centre. The possibility of whether the project could be expanded using experiments that affect the accessibility of the Amsterdam region is currently being explored with the SRA. This means more costs for experiments, which the SRA intends to cover.
1.Fewer vehicles looking for parking spaces 2.Improvement to traffic flows
3.Improved air quality 4.Effective enforcement
5.More efficient use of spaces for special groups 6.Reduction in city centre congestion
2016 n/a
1. More effective enforcements and making better use of parking spaces
Explanation
Intended impact Finance
2017 € 200.000 Still to be achieved
Urban Mobility Fund €200,000 Subsidy Stadsregio Amsterdam € PM
2018 € 200.000 Still to be achieved
Urban Mobility Fund €200,000 Subsidy Stadsregio Amsterdam € PM
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Application that ensures that owners can find their bicycles at the cycle depot in the event that they have been removed by enforcement officers.
Born from the Startup in Residence programme.
1.Relocating bicycle after removal by enforcement officers
2.Potentially pay, found after theft, sharing, etc.
2016 € 50.000 Explanation
Intended impact
2017 PM
2018 PM Funding allocated
Urban Mobility Fund (bicycle programme)
€50,000 Finances
3. BikeID
On behalf of the AMA, the Amsterdam City Council is launching a competition that will lead to innovative mobility solutions for the AMA. Mobility in the city of Amsterdam cannot be viewed separately from the
surrounding region. It is closely interwoven with the fabric of the region. The ‘daily urban system’ functions at the level of the AMA, which means that urban journeys are often linked with mobility outside the city itself.
1. Smart mobility solutions
2. Strengthening of economic structure 3. Acceleration of new mobility concepts
2016 n/a
2. Open Call Mobility
Explanation
Intended impact Finance
2017 € 750.000 (max) Funding allocated
PRES funds €750,000
(PRES resources, regional budget, AMA, local authorities)
2018 nvt
Amsterdam is creating a public beacon network. The city is going to hang up various beacons by way of experiment. The beacons will continuously give off signals and function as a kind of ‘trigger’. Developers can incorporate the use of transmitters in their applications. Passers-by will then receive, for example, a notification on their mobile phones as soon as they are in the vicinity of a beacon. With the help of the small transmitters, Amsterdam would like to develop services like real-time public transport journey time and applications in public spaces for the benefit of travellers in, visitors to, and residents of the city.
1. Navigable through public transport in real-time 2. Discovering interesting sights
3. Planning the best route
2016 € 75.000
4. Amsterdam Beacon Network
Explanation
Intended impact Finance
2017 nvt Funding allocated
CTO €75,000
2018 nvt
Visiting Centrum is a condition of the inexpensive P+R rate. Checks are made using public transport data (use of public transport is compulsory); P+R is made more attractive due to choice of transport mode to Centrum. With the help of a pilot scheme, we are looking at other ways of checking on visits to Centrum (use of beacons, see project 4, Amsterdam Beacon Network).
1. Increase in use of P+R
2. Making P+R more customer friendly 3. Fewer visitors per car in Centrum Explanation
Intended impact Finance
5. P+R – check on visit to Centrum
2016 € 60.000
2017
Gerealiseerde dekking
Stedelijk Mobiliteitsfonds € 60.000 (vernieuwing P+R)
Gereserveerde dekking € 140.000
Gereserveerde dekking € 15.000
2018
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Amsterdam is taking part in the Amsterdam Practical Trial. New traffic management methods have now been tested, and in-car tests have been carried out during events and day-to-day situations; tests have also been performed during events to see what private parties can add to what the city council already does.
1.Insight into coordinated traffic management across the network; what works, and what does not?
2.Insight into the effect of in-care information
2016 € 150.000 Explanation
Intended impact
2018 nvt Funding allocated
Urban Mobility Fund €150,000 Finances