Optimization of urban mobility of people and freight: models and algorithms to design policies and reduce greenhouse gas emissions

城市中心的机动性是影响行业、政府和公民的新的物流挑战。拥堵及其后果是一个可持续社会需要克服的障碍。它们源于许多可以更好地优化的物流决策。我们在城市机动性方面的项目旨在开发综合交通的创新方法，不仅仅是评估新技术的能力，还通过与最终用户(公共和私人合作伙伴，包括城市管理机构、非营利组织和货运公司)合作，能够充分利用技术和我们的研究成果。这个项目通过整合现代技术，打破跨学科领域之间的接口，为城市中心的生活环境中出现的不同问题开发先进的模型和解决算法，提出了新的研究路线。我们的项目围绕三个相互交织的目标和预期结果设计：(I)通过协作、整合和互助计划来优化货运系统，使各方能够更高的效率和更低的成本；(Ii)改善人们的流动性(优化路线，考虑他们通勤的全部成本，改善为残疾人/老年人提供的交通系统和服务)；(3)利用人们运输货物和公共交通系统在需求低峰期运输箱子的一体化和机会。

Mobility in urban centers is the new logistics challenge affecting industries, governments, and citizens. Congestion and its consequences are the obstacles to overcome in a sustainable society. They stem from many logistics decisions that could be better optimized. Our project in urban mobility aims to develop innovative methodologies for integrated transportation beyond just evaluating what new technology enables but also by partnering with end-users (public and private partners, including a city administration, a nonprofit organization, and a freight carrier) capable of exploiting technology and our research results to their full extent. This project proposes new lines of research through the integration of modern technologies, breaking the interfaces between interdisciplinary domains, and developing advanced models and solution algorithms for different problems arising in the living environments that are urban centers.Our project is designed around three intertwined objectives and expected results: (i) optimizing freight transportation systems by collaboration, consolidation, and mutualization schemes, allowing for far greater efficiency and decreased costs for all parties;(ii) improving mobility for people (optimizing itineraries, considering the full cost of their commute, improving transit systems and services offered to the handicapped/elderly);(iii) leveraging the integration and opportunities for people to transport freight and for public transport systems to transport boxes during low-demand periods.