Integrated transport systems are central to the European Commission’s vision for safer,  more efficient, and sustainable transport. Sharing information between different actors helps to create common situational awareness and supports real-time collaboration, which leads to more efficient resource management and less congestion.

The IMHOTEP project researched data sharing between airports and ground transport stakeholders and developed a decision support tool designed to enhance multi-stakeholde decision-making. The research began with an initial concept of operations that extended the airport-collaborative decision-making (A-CDM) process to terminal access and egress legs through the inclusion of ground transport stakeholders. Introducing a new set of data analysis and fusion methods, IMHOTEP provided a comprehensive view of the door-to-door passenger trajectory through coherent integration of different types of high-resolution passenger movement data. This enabled the development and integration of predictive models capable of anticipating the evolution of the passenger flows within the terminal and the ground transport system.

The new concept and methodology were validated through a  set of case studies involving airports and ground transport operators at Palma de Mallorca and London City airports.  The IMHOTEP decision support tool allowed the user to simulate different what-if scenarios to better understand the impact of several management decisions and choose the best course of action.

The insights extracted from IMHOTEP demonstrate the benefits brought by the inclusion of ground transport stakeholders in the A-CDM process and will be used to assess the readiness of the proposed technologies for future industrial deployment. Implementation of the proposed concept would bring significant benefits to the stakeholders involved,  due to more predictability in the incoming passenger flows, and to the end users, as the enhanced integration between modes increases the efficiency, reliability, and resilience of the passenger journey.

Benefits

• Improves passenger experience
• Improves environmental sustainability
• Increases stakeholders cost efficiency and capacity