TRIMIS: Modular Development of an Integrated Policy-Support Tool for Forward-Oriented Transport Research and Innovation Analysis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- Connected and automated transport (CAT);
- Transport electrification (ELT);
- Vehicle design and manufacturing (VDM);
- Low-emission alternative energy for transport (ALT);
- Network and traffic management systems (NTM);
- Smart mobility and services (SMO); and
- Transport infrastructure (INF).
2. Background and Motivation
3. TRIMIS Structure and Methods
3.1. Innovation Capacity Assessment
3.2. Technologies Inventory
3.3. Patent and Scientific Research Analysis
- Attributing a CPC code directly (if the technology directly fits within a single category);
- Assigning a set of keywords to each technology to carry out a keyword search on titles and abstracts; and
- Setting a year for the earliest filing date (2013 is the earliest available starting year from the patent database).
3.4. Horizon Scanning
4. Case Study
4.1. Technologies in European Framework Programs for Research and Innovation
4.2. TRIMIS Horizon Scanning Outputs
- Radical solutions to replace cars in urban environments;
- Fleet modernization through retrofitting;
- Electrification and escalation of power demand; and
- Automation to maintain the current system with fewer externalities.
5. Discussion and Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Glossary
ACARE | Advisory Council for Aviation Research and Innovation in Europe |
ALICE | Alliance for Logistics Innovation through Collaboration in Europe |
ALT | Low-emission Alternative Energy for Transport |
BERD | Business expenditure on Research and Development |
CAT | Connected and Automated Transport |
CCAM | Cooperative, Connected and Automated Mobility |
CL | Horizon Scanning Cluster |
CO2 | Carbon dioxide |
CORDIS | Community Research and Development Information Service |
CPC | Cooperative Patent Classification |
DG MOVE | European Commission Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport |
DG RTD | European Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation |
EC | European Commission |
ELT | Transport electrification |
EPO | European Patent Office |
ERRAC | European Rail Research Advisory Council |
ERTRAC | European Road Transport Research Advisory Council |
EU | European Union |
EUR | Euro |
EV | Electric vehicle |
GBAORD | Government Budget Appropriations or Outlays for Research and Development |
GDP | Gross domestic product |
GHG | Greenhouse gases |
GVA | Gross value added |
I | Horizon Scanning Item |
ICT | Information and communications technology |
JRC | Joint Research Centre |
INF | Transport infrastructure |
IoT | Internet of Things |
IRI | Industrial Research and Innovation |
KPI | Key performance indicator |
MaaS | Mobility as a Service |
MC | Horizon Scanning meta-cluster |
NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NETT | New and emerging technologies and trends |
NO2 | Nitrogen dioxide |
NTM | Network and traffic management systems |
O3 | Ozone |
OBS | Horizon Scanning observation |
OECD | Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development |
PATSTAT | EPO Worldwide Patent Statistical Database |
PCT | Patent Cooperation Treaty |
PM2.5 | Particulate matter |
REGEX | Regular expressions |
R & D | Research and Development |
R & I | Research and Innovation |
RIO | Research and Innovation Observatory |
SDG | Sustainable Development Goal |
SET | Strategic Energy Technology |
SETIS | Strategic Energy Technologies Information System |
SMO | Smart mobility and services |
STRIA | Strategic Transport Research and Innovation Agenda |
TIM | Tools for innovation monitoring |
TRB | Transportation Research Board |
TRID | Transport Research International Documentation |
TRIMIS | Transport Research and Innovation Monitoring and Information System |
TRL | Technology readiness level |
UN | United Nations |
VDM | Vehicle design and manufacturing |
WIPO | World Intellectual Property Office |
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Area of Indicator | Indicator | Description |
---|---|---|
Funding | Business expenditure on R&D (BERD) | BERD represents the component of gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD) incurred by units belonging to the business enterprise sector. It is the measure of intramural R&D expenditures within the business enterprise sector during a specific reference period. |
Funding | Business R&D Intensity | Total business R&D spending as percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) |
Funding | Total Government Budget Appropriations or Outlays for Research and Development (GBAORD) | The GBAORD measures the government support for research and development activities. GBAORD includes all appropriations given to R&D in central government budgets. |
Funding | Total GBAORD as a % of total general government expenditure | Percentage of government expenditure |
Human resources | Total R&D personnel in business enterprise | Total number of persons employed in research in a specific sector |
Human resources | Total R&D researchers in business enterprise | Total number of researchers employed in a specific sector |
Innovation engagement | Patent applications to the European Patent Office (EPO) | Patent applications filed directly under the European Patent Convention or applications filed under the Patent Co-operation Treaty and designated for the EPO |
TRL | Description | TRIMIS Development Phase |
---|---|---|
1 | Basic principles observed | Research |
2 | Technology concept formulated | |
3 | Experimental proof of concept | Validation |
4 | Technology validated in lab | |
5 | Technology validated in relevant environment | Demonstration/prototyping/pilot production |
6 | Technology demonstrated in relevant environment | |
7 | System prototype demonstration in operational environment | |
8 | System complete and qualified | Implementation |
9 | Actual system proven in operational environment |
STRIA Roadmaps | ||||||||||||||
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CAT | ALT | ELT | VDM | NTM | SMO | INF | ||||||||
Time Horizon | Long Term >10 years | OBS_K | MC_19 | CL_C | CL_A | |||||||||
MC_23 | MC_9 | CL_B | MC_3 | |||||||||||
Medium Term 5–10 years | CL_J | MC_17 | MC_15 | CL_F | CL_D | |||||||||
CL_L | CL_G | MC_7 | ||||||||||||
Short Term <5 years | CL_M | MC_18 | CL_I | MC_13 | CL_H | MC_8 | MC_1 | |||||||
OBS_E |
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Tsakalidis A, Gkoumas K, Grosso M, Pekár F. TRIMIS: Modular Development of an Integrated Policy-Support Tool for Forward-Oriented Transport Research and Innovation Analysis. Sustainability. 2020; 12(23):10194. https://doi.org/10.3390/su122310194
Chicago/Turabian StyleTsakalidis, Anastasios, Konstantinos Gkoumas, Monica Grosso, and Ferenc Pekár. 2020. "TRIMIS: Modular Development of an Integrated Policy-Support Tool for Forward-Oriented Transport Research and Innovation Analysis" Sustainability 12, no. 23: 10194. https://doi.org/10.3390/su122310194