Affiliation(s)
University of West Bohemia, Univerzitni 8, Pilsen 30100, Czech Republic
ABSTRACT
Land transport can no
longer meet the requirements. European transport can be described by these
words −crowded motorways and
cities, dangerous emissions, ubiquitous traffic accidents, delays, expensive
railways. Solutions are being
sought to transfer a large part of passengers and especially freight transport to (high-speed)
rail, and efforts are moving towards electromobility, car-sharing,
5G-connectivity, autonomous driving, MaaS (Mobility as a Service)-coordinated transport or hyperloop-type solutions. However, all these
solutions have additional challenges and limitations. Solutions are not being searched where they really
exist—in the mutual adaptation of road and rail vehicles and their deep
cooperation. The ComplexTrans project
shows that simply adapting the dimensions and functions of road and rail vehicles
can eliminate (or at least significantly reduce) all the problems of existing
land transport. The main features of the ComplexTrans system are sufficient
parking spaces, reduction of urban and non-urban congestion, electric vehicles
with unlimited range and cheaper than standard cars, cheaper and more
accessible battery charging, “autonomous ride”, solving the overlap between passenger and freight
rail transport and making it self-financing, transferring intercity freight
transport to rail, replacing part of continental air transport and many others. The cost-effective and
clustered individual transport and individualised public transport of the
ComplexTrans system also bring very significant reductions in the risk of
transmission of covid-19 and other contagious diseases during transport.
KEYWORDS
land transport, intermodal
transport, mixed transport, road and rail transport, passenger and freight
transport, city transport, intercity transport, private transport, public
transport, MaaS, covid prevention in public transport, e-mobility, autonomous ride, car parking, traffic
density reduction, platooning, range extender, battery exchange, energy need reduction,
CO2 emissions reduction, V2G, transport and energy sector cooperation, energy
safety.
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