LEVITATE Newsletter #10 - LEVITATE Final Conference

May, 2022

LEVITATE Final Conference

One week is left to register to attend LEVITATE’s final conference on Wednesday 25^th of May, in Brussels or online!

The conference will be a great opportunity to learn more about the project’s achievements over the past three years in regard to Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAVs). It will cover:

The building blocks of the LEVITATE impact assessment framework
Impacts of CAVs and respective policy interventions on the short, medium, and long-term
Policy implications of CAVs and case studies
A hands-on demonstration and trial of LEVITATE’s Policy Support Tool

Beyond gaining insights on the project’s key results, the conference will be a space to discuss LEVITATE’s key outputs with the Consortium and other experts.
For more information, please look at the agenda and LEVITATE’s website.

Practical information
The final event allows both onsite and remote participation. Attendance in person will be easier for those wishing to try out the PST, as partners will be there to guide them. The event will follow the latest COVID-19 guidelines of the Belgian and Brussels authorities.

What: LEVITATE Final Conference
When: May 25, 2022 | 10:00 until 16:00 (CET)
Where: Scotland House Conference Centre, located at Rond-Point Schuman 6, 1040 Brussels.

Previous events

H2020 Road Transport Research European Conference
During the 5^th edition of the H2020 Road Transport Research European Conference on the 29^th and 30^th of March, Andrew Morris, from Loughborough University, presented during the “Automated driving and the users” session.

More information and access to the recording here

LEVITATE city dialogues webinar introduces PST
On April 7th, LEVITATE hosted a public webinar showcasing the principles of backcasting and the opportunities the resulting Policy Support Tool (PST) offers. Additionally, results of case studies in Vienna were presented, including the impacts of tolls on Cooperative, Connected and Automated Mobility (CCAM) and last-mile automated urban shuttle services.

More information and access to the recording here

About LEVITATE

The LEVITATE project develops methods to forecast societal level impacts of connected and automated transport (CATs). This includes the impact of CATs on safety, the environment, the economy and society.

Launched in December 2018, LEVITATE is a 3-year project led by Loughborough University whose main output will be a policy support tool (PST) to help local authorities forecast the impacts of automated vehicles over the short, medium and long-term. The PST will also contain a back-casting tool providing guidance to local authorities on the measures to implement to achieve desired outcomes against a backdrop of increasing vehicle automation.

LEVITATE has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 824361.

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