About

PRIORITY (Platform for the tRansition to sustaInable zerO-caRbon mobilITY) is a web-interactive platform allowing for the visualization and analysis of data related to a complex system such as urban mobility. The platform is presented as a prototypal web-based tool designed to address policies towards sustainable urban mobility.

The main objectives of the platform are:

  1. analysis and characterization of the mobility demand and transport offer using travel big data and public transport open data;
  2. evaluation of energy consumption and polluting emissions together with the economic estimation of transport external costs;
  3. estimation of charging profiles referred to public and private passenger electric vehicles, including energy demand and power needs.

Cities preparing Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) increasingly require practical tools capable of merging diverse mobility datasets and transforming them into planning-relevant indicators. The PRIORITY Platform has the purpose of supporting mobility analysis and decision-making in urban contexts. The platform integrates Floating Car Data (FCD), General Transit Feeds Specifications data (GTFS) feeds describing public transport supply, and detailed land-use and zoning information. By relying on these heterogeneous data streams, PRIORITY generates indicators such as travel and stop times, trip distances, trip volumes, energy consumption, pollutant emissions, external costs, and electric-vehicle charging behavior. The platform provides an intuitive and versatile interface that dynamically presents outputs generated from analytical and modeling processes.

A case application for the Metropolitan City of Rome (Italy) and over Italy illustrates the operational use of the prototype for internal combustion engine (ICE) and electric vehicle (BEV), respectively.

PRIORITY can support transparent and reproducible evaluations during the preparation and monitoring of SUMPs. The demonstrated workflow highlights the prototype’s value for public authorities and planners seeking data-informed approaches to urban mobility assessment and decarbonization strategies.