Guidelines for the implementation of SMARTI: Sustainable Multifunctional Automated Resilient Transport Infrastructure

Davide Lo Presti (1) , Nicolas Hautière (2) , Pierre Hornych (3) , Henry Nkwanga (4) , Chiara Mignini (4) , Andy Mcloughlin (4) , Gaetano Di Mino (1) , Gordon Airey (5) , Emmanuel Chailleux (6) , María Carmen del Rubio Gámez (7) , Simon Pouget (8) , Matthew Audley (9) , Eyal Levenberg (10) , Paul Doherty (11)

1 Università degli studi di Palermo - University of Palermo
2 COSYS - Département Composants et Systèmes
3 MAST-LAMES - Laboratoire Auscultation, Modélisation, Expérimentation des infrastructures de transport
4 I.T. Transport Ltd
5 Nottingham Transportation Engineering Centre
6 MAST-MIT - Matériaux pour Infrastructure de Transport
7 UGR - Universidad de Granada = University of Granada
8 Groupe Eiffage
9 AECOM
10 DTU - Danmarks Tekniske Universitet = Technical University of Denmark
11 Gravin & Doherty Geosolutions

The World's transport infrastructures (TI) network is facing fast changes due to population growth, mobility, business trades and globalization. More challenges are coming from unforeseen natural and human-induced hazards, including climate change's effects. Meanwhile, technology development continues apace, and new solutions from multi-disciplinary sectors could help solve the main challenges faced by the TI industry. This work presents “SMARTI”, a vision that aims at engineering and implementing concepts such as Sustainability, Multifunctionality, Automation and Resilience within the design, construction and management of TI. As a result, the paper provides roadmaps for each of the above-mentioned pillars, identifying aims, current practices and stepping stones that infrastructure managers, policymakers and governors should consider toward more sustainable TI within 2030

Mots clés: Automated infrastructures; Innovative materials and construction procebes; Multi-functional transport infrastructures; Resiliency; Smart Infrastructures; Sustainability

Domaines: Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]

Davide Lo Presti, Nicolas Hautière, Pierre Hornych, Henry Nkwanga, Chiara Mignini, et al.. Guidelines for the implementation of SMARTI: Sustainable Multifunctional Automated Resilient Transport Infrastructure. Transportation Research Procedia, 2023, 72, pp.2952-2959. ⟨10.1016/j.trpro.2023.11.842⟩. ⟨hal-04440932⟩