Springer Electric Vehicle Sharing Services for Smarter Cities: The Green Move project for Milan: from service design to technology deployment (Research for Development)

This book examines electric car sharing in cities from a variety of perspectives, from service design to simulation, from mathematical modeling to technology deployment, and from energy use improvement to the integration of different kinds of vehicle. The contents reflect the outcomes of the Green Move project, undertaken by Politecnico di Milano with the aim of fostering an innovative and easily accessible electric vehicle sharing system. The first section of the book illustrates the car sharing service, covering service design, the configuration of the vehicle sharing model and the Milan mobility pattern, analysis of local demand and supply, testing of the condominium-based car sharing model, and communication design for social engagement. The second section then explains the technological choices, from the architecture of the system and dynamic applications to information management, the smartphone-based energy-oriented driving assistance system, automatic fleet balancing systems, and real-time monitoring of vehicle positions. In the final section, readers will find descriptions of the simulation model, a model to estimate potential users of the service, and a model for a full-scale electric car sharing service in Milan. From the Back Cover This book examines electric car sharing in cities from a variety of perspectives, from service design to simulation, from mathematical modeling to technology deployment, and from energy use improvement to the integration of different kinds of vehicle. The contents reflect the outcomes of the Green Move project, undertaken by Politecnico di Milano with the aim of fostering an innovative and easily accessible electric vehicle sharing system. The first section of the book illustrates the car sharing service, covering service design, the configuration of the vehicle sharing model and the Milan mobility pattern, analysis of local demand and supply, testing of the condominium-based car sharing model, and communication design for social engagement. The second section then explains the technological choices, from the architecture of the system and dynamic applications to information management, the smartphone-based energy-oriented driving assistance system, automatic fleet balancing systems, and real-time monitoring of vehicle positions. In the final section, readers will find descriptions of the simulation model, a model to estimate potential users of the service, and a model for a full-scale electric car sharing service in Milan. About the Author Daniele F. Bignami is Research Project Manager in the Project Development Department of the Fondazione Politecnico di Milano in Milan, Italy. In 2014, he was awarded the National Scientific Qualification of Associate Professor (sector: Urban and Landscape Planning and Design). He has recently been collaborating with the Italian National Civil Protection Department and the Institute for an Industrial Safety Culture (Toulouse, France). He is the author of more than 30 articles and co-editor of the Springer book Sustainable Social, Economic and Environmental Revitalization in Multan City (2016).   Alberto C. Vitale is Full Professor of Operations Research and Deputy Director, Department of Design, Politecnico di Milano. He has been president of a center for innovative technologies for didactics and has been a consultant or board member for various Italian public bodies such as the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Work. He has taught at several universities, including the University of Paris-Dauphine and Tongji University, Shanghai and has published more than 300 papers.  Alessandro Luè is an environmental and land planning engineer who has been working at Poliedra, a consortium at the Politecnico di Milano, since 1999. From 2002 to 2010 he was adjunct professor for the course “Methods and models for decision-making in transportation”. In 2015, he gained a PhD in Design at Politecnico di Milan