Project Overview
Travel Wise, TRansformation of AViation and rAilway soLutions toWards Integration and SynergiEs is a multimodal innovation project for the aviation and railway (and maritime) sectors, focusing on multimodal common situation awareness and increased coordination between air/rail/waterborne transport modes to facilitate multimodal journeys.
Travel Wise shifts traffic management from isolated modes to intermodal orchestration by developing a methodology, roadmap, and technologies for: i) information sharing across air, rail, maritime, and road operators, ii) collaborative decision-making in both normal and disrupted conditions, and iii) optimising the passenger experience.
It strengthens multimodal situation awareness and coordination, focusing on pre-tactical and tactical horizons. By monitoring traffic and passenger flows, it enables early detection and sharing of issues, minimising disruptions through collaboration. Building on SESAR’s work, it supports initial use cases via cross-modal data sharing.
Mission
To monitor traffic and passenger flows to strengthen multimodal coordination, proactively detect and share potential travel disruptions, and implement collaborative measures that minimize impact—supporting smarter decision-making and a smoother travel experience across air, rail, and waterborne transport modes.
Vision
To enable seamless and resilient multimodal travel by enhancing real-time coordination, anticipating disruptions, and fostering collaborative decision-making between air, rail, and other transport modes – ultimately improving passenger experience and journey continuity.
Topic
HORIZON-JU-ER-2023-FA1-SESAR
Duration
36 Months
Coordinator
Deep Blue S.r.l.
Total project revenue
4.999.72,81€
Co-Funding
EU-Rail, SESAR 3 JU
Consortium
38 Partners from 11 countries
Concept & Methodology
Travel Wise combines research and real-world testing to improve air and rail coordination. It engages experts and users from the start, using design thinking to create practical, innovative solutions for seamless travel. A top-down approach analyzes best practices, while a bottom-up approach tests solutions in real conditions. Experts and stakeholders are involved from the start through focus groups, interviews, and demonstrations, ensuring practical, user-focused innovations.
The effectiveness of the Travel Wise solution relies on understanding the needs and expectations of its end users, as their feedback and involvement play a key role in shaping a solution that aligns with real-world requirements.
Understanding traveler needs through focus groups, interviews, and real-world observations and Identifying key challenges in air, rail, and maritime coordination.
Finding innovative solutions for seamless, efficient travel and developing testable solutions for air-rail data sharing, disruption management, and passenger assistance.
Running real-world demonstrations in Paris-Amsterdam, Athens, and Bologna to refine solutions. Rolling out optimized transport coordination based on test results and continuous improvements.
Project Objectives
Objective 01
Analysis and benchmarking of existing concepts and technologies supporting the integration of the air and rail transport modes
Objective 02
Definition of an air-rail intermodal Concept of Operations and of the high-level architecture of Travel Wise Solution
Objective 03
Fostering of the evolution and adoption of a Common European Mobility Data Space
Objective 04
Creation of a single air – rail intermodal Collaborative Decision-Making (CDM) Solution and of interconnected operations plans
Objective 05
Passenger experience improvement
Objective 06
Validation and impact assessment of Travel Wise solution.
Scenarios
The project will run two rounds of testing in three key travel scenarios:
City Pair
Paris-Amsterdam: Improving air-rail data sharing, disruption management, and passenger assistance.
Multimodal cross-border data sharing in nominal and non nominal situations and interconnected air-rail operations plan
International Hub
Athens: Enhancing real-time coordination across air, rail, and maritime transport to optimize passenger flow.
Large Seasonal Airport Hub combining Air, Rail, and Maritime
Regional Airport
Bologna: Streamlining airport-rail connections, improving crowd management, and adjusting schedules dynamically.
Regional airport as future multimodal integrator hub
