Tourism and mobility are complementary sectors that impact the environment. According to a study published in the Journal Nature Climate Change, tourism accounts for 8% of global CO2 emissions. The transportation sector is among the most polluting overall. The S4C project builds on the findings of "Polis Eye" to develop a platform for optimizing mobility flows for events and tourist destinations with a focus on sustainability. This is implemented within the context of use cases in the metropolitan city of Bologna, scalable at a supra-regional level.
The optimization towards integrated public transport solutions aims at sustainable mobility services, while "what if" solutions are geared towards decision support for strategic planning. The project aims to address complex and real issues useful for:
Businesses in the tourism sector, for sustainable planning.
Political decision-makers, for decision support.
Citizens and tourists, both for business and non-business purposes, with a focus on sustainable mobility.
S4C aims to experiment with the European dataspace paradigm to create a regional "common space" for tourism and transportation data. Industrial partners will support the definition of use cases, provide data, and validate the results.