Modus D4.1 Interface to modal choice model

This deliverable is the first deliverable of WP4 of the Modus project which aims to develop highly detailed low-level results on the present and future of the mobility of passengers in Europe based on flight and passenger metrics. The purpose of this document is to describe the methodology designed and developed to translate the output results of the modal choice model into individual passenger itineraries that are going to be used by the mobility models. Additionally, it outline so-far identified data requirements and processing needs to create valid input for the rest of the models developed in Modus: flight-centred airside model RNEST, passenger-centric airside model Mercury, and the landside model (i.e. door-to-door model)

Modus D3.1 Modal choice analysis and expert assessment

Modus Deliverable 3.1 has the objective to identify and assess (future) drivers that influence passenger demand and supply of mobility, and how these affect passenger modal choice. A comprehensive literature review is provided and identifies a set of high-level and detailed drivers of supply and demand. This analysis is complemented by an expert survey, to gain initial high-level insights regarding the potential importance of various factors, and by a multimodality workshop, to identify additional factors and acquire a first insight into potential enablers and barriers of future mobility solutions. Combining all the identified drivers reveals that most drivers are of a social, economic or technological nature. A large number of social drivers are demand drivers concerned with the passenger aspects of mobility. On the other hand, a large number of economic drivers belong to the supply drivers concerned with various cost-related factors or with transport operations, the market structure and available infrastructure

Future multimodal mobility scenarios within Europe

The European transport system faces multiple pressing challenges, including the need for significant emissions reduction in the sector and the provision of a seamless, multimodal journey to travellers. In order to address these challenges, a thorough understanding and assessment of different development pathways are required. This paper elaborates on four different scenarios developed within the scope of the Modus project. Based on these as well as additional insights from experts of the air and rail sector, initial implications for emissions reduction potential, travel times, or technological options are discussed

X-ray absorption spectroscopy study of energy transport in foil targets heated by PW laser pulses

Absorption x-ray spectroscopy is proposed as a method for studying the heating of a solid-density matter excited by secondary xray radiation from a relativistic laser-produced plasma. The method was developed and applied to experiments involving thin silicon foils irradiated by 0.5–1.5 ps duration ultrahigh contrast laser pulses at intensities between 0.5×1020 and 2.5×1020 W/cm2 . The electron temperature of the material at the rear side of a target is estimated to be in the range of 140–300 eV. The diagnostic approach enables the diagnosis of warm dense matter states with low self-emissivity