Abstract
Transport contributes significantly to economic growth and higher quality of life, but its associated externalities have an environmental, economic and social impact and are the main impetus to support innovation towards sustainable transport. The European Commission’s Communication on a European Green Deal sets out the objective of achieving climate neutrality by 2050, for which transport emissions will need to be further reduced. Innovation within the transport sector gains greater prominence, with some anticipating an innovation revolution that would completely transform the sector. In this paper, the barriers that impede such a transition from happening are examined and a tool that aids policymakers and researchers with shaping transport innovation actions is presented; The Transport Research and Innovation Monitoring and Information System (TRIMIS) is an integrated transport policy-support tool with a modular design serving as an open-access information and knowledge management system. This paper provides an overview of its main features and includes a case study on transport electrification and alternative fuels, showing how monitoring efforts can aid transport research and innovation (R&I) policymaking and governance. TRIMIS contributes to identifying evolutionary and revolutionary technologies, their funding and associated policy initiatives, so the anticipated transport revolution can be better monitored, evaluated and shaped.
Highlights
Transport makes significant contribution to economic growth and higher quality of life by facilitating the movement of people and goods
The European Research Framework Program, Horizon Europe [35] aims to overcome this limitation by clustering research areas and by research and innovation missions to increase the effectiveness of funding by pursuing clearly defined targets
The analysis focuses on the investments that were made since 2009 through European framework programs for research and technological development
Summary
Transport makes significant contribution to economic growth and higher quality of life by facilitating the movement of people and goods. The transport sector, falling within the ‘legacy sector’ categorization [14] has been showing signs of resistance towards the introduction and scale-up of innovations Their level of acceptance relies principally on the human factor and its surrounding societal issues and interactions, including among others safety, security, sustainability and climate change [15]. The existing policy and industry status and stakeholder activity have not unequivocally benefited the transport innovation revolution In this context, it is necessary to reflect on the role of political decisions in this field and the instruments that are adopted to support innovation. On the basis of this review, a comprehensive policy and monitoring system, which provides guidance to research efforts is presented as a means to catalyze the transport innovation revolution It consists of a policy framework (‘STRIA’) introduced by the European Commission (EC) and its respective monitoring system (‘TRIMIS’) co-developed by the authors. The paper concludes by discussing the strengths and weaknesses of policy support for transport innovation
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