Outline of the Project

Project Name

The Project of Smart Transport Strategy for Thailand 4.0

Country

Thailand

Date R/D Signed

January 1, 2018

Term of Cooperation

Five (5) years and ten (10) months from June 1, 2018 to March 31, 2024

Implementing Organizations

Thammasat University, Kasetsart University, Chulalongkorn University, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC)

Collaborating Organizations in Japan

Chubu University, Kagawa University, Osaka University, Toyama University, Meijo University, University of Tokyo, Nippon Engineering Consultants, Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting (MURC)

Background

Our everyday activities, such as driving cars, consume energy and produce greenhouse gases (GHGs). Increasing GHGs drives global warming and makes threats to life more likely. A key global issue is how to develop low carbon societies by reducing GHGs. This issue requires international efforts as it cannot be solved by one country alone. Bangkok, the capital city of Thailand, has experienced dramatic economic growth, with an increased population, numbers of private cars and traffic jams, all of which cause air pollution and GHGs to increase. To tackle such problems, the Royal Thai Government has developed an economic model called ‘Thailand 4.0'. One of its priorities is to develop innovative urban city planning, via the concept of a ‘smart city' that uses advances in technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) which will contribute to environmental protection and people's quality of life (QOL). In response, research institutions from Thailand and Japan have been implementing a Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS) programme, called "The Project of Smart Transport Strategy for Thailand 4.0".

The Overall Goal

Leap-frog strategy based on the concept of "Smart Transport Strategies" which dually archive the citizens' Quality of Life (QOL) and low carbon society is disseminated.

Project Purpose

1. A methodology to evaluate the policy packages for realizing the concept of "Smart Transport Strategies" which dually archive the citizens' Quality of Life (QOL) and low carbon society is developed.
2. "Sukhumvit Model", a policy package for Sukhumvit area to realize the concept of Smart Transport Strategies, is proposed as an application of the methodology.

Outputs and Activities

Output 1: Person centered urban model with land use and transport integration (LUTI) is developed.

Activity 1-1	Finding current state of location and transport activities in Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR)
Activity 1-2	Setting up the datasets
Activity 1-3	Research dialogue with administrative agencies of Thailand
Activity 1-4	Development of LUTI microsimulation model
Activity 1-5	Preparation for scenarios of LUTI and assessment of their impacts
Activity 1-6	Development LUTI design tool and guideline

Output 2: Smart transport and district design realizing "Street for all" are proposed.

Activity 2-1	Identification of basic policy analysis & current status of multi-mobility in Bangkok
Activity 2-2	Social experiment of next-generation para transit service by small electric mobility (SEM)
Activity 2-3	Development of applications for travel & fleet management in response to individual preferences
Activity 2-4	Development of tools for evaluation & design of walkability & usability in major roads & sois
Activity 2-5	Development of management system to improve traffic flow in intersections and road links using bigdata
Activity 2-6	Drafting of the guideline for "Street for all"

Output 3: An evaluation method of land use and transport systems based on the concept of citizens' Quality of Life (QOL) is developed.

Activity 3-1	Development of factors and method for evaluating Quality of Life
Activity 3-2	Conducting questionnaire survey on inhabitants' sense of values
Activity 3-3	Studying change in sense of values due to economic development
Activity 3-4	Evaluation of transport and living conditions in terms of QOL
Activity 3-5	Proposing Smart Transport Strategies

Output 4: Basic spatial data production and visualization on Digital Earth are developed.

Activity 4-1	Research and Development (R&D) of Digital Earth frameworks of integrated visualization of land use and traffic information
Activity 4-2	R&D of micro-geodata of urban land use
Activity 4-3	Development of mobility big data analysis systems
Activity 4-4	Development of personal probe systems for spatial-temporal QOL measurement and evaluation
Activity 4-5	Integrated visualization using the Digital Earth System

Inputs
[Japanese side]

1. Long-term and short-term experts
2. Equipment
3. Training of counterpart personnel in Japan and/or the Third Country(s)

Inputs
[Thailand side]

1. Personnel such as Project Director, Project Manager and Counterpart personnel.
2. Provision of the project office and facilities necessary for the project implementation
3. Necessary local cost for the project implementation including local travel costs for Thai researchers