STEPs Research Activities
To achieve the objective of the project, STEPs was divided into two activity paths containing key research activities:
- ‘A’ - co-ordination & outreach tasks
- ‘B’ - research activities.
these were divided into 5 phases:
Phase 1: Baseline activities, including:
- assessing recent and ongoing developments
- analysing national policies on transport and energy
- analysing case studies and technology projects
- identifying relevant trends in transport and energy use and the relationship between the two
Phase 2: Defining three scenarios for the transport and energy supply system of the future (2020 and 2030) in both qualitative and quantitative terms.
Phase 3: Running inter-linked models to produce forecasts of the relevant impacts of the scenarios, such as; transport demand, energy consumption, greenhouse & polluting emissions, accessibility and regional development & land use.
Phase 4: Assessing and evaluating the impacts of the scenarios
Phase 5: Reporting the results. Provide answers to questions concerning the future generations of vehicles, such as;
- transport energy consumption,
- measures to promote new technologies,
- transport & non transport related impacts.
None the of activities were carried out in isolation. Instead, information was passed between the strands so that stakeholders were able to find out about the work of STEPs as it happens. Therefore, STEPs was not just considered a research project, but a forum where real themes could be discussed and the outcomes help drive the future EU policy.
