Sustainable mobility Schiphol-Zuidas
Schiphol is a large intersection of traffic and transportation. On a daily basis, the airport processes almost 70.000 arriving and departing passengers. To make this possible, there is again such an amount of people working at Schiphol. Together, the travellers and employees generate a massive traffic flow for which public transport, the car, or other modalities are used.
30% of airport related emissions finds its source in traffic and transportation. Schiphol Group formulated goals aiming at the reduction of these emissions. At different levels and within different departments research is executed to evaluate possibilities to realize reductions. One alternative that is considered concerns the use of electric cars. A project to investigate its potential is started at theGROUNDS; Schiphol Group’s department focusing on sustainable airport innovations. For more information about theGROUNDS, please visit www.thegrounds.com.
Approach
At Schiphol Group multiple alternatives to improve the sustainability of mobility are researched. The project at theGROUNDS is therefore strictly delineated. This prevents overlap between research projects, and enables thorough analysis.
First, the project is delineated on the basis of modality (car) and technology (electric). Next, there is a focus on business travellers within the Amsterdam Airport Corridor. The corridor comprises the area between Zuidas and Schiphol. This delineation is based on perceived opportunities. Like Schiphol Group, there are many companies on and around the airport that aim for improved sustainability of operations. Besides, these companies are willing to pay the necessary extra for sustainable solutions, like the use of electric cars.
Within this delineation the following questions are leading for the research:
- How do business travellers currently use cars for transportation within the Amsterdam Airport Corridor?
- How can these movements be realized by the use of electric cars?
- How can potential users be attracted to make use of electric cars instead of a more polluting alternative?
- What are the project costs of different alternatives and how do these alternatives contribute to the reduction of emissions?
Results
The study concludes that an electric street taxi offers the highest combined economical en sustainability potential compared to the traditional diesel taxi. This concept has also been compared with electric ordered taxi, electric rental car and electric semi-private taxi.
The analysis shows that the success of the electric taxi relies heavily on several assumptions. Due to the cost efficiency compared to diesel taxis, the economical potential of the electric taxi depends most on the milage of the taxis. The sustainability potential of the electric taxi depends most on the electricity generation process. The biggest sustainability potential is realized with the use of sustainable energy sources.
Based on the results of this study, Schiphol is investigating the opportunity to start a pilot with electric street taxis.
