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Article

A Data-Driven Prototype Platform to Support Sustainable Urban Transport Planning

by
Federico Karagulian
1,
Matteo Corazza
1,*,
Carlo Liberto
1,
Gaetano Valenti
1,
Valentina Conti
1,
Maria Lelli
1,
Silvia Orchi
1,
Andrea Gemma
2,
Rosita De Vincentis
2,
Marialisa Nigro
2,
Ernesto Cipriani
2,
Marco Petrelli
2,
Livia Mannini
2,
Fabio Carapellucci
1 and
Maria Pia Valentini
1
1
Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA-TERIN-DEC-MOST), Via Anguillarese 301, 00123 Rome, Italy
2
DICITA (Department of Civil, Computer and Aeronautical Engineering), Roma Tre University, Via Vito Volterra 62, 00146 Rome, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Sustainability 2026, 18(12), 6007; https://doi.org/10.3390/su18126007
Submission received: 5 May 2026 / Revised: 5 June 2026 / Accepted: 9 June 2026 / Published: 11 June 2026
(This article belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)
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Abstract

Cities preparing Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) increasingly require practical tools capable of merging diverse mobility datasets and transforming them into planning-relevant indicators. This article introduces PRIORITY (Platform for the tRansition to sustaInable zerO-caRbon mobilITY), a prototype platform designed to support mobility analysis and decision-making in urban contexts. The platform integrates Floating Car Data, GTFS feeds describing public transport supply, and detailed land-use and zoning information. By relying on these heterogeneous data streams, PRIORITY generates indicators such as travel and stop times, trip distances, trip volumes, energy consumption, pollutant emissions, external costs, and electric-vehicle charging behavior. The platform is organized into two main components: a back end and a front end. The back end, which constitutes the operational core, manages all collected data and ensures their structured storage in a shared database capable of handling large volumes of information on urban form, individual mobility patterns, public transport services, and modeling outcomes. The front end provides an intuitive and versatile interface that dynamically presents the outputs generated by the platform’s analytical and modeling processes. A case application for the Metropolitan City of Rome (Italy) illustrates the operational use of the prototype and shows how PRIORITY can support transparent and reproducible evaluations during the preparation and monitoring of SUMPs. The demonstrated workflow highlights the prototype’s value for public authorities and planners seeking data-informed approaches to urban mobility assessment and decarbonization strategies.
Keywords: SUMPs; mobility indicators; sustainable urban mobility; Python Flask; Floating Car Data (FCD); General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS); externalities; EV charging SUMPs; mobility indicators; sustainable urban mobility; Python Flask; Floating Car Data (FCD); General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS); externalities; EV charging

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Karagulian, F.; Corazza, M.; Liberto, C.; Valenti, G.; Conti, V.; Lelli, M.; Orchi, S.; Gemma, A.; De Vincentis, R.; Nigro, M.; et al. A Data-Driven Prototype Platform to Support Sustainable Urban Transport Planning. Sustainability 2026, 18, 6007. https://doi.org/10.3390/su18126007

AMA Style

Karagulian F, Corazza M, Liberto C, Valenti G, Conti V, Lelli M, Orchi S, Gemma A, De Vincentis R, Nigro M, et al. A Data-Driven Prototype Platform to Support Sustainable Urban Transport Planning. Sustainability. 2026; 18(12):6007. https://doi.org/10.3390/su18126007

Chicago/Turabian Style

Karagulian, Federico, Matteo Corazza, Carlo Liberto, Gaetano Valenti, Valentina Conti, Maria Lelli, Silvia Orchi, Andrea Gemma, Rosita De Vincentis, Marialisa Nigro, and et al. 2026. "A Data-Driven Prototype Platform to Support Sustainable Urban Transport Planning" Sustainability 18, no. 12: 6007. https://doi.org/10.3390/su18126007

APA Style

Karagulian, F., Corazza, M., Liberto, C., Valenti, G., Conti, V., Lelli, M., Orchi, S., Gemma, A., De Vincentis, R., Nigro, M., Cipriani, E., Petrelli, M., Mannini, L., Carapellucci, F., & Valentini, M. P. (2026). A Data-Driven Prototype Platform to Support Sustainable Urban Transport Planning. Sustainability, 18(12), 6007. https://doi.org/10.3390/su18126007

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