Pilot Lead: City of Pilsen

Pilsen is a mid-sized city with a population of 165+ thousand people located in the western part of the Czech Republic. Pilsen is a hub for commuters, retail, entertainment and tourism/visiting. Pilsen faces many challenges in terms of transport planning and the city design itself. The Pilsen case is a good example for many smaller/medium sized cities and hence the Digital Twin developed within this pilot will be of high importance elsewhere.

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The City of Pilsen is developing and implementing the Smart City concept in different areas including mobility, security, business support, environment, ICT and public participation. However, there is still a lack of complex and data-based planning across different sectors and policy areas that influence each other.

Digital Twin Goal: The Pilsen pilot will focus on the interrelation between transport and noise pollution in a 3D environment. Noise pollution in the city environment is influenced by many factors. One of the factors is the local road transport - especially the traffic volumes that pass by the built-up environment, types of vehicles and traffic conditions such as speed limits. The other factors that play a crucial role in the city ecosystem is urban design, urban morphology, land use, street distribution, street environment and green infrastructure.

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Policy Goal: Pilsen will demonstrate the DUET Digital Twin concept across transport and mobility, urban planning and environment and wellbeing by focusing on two related policy areas (1)  Environmental Noise Directive (2002/49/EC) which recognises the need to protect quiet areas in cities and towns as sites of value to the local community. Plants and specific land use can play a role in this by softening the urban environment and reducing noise, and; (2) the development of Pilsen’s sustainable mobility plan. Stress will be made on the interrelation of these policy areas, breaking the silo-based traditional approaches in decision making.

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