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CEDR PG “Capacity and Service to Users”
Fritz Bolte bast Division Traffic Management, Telematics Berne, 06 July 2006 1
Traffic Information in Germany
How to deal with Traffic Information national Organisations:
Dr. Fritz BolteBundesanstalt fuer Strassenwesen (bast)
(Federal Highway Research Institute)
Bergisch Gladbach/Germany
CEDR PG “Capacity and Service to Users”
Berne, 06 July 2006
CEDR PG “Capacity and Service to Users”
Fritz Bolte bast Division Traffic Management, Telematics Berne, 06 July 2006 2
Traffic Information in Germany Development History Actors involved Traffic Information in its Context Public and Commercial Traffic Information Public Authorities and their mandate Commercial Service Providers and their mandate Traffic Information as Traffic Management Tool European Aspects
CEDR PG “Capacity and Service to Users”
Fritz Bolte bast Division Traffic Management, Telematics Berne, 06 July 2006 3
Traffic Information in its Context “Information Society”
Print Media, Radio, TV, World-wide satellite TV and Radio Telephones, Mobile Phones Internet Public and Commercial Services
Traffic Information as a specific content Free access to Traffic information as
common target
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Fritz Bolte bast Division Traffic Management, Telematics Berne, 06 July 2006 4
Back to the roots ... Traditional operation since
the early 1960s Police Broadcasters Road Authorities
RDS-TMC Tests in the early 1990s Police Road Authorities Broadcasters Receiver Industry Support from Consultancies
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Fritz Bolte bast Division Traffic Management, Telematics Berne, 06 July 2006 5
... and stepwise forwards
Transition to RDS-TMC operational systems, MoU, Commitment mainly Police, Road Authorities,
Broadcasters, Receiver Industry, Automobile clubs
Commercial Service providers followed when “critical mass” was achieved and a business case was seen
CEDR PG “Capacity and Service to Users”
Fritz Bolte bast Division Traffic Management, Telematics Berne, 06 July 2006 6
Public and Commercial Traffic Information
Competition
or Co-existence?
or even Co-operation?
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"Public authorities"
In this context, public authorities and public broadcasters are considered.
Their mandates are different, however, as for traffic information, their interests go into the same direction: to distribute relevant and uptodate traffic
messages to as many traffic participants as possible
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Fritz Bolte bast Division Traffic Management, Telematics Berne, 06 July 2006 8
Mandates of Public Authorities
Transport Policy Objectives such as Provision of efficient Transport Capacity Accessibility of Cities and Regions Improvement of Traffic Safety Protection of Environment and Resources Transport Economy ...
Superior Objective: Enabling Mobility of People and Goods
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Fritz Bolte bast Division Traffic Management, Telematics Berne, 06 July 2006 9
Public Broadcasters Mandate
Distribution of independent and correct information to their listeners
Binding their listeners by means of highly appreciated programs (news, traffic messages, entertainment)
CEDR PG “Capacity and Service to Users”
Fritz Bolte bast Division Traffic Management, Telematics Berne, 06 July 2006 10
Tools of Road Authorities completion and widening of roads and networks regulation of network use dynamic traffic management variable direction signs systems variable message signs temporary use of hard shoulders, ramp metering dynamic lane allocation and traffic information
CEDR PG “Capacity and Service to Users”
Fritz Bolte bast Division Traffic Management, Telematics Berne, 06 July 2006 11
Limited roadside implementations of dynamic regulations
(only) traffic and accident hot spots equipped
limited information contents (HMI)
CEDR PG “Capacity and Service to Users”
Fritz Bolte bast Division Traffic Management, Telematics Berne, 06 July 2006 12
Traffic Information as Complement for Traffic Management
Explaining roadside regulations
Available everywhere
CEDR PG “Capacity and Service to Users”
Fritz Bolte bast Division Traffic Management, Telematics Berne, 06 July 2006 13
Synergy ...
... of Roadside Regulations ...
... and In-Vehicle Information
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Improving Driver AcceptanceEffectiveness of traffic management measures
depends on driver acceptance:
"Vienna Convention": "Driver is in the loop" no automatic intervention into vehicle actions
from outside
Good and complementing traffic information as support for traffic management measures
Hundred percent enforcement as alternative?
CEDR PG “Capacity and Service to Users”
Fritz Bolte bast Division Traffic Management, Telematics Berne, 06 July 2006 15
Complement to traffic regulations
Traffic information as complement to road regulations and dynamic signing improvement of acceptance by supporting traffic
information Advantage of traffic information:
High flexibility Availability and Accessibility of information
CEDR PG “Capacity and Service to Users”
Fritz Bolte bast Division Traffic Management, Telematics Berne, 06 July 2006 16
Structural Scheme of RDS-TMC Services
CEDR PG “Capacity and Service to Users”
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Basis for Co-operation / Networking
Win-win Situation for all Actors (no cashflow between Actors) Operation on agreed Rules of Co-operation Mutual Respect of other actors interests
and responsibility Mutual confidence based on experience “Round Table” to solve occurring
problems and for further developments
CEDR PG “Capacity and Service to Users”
Fritz Bolte bast Division Traffic Management, Telematics Berne, 06 July 2006 18
Technical and operational Consequences
automatic generation of traffic messages on the bases of traffic detectors
consistency of dynamic road signing and traffic information
synergies
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Fritz Bolte bast Division Traffic Management, Telematics Berne, 06 July 2006 19
Costs
RA: Traffic Monitoring, TCC, .... Police: Staff, transmission, Info Centre ... Broadcasters: Editorial Staff,
Broadcasting costs ...... User Associations: Operation of User
Reports, Editorial Staff, GSM airtime
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Fritz Bolte bast Division Traffic Management, Telematics Berne, 06 July 2006 20
Commercial Service Providers and their Mandate
Commercial Service Providers need financial success of their investments through collection of revenues from their Clients.
Satisfaction of clients is a precondition Traffic Safety is only a secondary target.
= Clear and legal Business objectives
Example: Alerting their clients in case of police speed enforcement actions: Is this supporting traffic safety?
CEDR PG “Capacity and Service to Users”
Fritz Bolte bast Division Traffic Management, Telematics Berne, 06 July 2006 21
European Aspects European challenge to halve fatalities till 2010 Real Time Traffic Information as high priority safety
relevant tool Safety relevance of free access services Minimum free accessible messages in all countries Extension of RDS-TMC services in all EU countries Improvement of existing services to reach targeted
quality standards
CEDR PG “Capacity and Service to Users”
Fritz Bolte bast Division Traffic Management, Telematics Berne, 06 July 2006 22
RTTI: Next Steps From the answers to the letter to the national ministries an actual survey is
to be expected of the strategies of the Member States.
The new member states will install rather rapidly RTTI services.
Standardisation of TPEG should soon be achieved allowing trials and evaluations with RTTI services in 2006.
Agreements with as many Urban Traffic Centres as possible should be made so that traffic information which is readily available there may be used for RTTI-services.
To avoid expensive installation of new sensors for traffic data collection, it has been proposed to use the location information of mobile phones to measure traffic density and average speed. First installations for RTTI services may be realised in the near future, eventually. This may be most valuable in towns, suburban areas and on roads without sensors to monitor the actual traffic flow.
CEDR PG “Capacity and Service to Users”
Fritz Bolte bast Division Traffic Management, Telematics Berne, 06 July 2006 23
Further important actors in the information train
road users and their clubs as sources and destination of information
jam busters organised by road user clubs and broadcasters
Result: Networked information chains
CEDR PG “Capacity and Service to Users”
Fritz Bolte bast Division Traffic Management, Telematics Berne, 06 July 2006 24
Commercial services as add-on to public information services
CEDR PG “Capacity and Service to Users”
Fritz Bolte bast Division Traffic Management, Telematics Berne, 06 July 2006 25
Detecting market niches to develop new services and to adopt them to user needs
needs of fleet operators needs of logistics companies needs of individual users needs of specific user groups needs of business clients (hotels, commercial
companies, etc.)
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Fritz Bolte bast Division Traffic Management, Telematics Berne, 06 July 2006 26
Specific technologies and opportunities for commercial service providers
Bi-directional communication (GPRS) Central route calculation Linking additional user services to traffic
information Public services are limited to general traffic
information items
CEDR PG “Capacity and Service to Users”
Fritz Bolte bast Division Traffic Management, Telematics Berne, 06 July 2006 27
European aspects Real time traffic information (RTTI) as tool to improve traffic
safety RTTI requirements concerning quality, availability,
accessibility and accuracy of traffic information Economic considerations
Data pooling Access to new data collection technologies, such as
Floating car data, Floating Phone data European coverage: Europe-wide access to traffic
information free-of-charge Obstacles to be removed, efforts needed
CEDR PG “Capacity and Service to Users”
Fritz Bolte bast Division Traffic Management, Telematics Berne, 06 July 2006 28
Common Task
Mobility Management
AutomobileIndustry
Police
Telematic-Industry End User
Broadcasters
Commercial Info-
Services
Road Auth.
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Fritz Bolte bast Division Traffic Management, Telematics Berne, 06 July 2006 29
New Co-operation ModelsTomorrow?
PublicFCD,FPD,
Sensoren
AdAC...
DataPool
HistoricData
TrafficControl Level
VMS, DRG
VWFRDS-TMC
CommercialService Provider
IndividualisedInformation
Public
PPP
Private
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Fritz Bolte bast Division Traffic Management, Telematics Berne, 06 July 2006 30
ENDThank you for your
attention
Any questions?