Commercial Operations

As Raiffeisen Informatik Consulting is responsible for the development ,
implementation and operation of the Austrian Toll IT-Center, we have long term
experience in know how of “The role of IT in tolling business”.
Independent of main reasons for tolling, congestion, emmisions or recouping road costs,
nearly each country in EU has implemented some kind of toll collection.
Usage based tolling are at this time based on microwave/DSRC or Satellite/GSM/GPRS.
The role of IT is a key-discipline in tolling systems,  high-availability  is  absolutely
necessary, also flexibility to change, cost-effectiveness is required, set-up time has to
be  less than 12 months,  IT costs are  in comparison to road-side  technology costs
rather small (~ 10% - 14%), the system integration flexibility is dominant, dependency
of IT on road-side technology is minor and the success of a tolling project is
dependent on the IT-System.
There are high-level IT requirements for a tolling system, as e.g. for design/build/run
of the IT System,  7 x  24 operations, redundancy of data centers, application
development, highest level of security, expertise in mass data processing, helpdesk /
support, client and LAN services (IT office), business process know how, expertise in
payment processing (post- / prepay), point of sale expertise and output services.
The coming issues in tolling are mainly interoperability, the  technology discussion,
city tolling will increase and upcoming nationwide projects.

Raiffeisen Informatik Consulting GmbH

Presented at the ITS America Annual Conference and Exposition, November 16-20, 2008, New York, New York

The web-based Road Condition Reporting System (RCRS) is a statewide tool used by all
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation engineering districts to ensure consistency and
accuracy when reporting road closure and condition information on state highways.  For each
reported road closure, RCRS captures information such as road closure beginning and ending
locations and the estimated time when the roadway will be reopened.  For road conditions,
RCRS captures the condition of roadway using 6 specific condition criteria ranging from
“Clear” to “Impassible.”  

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

GeoDecisions

Presented at the 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems, November 16-20, 2008, New York, New York

This paper focuses on recent changes concerning the European Project on VMS
harmonization Mare Nostrum VMS (MN-VMS) now re-named European Study 4 (ES-4) in the
new frame of European ITS studies and implementation EASYWAY 2007-2013. Late in 2006,
MN-VMS welcomed the incorporation of Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Slovenia, Sweden, and
United Kingdom. New members within this larger group were t h e n required to update,
completing the so-called “working book” (where VMS signing practices of the all group are
gathered), and performing the empirical test done by older members (see 14th World Congress on
ITS 2007). Finally, the group is now focused on the elaboration of the ES-4 Guidelines, bringing
the experience on the “working book” to a set of recommendations. This paper focuses on this

new work growing context of MN-VMS/ES-4.
Servei Català de Tránsit, Spain

SETRA, France

University of Valencia, Spain

Transport Scotland, UK

Highways Agency, UK

Rijkswaterstaat-AVV, Netherlands

BRISA, Portugal

SINA, Italy

Vägverket, Sweden

DARS, Slovenia

Presented at the ITS America Annual Conference and Exposition, November 16-20, 2008, New York, New York

This paper focuses on recent changes concerning the European Project on VMS
harmonization Mare Nostrum VMS (MN-VMS) now re-named European Study 4 (ES-4) in the
new frame of European ITS studies and implementation EASYWAY 2007-2013. Late in 2006,
MN-VMS welcomed the incorporation of Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Slovenia, Sweden, and
United Kingdom. New members within this larger group were t h e n required to update,
completing the so-called “working book” (where VMS signing practices of the all group are
gathered), and performing the empirical test done by older members (see 14th World Congress on
ITS 2007). Finally, the group is now focused on the elaboration of the ES-4 Guidelines, bringing
the experience on the “working book” to a set of recommendations. This paper focuses on this

new work growing context of MN-VMS/ES-4.
Servei Català de Tránsit, Spain

SETRA, France

University of Valencia, Spain

Transport Scotland, UK

Highways Agency, UK

Rijkswaterstaat-AVV, Netherlands

BRISA, Portugal

SINA, Italy

Vägverket, Sweden

DARS, Slovenia

Presented at the ITS America Annual Conference and Exposition, November 16-20, 2008, New York, New York

The Interstate 10 National Freight Corridor is a vital artery in our nation’s
transportation network. The I-10 states have been working together for nearly 10
years to try and find solutions to address the growing congestion and associated
impacts on freight. The current emphasis is on near term ITS solutions combined
with long term capital projects. Recently, an ITS Architecture was completed for the
corridor, along with a 10 year deployment plan.

Wilbur Smith Associates

Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development

Florida Department of Transportation

Presented at the 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems, November 16-20, 2008, New York, New York