Commercial Operations

This paper describes the work that has been undertaken to establish the business case for Controlled
Motorways. Since the introduction of the Controlled Motorways on the M25 in 1995, the Highways
Agency (HA) has commissioned a number of studies to optimise system performance and to quantify
the impact of the system with the aim of establishing the business case for implementation and
developing guidelines for future roll-out. This paper provides a summary of the work undertaken and
the key results from the M25 Controlled Motorways studies. It also describes work to develop a
Generic Business Case for investment in Controlled Motorways and the development of an
Assessment Tool which can be used to prioritise between alternative sites.

MOUCHEL PARKMAN

HIGHWAYS AGENCY

FABER MAUNSELL

TRL

Presented at the 12th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems, November 6-10, 2005, San Francisco, California

The purpose of this study is primarily to clarify the concept for ubiquitous transportation
system (UTS) based on the ubiquitous computing technology and paradigm. Additionally the
key conceptual terminologies related to the ubiquitous computing are reinterpreted for the
transportation domain. The 6 key properties are proposed as the necessary and sufficient
conditions for the ubiquitous system, it can be represented by “3Any” & “3Tr”.   3Any
stands for Anytime, Anywhere and Anything, 3Tr stands for Transcendence, Transparency
and Trustworthy. The methodology how to realize the UTS is also considered and the
differences between the existing ITS and UTS are also enumerated. Finally an idea for
measuring the degree of ubiquity, called the UQ (Ubiquity Quotient), is proposed.

Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements

The GSIC of Ajou University

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

The Traffic Control and Management System (TCMS) is currently implemented on the three
most critical sections of Slovenian highways. Various components of the system enable realtime
data collection on which the automatic determination of critical traffic or weather
situation is based. In case of a critical situation or incident detection the system executes
corrective actions, out of which the display of the appropriate traffic messages on variable
message signs is the most important one. The estimation of the system impacts has shown a
high positive impact on the traffic safety with the reduction of response time, number of
accidents and congestions and thereby also a lower negative impact on the environment

Traffic design

University of Ljubljana

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

The historical approach to telematics has revolved around proprietary architectures and
technologies, limiting telematics service offerings and hampering the flexibility of the
telematics service provider supply chain.  This has in turn created significant barriers to
market entry and has limited competition in the industry.  Open platform approaches to
telematics can help alleviate many of these problems by providing more standard
architectures and interfaces to the telematics community for the provision of telematics
services.  This kind of approach can increase the flexibility of the telematics service provider
supply chain.  One example of this kind of open platform approach is the Next Generation
Telematics Protocol (NGTP) developed by BMW, Connexis, and WirelessCar.

Connexis LLC, U.S.A.

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

The Norwegian DSRC based AutoPASS service provides full interoperability
between all Norwegian and Scandinavian toll road operators. With a market penetration rate
of over 50 percent and increased opportunities for commercial utilisation of the system, the
need to develop a strategy to clearly define future objectives and areas of application has
arisen. The paper describes the Norwegian Public Roads Administration’s strategy for the use
of the AutoPASS system towards 2020, including issues such as technology, areas of
application, organisation and ownership.

Norwegian Public Roads Administration

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