Commercial Operations

In a road network, obtaining an estimation and prediction of traffic conditions as precise as possible is fundamental for control and management of traffic, and for information services as well. This paper describes the opportunities of the so called Floating Car Observer approach. Here, microscopic traffic density patterns are gained by mobile observation of oncoming traffic. An overview about several physical principles and the prospects of practical realization such as dedicated sensing systems are given. Estimated cost and performance tendencies of several imaginable mobile FCO sensor technologies are taken into account. First experiences with a sound level based low cost sensing system for detection of oncoming cars at directly neighbouring lanes are presented.

University of Kassel

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

This paper describes the GENTRAC Research proposal that aims to produce a cost/benefit analysis for the
Tracking and Tracing of regulated transport (live animals and hazardous goods in Europe) from both public
and private sector perspectives. The project will analyse the suitability of GNSS as a reliable and
dependable tracking technology and will seek to establish a common tracking platform that can also be
used for road pricing purposes. The project will investigate the secondary benefits that could be derived
from the public and private sectors cooperating and sharing tracking data. The project’s innovative
approach for public and private sector connectivity is expected to deliver safety, environmental and traffic
management benefits whilst establishing the market potential for GNSS based road pricing and tracking &
tracing. The project is a good example of the application of ITS to mitigate safety and environmental risks
as well as enabling public authorities to enforce regulatory requirements.

WSP Intelligent Transport Systems

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

All Italian road operators, both public and private, are constantly faced with the problem of properly managing the hazardous goods transport, in particular to be proactive and effective in the handling of cases (e.g. accidents) or in the prevention of any dangerous situation where hazardous goods vehicles are involved. As of today, the operator of a road infrastructure does not have any possibility to actively tracking such vehicles, and is simply enduring their transit in the hope that no dangerous events occur about them, about the environment, about people in the neighborhood, about the infrastructures. There is a need to set up an integrated monitoring and tracking solution, at least operating at national level, capable to help all involved stakeholders to better manage this issue, taking into account the relevant competencies. Autostrade per l’Italia, as Concessionaire of a large part of the Italian motorway network and therefore interested in strongly improving its level of service, is working towards the implementation of a nationwide solution.

Autostrade per l’Italia

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

Transport Certification Australia (TCA) has identified the future need of a trailer
interoperability system in Australia to support a range of regulatory telematics
applications. Currently, drivers manually self declare trailers and other parameters of
interest to regulators. A range of trailer monitoring devices are already in the market
but many systems are stand alone. Trailer interoperability relates to the system able to
identify an attached prime mover and trailer combination. The proposed trailer
interoperability system is based on a back-office interoperability solution which
permits interoperability between any certified in-vehicle unit and trailer-mounted
monitoring devices. This paper reports on the current progress of this project in
Australia.

Transport Certification Australia Ltd

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