A DVANCED TRAFFIC CONTROL MEASURES IN L ATVIA Boriss Jelisejevs Head of TIC SJSC Latvian State Roads TISPOL “STRIDER” project road safety seminar April 2015 Riga, Latvia

SJSC L ATVIAN S TATE R OADS (LSR)  M ANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL ROAD NETWORK ( ABOUT KM )  P LANNING AND PROCUREMENT OF ROAD WORKS  C O - ORDINATION OF INFRASTRUCTURAL TRAFFIC SAFETY MEASURES ETC.

LSR traffic information centre Functional approach in TIC The main tasks of TIC (provided all the time 24/7):  traffic info handling (data processing, sharing to media etc.)  management of traffic disturbances and dangerous situations (negotiation between emerginces and road work providers)  consultation of road users (hotline, social networks and web chat) TIC dispatching post Traffic info at Traffic info sharing to social media

Cooperation of public authorities in traffic safety domain Road administrations Emergency Traffic Police Mission: road management Mission: rescue actions Mission: traffic control and offence enforcement The other actors:  Ambulance  Vehicles’ register  PTAs  Metoffice  Railways’ operator etc. ITS Cooperation’s scheme: existing - agreement on urgent info exchange between dispatching posts during critical traffic situations forthcoming – automatic data sharing to common IT platform (challenge: data privacy concern)

ITS in Latvia (general view) Concept Data flow for traffic information services (TIS) Priorities:  introduction of TIS and eCall in accordance with Directive 2010/40/EU;  development of decision support systems for road management. On-going activities:  gradual expansion of road sensor’s network;  pilot projects for traffic management;  permanently developing traffic info service at  development of united system to share un manage ITS related data. Barriers:  lack of long term vision and political support for ITS;  poor institutional co-operation;  financial constraints;  shortage of road geographical data.

C OOPERATION WITH W AZE R EASONS :  V ERY POPULAR IN L ATVIA ( ACTIVE USERS, I. E. EACH 8 TH LV DRIVER )  A CESS TO BROAD SCOPE OF MOBILE DATA ( FOR ROAD MANAGEMENT )  C ONNECTED CITIZENS PROGRAM INITIATIVE ( BY G OOGLE /W AZE ) W ORKING PROCESS :  O PERATIONAL SINCE O CTOBER 1, 2014 ( NEGOTIATIONS STARTED IN M AY, 2014)  LSR PROVIDES TRAFFIC DATA INPUT TO W AZE ( RESTRICTIONS, DRIVING CONDITIONS IN WINTER, GENERAL NOTIFICATIONS, A. O.)  W AZE PROVIDES USERS ’ REPORTS ( POTHOLES, ACCIDENTS, SLIPPERY ROADS A. O.) AND FCD ( TRAFFIC FLOW ) TO LSR ROAD MANAGEMENT TOOLS  D ATA EXCHANGE (XML FEED, PROPRIETARY SPECIFICATIONS )

E XAMPLES OF LSR DATA FOR ROAD USERS IN W AZE ( SCREENSHOTS ) C ONSTRUCTION SITE S LIPPERNESS MAY OCCUR G ENERAL REMINDER ABOUT WINTER TYRES

W AZE USERS ’ NOTIFICATIONS IN LSR DECISION - MAKING ENVIRONMENT ( CASE : SLIPPERY ROAD ) E VENT ’ S DETAILS H EAT MAP OF EVENTS U SER ’ S PHOTO ( ACCIDENT )

W AZE USERS ’ NOTIFICATIONS IN LSR DECISION - MAKING ENVIRONMENT ( CASE : POTHOLES ) H EAT MAP OF EVENTS U SER ’ S PHOTO ( POTHOLE )

S PEEDING CAMERAS E QUIPMENT – “G ATSO ”, BASED ON D OPPLER RADAR, FOR SPOT CHECKS O PERATOR – VEHICLES ’ REGISTER (CSDD) 17 CAMERAS ARE IN USE SINCE 2015 ( PLAN FOR 20 INSTALLATIONS EACH YEAR ) W HICH TYPE SYSTEMS WILL FOLLOW ? S PEEDEING CAMERAS FOR SEGMENTS ; RED - LIGHT MOTION AND OVERTAKING BAN DETECTORS ETC.

Dynamic pre-selection of overloaded HGV 4 WEIGH - IN - MOTION (WIM) STATIONS ALREADY EXIST ( PLUS 2 IN 2015.) O PTIONAL EQUIPMENT (ANPR A. O.) SHOULD BE ADDED D ATA FLOW INTEGRATION INTO T RAFFIC P OLICE ’ S WORKING PROCEDURES

LV-EE JOINT PROPOSAL “SMART E67” P ROJECT ’ S TIMEFRAME A CTIONS : 15 V ARIABLE MESSAGE SIGNS 2 I NCEDENT MANAGEMENT AREAS 13 TRAFFIC LIGHTS IMPROVED T RAFFIC MANAGEMENT HARMONIZATION

T HANK Y OU FOR Y OUR ATTENTION ! Boriss Jelisejevs SJSC “Latvian State Roads”