ITS in Bologna CIVITAS Workshop – Athens – April 24 th, 2012

Index ITS in Bologna - Bologna: general data and urban traffic - The Traffic Control Centre - ITS, enforcement and traffic policy - CIVITAS MIMOSA and ITS - CIVITAS MIMOSA EU Cycling Challenge

EMILIA - ROMAGNA BOLOGNA O Overall demographic size Municipal area Historic centre Limited Traffic Zones (LTZ) Pedestrian areas Inhabitants Area(Km 2 ) ~650,000 ~375, ~53, ~45, ~12, Daily movements ~ 2 million internal 45% exchange 28% crossing 27% General data about Bologna

Modal split in Bologna - Internal movements Modal split in Bologna - Internal movements ( ~ 1 million per day)

ITS in Bologna A set of instruments for traffic planning, control, monitoring Bus control centre Cartography Equipped vehicles SMS for info Web Maps Traffic light control Traffic light control Parking Info Enforcement cameras Accident detection Inductive loops VMS PURPOSE The Traffic Control Centre

Problem: Communication between systems/services/procedures Bus control centre Cartography Equipped vehicles SMS for info Web Maps Traffic light control Traffic light control Parking Info Enforcement cameras Accident detection Inductive loops VMS PURPOSE The Traffic Control Centre

The goal: to create an integrated system able to collect data, analyse problems and elaborate strategies in order to decrease congestion, inform citizens in real time e provide tools for traffic planning Bus control centre Cartography Equipped vehicles SMS for info Web Maps Traffic light control Traffic light control Parking Info Enforcement cameras Accident detection Inductive loops VMS PURPOSE The Traffic Control Centre Problem: Communication between systems/services/procedures

CisiumCisium Bus control centre Cartography Equipped vehicles SMS for info Web Maps Traffic light control Traffic light control Parking Info Enforcement cameras Accident detection Inductive loops VMS Solution: an integrated platform in a distributed environment PURPOSE The Traffic Control Centre

Goals: Better real time traffic monitoring Provide tools for traffic planning Real Time Information for road users Actions: Improvement of centralised traffic light control (new sensors and traffic light equipment) Integration to the LTZ/bus lanes control gates Integration of the real time bus control centre for BUS prioritisation More than 40 Variable Message Signs Real Time Traffic Information on web, sms, , satellite GPS car navigator systems Mobile centre for pollution monitoring UTMC (CISIUM) new Traffic Control Centre Based on UTOPIA software, the UTMC integrates: georeferencing tools (cartography), models of traffic prediction, event management and the Travel Planner platform The Traffic Control Centre

 Vectorial cartography of the urban area  Road graph  All mobility layers georeferenced (traffic lights, inductive loops, VMS, cameras…) Some features and services Geographic Information System Data provided by SIT (Informative System for the Territory): database Oracle processed by ArcSDE (ESRI) The Traffic Control Centre

 170 intersections controlled UTOPIA Urban Traffic Control System  About 1,000 inductive loops  Dynamic phase optimisation  Analyse and diagnostic tools  Prioritisation of Bus The Utopia System for traffic light regulation Some features and services The Traffic Control Centre

Travel Planner  Travel planner integrated with P&R services, bus and private traffic prediction services Some features and services The Traffic Control Centre

Level service of street  Speed Factor (SF): to indicate the average speed available for a single road segment.  Congestion Index (CI): to indicate the level of congestion of a whole road graph (i.e.: a row of road segments); different road graph will be typified in the road network map using different colours to show the different CI. Data Source: Inductive loops at traffic lights Bus fleet (GPS connection to detect vehicles speed in real time) 5 equipped vehicles going around (in different days and time) Some features and services The Traffic Control Centre

 13 VMS for Parking Info  5 Car Park connected to the centre Parking availability info system Some features and services The Traffic Control Centre

 47 VMS in the urban and metropolitan area  Information about traffic rules, events Video Message Signs Network Some features and services The Traffic Control Centre

Some features and services The Traffic Control Centre real-time image of road events and roads’ level of service real-time information available also within Google Maps Real time information on traffic

1a. Road network Down Town mediaeval scheme narrow streets lack of space Main streets (to access the Centre) Not all of them can be used to freely enter the Centre (bus lanes, one- way,…) LTZ Limited Traffic Zone 3.2 km 2 ITS, enforcement and traffic policy

LTZ and main bus lanes access is based on an authorising system: with the support of ITS (cameras) transgressors are automatically fined. 1c. ITS, enforcement and traffic policy Down Town Main streets (to access the Centre) LTZ Cameras ITS, enforcement and traffic policy

SIRIO: Monitoring system to check access to LTZ - Launched in Feb LTZ Area: 3.2 km 2 (around the 80% of the city centre) Restrictions from 7 AM to 8 PM, no restrictions on Saturdays LTZ Access control: 10 gates monitored by cameras The system automatically generates fines for transgressors Number of LTZ Access Authorisations: around 60,000 LTZ HISTORICAL CENTRE ITS, enforcement and traffic policy

RITA: Monitoring system to check access to bus lanes and “T” Area Access control to bus lanes : 10 gates monitored by cameras (also motorbikes) Access control to University Area : 2 gates monitored by cameras (also motorbikes) restrictions are effective 24 h a day The system automatically generates fines for transgressors Access control to the “T” Area : 3 gates ITS, enforcement and traffic policy

SIRIO e RITA positioning SIRIO RITA RITA Zona “U” RITA - 3 gates in “T” area SIRIO - 9 gates in LTZ RITA - 8 gates to control bus lanes UNIVERSITY “U” AREA 2 gates to control semi pedestrian area ITS, enforcement and traffic policy

ITS results (since 2004) - 25% of unauthorised cars in LTZ - 30% in the 3 main roads in the centre - 70% of unauthorised vehicles in “U” area - 70% of unauthorised cars in PT dedicated lanes Access in LTZ trend: average day of Feb. h h.

Downside: spreading of motorvehicles in Bologna Trends for cars =100 ITS, enforcement and traffic policy

Financing program aimed at integration and harmonisation of policies and instruments for sustainable mobility in the metropolitan areas. Cities involved: Bologna (IT) - Coordination, Utrecht (NL), Gdansk (PL), Funchal (Madeira - PT) and Tallin (EE) In the Bologna’s site: - Comune of Bologna - Regione Emilia Romagna - ATC S.p.A. - SRM – PT Authority CIVITAS MIMOSA Making Innovation on MObility Sustainable Actions (started on Oct. 2008) CIVITAS MIMOSA and ITS

Measures scheduled: about 70 Measures foreseen in the Bologna’s site: 18; many of them are base on ITS or ITS oriented CIVITAS MIMOSA and ITS

SRM measure about mobility credits (behavioural change towards less polluting modes) : a challenge among EU cities was launched. May Bologna (IT) and -Barcelona (ES) -Tallinn (EE) -Iasi (RO) -Reading (UK) -S.Lazzaro (IT) -Saronikos (EL) -Kessariani (EL) -Elliniko-Argyroupoli (EL)

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