| 1Kapsch TrafficCom Intelligent Transport Systems: ETC-based telematics as key to improve Road Safety Global Ministry Conference – Round Table on ITS and Road Safety, Moscow November 19 th 2009
| 2 Road Fatalities in the EU and in Russia About 38,500 people killed in road traffic accidents in 2008/ Russia: 30,000 15,700 less than in Reduction of 29% Target of 50% reduction by 2010 only in 2017 EU-15 is expected to reach the target in 2013 Slowest progress in Central and Eastern European Countries Road crash costs estimated 1,5% of GDP/ Russia € 10,5 bln (2,6% of GDP) Kapsch TrafficCom
| 3 Road Safety as shared responsibility Kapsch TrafficCom European Union Road Safety Charter Road Safety Action Programme ITS Action Plan ITS Russia ERTICO ASECAP Intelli-Drive Innovative road safety telematics solutions/ ITS applications Infrastructure – vehicle communication Vehicle – vehicle communication Traffic management & traffic control systems Domaines Study/Research Projects/Pilots Funding Deployment Law Enforcement Develop new business processes Public SectorPrivate Sector
| Road Safety as an integrated approach (3 E’s) Education (User behavior) Educate all potential road users – start in school or even earlier Campaigns Engineering Vehicle Safety Road infrastructure Safety Enforcement Enforce traffic rules and therefore discipline drivers that violate these rules and jeopardize others Earn money which helps to increase road safety The 3E’s should be applied in the following sequence 4 Education Engineering Enforcement Time
| 5 ITS Technologies for Road Safety Locationing: GNSS, DSRC Communication: DSRC, GSM, 5.9 GHz Image processing:Digital Video Kapsch TrafficCom
| 6 Cost reduction and better data through capturing traffic data from the toll system Traffic Information, Management & Planning Improved safety and security through better traffic enforcement and observation Safety & Security Better service for the driver through value added services (>> increasing acceptance for toll !) End-user Mobility Services Additional revenues through utilizing the ETC infrastructure for implementing industry solutions Industry Solutions ETC systems as „telematics backbone“ Electronic Toll Collection System
| 7Kapsch TrafficCom Broad Spectrum of Secondary Telematics Applications Kapsch Telematics Platform DSRC DataVideo DataSensor DataGPS Data OBU End- User Services OBU-based Access Services OBU-based Payment Services Traffic Management Traffic Management Center Traffic Monitoring (Sensor based) Traffic Monitor (Toll Data-based) Dynamic Tolling Safety Speed Regulation / Red Light Enforcement Incident Detection System Security Automated Number Plate Recognition Data Privacy Traffic Analysis Traffic Statistics Traffic Flow Analysis Traffic Planning Tools Industry Solutions Vehicle Tracking (Fleet Management) Pay-as-you-drive (Car Insurance) Industry Applications (e.g. Logistics)
| 8Kapsch TrafficCom Safety & Security Telematics Applications Speed Section Control Incident Detection System (IDS) Red Light Enforcement System (RLES)
| Traditional Speed Measurement 9 Kapsch TrafficCom Laser based Mobile systems based on radar Stationary radar systems Video based speed measurement mobile systems Very efficient due to the surprise effect. A disadvantage is that they are personnel-intensive and a continuous operation is not possible. fixed systems Effect of such systems is very local
| SC distance =3km Time1=09:50:00 Time2=09:52:00 START END PC HGV Evaluation unit Traffic monitoring center Vehicle registration database Hard shoulder Maintenance and support working position Manual verification Principal layout of a MLFF Section Control 10Kapsch TrafficCom
| Advantages and main features of a Section Control Reduce accident probability and severity (primary aim of speed control) Reduce the average velocity on a longer road section (secondary aim of speed control) Harmonize the traffic flow (secondary aim of speed control) no abrupt braking at speed traps Reducing environmental pollution (due to speed reduction) Reducing the noise disturbance (due to speed reduction) Automatic operation (24/7) Extendable by additional system features: Distance measurement Traffic statistics Wrong way driver detection Height check Adaptive velocities Weight in Motion 11Kapsch TrafficCom
| Effects on accident probability and average velocity England (Nottingham) Dead or seriously injured-55% Italy Amount of accidents-22% Slightly injured-34.75% Dead persons-50.83% Austria(Kaisermühlentunnel) Slightly injured-33.3% Dead/ seriously inj.-48.8% A reduction of the average velocity by 1% leads to 2% less slightly injured, 3% less seriously injured and 4% less killed persons. 12Kapsch TrafficCom Reduction of the average velocity in the Kaisermühlentunnel (Vienna) from 85km/h to 75km/h. Source: Kuratorium für Verkehrssicherheit (Austria)
| Video based Incident Detection (IDS), Traffic Data and Surveillance Congestion and stopped car Wrong way / lane drivers Break down by occupancy Smoke Movement Pedestrians, Animals Speed of single objects Slow driver Distance of single objects Vehicle classification / counting Lost Cargo / Debris Dangerous Good (ADR), ANPR Hard shoulder lane, cont.
| 14Kapsch TrafficCom Detection of Wrong Way Drivers by Digital Image Processing Intelligent digital video camera installed at exits If a vehicle with wrong driving direction is detected, the following actions are started: report to a traffic control centre alarming police warning of drivers on that particular stretch of the road
| Example: Detection of Wrong Way Driver Ghost Driver (Truck) in Strenger Tunnel The situation is alerted immediately and the following tunnel reflex is released Minimise the negative effects of traffic disturbances like accidents or congestions Shorten the reaction time to incidents Automatically triggered proceedings The tunnel entrance traffic light turns red Real-time traffic management information signs limit speed to 60 km/h Info signs in emergency bays and portals indicate “Attention Ghost driver”.
| Red Light Enforcement System (RLS) Detection Vehicles are detected and identified by their license plates when entering the crossing with infra red cameras generating a front image. When the vehicle leaves the crossing again it is detected and identified a second time by another infra red camera. Identification Identification of vehicles is done automatically by extracting the license plate string with a high performance Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) engine. Verification A comparison of the ANPR results of vehicles entering and leaving the crossing can be outlined to determine the vehicle path and to decide if a violation of traffic rules exists or not 16
| 17Kapsch TrafficCom Conclusion Road Safety as shared responsibility and integrated approach “Institutionalized dialog” between the Public and the Private Public awareness and education are essential ETC Systems as “telematics backbone” facilitating Road Safety “Add on” applications Open standards are needed Law enforcement as strong element in Road Safety Safety vs. Security Data privacy Direct effects on Road Safety statistics & Spill over effects Better traffic management, environment, GDP
| …or we can also try this! 18Kapsch TrafficCom AG
| 19Kapsch TrafficCom Josef Czako Director, International Business Development Kapsch TrafficCom AG Am Europlatz 2 | A-1120 Vienna | Austria Phone +43 (0) Mobile Thank you for your attention!