1 Board of Building and Public Works - Bavarian State Ministry for the Interior Department for Highways and Bridges – ITS Unit ITS Bavaria Masterplan Improvement in Traffic Management using satellite information and services Ulrich Haspel Bavarian Board of Building
2 Board of Building and Public Works - Bavarian State Ministry for the Interior Department for Highways and Bridges – ITS Unit ITS Bavaria Masterplan History Beginning of the 90s: first pilot projects in the traffic info sector Project “Bayerninfo”: a first data collection in the private vehicle traffic and first internet platforms for traffic information “High-tech offensive Bavaria”: working area “improvement of traffic information services” => decision to found an agency with the function to advance and enlarge traffic information services Establishment of the basis for such services Development of an intermodal data platform Research project INTREST Tendering and negotiation process for public-private-partnership company to develop and operate the services Signing of contract for the foundation of the Traffic Information Agency Bavaria (VIB) in January 2006 ITS masterplan to coordinate all new activities
3 Board of Building and Public Works - Bavarian State Ministry for the Interior Department for Highways and Bridges – ITS Unit ITS Bavaria Masterplan secondary road network Integration of different data sources VIB weather public transport urban traffic highways parking events road works tourism
4 Board of Building and Public Works - Bavarian State Ministry for the Interior Department for Highways and Bridges – ITS Unit ITS Bavaria Masterplan Planning for enhancement in the system Set of basic actions of the public side defined in the contract, e.g. Elaboration of basic concepts and alignment to the overall goals Quality assurance of data and services Assistance in the cooperation with partners In parallel: enhancement of traffic information regarding Static data: improvement of the underlying georeferencing basis INTREST by integration of new data Dynamic data: improvement of the traffic messages by integration of other data sources Services: creation of new services and data delivery for service providers Basis for all new development will be the “ITS-laboratory” in which data integration and service generation can be tested without interference with an operative system All new developments are defined in the master plan “ITS Bavaria 2015”
5 Board of Building and Public Works - Bavarian State Ministry for the Interior Department for Highways and Bridges – ITS Unit ITS Bavaria Masterplan Improvements regarding static data The INTREST georeferencing system is based on a commercial map, that can be enhanced with additional information Work items for enhancement will be: Integration of traffic objects like detectors, gantries and sign posts for speed limits or overtaking bans, parking facilities (e.g. Park&Ride) with GPS-based data acquisition Integration of addresses, single house coordinates, buildings in cooperation with the land survey Improvement of the georeferencing of complex PT stops in cooperation with PT operators Integration of tourist information like bicycle paths, accommodations, sights or important buildings in cooperation with tourist organizations tbc
6 Board of Building and Public Works - Bavarian State Ministry for the Interior Department for Highways and Bridges – ITS Unit ITS Bavaria Masterplan Improvements regarding dynamic content (1) The dynamic content of the VIB currently consists of a detection-based level-of-service long-term road works current messages from the police warning center georeferenced construction information on the subordinate road network
7 Board of Building and Public Works - Bavarian State Ministry for the Interior Department for Highways and Bridges – ITS Unit ITS Bavaria Masterplan Improvements regarding dynamic content (2) Work items for enhancement will be: Integration of short-term road works by receiving road work trailers’ current position Integration of georeferenced events that influence traffic (sports events, concerts etc.) Establishment of a content editor office within the traffic control center in Munich Integration of PT messages from railway operators Integration of georeferenced weather messages from weather services
8 Board of Building and Public Works - Bavarian State Ministry for the Interior Department for Highways and Bridges – ITS Unit ITS Bavaria Masterplan Improvements regarding services (1) The VIB currently offers basic services ( B2A-services and payable premium services The distribution of information to the end-user shall be enhanced by: The delivery of static and dynamic data for commercial service providers (driver assistance systems etc.) The test of data distribution via different media, like short-range communication from gantries to vehicle communication or DAB broadcast of current gantry display Intermodal route guidance to enable a use of all existing transport infrastructure (road transport, PT, pedestrians, cyclists and all cominations)
9 Board of Building and Public Works - Bavarian State Ministry for the Interior Department for Highways and Bridges – ITS Unit ITS Bavaria Masterplan Improvements regarding services (2)
10 Board of Building and Public Works - Bavarian State Ministry for the Interior Department for Highways and Bridges – ITS Unit ITS Bavaria Masterplan Political aspects and overall goals Challenge: Bavaria is a major European transit region with very high traffic loads on the major axis The political objective regarding ITS is to contribute to an economy and ecology-friendly flow of traffic in the intermodal context and a best possible use of the infrastructure raise the traffic efficiency lower the accident rate and contribute to traffic safety involve all Bavarian and external players (other authorities, communities, the industry and neighbouring regions) into the activities bridge the complex federal structures in Germany To fulfill the tasks of the public side currently the ITS unit of the Ministry for the Interior is in charge
11 Board of Building and Public Works - Bavarian State Ministry for the Interior Department for Highways and Bridges – ITS Unit ITS Bavaria Masterplan Thank you for your attention! Ulrich Haspel Bavarian Board of Building