1. Overview on R&D programme of FTA International Partnership Meeting 15
Overview on R&D programme of FTA International Partnership Meeting Washington Tiina Jauhiainen, R&D Program Director

2. Finnish Transport Agency’s Strategy (2014)
Mission
The Finnish Transport Agency enables smooth, efficient and safe travel and transport
Vision 2025
Smart routes and intelligent traffic - for you.

3. FTA’s R&D program in brief
R&D on roads, railways, waterways and whole transport system
Consists of 11 Project Pools operated by the Project Managers. Altogether the program includes over 50 projects.
Annual program budget 5,7 million euros (2015).
The strategic level FTA R&D Steering Group
Ensures that FTA R&D is in line with National Transport Strategies, New Transport Policy and FTA’s Strategy.
Makes decisions on multi-annual program => in cooperation with the FTA Board of Directors and the FTA divisions.
The R&D Advisory Board
Chaired by FTA’s Director General Antti Vehviläinen.
Set up for exchanging knowledge on topical themes on R&D, stimulating FTA R&D and strengthening international cooperation in R&D.
Project Pool Managers form the core of the R&D Operational Team, chaired by the R&D Program Director.

4. FTA R&D focus areas Information-based mobility services
* Understanding ”the transport as a phenomenon” through efficient, brave and open-minded piloting and use of technologies.
* Enhancing development of transport information solutions and services.
* Traffic management systems * Interactive data collection methods and making use of data
* Mobility as a service (Maas)
Intelligent infrastructure and functionality of transport system
`* New methods and technologies for collecting data (e.g. sensors and devices) installed in infrastructure * Means for utilizing data
* Better allocation of resources * Adjusting service levels to needs from society, business and citizens, transport system perspective. * Transport system perspective in planning
Efficient and intelligent infrastructure management, maintenance and asset management
*Improving productivity of infrastructure management by utilizing innovative solutions.
* Systematizing life-cycle perspectives.
* Enhancing structures of infrastructure network and safety.
* Developing and piloting methods for infrastructure and asset management * Data modeling, 3D
Climate change mitigation and adaptation
* Improving risk management and forecasting in changing weather and climate conditions.
* Enabling sustainable transport system .
* Enhancing the creation of energy-efficient and environment-friendly solutions and development of technologies.

5. FTA R&D Program 2015 – Project pools
Traffic Safety 2025
Safety projects for all transport modes
Safety
Efficient logistics (freight transport) Financial guidance Monitoring and decision making tools at transport system level Transport system operational models Accessability and land-use
Transport system functionality
Energy efficiency and emission reduction in transport infrastructure management,
Energy consumption and emissions in the transport system
Energy efficiency and emission reduction
Methods for preventing and mitigating health and environmental hazards caused by traffic and transport infrastructure management
Environment
Data models (3D) Procurement models Life cycle Life-cycle optimised road pavements
InfraTheme
Public transport service levels Service design Passanger services and information Mobillity management (e.g. cycling, pedestrians)
Passanger transport development
Improving the capacity of traffic areas to provide ecosystems services Corporate responsibility and sustainability
Safety and environment synergies
Bridges
Substructures – railways, roads
Structural engineering
Transport infrastructure planning and construction (road, traffic, railway and maritime technologies)
Control and safety devices (signallng systems, railways)
Maintenance (Routine and periodic maintenance in the road network, road pavements)
Development of transport infrastructure technology methods
TrafficLab, incl. Mobility as a Service (Maas) Piloting cooperative corridors (E18, Via Baltica) Traffic management Intelligent waterways
Intelligent transport systems (ITS)
New methods for collecting data (technologies), intelligent asset management
Apps Big data, Open data Interaction and co-use of information, cycling
Utilization of information/data

6. FTA R&D’s management and coordination
Support
Strategic level
R&D
ADVISORY BOARD
Antti Vehviläinen (chair)
FTA Management
Development
Director
Sinikka Hartonen
FTA R&D Steering Group
Jan Juslén (chair)
FTA divisions
Operational level
R&D coordination
Tiina Jauhiainen (Program Director)
R&D Operational Team
Tiina Jauhiainen (chair),
R&D Project Managers, Regional authorities’ representative,
other experts

7. Smart routes and intelligent traffic – for you Thank you
Smart routes and intelligent traffic – for you Thank you! Contact information

8. Appendix: Additional information

9. Example of FTA’s Division Strategy: Infrastructure management “We act in a responsible, effective and innovative way”
We take care of our transport infrastructure assets and develop practices and tools for asset management.
We analyze the impact of our maintenance activities. We act in a responsible way and take the socio-economic, social, safety-related and environmental approaches into account.
We ensure that also our service providers act in a responsible way.
We maintain the good safety level in railway traffic and shipping by reducing anomalies. In road safety, our objective is to raise the level so that Finland ranks among the top-performing countries. We improve occupational safety together with the actors in the field.
We make good use of new technologies and the opportunities they provide. We create new ways of working and improve customer service through cooperation across administrative boundaries and a piloting culture.

10. National Transport Strategies in Finland
National Transport Strategies and Policies (Ministry of Transport and Communications)
The New Transport Policy (2013)
Intelligent Transport Strategy (2013)
Environmental Strategy of Transport (2013)
National Strategy for Walking and Cycling 2020 (2011)
The Future of Transport and Communications in Digital Finland (2014)
The Future of Traffic Safety (2014)

11. The New Transport Policy: Objectives
The mission of transport policy is to provide people with opportunities for
safe and smooth everyday travel,
to maintain the competitiveness of businesses and
to mitigate climate change by reducing emissions.
Finland's location far from the main transport and logistic arteries of central Europe poses major challenges to transport policy. The needs and viewpoints of a range of groups must be taken into account in the development of the transport system.
Efficient and smooth public transport services support the attainment of transport policy objectives. The Ministry strives to promote traffic safety and the efficiency of the transport system through a variety of different measures, including intelligent transport services.
The new transport policy shifts the focus from capacity to connectivity and customers.

12. The New Transport Policy: Principles
Focus on the customers
Smart and efficient use of resources
Living lab for business and innovations
Broad-based co-operation
Pilot projects
Goal: Customer-oriented transport services for sustainable growth and well-being

13. Vitality through transport policy
Infrastructure + information services + ICT =
limitless new opportunities
Reasonable logistics costs
Competitiveness and well-being through responsible transport
Reliable
transport system
Transport creates
new
business
Entirely new transport services
Service level that meets the needs
Forerunner in environmental technology and energy solutions
Responsible, predictable transport policy
Bold leader
Vitality through transport policy
Utilisation of information and ICT
Administration as an enabler
New businesses: Cleantech etc.
Infrastructure as a platform
Finland as a
living lab
for innovations
Intelligent, guiding transport system
Smart connections to enable business activities
Making use of special circumstances
Development-oriented business
Comprehensive planning: land use, housing, transport, service structure and businesses )
Gateway to the East
Northern Growth Corridor
Utilisation and export of
winter and ice know-how
High-quality core corridors

14. The National Intelligent Transport Strategy (2013)
Information and communication technology is used as an essential tool in fulfilling the goals of The New Transport Policy
The aims of the use of ICT are:
increasing the service capacity of the transport system
Increasing the productivity of the infrastructure maintenance
enhancing traffic safety
encouraging the use of public transport, cycling and walking
promoting the objectives of climate and environmental policy

15. Mobility as a Service – the new transport paradigm
Mobility as a Service (MaaS) is a mobility distribution model in which the user’s all major transportation needs are met over one interface and are offered by a service provider (mobility operator).
Vision for Mobility as a Service:
whole transport sector as a co-operative, interconnected ecosystem, providing services reflecting the needs of the users
the ecosystem consists of transport infrastructure, transportation services and transport information services
the boundaries between different transport modes are blurred or disappear completely
profiting from innovative Public-Private-People –partnership (PPPP)
Mobility as a Service (MaaS), also referred to as Traffic as a Service (TaaS), is a mobility distribution model on which the customer's all major transportation needs are met over one interface and are offered by service provider. Typically services are bundled into a package similar to current mobile operator services.
The transport sector would develop into a co-operative, interconnected ecosystem, providing services reflecting the needs of the customers. The boundaries between different transport modes are blurred or disappear completely. The ecosystem consists of transport infrastructure, information and services. The infrastructure and information will act as a platform for mobility services.
Bringing Mobility as a Service to the customers is made possible by the simultaneous availability of multiple technologies such as wireless broadband, smart phones and tablets as interfaces, location based services and connected cars. Already evident changes in the users' values, attitudes and behaviors are pushing us towards a shift from ownership to utilization. In the future through use of automated vehicles, MaaS will substantially enhance productivity by offering the level of convenience of a private vehicle but without the burden of the physical ownership.
In our mobile world, usability has become a key factor. The same trend is evident in all sectors utilizing information and communication technology. Within the transport system, customer orientation and comfort of use consists of a number of factors, the most significant of which are the easy flow of mobility, the seamlessness of trip and transport chains, and the quality of information services.
Mobility as a Service is a paradigm change in transportation, not only in the users' eyes but also for the transportation system and its other stakeholders. We have been used to measuring the performance of the transportation system primarily on speed, convenience and affordability. This is why automobile-orientated improvements were favored. In a modern day world, the purpose will no longer be to improve the transport system by doing more or building more capacity but doing things in a smarter way.
The world is moving towards everything-as-a-service –thinking. The competitive advantage will lie in the service business providing smart and advantaged services and comprehensive lifecycle solutions. Consumers spend on average close to 250 euros monthly on transport. For an operator that takes care of all the transport needs of a consumer the average revenue per user (ARPU) is potentially high. ARPU in the mobile communications lies below 30 euros in developed countries which means that the potential market for MaaS is about tenfold that of mobile markets.