1. International Collaboration between Road Agencies Gregers Hildebrand, Danish Road Directorate

2. Outline of presentation  The Danish Road Directorate and our research agenda  International collaboration at: Multilateral level Bilateral level Ad hoc project level

3. The Danish Road Directorate Part of The Ministry of Transport Main offices in Copenhagen Approximately 900 employees 3,800 km of state roads in Denmark (5% of total network) DRD’s network carries 45% of road traffic in Denmark

4.  Planning, construction, and maintenance of the state road network  Operation and traffic management on the State Roads  R&D, Co-operation, data and standardisation in the road sector The Road Directorate’s primary tasks

5. DRD strategic focus areas  Climate change  Environmental protection  Traffic noise  Road construction techniques and technological improvements  Contracting strategies; Public-private co-operation  Road safety  Traffic flow quality

6. The Danish R&D agenda – strategic focus areas  Reduce CO 2 -emission, energy comsumption  Adaptation to climate changes  Reduce noise  Ensure value for money  Improve road safety  Improve mobility

7. Through cooperation !  Common development of Best Practice and exchange of competences  Reduce duplicated R&D and access to data exchange  Co-financing of large scale projects and thus multiplying value for money

8. Need/challenge/problem Solution exists Existing EU Project International Collaboration Collaboration in NordFoU Unique problem for DRD No Solution Use it I nfluence and/or participate Start R&D projec t yes 1 2 3 4 5 Develop a common solution 5-step approach for R&D projects

9. How do we co-operate at the international level? 1.Multilateral partnerships 2.Bilateral partnerships 3.Ad hoc projects

10. Multilateral partnerships  CEDR  FEHRL  ERA-NET ROAD  NordFoU

11. ERA-NET ROAD  What? Coordination and implementation of road research in Europe running from 2006-2011  Who? 17 national road administrations  How? Jointly funded research programs based on trust, understanding and commitment

12. Why joint funding?  Increase value for money - pay 100 000 and get research worth a million  Minimize research duplication  Share research results  Use the best competencies to carry out the research  … Hence achieve increased efficiency

13. The asset management call – an example of success  Funding scope: 4.5 mil. US$ funded by ERA- NET ROAD partners themselves  20 proposals were submitted for the cross- border funded joint research programme  9 countries were not members of the funding Programme Executive Board of ERA-NET ROAD  6 countries were not ERA-NET ROAD members  Projects started in 2010 and run over two years

14. ERA-NET ROAD after 2011  ERA-NET ROAD’s success provides us with a permanent future for the collaboration  … and the future might expand beyond Europe  Continuation through CEDR  See more at www.eranetroad.orgwww.eranetroad.org

15. NordFoU – The same but different anyway  Nordic research collaboration between Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland  Since 2004  Based on the same principles as ERA-NET ROAD  NordFoU is about to move into railways as well

16. NordFoU compared to ERA-NET ROAD?  NordFoU is less bureaucratic than ERA-NET ROAD  NordFoU allows us to focus on solving specific Nordic research needs  NordFoU allows us to speak with a common Nordic voice in larger European research collaborations

17. Achievements so far in NordFoU  Six projects are completed  Seven projects are active  Seven projects are underway  Projects in many different topic areas – except climate and environment  See more at www.nordfou.orgwww.nordfou.org

18. Pavement Performance Models – an example of a NordFoU project  Four countries participated  3-year project period  Total budget: 1.2 mil. US$  Models to be implemented in Nordic Asset Management Systems  Models based on input data from modern traffic speed monitoring vehicles  Un-spent funds used for continuation of original project

19. Bilateral partnerships  California  The Netherlands

20. Danish Road Directorate and CALTRANS/UC DAVIS (USA) Collaboration since 2007  Guide for Caltrans Pavement Noise Policy  Binder testing and expert support for development of new optimized quieter asphalt mixtures  Evaluation of quieter asphalt mixtures  Pavement ageing and noise

21. Danish Road Directorate and CALTRANS/UC DAVIS (USA)  Senior researcher one year in California  Trans-Atlantic workshop on climate change, pavement materials and road noise  Continued collaboration on: Road noise CO 2 reduction Pavement materials

22. Danish Road Directorate and DVS (The Netherlands) Collaboration since 2004  DRI-DVS noise abatement program Optimization of noise reducing pavements Pavement solutions yielding 10 dB traffic noise reduction  Dutch Air Quality Innovation Program  Bearing capacity with TSD-measurements  Blue spot mapping of national road network

23. Collaboration at project level  MIRIAM on rolling resistance of roads  TSD on bearing capacity of roads

24. MIRIAM (Models for rolling resistance In Road Infrastructure Asset Management systems)  2010 - 2011  Project initiated by Denmark in 2009 with strong and increasing interest to participate from other countries  Aim: reduce rolling resistance and hence lowering fuel consumption, CO 2 emission and increasing energy efficiency  Twelve partners from Europe and USA

25. MIRIAM  Funding as well as research production was carried out through transnational collaboration  This willingness shows that collaboration is possible  Continuation ?

26. Traffic Speed Deflectometer: Australia and Denmark cooperation  Agreement between DRD and RTA, NSW  Application of the Traffic Speed Deflectometer in NSW and QLD  Testing of bearing capacity of 18,000 km of major roads  Tests conducted in 2010

28. Conclusions  We have achieved a lot through international research cooperation Technically, economically, personally  We have been able to use our expertise areas as payment for new knowledge in other areas  You need a research strategy  International cooperation takes time – and money – but it is worth the effort