1. www.easyway- its.eu John Miles Immediate past chair (2004-2008) PIARC Technical Committee on Network Operarations (TC B2)

2. The World Road Association “Exchanging knowledge and techniques on roads and road transportation” A non-political and non-profit making association. Granted consultative status to the Economic and Social Council of United Nations in 1970.  Creates and coordinates Technical Committees (18 in all)  Organizes a World Road Congress every 4 years (XXIV Mexico City, September 26-30 2011)  Publishes a large number of reports and a quarterly magazine ("Routes/Roads") “PIARC – AIPCR”

3. PIARC - AIPCR Mission:  To identify, develop and disseminate best practice and give better access to international information  To give full consideration to the needs of developing countries and countries in transition  To develop and promote efficient tools for decision making on matters related to roads and road transport

4. PIARC - the World Road Association 100 yrs’ international cooperation by road authorities (road owners / operators) 118 Member governments (Sept 2009) Members from 142 countries, HQ in Paris Current cycle (2008-11) of TC-work started Apr 2008 TCs present activities at the PIARC World Road Congress at end of the 4 year cycle (Mexico City 2011)  TC-1.4 : Network Ops 2004-2007 (Chair: J.Miles)  TC-B.2 : Network Ops 2008-2011 (Chair: M.Chevreuil)

5. PIARC - the World Road Association PIARC Technical Committees  Establish, exchange and apply best practices and standards TC-members, 2 per country appointed (+ corresponding members & associated members)  Associated members: generally from international or regional organisations, governmental and non- governmental bodies (OECD, EC and FISITA for TC – B.2)  “First-Delegate” country leader ; typically from National Road Authority: nominates TC-members

6. Technical Committee B2 membership 42 members + chairman and 3 secretaries (English, French and Spanish languages) 23 corresponding members 6 associated members 38 countries represented + OECD, European Commission, FISITA Allocation of responsibilities for realising the work programme:  Leaders and co-leaders of specific tasks undertaken by working groups  Specific responsibilities for ensuring liaison with other committees (e.g. terminology) of organisation (e.g. IBEC, FISITA,..)

7. Network operations in PIARC Big shift from road construction and maintenance to road network operations and user services Road network operations means traffic management and highway operations in the widest sense, including the integration of these activities:  Across geographical boundaries between road operators and road administrations  Allowing travellers and freight forwarders the optimised use of all modes of transport  Facilitating smooth access to intermodal transfer points: ports, airports, ferry and rail terminals User services means for network operators considering the evolution of their clients’ environment: their car, their communication facilities, etc : Particular attention paid to new technologies and..ITS

8. Issues assigned to TC B2 B.2.1: Management of congested areas  Examine the understanding of and successful approaches to managing traffic flow on major urban and interurban roads in congested areas B2.2: Appropriate use of ITS for network operations  Investigate how ITS investments for road network operations are evaluated and identify policy related performance indicators in order to evaluate the success of ITS strategies of different countries B2.3: Management of road corridors  Identify the factors affecting corridor usage, and how to influence users ; includes cross-border issues and integration of services across country borders

9. TC B2 Workplan B2.1 and B2.3 : similar approaches  2 working groups  B2.1 (congested areas), leadership: Robert Arnold, US DoT  B2.3 (corridors), leadership: Susan Spencer, Transport Canada  Collect best practices in different environments. (particularly examining practices in developed countries and in less developed countries where congestion is increasing dramatically).  Lessons learned and recommendations, identification of success factors for ITS strategies and precautions to take against failure (in order to feed B2.2) B2.2 split in 3 subtasks:  Liaison with FISITA concerning CVHS: creation of a Joint Task Force  Liaison with IBEC (evaluation)  Updating of ITS handbook and network operation website

10. Main milestones TC meetings:  Spring 2009 (Rome)  September 2009: ITS World Congress (Stockholm)  June 2010: FISITA congress (Budapest)  September 2010: Montreal (Québec)  … Meetings/conferences for collecting / disseminating information  SAE congress Detroit (April 2009)  ITS World Congress Stockholm (special session)  FISITA Congress Budapest (special session)  …  World Road Congress: Mexico City (Sept 2011) International Seminars (target: countries in transition)  Brazil (December 2010)  Malaysia (April 2011)  + training session (Johannesburg, March 2009)

11. Intelligent Transport Systems and Road Network Operations 2 nd Edition English French Chinese Spanish – in preparation 2010: on-line with free down-load for teaching and training purposes

12.  The PIARC Network Operations Handbook is on- line  Web site has an extensive document library  Numerous case studies The PIARC Network Operations On-line knowledge centre http://road-network-operations.piarc.org/

13. PIARC Joint Task Force with FISITA The International Federation of Automotive Engineering Societies FISITA  A non-profit educational and scientific organisation  HQ in London  150,000+ engineers belong to 38 national Societies. Connected Vehicles and Cooperative Systems

14. http://www.piarc.org http://road-network-operations.piarc.org http://www.aipcrmexico2011.org/ Thank you for your attention! Please visit us! Email: jcm@ankerbold.co.uk