Data user perspective:Transport data for policy assessment

Svend Tøfting – svto@rn.dk Aalborg University

North Denmark RegionITS Denmark

Aalborg University

• 14.000 students• graduate 700 Civil Engineers annually

Svend Tøfting

North Denmark Region - 0,6 mio. inhabitants

The regional role

• The regional Public Authority– 11 municipalities

• Planning– regional developing plan

• Supporting Regional Public Transport– 20 m € annual

• Secretariat for the regional Growth Forum– Regional business developing plan– 10 m€ regional founding – 20 m€ EU-fonding

The regional role

North Denmark Region and ITS

• 2002: Member of ERTICO

• 2002: ITS North Denmark

• 2003: ITS Center at Aalborg University

• 2004: ITS Denmark

• 2007: European ITS Congress

• 2008: Regional ITS Strategy

• 2010: ITS-Platform - IMIKASK

The North Denmark Region is to be :the Danish ITS region

where new technologies are developed and tested before they are implemented

throughout the country

The regional strategy inNorth Denmark Region

The frame for use of data

• a strategy for use of data • the customer?

– users– public authorities – companies - universities

• technical possibilities• organization• resources / founding / business case

• existing demonstration projects

• data types

• the vision

• ITS strategy

Two examplesfrom North Denmark region

ITSPlatform.eu

IMIKASK – on demand public transport

IMIKASKIntelligent traffic in the KASK area

- on demand Public transport

IMIKASK – the vision

• The vision– The traveler can use the mobile phone to book a

trip, get info on this before and after the trip and pay for the trip as if it is done to a company independent of the transport company, authorities, administrative regions or countries

The Vision

Integrated travel planner

ITS-platform for the traveler in the future – the smart phone

ITSPlatform - Project scope

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Budget – 5m€ - 2010-2013• Development of next generation OBU for cars• Development of open back-end database platform• Testing at 500-1000 cars (from mid 2011)• Applications

• Parking – the car pays automatically • Traffic info• Running Log• Tracking by theft• Traffic Statistics for Public Authorities

• Open platform for development of new applications - all are welcome

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Trafic statistic – traveltime

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Trafic statistic - speeding overview

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Hastighedsfordeling

Rød: 85 % fraktil mellem 10 og 20 % over hastighedsgrænse

85 % 15 %

Trafic information – dynamic queue information

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ITSPlatform• Budget 34,7 mio - founding

– 25% Regional founding– 25% EU founding– 10 % Aalborg University– 20 % Gatehouse– 20 % Inntrasys

• Period: april 2010 – september 2013• partners

– AAU, Gatehouse, Inntrasys– Danmarks Radio, Aalborg kommune, Beredskabscenter

Aalborg, Vejdirektoratet, Nets– Brains Business, Telenor, Molex

ITS Platform Nordjylland

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BITS Testsite Nordjylland

’Testsite A/S’

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Nye projektpartnere Nye samarbejdspartnere

Nye og eksisterende virksomheder

Klyngedannelse

The frame: ITS testsite North Denmark

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New projectsNew projects

Data collection

• Travel planner – data

• GPS

• Blue tooth data

Use of Bluetooth in traffic planning

Traveltime

Resting time

Routing

Bluetooth - how it works

Road Segment

Travel time Car X

ForbindelsesvejenNørresundby,

HumlebakkenAalborg

ForbindelsesvejenAalborg

Pilot Setup

Sensor Details•Easy to deploy, covers multiple lanes (pilot had 4 lanes)•Dedicated HW, 3 radios•Permanent power / Periodic power / Battery operation•Readings sent in real time to server via 3G•Time in range of sensor recorded e.g. 8 s at 100 km/t•Direction at sensor can be detected when speed is low •Sensor error rate less than 4% on highways•Works under all weather conditions

Driving Times

Restingplaces

South

Middle

North

Resting place

• Made for Road Directory

• Duration one 1 week

• Analyze resting time

For trucks

Speed measurement

Resting time

Messages from ITS Denmark right now for

the ITS strategy

Messages 1

• More focus on public transport as a part of the transport chain

Messages 2

• to day 1,2 person in every car

• Support systems in order to get more passengers in cars

Messages 3

• One open replaceable information platform in all cars• More focus on standardization and open platforms• Cooperation between car manufactures and suppliers for the after marked

Messages 4- Focus on smart phone (personal angel)

• Route guidance from start to end

• Intelligent information

• Booking

• Personal agent helps you

• Reliable service

New Danish ITS-strategy

Proposed activities from ITS Denmark

• Automatic speed control• More passengers in public transport• Faster busses• Digital roadmap• ITS on roads• e-call – implementation• co-modal dynamic information• IT based car sharing• new multimodal transport model for DK• Roadpricing ?

New ITS actionplan

• big demonstration projects

• more ITS on roads

• information to the users

• more data – (e.g. OD for freight)

• more knowledge

• co-operation

”Just in time”

• big demonstration project – app. 20 m€• dynamic information before, under and

after your trip– collection of all data – co-modality dynamic information– dynamic calculation of travel time– free distribution– platform for apps development

Dynamic data

• public transport data– planes– trains– busses

• GPS data (fleets, private cars)• video detection • loops• bluetooth data

The roles

• Triple helix – co-operation between – Public authorities

• strategy• founding – owner

– private sector• advisor• developer

– universities• research

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