V3 08 03 12 introduction to irf pc

Better roads, better world.

INTERNATIONAL ROAD FEDERATIONFEDERATION ROUTIERE INTERNATIONALE

IRF Policy Committee on ITSJosef A. Czako, Chairman

Summit in Cape Town, 8 March 2012 «ITS as THE Driver of

Economic Growth and Development «



Worldwide Challenges in Road Transport

1. Environment Protection

2. Congestion Reduction

3. Road Safety

4. Financing of Infrastructure

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The Role of Intelligent

Transportation Systems (ITS)

for Sustainable Mobility

in Road Transport



What is Sustainable Mobility?1. Sustainable Mobility for People and Goods =

Safe (Accidents, Fatalities) Environmental Friendly (CO2 neutral) Efficient (Cost Effective, Lowest Congestion) User Friendly, Accessible

2. Sustainable Mobility is a Human Right ? 3. Sustainable Mobility is a prec for economic growth!



Better roads, better world


A policy is typically described as a set of principles or rules to guide decisions and

achieve described objectives.

What are (ITS) Policies?





Why Policy is important for ITS Deployment

• Exchange of knowledge • Sharing of best practices • Simplification of legislation • Standard setting and facilitating interoperability • Guidance and raising awareness• New legislation, if necessary; and • Coordination to make better use for the available funding.

To achieve the required cooperation towards solving mobility challenges, ITS deployment involves;





ITS deployment is being influenced by many policy areas• Mobility policies: acknowledging the role and importance of transport and

mobility for social and economic integration and development of regions, states and nations

• Environment policies: aiming to protect the environment (air, noise, water, soil, natural habitat), to mitigate current environment impacts of transport and to adapt transport infrastructure to changing conditions due to climate change

• Transport funding and investment policies: determining the funding sources, revenues and priorities for transport infrastructure investment, maintenance and operation

• Spatial planning policies: determining the physical grid and spacing of different functions such as living, studying, working, relaxing and hence impacting on mobility needs.

• Social policies: shaping the social context in which people use transport such as accessibility, affordability, connectivity (of modes), timing due to working and related activities



Financing road infrastructure

Optimising traffic flow,

reduce congestion

Protecting the environment

Improving road safety

ITS Policy Objectives to address the challenges

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ITS for financing of road infrastructure

Government budgets are insufficient to fund widening and maintenance of road infrastructure

Role of ITS Apply the “User pays

principle” to finance road infrastructure (ear-marked funding) and to internalize external costs

Finance general budget, to cross-finance other modes of transport and to make road transport directly comparable (in prices) to other modes of transport



ITS to optimize traffic flow & reduce congestion

Urban Congestion in the US: 4,2 billion hours wasted

in traffic jams, = US $ 87 billion

congestion costs (2007)

Congestion in the European Union: 1,9 % of GDP “eaten” by

congestion, = € 233 billion

congestion costs

Role of ITS : Create a traffic management

tool or “steering mechanism” to make better use of existing infrastructure, to optimize capacity of the network and to better distribute traffic

Apply pricing strategies to set incentives to users to choose different routes, different departure times or different modes of transport

Assure high level of service to travellers (provision of real time information, smooth traffic, ..)



ITS for protecting the environment

WHO - World Health Organization: Urban air pollution kills ~ 1.2 million people annually!

Role of ITS: Reduce emissions through

smoothed traffic Adapt drivers behavior to

real time situation (e.g. high particulate concentration, slippery lanes, ..)

Assure seamless linkages between different modes of transport to offer the “greenest” routing

Show one’s carbon footprint and valorize ecological behavior (e.g. mobility card/points, ..)



ITS to improve road safety

United Nations: 1,3 million “road

deaths” a year ! 50 million people

injured ! Costing society

100 billion US$ annually

Role of ITS Provide real time

information to users ( conditions of road, weather, traffic flow, ..)

Smoothen traffic flow and prevent speed variations

Enforce speeding Detect incidents, shorten

reaction times for appropriate rescue measures



Structure & Activities of ITS Policy Committee



IRF Committee Structure & Environment




•Development & production of:•ITS Advocacy

Document•ITS Strategy

Portal•Development of

regional focus: Scandinavia, Mexico, India

•Increase of stakeholder cooperation

Phase 1 Development(2009-2011)

Activities Phase 1 - Development



• Overview ITS contributions to policy objectives (2010)• Global survey (2010) • Urban case study ITS and reducing carbon emissions (2010)• Case studies on legal framework (2010)• Generic model ITS strategy (2010)• Delft/NL: Workshop Mobility in 2030 (2011)• Regional focus: Scandinavia (2011), Mexico (2011)• ITS strategy library & portal (ongoing)• ITS Advocacy Document (ongoing)

Activities 2010 & 2011



Scandinavia• ITS strategy update from Sweden,

Norway, Denmark, Finland• Visit to Stockholm congestion

charging scheme

Regional focus 2011Mexico• Initiate dialogue and putting

ITS on agenda• All stakeholders involved• Manifest (under development)



• Establishment of working relations with IRF Washington ITS Committee

• Establishment ITS India Subcommittee

Other important events in 2011• MoU with EasyWay = Association of

European Road Authorities and Operators




•Finalize ITS Policies Advocacy Document:

•IRF Charta on ITS for Sustainable Mobility

•Deployment of ITS Advocacy Document

•ITS Knowledge data base on IRF website

•Intensify stakeholder cooperation (e.g. EasyWay)

•Increase regional focus worldwide

Phase 2 Outreach ITS Policies

2012 -2014 Phase 2 = Outreach



Upcoming IRF ITS PC Meetings in 2012Date & Location Event Occasion

8-9 March 2012Cape Town, South Africa

ITS Policy Committee Meeting, in collaboration with ITS South Africa

IBTTA Transportation Summit of South Africa, 11-13 March 2012

March 2012Amsterdam, Netherlands

Joint Strategy Workshop EasyWay & IRF ITS PC

Intertraffic, 27-30 March 2012

May 2012 Leipzig, Germany

Launch Event ITS advocacy publication

International Transport Forum, 2-4 May 2012

September 2012 Rome, Italy

Joint Meeting TTS Italia & IRF ITS PC --

October 2012Vienna, Austria

Stakeholders and Information meetings on IRF Policy Committee on ITS

19th ITS World Congress, 22-26 October 2012

Follow Up Meetings India, Mexico, etc.



Alignment with other IRF Working Groups



For more information:www.irfnet.ch

Josef A. Czako, Kapsch TrafficComChairman, Policy Committee on [email protected]

Caroline Visser, IRF GenevaCoordinator ITS [email protected]

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