Transcript ITS: ETC-based telematics as key to improve Road Safety

Intelligent Transport Systems:
ETC-based telematics as key to improve Road Safety
Global Ministry Conference – Round Table on ITS and Road Safety, Moscow
November 19th 2009
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Road Fatalities in the EU and in Russia
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About 38,500 people killed in road traffic accidents in 2008/ Russia: 30,000
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15,700 less than in 2001 - Reduction of 29%
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Target of 50% reduction by 2010 only in 2017
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EU-15 is expected to reach the target in 2013
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Slowest progress in Central and Eastern European Countries
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Road crash costs estimated 1,5% of GDP/ Russia € 10,5 bln (2,6% of GDP)
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Road Safety as shared responsibility
Public Sector
Private Sector
European Union
Innovative road safety
telematics solutions/
ITS applications
 Road Safety Charter
 Road Safety Action
Programme
 ITS Action Plan
ITS Russia
ERTICO
ASECAP
Intelli-Drive
Domaines
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Study/Research
Projects/Pilots
Funding
Deployment
Law Enforcement
Develop new business
processes
 Infrastructure – vehicle
communication
 Vehicle – vehicle
communication
 Traffic management &
traffic control systems
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Road Safety as an integrated approach (3 E’s)
• Education (User behavior)
• Educate all potential road users – start in school or even earlier
• Campaigns
• Engineering
• Vehicle Safety
• Road infrastructure Safety
• Enforcement
• Enforce traffic rules and therefore discipline drivers that violate these rules and jeopardize others
• Earn money which helps to increase road safety
• The 3E’s should be applied in the following sequence
Education
Engineering
Time
Enforcement
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ITS Technologies for Road Safety
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Locationing:
GNSS, DSRC
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Communication:
DSRC, GSM, 5.9 GHz
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Image processing:
Digital Video
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ETC systems as „telematics backbone“
Electronic Toll Collection System
Traffic Information,
Management &
Planning
 Cost
reduction and
better data through
capturing traffic data
from the toll system
Safety & Security
 Improved
safety and
security through
better traffic
enforcement and
observation
End-user Mobility
Services
 Better
service for the
driver through value
added services
(>> increasing
acceptance for toll !)
Industry Solutions
 Additional
revenues
through utilizing the
ETC infrastructure
for implementing
industry solutions
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Broad Spectrum of Secondary Telematics Applications
Industry
Applications
(e.g. Logistics)
Traffic Management
Center
Traffic Planning
Tools
Traffic
Management
Traffic
Analysis
Safety
Security
OBU EndUser Services
Industry
Solutions
Traffic Monitor
(Toll Data-based)
Traffic Statistics
Speed Regulation /
Red Light Enforcement
Automated Number
Plate Recognition
OBU-based
Access Services
Vehicle Tracking
(Fleet Management)
Traffic Monitoring
(Sensor based)
Traffic Flow Analysis
Incident Detection
System
Data Privacy
OBU-based
Payment Services
Pay-as-you-drive
(Car Insurance)
Dynamic
Tolling
Kapsch Telematics Platform
DSRC Data
GPS Data
Video Data
Sensor Data
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Safety & Security
Telematics Applications
Speed Section Control
Incident Detection System (IDS)
Red Light Enforcement System (RLES)
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Traditional Speed Measurement
Laser based
Mobile systems
based on radar
Video based speed
measurement
mobile systems
Very efficient due to the surprise effect. A disadvantage is that they are
personnel-intensive and a continuous operation is not possible.
Stationary radar
systems
fixed systems
Effect of such systems is very
local
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Principal layout of a MLFF Section Control
SC distance=3km
PC
HGV
START
END
Hard shoulder
Time1=09:50:00
Time2=09:52:00
Evaluation unit
AverageVel ocity 
Maintenance and support
working position
Traffic monitoring center
Distance
Time 2  Time1
Vehicle registration
database
Manual
verification
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Advantages and main features of a Section Control
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Reduce accident probability and severity (primary aim of speed control)
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Reduce the average velocity on a longer road section (secondary aim of speed control)
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Harmonize the traffic flow (secondary aim of speed control)
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no abrupt braking at speed traps
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Reducing environmental pollution (due to speed reduction)
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Reducing the noise disturbance (due to speed reduction)
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Automatic operation (24/7)
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Extendable by additional system features:
• Distance measurement
• Traffic statistics
• Wrong way driver detection
• Height check
• Adaptive velocities
• Weight in Motion
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Effects on accident probability and average velocity
• England (Nottingham)
• Dead or seriously injured -55%
Reduction of the average velocity in the
Kaisermühlentunnel (Vienna) from 85km/h
to 75km/h.
• Italy
• Amount of accidents
-22%
• Slightly injured
-34.75%
• Dead persons
-50.83%
• Austria(Kaisermühlentunnel)
• Slightly injured
-33.3%
• Dead/ seriously inj.
-48.8%
Source: Kuratorium für Verkehrssicherheit (Austria)
• A reduction of the average velocity by 1% leads to 2% less slightly
injured, 3% less seriously injured and 4% less killed persons.
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Video based Incident Detection (IDS), Traffic Data and Surveillance
Congestion and stopped car
Speed of single objects
Slow driver
Wrong way / lane drivers
Break down by occupancy
Distance of single objects
Vehicle classification / counting
Smoke
Lost Cargo / Debris
Movement
Dangerous Good (ADR), ANPR
Pedestrians, Animals
Hard shoulder lane, cont.
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Detection of Wrong Way Drivers by Digital Image Processing
Intelligent digital video camera installed at exits
If a vehicle with wrong driving direction is detected, the following actions are
started:
• report to a traffic control centre
• alarming police
• warning of drivers on that particular stretch of the road
Wrong direction!
right
Intelligent Digital
Video Camera
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Example: Detection of Wrong Way Driver
Ghost Driver (Truck) in Strenger Tunnel
• The situation is alerted immediately and the
following tunnel reflex is released
• Minimise the negative effects of traffic disturbances like
accidents or congestions
• Shorten the reaction time to incidents
• Automatically triggered proceedings
• The tunnel entrance traffic light turns red
• Real-time traffic management information signs limit
speed to 60 km/h
• Info signs in emergency bays and portals indicate
“Attention Ghost driver”.
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Red Light Enforcement System (RLS)
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Detection
• Vehicles are detected and identified by their license plates
when entering the crossing with infra red cameras
generating a front image.
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4IN
8OUT
7OUT
• When the vehicle leaves the crossing again it is detected
and identified a second time by another infra red camera.
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Identification
• Identification of vehicles is done automatically by extracting
the license plate string with a high performance Automatic
Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) engine.
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Verification
• A comparison of the ANPR results of vehicles entering and
leaving the crossing can be outlined to determine the
vehicle path and to decide if a violation of traffic rules exists
or not
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5OUT
5IN
6OUT
6IN
2IN
2OUT
1IN
1OUT
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3OUT
4OUT
8IN
7IN
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Conclusion
• Road Safety as shared responsibility and integrated approach
• “Institutionalized dialog” between the Public and the Private
• Public awareness and education are essential
• ETC Systems as “telematics backbone” facilitating Road Safety “Add on”
applications
• Open standards are needed
• Law enforcement as strong element in Road Safety
• Safety vs. Security
• Data privacy
• Direct effects on Road Safety statistics & Spill over effects
• Better traffic management, environment, GDP
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Thank you for your attention!
Josef Czako
Director, International Business Development
Kapsch TrafficCom AG
Am Europlatz 2 | A-1120 Vienna | Austria
Phone +43 (0) 50 811 2150
Mobile +43 664 628 2150
Email [email protected]
www.kapsch.net
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