Safer travel - faster arrival Karolina Joanna Korth Page 1 Siemens AG 2013. All rights reserved
Siemens Centrals to manage traffic on the highway and tunnel Highway Control Center - CONDUCT+ International Tunnel Control Center - ITCC Page 2
Some of the objectives of highway traffic control solutions Safety: Warning of foggy areas Warning of traffic congestion Warning of wet and icing road surface Lane closures in case of incidents or road work Capacity: Increasing the capacity of freeways through harmonizing of speed Environment: Reduction of pollution due to less traffic jams Page 3
Significant accident reduction on Germans A9 through intelligent traffic control systems Statistics show: reduced number of accidents by 35% reduced number of injuries by 31% less follow on accidents less traffic jams better synchronized traffic and more capacity during peak hours Accident statistics from highway authority of South Bavaria Statistics show: 40% fewer accidents 20% fewer hours of traffic jam Greater capacity on road Direct information for drivers Accident statistics from ASFiNAG, Austria Page 4
Examples of highway control solutions Line control Network control Traffic information Hard Shoulder use Page 5
System layout of a highway section Central system Central system Environmental Sensors Sitraffic Sitraffic Conduct+ Conduct+ Weather sensors Road sensors Traffic signs Roadside control unit Display Point Gantry with VMS Traffic Detection Traffic detection Traffic detection Page 6
Highway control is a revolving process Manual Requests Traffic Control VMS Operator Requests External Response Plan GUI Traffic- and Environmental Situation Traffic Analysis Pre-Processing Detection Page 7
Detailed information on schematic view Page 8
Video about temporary use of hard shoulder Source: Highway authority of South Bavaria (Germany) Page 9
Types of road pricing Flat fee Fee is always the same Fee is constant over time Examples: Fee for the use of highways, e.g. Austria, Switzerland, Italy Bridges Tunnel Mountain pass Time related fixed fee Fee depends on day and/or time Fee changes over time Example: London congestion charge Dynamic fee Fee depends on current traffic situation and on the specific benefit for the road user Example: Fastlane Tel Aviv Page 10
Dynamic road pricing allows shorter travel time Page 11
Some of the worldwide highway references E18 Finland Bremerhaven 3rd Ring Moscow A2 Poland Bavaria, 9 centrals Kotputli-Amer, India Ramindra, Bangkok Fastlane Tel Aviv Highway Page 12
Freeway Traffic Management and Control Motorways of Southern Bavaria, Germany Solution Control of more than 500 km of motorway Integration of tunnel control systems Traffic detection, video incident detection, CCTV control Shoulder lane running, ramp metering Harmonization of traffic Challenge Result Step-for-step replacement of all centrals (migration) Redundant centrals to increase availability An optimum of safety Reduced journey time Less environment pollution Customer: Highway Agency of South Bavaria Page 13
Freeway Traffic Management and Control 3rd Ring Road - Moscow, Russia Solution Control of 80 gantries on a 35 km long urban ring road 466 VMS + 30 text signs + 4 ring info signs Integration of three tunnel control systems Traffic detection, video incident detection, CCTV control Challenge Installation of gantries and cabling Approvals of several local municipalities Customer: City of Moscow Result An optimum of safety Reduced journey time Less environment pollution Information about current traffic situation Page 14