Objective of Activity 3 is the support of freight navigation services by the provision of comprehensive, valuable and reliable information by road operators about the traffic and travel conditions on the URSA MAJOR network according to
- the priority area of the EU-ITS action plan No.1: Optimal use of road, traffic and travel data (Action 1.1: Provision of EU-wide real time traffic and travel information services, and Action 1.4: Provision of minimum universal traffic information services)
- the European Commission Delegated Regulations (RTTI (EU) 2015/962 and SRTI (EU) 886/2013)
- the ITS Deployment Guidelines for Traffic and Traveller lnformation (TIS-DG02 and TIS DG03-05).
The scope of the activity directly addresses Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013: Union guidelines for development of trans-European transport network, in particular b) c) d) e) and f).
Every day European hauliers and truck drivers feel the pressure of tight delivery time schedules on the one hand and challenging traffic conditions on the European network on the other hand. Hence, one goal of UMneo is to provide truck navigation with valuable and information about traffic, travel, parking and resting conditions. With this support hauliers and truck drivers are able to better plan their routes and they can increase their flexibility. They can avoid unnecessary detours and lime loss, decrease their fuel costs and increase their efficiency and safety. In addition, it allows them to be compliant with legal regulations. According to the service clustering of traveller information services provided by the ITS Deployment Guideline, the URSA MAJOR concept to support truck navigation with information is threefold:
- Information about traffic conditions (Level of Service) and travel times
- Information about forecast and real-time events
- In case of bigger foreseen or unforeseen events (e.g. national holidays, road or tunnel closures, bad weather conditions}, information about recommended routes or storage possibilities, where applicable according to long distance or cross border TMPs.
In particular UMneo will contribute with 8 implementations, along the entire corridor (the Netherlands, Germany and Italy) and including the ports of Trieste and Venice. They improve the information provision for truck navigation through:
- deployment of roadside improved data collection and event/incident detection
- upgrades of already existing traffic control and management centres to process and publish all information towards service providers and end-users
- information services supporting freight navigation (including e.g. abnormal loads restriction)
- information services for freight traffic on bottlenecks at the urban/inter-urban interface (ports).