Highlights

The Netherlands as UM2 partner

URSA MAJOR 2 is based upon an established, well-working cooperation of the involved road operators and road authorities. 

A special situation needs to be considered for the Netherlands. The Netherlands traditionally has a very high traffic density and has consequently started early and swiftly to deploy ITS. In the Netherlands, not only the potential to expand the road network but also the deployment of traditional ITS are nowadays saturated.

Starting in 2015, the Landesbetrieb Mobilität (LBM) Rheinland-Pfalz has been establishing a traffic management system on 16km of the highly frequented motorway A61.

On 30^th June 2017, this system was put into service by Dr Volker Wissing, Minister for Economy, Traffic, Agriculture and Viniculture, Mainz and Christian Weibrecht head of the subdivision “Straßenbau, Straßenbaupolitik, Straßenplanung, Straßenrecht“ of the Ministry for Traffic and digital Infrastructure, Bonn, right in time for the beginning of the holiday season.

At the 12^th ITS European Congress in Strasbourg, the European ITS Platform’s Activity “Monitoring and Dissemination” led by Stephanie Kleine organised a session titled “the future of road operation and traffic management”.

The congress’ visitors were given the chance to hear some top-class professionals’ view of the future. For further information, please download the flyer below.

ITS Strasbourg Highlight

On the 10th of April 2017, the second EWmap webinar was held. Attendees from 5 member states participated in the web conference and were informed about the following topics:

UM2 Invitation: 2^nd EWmap Webinar

After the success of the first EWmap webinar in 2016, UM2 would like to invite you, as road operator, road authority representative and/or partner in the context of the ITS deployment corridors and EU ITS Platform activities, to the second webinar which is scheduled for the 10^th of April 2017 at 2:00 PM CEST. The webinar will last at most 90 minutes.

URSA MAJOR 2 ITS Corridor coordinator Stephanie Kleine was invited to attend the ninth meeting of the Scandinavian-Mediterranean Core Network Corridor Forum, 06 December in Brussels to present the UM2 project to the audience. URSA MAJOR 2 was selected for presentation as new project of the ScanMed Corridor, besides 5 others.

The European Access Point for Truck Parking aims to provide access to safe & secure truck parking data in DATEX II format. In accordance with Article 5 of Commission delegated Regulation (EU) No 885/2013 in the framework of the ITS Directive 2010/40/EU public or private parking operators and service providers shall share and exchange data related to safe and secure parking areas through a national or international access point. The Commission is managing a European Access Point for Truck Parking Data to enable continuity of services throughout the EU.

Introduction

On 6^th of July 2016, the first EWmap webinar was held. 14 attendees, representing 6 member states, participated in web conference and have been informed about the organisational changes in EWmap and the general usage of the tool. The participants had the opportunity to directly ask question to each topic presented. In this way a constructive atmosphere was created.

In order to inform the EWmap users continuously about changes and new features, further webinars are planned.

URSA MAJOR 2 is building on the results of a Taskforce in the predecessor project, that led to the development of a template for Traffic Management Plans. The combined expertise of the URSA MAJOR 2 practitioners from the beneficiaries DE, IT and NL – strongly supported by the partners from Switzerland – created a powerful tool that now will be used throughout the USRA MAJOR network for new TMPs (first example is the Gotthard TMP); but also all existing TMPs will be captured.

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Venue

​HOLM - House of Mobility and Logistics, Bessie-Coleman-Straße 7, Gateway Gardens,
60549 Frankfurt, Germany (close to Frankfurt airport)

Date and time

28^th April 2016, 10.00-16.00

Objectives

On the 06/10/2015 EC and INEA organised the thematic session “smarter infrastructure” at the EC stand during the 22nd ITS World Congress in Bordeaux. Fotis Karamistos, EC DG Move - Deputy Director-General, opened the session with a short introduction highlighting the importance of harmonised ITS solutions to achieve an interconnected mobility throughout Europe. Afterwards he stayed to listen the presentations given.

The ITS projects selected under the 2013 TEN-T Calls for Proposal are highlighted with a special publication at the European Commission and the Innovation & Network Executive Agency (INEA) booth at the ITS World Congress in Bordeaux. In the morning of the first day the newly selected CEF ITS projects received from Commissioner Bulc a symbolic check representing the EU funding made available to them. Read the full acceptance speech by Stephanie Kleine on behalf of the ITS corridor coordinators and the consortia they represent:

Using ITS to manage Europe´s busiest freight routes

On Friday the 19^th of June 2015 Stephanie Kleine, as European Coordinator of URSA MAJOR, was invited by the Italian motorway operators to visit two Italian sites of URSA MAJOR which are under deployment. The deployment sites are located in Verona (TICC of Autostrada Brescia-Padova) and Campogalliano (new ITP of Autostrada del Brennero).

Strada dei Parchi S.p.A., Italian road operator of the A24 and A25 motorways, in the framework of activities planned along the URSA MAJOR Corridor,  has launched a pilot-project deploying drones for fire-safety and real-time navigation services in particular for heavy vehicles in tunnels.

New up-to-date technology equipment (four complete systems) were installed and started-up early this year in A31 highway (north-east of Italy, Vicenza-Rovigo), aimed to detect the traffic over all lanes and classify vehicle categories. The devices, based on microwave technology, collect traffic data (Sensors), process them (local Control Box) and transfer data packets toward Traffic Centre (Front End Processor), in order to achieve and maintain a real time traffic picture, also including anomalies like jams and over-limits speed.

The URSA MAJOR ITS deployment project has conducted a very successful stakeholder workshop on 25/26 March 2015 in Prien/Germany. One main conclusion was evident: it’s time for improved services on safe and secure truck parking. New services emerge and the service industry applauds the emerging access to static and dynamic information by parking operators in the light of the European Commission’s delegated regulation on the subject matter. But now new questions appear. What interface do I need to provide this data for my parking / access this data for my service?

Datex II User Forum 2014 in Prague

Experience in DATEX II ITP profile implementation – ITP project A9 Munich-Nuremberg, by Jürgen Neugebauer, Germany

Video 22 min

Presentation Download (PDF)

Since the 3^rd of February 2015, the new Lane Control System near Limburg is in operation. The system is able to reduce the risk of congestion on the motorway A3 between Limburg and the border of Rheinland-Pfalz significantly. In case of high traffic, the hard shoulder will be enabled in order to increase capacity. Through an intelligent traffic control, the system reduces congestion, accidents and exhaust gas pollution and therefore relieves the environment as well. This contributes to a more efficient use of road network without additional infrastructure investment.

ITP Workshop
Prien am Chiemsee, 25-26 March 2015

Overview

The workshop had been split into two separate days, following the agenda below. Day 1 mainly addressed road operators’ experiences and their particular point of view, whereas the second day focused on truck drivers’ and service providers’ needs and proposals.