Deployment of real time trafficandmultimodal information in Cyprus

Deployment of real time traffic-and-multimodal information in Cyprus Βασίλης Μιζάρας Πρόεδρος και Διευθύνων Σύμβουλος

Swarco Traffic Management (STM) • Strategic shareholder of Infotrip SA through subsidiary • • MIZAR AUTOMAZIONE: the transport telematics specialist of the SWARCO Group Better traffic flow enhances road safety and also helps protect the environment. Swarco Traffic Management (STM) is a group of companies dedicated to both of these goals. • STM activities concentrate on: • • • Urban Traffic Control Inter-urban Traffic Control Parking Public Transport Infomobility

Mizar: Excellence in four business areas

Applicable Infomobility Services Routing & Trip Planning Services Parking Information Services Traffic Information Services Dynamic Information & Guidance Systems Public Transit Information Services Travel & Tourism Information Services Multi-modal Information Services En-route Dynamic Public Transit Information Services

Benefits of Infomobility Services Improved Road Safety Increased use of public transport Reduced Environmental Impact Maximized Road Network Efficiency

A proposal for Cyprus Combination of public and The main needs for Cyprus private resources to maximise should be: effect • Real time traffic info • Public transport info and planning Multi modal trip planner including • Tourism related multi modal info real time information • Parking information Real time traffic info service: Main challenge is the lack of Deployment of FCD service systems and sensors to supply in combination of gradual the real time data required deployment of fixed measurement detectors (eg A second big challenge would bluetooth for travel time be to develop an appropriate estimation). Combined use of business model to bring together the data and data exchange all actors and stakeholders standards/mechanisms RDS/TMC service

Value Chain MARKET ADJUSTERS: PARTICIPANTS IN PRODUCTIVE OPERATION:

Multi modal information Include information from more than 1 transport modes Journey planners, door to door guidance, real time information Mainly focus on multi modal trips between public transport and pedestrian or car Challenges: • Use of real time information for trip • • optimisation Standards for data interfaces Location sensitive information ‘Why can't I yet plan or book my journey through Europe — switching from air to rail or sea, to urban or road transport — in one single go and online? ’ (Siim Kallas Vice President EC, Transport)

Some best practices Transport Direct: http: //www. transportdirect. info • All modes, all UK • Door to Door journey planner DB Bahn: http: //www. bahn. de/i/view/GBR/en/index. shtml# • Focus on railway • Compare routes with car and flights IDOS timetables websites: http: //jizdnirady. idnes. cz Trenitalia: http: //www. trenitalia. com Attica Region: www. atticaroute. gr

Real time traffic info Incidents, traffic conditions and travel times Real time being the most effective method of demand management Traditionally: Collective means such as VMS RDS/TMC FCD vs Sensors Bluetooh technology for travel time calculation

RDC – TMC technology The TMC (Traffic Message Channel), enables through RDS broadcasting, to disseminate real time traffic information to navigators on board. TMC is the most popular way of real time traffic info en route around the world. The organisation with the authority on TMC is the TISA - Traveler Information Services Associations (www. tisa. org) Characteristics of RDS - TMC: • • The user may receive in real time road incidents that would influence his/her trip High definition digital broadcasting Standardised codification of location tables and incidents Compatibility with RDS enabled radio receivers

Floating Car Data collection FCD technology: FCD (Floating Car Data) is a method to collect real time traffic data by monitoring the movement of vehicles. It requires a GSM/GPRS unit in the vehicle , which acts as a sensor transmitting movement data. The collected data are processed to determine travel times and respectively traffic situation and conditions. The more date the more stable is the sampling result! Benefits of FCD: • Immediate results • Smaller costs • Broader road coverage

Bluetooth based system Architecture Bluetooth Device Discovery ‘i. Travel’ Outstation ‘Blue. Road’ Journey Time Processing ‘MISTIC’ Real Time Reporting Blue. Road MISTIC @ Database Communications ‘Cloud’ GPRS etc. Statistical Reports Mobile Phones Internet etc. The i. Travel System consists of 3 main elements: 1. The i. Travel Outstation continuously checks for nearby Bluetooth devices and regularly sends the MAC addresses of any discovered devices together with their time stamps to a central server via an ethernet communication channel 2. The Blue. Road server keeps system time; matches received MAC addresses and calculates journey times. Information is stored in a database and can be used to produce journey time statistics and Origin Destination data 3. Data from the system can also be collected and shown on MISTIC real-time map displays and distributed to the public by mobile phone, internet etc.

Central Software Blue. Road Journey time engine calculates link and network travel times Data verification and validation to filter extraneous records Data warehousing for statistical reporting, historical records, and trend analysis MISTIC Data fusion engine Provides real time data processing, analysis, and reporting capability Map based Graphical User Information Displays showing real time traffic conditions Broadcast of data to external media eg WEB, SMS, VMS