TRANSPark Peter KRAUSZ IRU Head Goods Transport and
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TRANSPark Peter KRAUSZ, IRU, Head – Goods Transport and Facilitation UNECE SC 1, Geneva, 21 October 2009 1 © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2009
TRANSPark – History & Database § Database developed over many years by the IRU together with its Members and with the International Transport Forum (ITF) / national Ministries of Transport § Sources of other Information Hub services, are exclusively based on IRU-owned databases and external applications like Google 2 © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2009
TRANSPark - Purpose § Lack of parking areas – Governments to act § Joint ITF-IRU IT development initiative – objective: Security, Safety, Social rules, Business, Comfort § Truck and bus & coach modules § Printed version Internet application 3 © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2009
TRANSPark - What is it? § Interactive internet application with search functions to locate parking areas (trucks and, at a later stage, buses and coaches) § Driver Start-Up Point, a genuine Professional Driver Information Hub for assisting drivers and transport company operations managers (= Driver Information One-Stop Shop) 4 © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2009
TRANSPark - Maps § TRANSPark maps - the heart of the application, based on Google Maps § GEO-Coordinates: the Alpha and Omega § Today, TRANSPark contains 2880 parking areas, of which 1820 (63. 19%) have been “GEO-identified and 1060 are still to be in 43 countries 5 © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2009
TRANSPark Homepage 6 © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2009
Plan your Route 7 © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2009
TRANSPark: the ultimate one stop-shop for information • Search: radius, text (address), advanced search t! a m r o f • route planner; y l d n e • Slot availability i r f • fuel prices in 40 countries; evice d e • border waiting times; abl t r po • flash information ona traffic restrictions; in and checklists; • security guidelines o ls a , e • weather rconditions; g a h c • currency converter; f o e e • Frlegal advice and support; • easy to update by external data submitters 8 © International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2009
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