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TELEMATIC CONTROLLED HGV- PARKING IN NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN

The Ministry for Building and Transport of the State of Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) is to implement a parking guidance system for heavy goods vehicles (HGV), which is to include the display of currently available parking spaces at the -Rhynern (South) rest area on motorway A2. This pilot project intends to improve telematic controlled systems for HGV parking. One main focus of the project is the field experiment of the magnetometer sensors for HGV detection. The system launch is planned for 2009.

Background There is a shortage of approximately 14,000 HGV parking spaces along the motorways of . This results in the parking of vehicles in areas which are not designated and/or dangerous, e.g. lanes exiting and entering the motorway to and from rest areas or at petrol stations. Therefore, the “Landesbetrieb Straßen NRW” is to implement a parking guidance system which is to inform HGV drivers on actual occupancy of the area.

Project description The implementation will enable the information on HGV Thus, in addition to the magnetometer sensors, surveillance parking space availability to be displayed at three locations – through monitoring cameras will allow the entire parking lot one along the motorway and two at the rest area itself. The to be controlled. dynamic LED-displays are fully automated and operated Video recordings, operating data and incidences are through data transfer from control devices. 82 magnetometer transmitted to the traffic control centre (TCC) of detectors will be installed to allow monitoring of single “Landesbetrieb Straßen NRW” in Leverkusen. Within the parking spaces. The need for occupancy detection per TCC a video management system and a connection to the parking space is caused by the shared usage of parking data distributer will be installed to enable different users to lanes by cars and trucks; an accurate identification of HGV access data. has to be ensured. Simply counting the difference between The pilot project shall provide information on the reliability of entries and exits to and from the rest area does not magnetometer sensors and determine whether the system guarantee reliable detection of all available HGV parking can be applied to other comparable parking areas. For lots. validation an alignment between data from magnetometers and video surveillance system is intended.

Figure 1 : Overview of HGV parking area Rhynern - Süd

82 HGV parking spaces

Objectives The aim of implementing an HGV-parking guidance system Furthermore, this project is to address the issue of more is to optimize parking management for HGV in service areas. efficient use of existing parking spaces. An option identified Parking in not designated and/or dangerous areas as well as is that more parking areas be equipped with an equivalent additional traffic resulting from searching for free parking system and be linked to one another. spaces should be reduced. Dangerous situations, such as these, need to be avoided for subsequent vehicles.

Implementation and results The implementation is planned to start end of 2009/ beginning of 2010, first results are expected within the first quarter of 2011.

Figure 2 and 3: Dynamic parking signs to be installed at the rest area and along the motorway, respectively

Transferability The pilot project shall give information regarding the reliability of magnetometer sensors and determine the system’s transferability to other comparable parking areas. For validation an alignment between data from magnetometers and video surveillance system is intended.

Contact Further information can be obtained from:

Kefale Dereje Landesbetrieb Straßenbau NRW [email protected]

Georg Stüben Ministry for Building and Transport of the State of North Rhine- [email protected]

July 2009