SPECIAL SESSION 13 Progress of Cooperative System in Different Regions

ITSITS PolicyPolicy inin JapanJapan andand SmartwaySmartway

November 2008 Mitsuo Arino Road Bureau,Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Government of Japan

0 Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism NewNew cooperativecooperative vehiclevehicle-- infrastructureinfrastructure systemsystem

DSRC roadside unit

ITS on-board units

Speech-only unit

5.8 GHz short-range Unit linked to car navigation system communications

1 BuildingBuilding aa commoncommon infrastructureinfrastructure

Car CarCar navigation navigationnavigation ETC Application ApplicationETCETC Application Application system systemsystem VICS VICSVICS

Dedicated Dedicated Dedicated Dedicated CommonCommon softwaresoftware software software software software

Dedicated Dedicated Dedicated Dedicated on-board on-board on-board on-board Comprehensive ITSITS on-boardon-board unitsunits unit unit unit unit effects

CommonCommon hardwarehardware Dedicated Dedicated Dedicated Dedicated ・・ MoreMore advancedadvanced digitaldigital mapsmaps hardware hardware hardware hardware ・・ BuildingBuilding aa datadata infrastructureinfrastructure

Company A Company B ・・・・・・Open platform 2 DiversificationDiversification ofof servicesservices withwith aa commoncommon infrastructureinfrastructure

VICS (wide-area, detailed road traffic information)

1995 2001 2007 Shinjuku-Dori Ave. near Yotsuya-Mitsuke: Congested for 0.5 km Multiple media Fee payment at parking Car Car navigation navigation facilities, et cetera systems systems

VICS ITS 2.4 GHz on-board beacon units ETC Tourist information 5.8 GHz and route selection 5.8 GHz Tourist destination driving DSRC DSRC *Please selectguide a tourist destination. In-car Internet access Fee collection Supplying Two-way communicatio information Next-generation Toyota Stadium ns road services Toyota Municipal : Services Communicatio Museum of Art n capacity : On-board units 3 : Scope of Smartway services ShortShort--rangerange communicationscommunications

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Advanced Cruise Asssist Highway Systems (AHS) Providing information on Providing merging obstacles in the assistance information road ahead

Caution. Congestion ahead. Caution. Vehicle merging from the left. 4 CooperativeCooperative vehiclevehicle--highwayhighway ITSITS projectproject asas nationalnational policypolicy

Strategic Headquarters for the Promotion of an Advanced Information and Telecommunications Network Society (IT Strategic Headquarters; founded in January 2001 under the IT Basic Law) IT Strategic Headquarters, the government's decision-making institution regarding IT policy, is directed by the Prime Minister and consists of related ministers and experts.

New IT Reform Strategy (adopted by IT Strategic Headquarters in January 2006): Excerpt Goal: The world’s safest road traffic environment —Reducing traffic fatalities to 5,000 or below—

Policies toward realization: FormationFormation ofof aa public-privatepublic-private jointjoint committeecommittee (April(April 2006)2006)

Large-scaleLarge-scale provingproving tests,tests, ververification,ification, andand evaluationevaluation (2008)(2008)

NationwideNationwide deployment,deployment, primprimarilyarily atat locationslocations ofof frequentfrequent traffictraffic accidentsaccidents (2010)(2010) 5 SmartwaySmartway publicpublic roadroad testingtesting onon thethe MEXMEX (FY(FY 20072007--))

：Service to provide information on ： obstacles ahead Merging assistance service ： Map-linked service

急カーブ、注意 Caution. Caution. Many Caution. Vehicle merging ! accidents Congestion from the left. occur at a ahead. sharp curve ahead.

Service to provide information on Caution. ：conditions ahead Many rear- end collisions Route 5 occur 200 Current (Ikebukuro meters ahead. conditions before Line) Gaien Entrance, about 1 kilometer Central Loop ahead. Shinjuku Line

This is an announcement of conditions on Metropolitan Expressway Route 4 in the direction. The required travel time is ... Traffic congestion is ...

： Providing location information (electronic signs) IP都心環状線 information link services (at Daikoku Parking Area) Route 4 (Shinjuku Line) IP： data link services 都心環状線EMV payment processing services (at 6 Kajibashi Parking Area) 6 SmartwaySmartway publicpublic roadroad testingtesting onon thethe MEXMEX (FY(FY 20072007--))

Scale of testing Equipment and devices used in testing Participating companies: 11 carmakers 18 manufacturers of on-board units and appliances 6 experts 40 vehicles used in testing Testing began: May 14, 2007 Total number of trips: 2,522 as of December 10, 2007 ITS on-board units linked to car Stand-alone ITS on- navigation systems board unit

Matters verified [1] System functions [2] System efficacy based on vehicle behavior Roadside antenna [3] System efficacy based on driver Camera responses to questionnaires

Results of testing ○With safety-related services (providing information on obstacles ahead, merging assistance, and map-linked service), we confirmed through the analysis of vehicle operation data that vehicle behavior became safer. ○In a questionnaire survey by general monitors, most respondents found the services to be effective; and there were no negative reactions, confirming the safety of the services. 7 Countermeasures for snowy and icy roads using Smartway (FY 2008-)

Kanto and Joshin-Etsu regions

Using cooperative vehicle- infrastructure ITS technologies to collect and supply vehicle behavior data Kan-Etsu Expressway (from Minakami Interchange to Yuzawa Interchange)

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8 SupportSupport forfor effectiveeffective routeroute selectionselection usingusing SmartwaySmartway (FY(FY 20082008--))

Supporting appropriate route selection on the Meishin Expressway and the New Meishin Expressway

Existing 2.4 GHz beacons New 5.8 GHz beacons

Meishin Expressway

New Meishin Expressway

Kinki and Chubu regions

Using highway radio to provide supplemental traffic information in audio Using highway radio to form provide supplemental traffic information in audio form

Supplying wide-area route selection information Meishin Expressway with highway radio (audio). New Meishin Expressway 2.4 GHz (existing) 5.8 GHz (new)

(simple diagrams) (simple wide-area diagrams) plus audio information

9 ListList ofof SmartwaySmartway testtest locationslocations (FY(FY 20082008--))

Beginning in fiscal year 2008, testing is being expanded to various other areas besides the main focus of Tokyo. Services based on the characteristics of each region will be tested.

【, , and (Meishin Expressway and New Meishin Expressway) 】 Providing information on obstacles ahead (highway radio reports) 【Niigata (Kan-Etsu Expressway) 】 Collecting vehicle behavior information (snow-covered road surface information) 【Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe () 】 Preventing hazards on entering curves, providing information on obstacles ahead, merging assistance, and providing information on conditions ahead Niigata (providing road information by still images) 【Tokyo (Metropolitan Expressway) 】 Providing information on obstacles ahead (coordinated service for 【Hiroshima (Sanyo Expressway) 】 expressways and ordinary roads) Providing road traffic information d Calling attention when exceeding the ay an ressw ay (support for route selection) speed limit n Exp essw eishi Expr Tokyo M ishin Providing information on conditions w Me Ne ahead (providing road information by still images) Aichi Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe Hiroshima (Hanshin Expressway)

【Aichi ( Expressway, National Highway 153, and Tokai-Kanjo Expressway) 】 Providing information on obstacles ahead, preventing hazards on entering curves, 10 providing information on conditions ahead, and Internet information access PromotingPromoting thethe spreadspread ofof SmartwaySmartway services:services:

1.1. DevelopmentDevelopment ofof speechspeech--onlyonly onon--boardboard unitsunits

On-board units for the realization of Smartway services

New type of ETC ITS on-board units Speech-only on-board unit with linked to car navigation systems ITS on-board units speech capability

Beep. Congestion Beep. Congestion ahead. Take care to ahead. Take care to avoid a rear-end avoid a rear-end collision. collision.

Both its functionality and price are only incrementally higher than existing ETC on-board units, making it easier for users to buy as a replacement.

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2.2. UnificationUnification ofof onon--boardboard unitunit formatsformats

Conventional services

Car navigation VICS receiver ETC on-board 31.83 million system 2.74 million unit (2.4 GHz) 21.06 million vehicles (as of vehicles (as of unit (5.8 GHz) vehicles (as of June 30, 2008) June 30, 2008) September 2008) ＋

New services using Smartway ITS on-board unit (5.8 GHz) Car navigation system (New ETC on-board unit) The unification of on-board unit formats makes it ＋ easier for users.

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3. Advancement of VICS

Processing and compiling road traffic information (JARTIC)

Processing and compiling

Roadside Central Roadside equipment equipment facilities (radio beacons) (traffic counters, et cetera)

Collecting and supplying road traffic information (road administrators and VICS Center) Transition to the new VICS based on 5.8 GHz DSRC VICS-capable on-board unit Using probe data to Central facilities Providing the new collect road traffic compatible with VICS by DSRC information the new VICS Promoting a transition in roadside equipment by promoting a transition to the new VICS 13 Thank you

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