Intelligent Transport Systems in the UK Progress Report As Required By
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Ref. Ares(2014)2846218 - 01/09/2014 Intelligent Transport Systems in the UK Progress Report As required by European Union Directive 2010/40/EU August 2014 The information or guidance in this document (including third party information, products and services), is provided by DfT on an 'as is' basis, without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied. The Department for Transport has actively considered the needs of blind and partially sighted people in accessing this document. The text will be made available in full on the Department’s website in accordance with the W3C’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. The text may be freely downloaded and translated by individuals or organisations for conversion into other accessible formats. If you have other needs in this regard please contact the Department. Department for Transport Great Minster House 33 Horseferry Road London SW1P 4DR Telephone 0300 330 3000 Website www.dft.gov.uk © Crown copyright 2014 Copyright in the typographical arrangement rests with the Crown. You may re-use this information (not including logos or third-party material) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence. To view this licence, visit www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government- licence/ or write to the Information Policy Team, The National Archives, Kew, London TW9 4DU, or e-mail: [email protected]. Where we have identified any third-party copyright information you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned. 2 Contents 1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 6 Member State Contact Information: ........................................................................................ 7 2. National Approach to ITS ................................................................................................. 8 3. Technical and Legal Framework .................................................................................... 10 3.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 10 3.2 Legal Framework .................................................................................................... 10 3.3 ITS Architectures and Standards ............................................................................ 10 Directive Priority Areas and Actions ...................................................................................... 12 4. European Priority Area I: Optimal Use of Road Traffic & Travel Data Introduction ....... 12 4.1 Using ITS to enable transport users to make the informed choices about their Journey ............................................................................................................................ 12 4.2 Using ITS to enable transport users to make informed choices about their Journey – Multi modal Journey Planning (Transport Direct) .......................................................... 15 4.3 Smart & Integrated Ticketing .................................................................................. 17 4.4 Traffic England ....................................................................................................... 18 4.5 Transport Scotland: Traffic Scotland Information Service ...................................... 23 4.6 Transport Scotland: Traffic Scotland Control Centre & Backup Facility ................. 25 4.7 Transport Scotland: Management Dashboard ........................................................ 26 4.8 Transport Scotland: National Traffic Data System – The Next Generation Data Warehouse for Scotland ................................................................................................... 27 4.9 Transport Scotland: Journey Time System Expansion ........................................... 28 4.10 Transport Northern Ireland – Enhancements to Trafficwatchni.com ...................... 29 4.11 Traffic Wales Website Improvements (2010 – with ongoing improvements and enhancements) – All Wales Road Network ...................................................................... 30 4.12 Transport Scotland: Environmental Data & Air Quality Monitoring ......................... 32 4.13 The Real Time Information Group (RTIG) Overview .............................................. 33 4.14 Transport for Londons Syndication of Real-time traffic Distruption Data (www.tfl.gov.uk/info-for/open-data-users/) ....................................................................... 34 5. European Priority Area II: Continuity of Traffic & Freight Management Services .......... 36 5.1 Variable Message Signs ......................................................................................... 36 5.2 Transport Scotland – Variable Message Sign Deployment .................................... 37 5.3 Northern Ireland CCTV & Variable Message Message Signs (VMS) ..................... 38 5.4 Installation of MS4 Variable Message Signs on M2 Foreshore (Citybound) & M3 Lagan Bridge (Eastbound) ............................................................................................... 38 5.5 Motorway & Trunk Road Network – “All Wales” VMS............................................. 38 3 5.6 Smart Motorways .................................................................................................... 40 5.7 Transport Scotland: Major ITS Deployment ........................................................... 41 5.8 Northern Ireland M1/A12 Westlink Variable Mandatory Speed Limits (VMSL)....... 43 5.9 Wales M4 Variable Speed Limit (VSL) Automatic Congestion Operation (2011 – with ongoing improvements and enhancements) ............................................................. 43 5.10 Wales Rural Trunk Road – Average Speed Enforcement (2011 – 2013, with ongoing improvements and enhancements) .................................................................... 44 5.11 Welsh Motorway – M4 Variable Speed Limit (VSL) Automatic Congestion Operation (2011 to on-going) ............................................................................................................ 44 5.12 Highways Agency – Use of the Internet Protocol (IP) in Roadside Telecommunications ........................................................................................................ 44 5.13 Transport Scotland – Further CCTV Rollout ........................................................... 46 5.14 Transport Scotland – Delay Modelling Tool ............................................................ 47 5.15 Transport Scotland – System Architecture Improvements ..................................... 48 5.16 Northern Ireland Journey Time Measurements ...................................................... 49 5.17 Northern Ireland Cross Boundary Information Sharing using Datex 2 .................... 50 5.18 Northern Ireland – Resilience and Business Continuity ......................................... 50 5.19 Welsh M4 Motorway OptiSense, Acoustic Network Monitoring (2012 – with ongoing improvements and enhancements) .................................................................................. 50 5.20 All Wales CCTV (All Wales Solution) (2011 - with ongoing improvements and enhancements) ................................................................................................................. 51 5.21 UTMC: sharing Open Specifications experience in Europe (Project POSSE) ........ 51 5.22 Transport Scotland: Text to Speech App for Freight Users .................................... 53 5.23 Cloud based traffic management system in Portsmouth ........................................ 53 5.24 Traffic Management ................................................................................................ 54 5.25 Transport for London freight route prioritisation ..................................................... 54 6. European Priority Area III: ITS Road Safety and Security Applications ....................... 56 6.1 Transport Scotland: Incident Management Forum ................................................. 56 6.2 Transport Scotland: Trunk Road Incident Support Service .................................... 56 6.3 Transport Scotland: A9 Average Speed Camera Scheme ..................................... 57 6.4 Welsh A55 Tunnel (x3) - Road Tunnel Safety Regulations (2013 – 2015) ............. 58 6.5 Welsh Government Infrastructure and Security (2012 - with ongoing improvements and enhancements) .......................................................................................................... 58 6.6 Welsh Motorway and Trunk Road- Emergency Telephone System Upgrade (2014 – 2014) ……………………………………………………………………………………………59 6.7 Targeted Roadside Enforcement using Weigh in Motion (WIM) and Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) .................................................................................. 59 6.8 Transport for London: ITS Road Safety and Security Applications ........................ 61 4 7. European Priority Area IV: Linking the Vehicle with the Transport Infrastructure .......... 62 7.1 Transport Systems Catapult ................................................................................... 62 7.2 Government activity on Cooperative Systems and Autonomous Vehicles ............. 63 7.3 Pedestrian SCOOT (2013 – 2015) ......................................................................... 64 7.4 Cooperative Systems in Transport