Ref. Ares(2018)2176293 - 24/04/2018 Intelligent Transport Systems in the UK Progress Report As required by European Union Directive 2010/40/EU August 2017 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. 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 General enquiries https://forms.dft.gov.uk Website www.gov.uk/dft Crown copyright 2017 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 v3.0. 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TECHNICAL AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK ......................................................................................... 10 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................... 10 LEGAL FRAMEWORK ............................................................................................................................... 10 ITS ARCHITECTURE AND STANDARDS ......................................................................................................... 10 3. EUROPEAN PRIORITY AREA I: OPTIMAL USE OF ROAD TRAFFIC & TRAVEL DATA INTRODUCTION 12 USING ITS TO ENABLE TRANSPORT USERS TO MAKE INFORMED CHOICES ABOUT THEIR JOURNEY .............................. 12 THE OPEN DATA AGENDA AND TRAFFIC/TRAVEL INFORMATION....................................................................... 12 PROGRESS SINCE THE NATIONAL REPORT .................................................................................................... 14 OTHER OPEN DATA SETS ......................................................................................................................... 15 USING ITS TO ENABLE TRANSPORT USERS TO MAKE INFORMED CHOICES ABOUT THEIR JOURNEY – MULTI MODAL JOURNEY PLANNING (TRANSPORT DIRECT) ................................................................................................. 16 OPEN DATA “CONTINUE THE DRIVE FOR OPEN DATA, MAINTAINING THE UK POSITION AS A WORLD LEADER” ............. 18 TRAVELINE SCOTLAND ............................................................................................................................ 18 INTEROPERABILITY/COMPATIBILITY/CONTINUITY ......................................................................................... 19 SMART & INTEGRATED TICKETING ............................................................................................................. 20 KEY NATIONAL ACTIVITIES ....................................................................................................................... 20 HIGHWAYS ENGLAND TRAFFIC INFORMATION .............................................................................................. 20 HIGHWAYS ENGLAND: NATIONAL TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTRE (NTCC) .............................................................. 22 HIGHWAYS ENGLAND : NATIONAL TRAFFIC INFORMATION SERVICE .................................................................. 23 HIGHWAYS ENGLAND: PUBLIC ACCESS CCTV ............................................................................................... 25 NEW INFORMATION PLAN ....................................................................................................................... 26 TRAFFIC SCOTLAND INFORMATION SERVICE ................................................................................................. 27 TRAFFIC SCOTLAND NATIONAL CONTROL CENTRE (TSNCC) ............................................................................ 30 NATIONAL TRAFFIC DATA SYSTEM ............................................................................................................. 31 JOURNEY TIME SYSTEM .......................................................................................................................... 32 TRANSPORT NORTHERN IRELAND – ENHANCEMENTS TO TRAFFICWATCHNI.COM ................................................. 33 TRAFFIC WALES WEBSITE IMPROVEMENTS (2014 – 2017) – ALL WALES ROAD NETWORK ................................... 34 WELSH NATIONAL TRAFFIC DATA SYSTEM (2014- 2017) – ALL WALES ROAD NETWORK (COMPLETED) .................. 36 ALL WALES WEATHER STATION FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS (2015 – ON-GOING) – ALL WALES ROAD NETWORK ........ 36 THE REAL TIME INFORMATION GROUP (RTIG) OVERVIEW ............................................................................. 37 TRANSPORT FOR LONDON’S SYNDICATION OF REAL-TIME TRAFFIC DISRUPTION DATA (WWW.TFL.GOV.UK/INFO- FOR/OPEN-DATA-USERS/) ....................................................................................................................... 38 4. EUROPEAN PRIORITY AREA II: CONTINUITY OF TRAFFIC & FREIGHT MANAGEMENT SERVICES .... 40 3 VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGNS ...................................................................................................................... 40 VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGNS, TRA ............................................................................................................... 41 NORTHERN IRELAND CCTV & VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGNS (VMS) .................................................................... 42 INSTALLATION OF MS4 VARIABLE MESSAGE SIGNS ON M2 FORESHORE (CITYBOUND) & M3 LAGAN BRIDGE (EASTBOUND) ....................................................................................................................................... 42 MOTORWAY & TRUNK ROAD NETWORK – “ALL WALES” VMS (2014- ON GOING) ............................................. 43 WELSH M4 MOTORWAY OPTISENSE, ACOUSTIC NETWORK MONITORING (2012 2015 (NOW COMPLETE) .............. 44 ALL WALES CCTV (ALL WALES SOLUTION) (2011 - WITH ON-GOING IMPROVEMENTS AND ENHANCEMENTS) ............ 44 SMART MOTORWAYS ............................................................................................................................. 45 OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................................... 45 TRANSPORT SCOTLAND: MANAGED MOTORWAYS AND MAJOR ITS DEPLOYMENT .............................................. 47 TRANSPORT SCOTLAND: MANAGEMENT DASHBOARD ................................................................................... 48 DFI ROADS M1/A12 WESTLINK VARIABLE MANDATORY SPEED LIMITS (VMSL) ................................................ 49 HIGHWAYS ENGLAND – USE OF THE INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) IN ROADSIDE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ...................... 50 TRANSPORT SCOTLAND – FURTHER CCTV ROLLOUT ...................................................................................... 51 TRANSPORT SCOTLAND – DELAY MODELLING TOOL ...................................................................................... 52 TRANSPORT SCOTLAND – SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE IMPROVEMENTS .................................................................. 53 NORTHERN IRELAND JOURNEY TIME MEASUREMENTS ................................................................................... 55 NORTHERN IRELAND CROSS BOUNDARY INFORMATION SHARING USING DATEX II .............................................. 55 NORTHERN IRELAND – RESILIENCE AND BUSINESS CONTINUITY ........................................................................ 56 WELSH M4 MOTORWAY OPTI-SENSE, ACOUSTIC NETWORK MONITORING (2012 – WITH ONGOING IMPROVEMENTS AND ENHANCEMENTS) ............................................................................................................................ 56 ALL WALES CCTV (ALL WALES SOLUTION) (2011 - WITH ONGOING IMPROVEMENTS AND ENHANCEMENTS) ............. 57 UTMC: SHARING OPEN SPECIFICATIONS EXPERIENCE IN EUROPE (PROJECT POSSE) ............................................ 57 TRANSPORT SCOTLAND: TEXT TO SPEECH APP FOR FREIGHT USERS .................................................................. 59 CLOUD BASED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN PORTSMOUTH ...................................................................... 59 TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT .......................................................................................................................... 60 TRANSPORT FOR LONDON FREIGHT ROUTE PRIORITISATION ............................................................................. 60 5. EUROPEAN PRIORITY AREA III: ITS ROAD SAFETY AND SECURITY APPLICATIONS ......................... 62 TRANSPORT SCOTLAND: INCIDENT MANAGEMENT FORUM ............................................................................. 62 TRANSPORT SCOTLAND: TRUNK ROAD INCIDENT