URSA MAJOR Evaluation Report Project reference: I.208.S.258.O1 Version: 1.0 www.its-platform.eu . Document Information Authors NAME ORGANISATION Luca Studer Politecnico di Milano – Mobility and Transport Laboratory Giovanna Marchionni Politecnico di Milano – Mobility and Transport Laboratory Marco Ponti Politecnico di Milano – Mobility and Transport Laboratory Valeria Paglino Politecnico di Milano – Mobility and Transport Laboratory Reiner Dölger Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Verkehr, Landwirtschaft und Weinbau Rheinland-Pfalz Revision NAME ORGANISATION Paola Mainardi Sina S.p.A. Stephanie Kleine Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Verkehr, Landwirtschaft und Weinbau Rheinland-Pfalz Henk Taale Rijkswaterstaat Water, Traffic and Environment URSA MAJOR Version 1.0 2/97 Table of Contents Document Information .................................................................................................................. 2 Table of Contents .......................................................................................................................... 3 List of Abbreviations/Acronyms .................................................................................................. 5 1 Executive Summary ............................................................................................................... 7 1.1 Impact on Traffic Efficiency ........................................................................................... 7 1.2 Impact on Safety ........................................................................................................... 7 1.3 Impact on Environment ................................................................................................. 7 1.4 Other results ................................................................................................................. 7 1.5 Overall impact ............................................................................................................... 7 2 Overview on Ursa Major ........................................................................................................ 9 2.1 Issues Addressed ......................................................................................................... 9 2.2 Site description ............................................................................................................. 9 2.3 ITS Selection and Objectives ...................................................................................... 10 2.4 Status of the Projects .................................................................................................. 10 2.5 Systems and Technologies Applied ............................................................................ 10 2.6 ITS Deployment Status (Deployment KPIs) ................................................................ 10 2.7 Selected Benefit KPIs ................................................................................................. 11 2.8 Evaluation ................................................................................................................... 11 2.8.1 Definition of the Evaluation Taskforce ................................................................ 12 2.8.2 Selection of projects to be evaluated ................................................................. 12 2.8.3 Results management and transferability ............................................................ 13 2.8.4 Integration of Floating Car Data ......................................................................... 13 3 Evaluated Projects within Ursa Major ................................................................................ 14 3.1 Ursa Major Evaluated Projects List ............................................................................. 14 3.2 Description of Evaluated Projects ............................................................................... 15 4 Impacts grouped by ITS service ......................................................................................... 26 4.1 Traveller information services ..................................................................................... 26 4.1.1 Impact on traffic efficiency ................................................................................. 27 4.1.2 Impact on safety ................................................................................................ 28 4.1.3 Impact on environment ...................................................................................... 29 4.1.4 Other results ...................................................................................................... 30 4.1.5 Outcomes .......................................................................................................... 31 4.2 Dynamic rerouting ....................................................................................................... 32 4.2.1 Impact on traffic efficiency ................................................................................. 33 4.2.2 Impact on safety ................................................................................................ 35 4.2.3 Impact on environment ...................................................................................... 35 4.2.4 Other results ...................................................................................................... 36 4.2.5 Outcomes .......................................................................................................... 36 URSA MAJOR Version 1.0 3/97 4.3 Dynamic lane management ........................................................................................ 37 4.3.1 Impact on traffic efficiency ................................................................................. 39 4.3.2 Impact on safety ................................................................................................ 41 4.3.3 Impact on environment ...................................................................................... 42 4.3.4 Other results ...................................................................................................... 43 4.3.5 Outcomes .......................................................................................................... 44 4.4 Traffic monitoring and management ............................................................................ 45 4.4.1 Impact on traffic efficiency ................................................................................. 47 4.4.2 Impact on safety ................................................................................................ 49 4.4.3 Impact on environment ...................................................................................... 50 4.4.4 Other results ...................................................................................................... 51 4.4.5 Outcomes .......................................................................................................... 51 4.5 Variable speed limits ................................................................................................... 52 4.5.1 Impact on traffic efficiency ................................................................................. 53 4.5.2 Impact on safety ................................................................................................ 55 4.5.3 Impact on environment ...................................................................................... 56 4.5.4 Other results ...................................................................................................... 56 4.5.5 Outcomes .......................................................................................................... 57 4.6 Other ITS services ...................................................................................................... 58 4.6.1 Avoiding rush hour ............................................................................................. 58 4.6.2 Extension of motorway exits and entrances ....................................................... 60 4.7 Integration of floating car data analysis ....................................................................... 62 4.7.1 Evaluation of FC data for the assessment of benefits from Traffic Management – Establishing and using a cross-border statistical database .................................................... 62 4.7.2 Usage of FCD to improve the traffic situation in Bavaria, Germany .................... 65 4.8 Summary of impacts ................................................................................................... 66 5 Conclusions ......................................................................................................................... 72 5.1 Final evaluation of each ITS service’s impact.............................................................. 72 5.1.1 Impact on Traffic Efficiency ................................................................................ 73 5.1.2 Impact on Safety ................................................................................................ 73 5.1.3 Impact on Environment ...................................................................................... 74 5.1.4 Other results ...................................................................................................... 74 5.2 Expansion of results to the overall Ursa Major project ................................................. 75 5.3 Overall impact ............................................................................................................