Article 17(1) of Directive 2010/40/EU, National Report for Ireland. 26 August 2011

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1 Article 17(1) of Directive 2010/40/EU, National Report for Ireland 26 August 2011

2 Article 17(1) of Directive 2010/40/EU National Report for Ireland Contents Section A: Contact Details Section A Contact Details Page 1 Section B General Overview Page 1 Section C National ITS Activities in Priority Area 1 Page 2 Section D National ITS Activities in Priority Area 2 Page 3 Section E National ITS Activities in Priority Area 3 Page 4 Section F National ITS Activities in Priority Area 4 Page 4 Annex 1 Major Projects under the Scope of the Directive Page 5 Annex 2 Standards Page 12 Annex 3 Glossary Page 14 Section A: Contact Details Name of Organisation Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport Type of Organisation Government Ministry Postal Address Freight & Logistics Policy Division, Leeson Lane, Dublin 2 Name of Contact Person Mr James Caffrey Telephone Number Address jamescaffrey@dttas.ie Section B: General Overview: Intelligent Transport Systems in Ireland: Directive 2010/40/EU covers ITS in the area of road transport, therefore while ITS systems also exist as part of Ireland s heavy and light rail networks, those systems are only included in this report where they interact with road transport. There are a wide range of ITS activities in operation and under development in Ireland, ranging from urban traffic control to barrier free electronic tolling. The majority of ITS with regard to road transport is deployed and operated on the national primary road network, principally dual carriageways and motorways, as well as within the major urban centres. ITS deployment on the inter-urban road network tends to be concentrated on the approaches to Dublin and the regional cities. Such deployments have traditionally been focused on traffic monitoring and traffic information services. These services fall under the remit of the National Roads Authority (NRA). 1

3 ITS deployment in urban areas has traditionally been by local authorities for traffic management purposes. However the recently established National Transport Authority (NTA) has specific responsibility within the greater Dublin region (covering 7 local authorities) for strategic traffic management as well as a national remit in ITS for public transport. Section C: National ITS Activities in Priority Area 1 (Optimal use of road, traffic and travel data) Overview A number of ITS activities are in operation or under development with regard to road, traffic and travel data in Ireland. The majority of these applications concern the collection of data by local authorities, the NTA and the NRA. The following initiatives fall under the scope of Priority Area 1 Real Time Passenger Information for bus passengers at local and national level Cross border traffic and travel time information provision Urban traffic control VMS Deployment Parking guidance Information Automatic number plate recognition technology for electronic toll collection and journeytime calculation and real-time dissemination Self-organising urban traffic control General transit feed specification interface Multimodal journey planners Urban traffic control systems exist in a number of Irish cities, such as Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway, and are under the responsibility of local authorities. There are also examples of traffic management systems being deployed outside of the major cities such as the traffic management centre operated by Kildare County Council. Most of the data gathered by the local authorities is collected using technologies such as closed circuit television and induction loop detectors, and is used for traffic management purposes. Adaptive urban traffic control systems such as SCATS (Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System) which is used by Dublin City Council, and SCOOT (Split Cycle Offset Optimisation Technique) which is used by some other local authorities, use this data to adjust traffic controller cycle timings to improve traffic flows within the system, provide for pedestrians, and give priority to public transport at signal controlled junctions. These systems also provide road users with traffic information and parking guidance information via systems such as VMS, SMS, radio broadcasts and web sites. Dublin City Council also provides traffic information services for transmission via broadcasters to satnav users using the RDS-TMC standard. Journey Planners: The NTA is currently working to develop a national multimodal journey planner with the objective of providing a door to door public transport journey planning service via the internet and mobile services. The journey planner has been designed with the possibility of all island service and will feature information about journeys on buses, trams, trains, walking, taxis, regional 2

4 airlines, and ferries to the islands. UK standards have been adopted for this project to allow easy interoperation with existing journey planners present in the United Kingdom. Phase 1 will be a website and mobile app offering the service. SMS and alerts are an included option and may or may not developed depending on costs and resource availability for the project. Depending on costs, interactive information kiosks may be placed in major transport hubs (mainline rail terminals, airports, and ferry terminals). Real Time Passenger Information: The NTA and Dublin City Council, in conjunction with Bus Eireann (the national State-owned bus operator), Dublin Bus and private bus operators, are deploying a realtime passenger information (RTPI) system for regional and national bus users. This system will provide road side real-time information on bus arrival times using 450 on-street displays, as well as on-line information and a smartphone app. The on-line service will provide real-time bus arrival information for every bus stop in the Dublin area as well as stops in the regional cities (i.e. Cork, Waterford, Limerick and Galway). The system also has the facility to include information regarding privately owned bus services using the stops where RTPI is deployed. Real Time Travel Information: The NRA uses gantry mounted variable message signs (VMS) to provide real time travel time information and road safety related messages on the M1 Dublin-Belfast motorway and on the M50 Dublin orbital motorway. The NRA website provides information on travel times on the M1 and M50 motorways and weather conditions for the national roads network, as well as SMS and alerts outlining current traffic conditions. Various local authorities also provide real time travel information via on-street VMS and websites. This information tends to be focused on parking guidance and incident/event related messages. Section D: National ITS Activities in Priority Area 2 (Continuity of traffic and freight management ITS services) Overview: ITS in Ireland, as in many other Member States, has frequently been developed at local level, which has led to some fragmentation of services and operations provided to road users. However initiatives such as the NRA s EU part-funded M1 INSTANT project (see below) and the NTA s national interoperable journey planner are currently underway. The real time passenger information service for bus users is another example of continuity of service, providing users with real time information from one interoperable system for number of public and private bus operators on both a national and local level. Continuity of Service: As part of the M1 INSTANT project, the NRA and the Northern Ireland Roads Service provide a traffic management and information service for road users along the cross-border Dublin-Belfast road corridor. This system incorporates a combination of integrated technologies including variable message signs, closed circuit television, automatic number plate recognition, fibre optic cables, data exchange protocols, and SMS traffic information services. Interoperable Electronic Tolling: Ireland has an interoperable electronic tolling system that provides continuity of service for toll transactions at all toll plazas on the Irish roads network. Using a centralised information exchange agent, electronic tags provided by multiple commercial operations allow road users to pay tolls electronically when using any of the toll roads operated on the Irish road network. These tags are also accepted as a method of payment at some urban parking facilities. 3

5 Integrated Smart Card Ticketing: The NTA is in the process of designing, implementing and operating a smart card based system that will provide the ticketing platform for the different providers of public transport (state owned and privately owned bus services, light rail, heavy rail) across the greater Dublin region. The smart card will be the common payment method and a common ticket product medium. One of the objectives of this initiative is to encourage increased usage of public transport by making modal transfers as seamless as possible. There are also plans to extend this to the rest of the State and to investigate interoperability with Northern Ireland. Traffic Management: Co-operation between neighbouring local authorities, where one local authority provides traffic management on behalf of another, exists where major urban centres fall under the jurisdiction of more than one local authority such as in Dublin. See previous section C for more information on urban traffic control systems. As part of its upgrade of the M50 motorway, the NRA is putting infrastructure such as variable message signs, automatic number plate recognition cameras, closed circuit television cameras and fibre optic cables, in place to support ITS services in the future. The enabling ITS infrastructure involves 60 VMS, 100 ANPR, 20 CCTV, 200km of fibre optic cable and 200 roadside cabinets. This deployment is part funded by the European Commission, through the NRA s involvement in the European Union Trans-European Networks- Transport project EASYWAY. Section E: National ITS Activities in Priority Area 3 (ITS road safety and security applications) Emergency Roadside Telephones: The NRA is in the process of deploying approximately 1200 emergency roadside telephones (ERT) across the motorway network, all centrally operated and coordinated through the answering service at its traffic control centre. The service is primarily intended to address vehicle breakdowns on the motorway network. Calls received by the control centre can be forwarded to the emergency services. A mobile safety camera system and an emergency call answering facility also exist. However while there may be some implications (e.g. in regard to the proposed ecall accident notification concept) these initiatives are not considered to be directly relevant to this report under Article 17.1 of the Directive. Section F: National ITS Activities in Priority Area 4 (Linking the vehicle with the transport infrastructure) Electronic Tolling: At all 12 toll points on the Irish road network, dedicated short range communications (DSRC) technology, using tags/on-board units mounted in vehicles along with detectors mounted on road side gantries, is used to facilitate electronic toll transactions. Approx. 20% of all road vehicles are equipped with tags/on-board units, with electronic tolling now accounting for about half of all toll transactions. 4

6 Annex 1 Major Projects under the scope of the Directive National Transport Authority Projects National Intermodal Journey Planner National Project Door to door public transport journey planning service provided through the internet and mobile services. The National Intermodal Journey Planner will have all island coverage and will feature information on journeys on buses, trams, trains, walking, taxis, ferries to the islands and regional airlines. This project will integrate with the existing Real-Time Passenger Information service for real-time journey planning where appropriate. Lead Organisation(s) National Transport Authority (National Agency) Under development, planned to be operational in 2012 Real Time Passenger Information Priority Area/Areas Area 1 National Project On-Street Display Signs showing the bus arrival times are being installed at various bus stops across the Dublin, as the initial phase. Larger display units are envisaged for key interchange railway stations. Lead Organisation(s) Dublin City Council (Local Authority) Bus Eireann (National Bus Service) Dublin Bus (Regional Bus Service) National Transport Authority (National Agency) Core system in operation, rollout to bus stops underway Smartcard Integrated Ticketing Project Priority Area/Areas Area 1 Dublin Region A smart card based system that will provide a common payment method for users of the different providers of public transport (state owned and privately owned bus services, light rail, heavy rail) across the greater Dublin region. Following deployment in Dublin, it is planned to extend this system to the rest of the State Lead Organisation(s) National Transport Authority (National Agency) Under Development 5

7 National Roads Authority Projects M1 INSTANT Cross-Border Project Cross Border Project To implement a cross border traffic management and information system along the 160km road corridor between Dublin and Belfast. This incorporates a combination of integrated technologies including; variable message signs, CCTV, automatic number plate recognition cameras, fibre optic cables, data exchange protocols, web/ and SMS traffic information services, and real time travel data collection and dissemination. (Northern Ireland Roads Service in another Member State) Deployment of a National Real Time Journey Time System using ANPR National Project To deploy Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras throughout the greater Dublin region for the calculation of journey times (in real-time) and its dissemination on VMS, SMS, Web etc. Traffic Counting/Classification System Priority Area/Areas Area 1 National Project 1) Data Collection (Count & Classification) from circa 120 fixed station Automatic Traffic Counting (ATC) Sites throughout the National Stage 2) Primary & Secondary road Network. 2) Upgrade of existing ATC electronics and installation of up to 120 extra fixed sites In operation, upgrade under development Deployment of Emergency Roadside Telephone Service Priority Area/Areas Area 3 National Motorway Network Installation and operation of approximately 1200 Emergency Roadside Telephones (ERT) on the motorway network, all centrally operated and coordinated through the answering service at the NRA s traffic control centre in the Dublin Port Tunnel Control Building Partly in operation, completion due Q

8 eflow: Barrier-Free Tolling (also known as free-flow or open road tolling) on the M50 Motorway. Priority Area/Areas Area 4 Dublin Region The implementation and operation of barrier free tolling at a single point on the M50 motorway using DSRC and video registration technologies. Interoperable System for Electronic Tolling Priority Area/Areas Area 2 National Project To provide an information exchange system so that electronic tags can be used at all the toll plazas on the Irish roads network M50 Upgrade & GDA ITS Deployment Programme Dublin Region To deploy ITS systems and services on the M50 Dublin Orbital motorway and greater Dublin region in conjunction with a major upgrade/ widening of the M50 and its approaches. The installation of 60 VMS, 100 ANPR cameras, 20 CCTV, 200km of fibre cable and over 200 roadside cabinets over the 50 km mainline of the M50, its approaches (N2, N3, N4, N7, N8, M11 etc) and at strategic decision points along the major inter-urban motorways within the region. Under development, due for completion in 2012 Traffic Control System for Motorways and Tunnels Priority Area/Areas Area 1, 2 and 3 National To implement a traffic control system for motorways and tunnels 7

9 Dublin City Council Projects PGMS (Parking Guidance Management System) Dublin Region To implement a parking guidance system incorporating traffic and parking information messages Lead Organisation(s) Dublin City Council (Local Authority) SCATS Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System. Dublin Area To optimise traffic flow at up to 800 sets of traffic signals in the greater Dublin region. The SCATS System also provides priority for light rail and bus services approaching road junctions, in comparison to other traffic. Lead Organisation(s) National Transport Authority (National Agency) Dublin City Council (Local Authority) Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council (Local Authority) Fingal County Council (Local Authority) Cork City Council Projects Urban Traffic Control (UTC) Cork Region To implement traffic signal control incorporating SCOOT & MOVA on main routes and city centre junctions. The UTC System incorporates a number of facilities including an application to operate the Parking Guidance Signs (PGS) system for 8 multi-storey car parks in the city. Lead Organisation(s) Cork City Council (Local Authority) South Dublin County Council Projects Congestion Monitoring/ Bus Priority System South Dublin County Urban Traffic Control via SCOOT ( Split Cycle Offset Optimisation Technique) for Congestion Monitoring and Bus Priority Lead Organisation(s) South Dublin County Council (Local Authority) 8

10 Traffic counting and congestion Dublin Region To monitor congestion by adapting the vehicular traffic counting, classification and speed monitoring programme. Areas to be recorded are record flow, occupancy, speed, headway and class Lead Organisation(s) South Dublin County Council (Local Authority) Under development Limerick City Council Projects Expansion of the functionality and the geographic coverage of existing urban traffic control system Limerick Region To expand the existing UTC coverage area while also providing real time parking guidance and real time variable message signs for incident and road network management and further developing the existing urban traffic control system based on SCOOT technology. Lead Organisation(s) Limerick City Council (Local Authority) National Transport Authority (National Agency) Under development, due for completion by 2012 Galway City Council Projects Galway City UTMC/UTC and VMS Galway Region To develop an urban traffic control system for the purposes of traffic information collection and traffic management Lead Organisation(s) Galway City Council (Local Authority) Under development Kildare County Council Projects Kildare Traffic Management Centre Priority Area/Areas Area 2 County Kildare To implement a remote monitoring traffic management centre for signalised junctions in both urban and rural environments Lead Organisation(s) Kildare County Council (Local Authority) 9

11 Railway Procurement Agency Projects Luas light rail signalling system interface with urban traffic control systems Priority Area/Areas Area 2 Dublin Region To interface signalling system with various local authority urban traffic control systems Lead Organisation(s) Railway Procurement Agency (National Agency) Dublin City Council (Local Authority) South Dublin County Council (Local Authority) Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council (Local Authority) Common Projects Remote Monitoring System Priority Area/Areas Area 2 Cork and Dublin Regions The Remote Monitoring System (RMS) implemented in multiple urban centres caters for the monitoring of traffic signal controlled junctions, including MOVA sites not on the UTC System Lead Organisation(s) Various local authorities Completed and in Operation Microprocessor Optimised Vehicle Actuation National Deployment Installation of MOVA (Microprocessor Optimised Vehicle Actuation) controlled signalised signals at a number of junctions throughout the country. Lead Organisation(s) Various local authorities including Cork City Council and Cork county Council Completed and in Operation Roadworks Monitoring Priority Area/Areas Area 1 National Projects To develop a central online road works registration and monitoring system in the State involving GIS. This is in line with optimal use of road, traffic and travel data as set out in the Directive Lead Organisation(s) Local Government Management Agency (National Organisation) and local authorities including Cork City Council Under development 10

12 Speed Activated Speed Signs Priority Area/Areas Area 1 National Projects To implement speed activated signs Lead Organisation(s) Various local authorities including Limerick City Council as well as National Transport Authority In Operation Variable Message Signs Priority Area/Areas Area 1 National Projects VMS to provide for relevant, accurate and timely communication of information on the status of the network and to highlight Road Safety issues. The VMS has been developed to cater for tunnel closures and diversions. Lead Organisation(s) Various local authorities including Cork City Council (Local Authority) 11

13 Annex 2: Standards The following table contains a list of standards relevant to the deployment of ITS and the projects they are associated with Project National Intermodal Journey Planner Real Time Passenger Information Smartcard Integrated Ticketing Project M1 INSTANT Cross-Border Project Deployment of a National Real Time Journey Time System using ANPR Traffic Counting/Classification System M50 Upgrade & GDA ITS Deployment Programme PGMS (Parking Guidance Management System) SCATS Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System Congestion Monitoring/ Bus Priority System Kildare Traffic counting and congestion Galway City UTMC/UTC and VMS Traffic Management Centre Luas light rail signalling system interface with urban traffic control systems Remote Monitoring System Microprocessor Optimised Vehicle Actuation Standards The UK Standards: NPTG, NaPTAN & TransXchange with purpose of allowing the NIJP interoperate with the existing Journey Planner in Northern Ireland. The system will import ATCO.CIF, VDV , NaPTAN, NPTG and SIRI. The system has been specified to export GTFS, TransXchange and ATCO.CIF SIRI direct delivery data feed for real time prediction data based on bus stops subscribed for. (CEN/TS 15531) VDV 452 / VDV 453/ VDV 455 scheduled bus times and real time prediction data for based on performance on routes and trips ISO (Contactless Smartcards), and EU standard, "IOPTA" (Inter-Operable Public Transport Applications - Framework) Reference: IS EN EN12966 VMS optical performance NTCIP v2 VMS control protocol DATEX II Traffic Data Exchange protocol UTMC ANPR standard (Pietzsch Automatisierungstechnik) PAT AVC100 Model Inductive Loop based Counter/Classifier collecting data to EURO 13 Classification level. OEM software called Trafnet EN12966 VMS optical performance NTCIP v2 VMS control protocol NTCIP V1 and V2 standards. ITS Port. Reference SCATS6-SP-017-H SCATS Intelligent Transport Systems Interface. Traffic Controller Specification Standard. Reference to latest standard is Specification. TSC/4 RTA type approval for Traffic Controllers. UTMC standard for traffic & transport management. UK 2500 complaint standard UK 2500 complaint standard add on facility for traffic counting UTMC standards UTMC standards Communications systems: European and BS standards generally applied UK 2500 complaint standard for traffic signal control and monitoring TD 35/06 - All-purpose trunk roads MOVA System of traffic control at traffic signals (The Highways Agency,UK, 2006). 12

14 Deployment of Emergency Roadside Telephone Service eflow: Barrier-Free Tolling (also known as free-flow or open road tolling) on the M50 Motorway. Interoperable System for Electronic Tolling Traffic Control System for Motorways and Tunnels Urban Traffic Control (UTC) Variable Message Signs Roadworks Monitoring Expansion of functionality and geographic coverage of existing urban traffic control system Open Communication Protocol Microwave DSRC Standards IEA System NTCIP Standards UTMC Standards SCOOT Standards EN12966 VMS optical performance NTCIP v2 VMS control protocol Local and national standards for service orientated architecture SCOOT Standards 13

15 Annex 3: Glossary of Some Terms ANPR-Automatic Number Plate Recognition AUTC-Automated Urban Traffic Control AVL-Automatic Vehicle Location CCTV-Closed Circuit Television GSM- Global System for Mobile Communications MOVA-Microprocessor Optimised Vehicle Actuation NIJP-National Interoperable Journey Planner NRA-National Roads Authority NTA-National Transport Authority PGMS -Parking Guidance Management System PGS -Parking Guidance Signs RTPI-Real Time Passenger Information SCATS- Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System SCOOT- Split Cycle Offset Optimisation Technique SMS-Short Message Service UTMC-Urban Traffic Management and Control UTC-Urban Traffic Control VMS-Variable Message Signs 14