Role of public authorities in definition & implementation of FOT: a regional experience Svend Tøfting North Denmark Region North Denmark Region - TOP OF THE CONTINENT. 1
North Denmark Region - 0,6 mio. inhabitants The regional role 2
The regional role The regional Public Authority 11 municipalities Planning regional developing plan Supporting Regional Public Transport 20 m annual Secretariat for the regional Growth Forum Regional business developing plan 10 m regional founding 20 m EU-fonding 14.000 students Aalborg University graduate 700 Civil Engineers annually 3
North Denmark Region and ITS 2002: Member of ERTICO 2002: ITS North Denmark 2003: ITS Center at Aalborg University 2004: ITS Denmark 2007: European ITS Congress 2008: Regional ITS Strategy 2010: ITS-Platform - IMIKASK The regional strategy in North Denmark Region The North Denmark Region is to be : the Danish ITS region where new technologies are developed and tested before they are implemented throughout the country 4
Regional Networking platform Two examples from North Denmark region ITSPlatform.eu IMIKASK on demand public transport 5
IMIKASK Intelligent traffic in the KASK area - on demand Public transport Øresund- Kattegat- Skagerrak 6
IMIKASK the vision The vision The traveler can use the mobile phone to book a trip, get info on this before and after the trip and pay for the trip as if it is done to a company independent of the transport company, authorities, administrative regions or countries IMIKASK facts Project period 01.12.2010 01.12.2013 Budget 3,9 mio. (29,4 mio. DKr.) Participants Västtrafik (S), Göteborg Stad Färdtjänsten (S), Västra Götalandsregionen (S), Hallandstrafiken (S), Borås Stad (S), Midttrafik (DK), Region Midtjylland (DK), Nordjyllands Trafikselskab (DK), Region Nordjylland (DK), Jammerbugt Kommune (DK) og BeKTra (DK). StenaLine 7
Change of line-structure Regional resources Municipal resources A+ Premium Express network A Regional network A Urban networks B C D Cross municipal network Local network flex trip 8
Local Bus routes Flex Trip Adress to adress -15/+45 min. Max. 100% extra distance Kl. 6.00 23.00 all days 9
FOT - Demonstration Project Jammerbugt Municipality Testing i 2012: Bookings to flex tours via mobile phone with integration to Travel Planner Payment of the tour via mobile phone dynamic travel information for the traveler Note to drivers concerning connecting passengers ITS-platform for the traveler in the future the smartphone 10
The X factor of public transport 11
ITSPlatform - Project scope Budget 5m - 2010-2013 Development of next generation OBU for cars Development of open back-end database platform Testing at 500-1000 cars (from mid 2011) Applications Parking the car pays automatically Traffic info Running Log Tracking by theft Traffic Statistics for Public Authorities Open platform for development of new applications - all are welcome 24 12
25 ITSPlatform Budget 34,7 mio - founding 25% Regional founding 25% EU founding 10 % Aalborg University 20 % Gatehouse 20 % Inntrasys Period: april 2010 september 2013 partners AAU, Gatehouse, Inntrasys Danmarks Radio, Aalborg kommune, Beredskabscenter Aalborg, Vejdirektoratet, Nets Brains Business, Telenor, Molex 13
The frame: ITS testsite North Denmark New Nye projektpartnere projects New Nye samarbejdspartnere projects ITS Testsite Nordjylland B Udvikling A Udvikling C Test D Test E Test F ITS Platform Nordjylland Testsite A/S Nye og eksisterende virksomheder Klyngedannelse 27 As a stakeholder what was your involvement in the definition of the deployment roadmap and subsequent FOTs? IMIKASK steering the process and the FOT ITS Platform Made the regional strategy Co-founding Part of the project via Aalborg University 14
How did the FOTs fit into a broader deployment plan? IMIKASK The FOT will continue and be a service for all regions in Denmark ITS Platform ITS testsite North Denmark The role of the North Denmark Region IMIKASK planning, steering Co-funding (only 5%) ITS Platform The strategic frame Co-funding (25%) 15
Public/private Partnership IMIKASK Partners are all PA (except Stena-line) 1,5 m to consultants ITS Platform steered by Aalborg University and 2 companies IMIKASK Yes Next step ITS Platform Yes Other trials? The open platform can be used by others to day 16
Recommendations Political awareness Make milestones (ITS 2007, projects etz) Make strategic frames (ITS-strategy Busline-plan) Contact to researchers and companies Involve all actual partners in the process Hard work That s regional ITS 17