Elena de la Pe

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ROAD USER NEEDS ANALYSIS
ERF STATUTORY MEETINGS 2005 INTELLIGENT ROADS
STATE OF PLAY FUTURE PERSPECTIVES

• Elena de la Peña
• Technical Director
• Spanish Road Association

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INTRODUCTION

• ADVANTIS A Centralised, Guaranteed Integrity
  Localisation Service. A key for the EGNOS and
  Galileo Business Model.
• GIROADS GNSS introduction in the road sector.

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DEFINITION OF USERS

• Private passengers transport.
• Public passengers transport.
• Freight transport.
• Road authorities / transport operators.
• Different road contexts
• Rural.
• Urban.

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USER NEEDS AND SERVICES
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PRINCIPLES OF USER NEEDS
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NEW SERVICES
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TRAFFIC PARKING INFORMATION

• Base for the provision of Dynamic Navigation
  Services by means of Galileo.
• High quality information. Updating.
• IMPROVEMENTS
• Continuity.
• Accuracy.
• Personalized information packages.

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GUIDANCE

• Dynamic navigation system worldwide, considering
  traffic densities and other information.
• IMPROVEMENTS
• Continuity.
• Accuracy.
• Additional services e-call, assistance,

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TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

• Traffic light management.
• Public transport priority.
• Emergency vehicles management.
• Highway access control (ramp metering).
• HOV lanes management.
• IMPROVEMENTS
• All derived from real time, accurate and
  continuous information.

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FLEET AND FREIGHT MANAGEMENT

• Automatic Vehicle Location.
• Dynamic assignment of best routes.
• IMPROVEMENTS
• Accuracy and continuity in control processes.
• Better performance worldwide (even urban
  context).
• Better options for intermodal transport chain.
• Hazardous and valuable goods management.

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EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

• Real time localisation of accidents. Improvement
  of rescue times.
• Emergencies on the road (ground, water,)
• IMPROVEMENTS
• Feasibility of e-call strategies.
• Reduction of times to reduce consequences of
  problems.
• Better performance worldwide (even urban context).

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OTHERS

• ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
• Charging non environmentally friendly vehicles.
• SAFETY
• Advanced Driving Assistance Systems.
• SECURITY
• Recovery after theft.
• TRAVEL DEMAND MANAGEMENT
• Information for new demand management strategies.
  
• INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT
• Exact measurement of loads, GIS maps,
• ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION.

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PRICING
LIABILITY CRITICAL

• Differenced charging for the use of particular
  roads at particular times with particular
  vehicles. Even urban context.
• Differenced charging considering type of lane
  (HOV).
• Free use of roads up to xxxx km driven.
• Differenced charging depending on traffic
  densities.
• IMPROVEMENTS
• Avoidance of interoperability problems.

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ENFORCEMENT
LIABILITY CRITICAL

• Speed control systems.
• Restricted areas access control.
• Exact identification of vehicles (plates
  identification used now fails 5).

INSURANCE
LIABILITY CRITICAL

• Pay-per-use insurance services.

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CONCLUSSIONS

• Galileo opens new doors for intelligent roads.
• Identification of user needs followed by
  definition of services
• Improvement of existing non satellite-based
  services.
• Improvement of existing satellite-based services.
  
• New services based on Galileo.
• Accuracy, integrity, continuity, availability.
• OPPORTUNITIES FOR ROAD TRANSPORT USERS ARE HUGE!

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ERF STATUTORY MEETINGS 2005 INTELLIGENT ROADS
STATE OF PLAY FUTURE PERSPECTIVES

• THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION