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Traffic management between TERN and Conurbations
Examples from Northern Germany
Centrico workshop TERN and Conurbation Thursday,
4th November 2004
Anja Untucht Ministry of Construction,
Transport and Environment Ansgaritorstr. 2
28195 Bremen
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• Structure
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Objectives of traffic policy
• 3. Measures and instruments for realisation
• 4. TMC Bremen
• 5. Use of emergency Lane in NDS and SH
• 6. Traffic information services in HH and
  Northern Germany
• 7. Outlook

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• 1. Introduction
• Situation in Bremen
• 2600 streets with 1120 km length
• 70 km main roads
• 600 bridges
• 550.000 inhabitants within 30 km
• Traffic load on the motorways A1 and A27
• A1 110.000 vehicles/24h
• A27 78.000 vehicles/24h
• About 13 heavy goods vehicles
• High part of commuter traffic especially in peak
  hours

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• 2. Objectives of traffic policy (in HB)
• Integration of Bremen into the region with urban
  and environment friendly handling of the commuter
  and shopping traffic
• Alleviation of the urban and long distance
  traffic on the surrounding motorways and the main
  roads to and from the city through effective
  traffic management
• The part of environment friendly traffic shall be
  extended and as high as possible

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• 3. Measures and instruments for the realisation
  of the objectives
• A) Urban development
• Efficient allocation and integration of
  industrial, business and housing areas
• B) Development and promotion of PT
• Extension and acceleration of PT and efficient
  tariff system
• Establishment of PR possibilities in the
  outskirts of Bremen with easy transfer to PT
• Better information of passengers (real-time)

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• C) Road traffic
• Conclusion of the motorway ring with A 281
• Extension of the motorways (4 gt 6 tracks)
• Implementation and amendment of the VMS
• VMS for freight traffic centre
• D) Traffic management
• Traffic Management Centre Bremen
• Control and management of the traffic flows
• Efficient Use of existing capacities
• Creation of multi-modal travel itineraries
• E) Integration and amendment of traffic
  information services
• Internet and other media

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• What is the normal situation in Traffic
  Management?
• Several systems to monitor and control the
  traffic

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561 traffic lights 336 influenced by tram and bus

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561 traffic lights 336 influenced by tram and bus

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561 traffic lights 336 influenced by tram and bus

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• Computerised operational control system (RBL)
• Travel information systems of PT
• Reservation systems for car-sharing
• Different actors that administrate and operate
  the systems
• Good co-operation cannot prevent completely time
  and information lacks in the data flow between
  the different institutions

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• 4. Traffic management centre Bremen
• Before the implementation of the TMC in Bremen
• The day-to-day handling of disturbances in
  traffic was managed by the local traffic centre
  operated by the police
• The VMS were maintained and operated by a
  separate section of the road administration
• The parking guidance system was operated
  separately by the BREPARK (urban maintenance
  agency of the main parking houses in Bremen)
• The travel information of PT was only provided by
  the respective PT enterprises or in travel
  information web portals
• Car-sharing was provided by the local operator

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• What we had to do
• organisational examination of the responsible
  institutions for a standardized database and a
  unique GIS
• concentration of all traffic responsibility and
  information at one single place
• Definition of the monitoring network
  (Vorbehaltsnetz)

561 traffic lights 336 influenced by tram and bus

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• The TMC Bremen was opened early in spring this
• year. Until 2006 it will provide
• The integration of all existent subsystems within
  one institution (done)
• The monitoring of the traffic situation (done)
• The control and influence of the traffic if
  necessary through pre-programmed functions
• The management system for construction sites on
  urban roads and TERN

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• The publication of the TMC web site probably in
  2005
• The integration of the VMS for freight traffic
  centre
• Under construction
• A combined VMS for the inflow from the motorways
  from Osnabrück, Hanover and Hamburg
• Main route and alternative route to the centre
  depending on traffic load
• Information and recommendations on PR
  possibilities in case of big events in the city
  centre (Bürgerweide)

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• Co-operation with the radio and the print media
• Co-operation with the police in the TMC
• Further planned
• Co-operation with public transport
• It is planned to automate information on
  disturbances in PT network (BSAG) to the Concert
  System of the TMC. Important e.g. for the VMS of
  the Freight traffic centre/Bürgerweide (PR) and
  quicker information to PT operators about
  disturbances in the strategic network
  Verkehrsstörungen
• Integration of the Verkehrsinfo-Bremen into the
  TMC website

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• 5. Temporary use of the emergency lane
• Realised or planned to be realised on parts of
  the TERN in Lower Saxony and Schleswig- Holstein
  with very high traffic load and high accident
  rate in holiday times, rush hours and events
• BAB A7, Soltau-Ost Dreieck Walsrode, the only
  part of the A7 between Hamburg (Maschener Kreuz)
  und Hannover (Kreuz Hannover-Nord), that has not
  6 tracks
• Information about blocking or unblocking on
  prisma tables with a maximal distance of 2.000 m

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• BAB A 7 between Hamburg and Flensburg, 4 tracks,
  from the border of Hamburg to AS Quickborn and
  from AS Neumünster Süd to AD Bordesholm,
  dependent on day times and traffic load
• The information is given via variable message
  signs (Prismenwendetechnik) on 26 sections of the
  motorway

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• 6. Integration and amendment of traffic
  information services
• Development of multimodal traffic websites in
  Northern Germany
• Website Verkehrsinfo-Bremen under construction,
  will be integrated into the web site for the TMC
  Bremen
• Traffic website Hamburg www.verkehrsinfo-hamburg.d
  e has been piloted in 1999
• Managed by the Ministry of Urban Development and
  Environment
• Information is collected by the ministry and
  other participating departments, external
  suppliers, traffic service providers etc.

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• The information is edited in a data base, either
  integrated into the service or by links to
  external websites
• A Content-Management-System (CMS) enables
  specific external suppliers to run their own site
  within the traffic information service, e.g. the
  police department of Hamburg provides its traffic
  preview to the public.
• Main topics of the information
• Road transport
• Rail transport
• Regional Public Transport
• Local Public Transport
• Air Transport
• Ferries, ships and harbours
• Biking and pedestrians...

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• A common internet service for Northern Germany
  www.Verkehrsinfo.Nord.de
• Offers information for all modes of transport for
  an area with approx. 15 million inhabitants

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• Information is offered in a map based format

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• International co-operation
• www.travel-and-transport.com
• extension of traffic information systems with
  regard to regions, modes and content
• Participation of Northern Germany in EU-Spirit
• Creation of a common ferry data pool for the
  Baltic sea ferries with integrated route planner

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• 7. Outlook
• Network control system for the Northern German
  motorways
• Common project of NDS, HH and SH
• Development of an incident management system
• Further engagement in local, regional and
  cross-border multi-modal information systems

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Thank you for your attention!