DIRECTS in Leeds

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• DIRECTS in Leeds
• Ray Heywood

Leeds City Council Department of Highways
Transportation
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What is DIRECTS ?

• Demonstration of
• Interoperable
• Road User
• End to end
• Charging and
• Telematics
• Systems

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DIRECTS - who is involved?

• The Department for Transport
• Highways Agency
• Leeds City Council
• Fareway

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DIRECTSMain Aims and Outcomes

• To determine how various systems work under the
  range of conditions found on UK roads
• To make sure equipment from different suppliers
  is compatible
• To provide guidance to local authorities and for
  the proposed national charging scheme for
  lorries.

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DIRECTSWhat will be tested?

• Roadside equipment ) from
• on-board units ) several suppliers
• Both DSRC and GPS systems
• Back office and administrative systems, including
  dummy billing and enforcement notices

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DIRECTS Where will it take place
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DIRECTS Where it will take place


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• 600 volunteers, mainly from the commercial sector
• Maximum 12 month trial
• No money will change hands

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DIRECTS - When?

• Volunteer recruitment started
• Equipment being tested
• Roadside structures in place by March 2003
• On site testing late Spring 2003
• Trial starts second half of 2003 for 12 months

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What Happens in Leeds after DIRECTS

• The City Council will not consider introducing
  any type of charging scheme until major planned
  traffic and transport improvements, including
  Supertram and the completion of the Inner Ring
  Road are in place and their impacts are assessed.

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DIRECTSFurther Information

• DfT web site www.dft.gov.uk
• DfT 44 (0) 20 7944 6213
• Leeds 44 (0) 113 247 6342
• ray.heywood_at_leeds.gov.uk