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“Presentation of ITS Hellas”

Hellenic Intelligent Transport Systems

           Vasilis Mizaras
   General Secretary of ITS HELLAS

Definition of Intelligent Transport Systems

   “Intelligent Transport Systems” or ‘ITS’ refer to information and communication
   technologies applied in the field of road transport, including infrastructures,
   vehicles and users, and in traffic management and mobility management, as well
   as the interfaces with other transport modes.

   ITS are advanced applications, which without embodying intelligence as such,
   aim to provide innovative services for different modes of transport and traffic
   management and to enable various users to be better informed and to make
   safer, more coordinated and ‘smarter’ use of transport networks. The majority
   of these applications concern the use of telematics applications for fleet
   management, fare payment and passenger information systems.

What is ERTICO – ITS Europe

ERTICO – ITS Europe was founded at the initiative of leading members of the European
Commission, Ministries of Transport and the European Industry.

ERTICO is the network of Intelligent Transport Systems and Services stakeholders in
Europe. Connect public authorities, industry players, infrastructure operators, users,
national ITS associations and other organisations together.

The ERTICO Partners and the dedicated team of highly skilled professionals work on a
portfolio of activities to accelerate the development and deployment of ITS across Europe
and beyond.

ERTICO ‐ ITS Europe represents the interests and expertise of around 100 Partners involved
in providing Intelligent Transport Systems and Services (ITS). It facilitates the safe, secure,
clean, efficient and comfortable mobility of people and goods in Europe through the
widespread deployment of ITS.

Aims of ERTICO

Example of another country ITS Association
TS Finland is an organisation dedicated to advancing the research, development and
deployment of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) to improve the nation's surface
transportation system.

ITS Finland's membership includes more than 65 organizations comprised of public agencies,
private sector companies, and research institutions.

ITS Finland is an open forum for the cooperation of
Finnish companies and public administrations as well as a
network for telematics developers representing different
transport modes. Its main task is to promote the
deployment of concrete ITS services for private and
corporate users.

Traffic is teamwork:
           teamwork The production and distribution of
traffic information also requires functional public‐private
partnerships.

About ITS Hellas
• In 2005 the ITS working group, part of the Greek e‐Business forum initiative, was
  established; In 2006 the group published and presented the results of the work to the
  Greek ITS community
• In early 2006, a working group among relevant ITS stakeholders was established in order
  to create the statutes and to prepare all the necessary actions towards the
  establishment of ITS Hellas.
• After 2 years, April 2008 of voluntary work ITS Hellas was officially established as a non
  profit limited company. URL: www.its‐hellas.gr
• Members:
                  Public Sector         Private Sector      Academic Sector

               • Ministries          • Companies           • Research Institutes
               • Organizations       • Industries          • Universities
               • Local Government    • SME’s

Main Members of ITS Hellas

                                CERTH

Technical University of Crete

What is a national ITS association?

National ‐ and regional ‐ ITS associations have been established in many countries in
order to support the increasingly rapid deployment of intelligent transport systems and
services (ITS). They are usually non‐profit associations with public and private members
which coordinate activities on a national scale. Although it is quite difficult to pinpoint
every activity undertaken by the various ITS national associations ‐ as they widely differ in
size, membership and specific interests ‐ some of their most important tasks can include:
                                                                                       include

  ¾ Providing support and encouragement of national (as well as regional and local)
    consensus and cooperation related to ITS development and applications.
  ¾ Assisting in the creation of a ITS national strategy which can form the groundwork
    of future applications.
  ¾ Sponsoring or providing ITS training programmes, exchange of information and
    dissemination of R&D results.
  ¾ Building international contacts for the exchange of ITS experiences with other
    European and non‐European organisations.

Member of ITS Nationals

 9 ITS Hellas is member of the Network of National ITS
   Associations.
 9 The Network of National ITS Associations aims to ensure
   that ITS knowledge and information is communicated to
   all related actors at local and national levels ‐ such as
   small and medium sized enterprises ‐ and to provide a
   bottom‐up support for ITS promotion.
 9 Greece participates in the Network of National ITS
   Associations as one of the founding members.

ITS Hellas Mission

¾   To promote the development and use of ITS in Greece and the export of Greek
    technology and experience abroad, while also working towards increasing road
    safety, environmental protection, mobility and comfort of the public.

¾   We believe by involving all players, best practices can be applied to the
    challenges of creating the necessary information‐infrastructure, identifying any
    institutional and legislative changes and to successful project implementation.

¾   This will speed up the growth of ITS for all actors of the vehicular, personal and
    goods' transport and logistics value chains.

The role of ITS Hellas

¾ To liaise between its members and international organizations,
                                                  organizations such as ERTICO,
   and to provide related information exchange.
¾ To inform its members about funding opportunities for research and development
   projects provide by national, European and international funding mechanisms.
¾ To assist state authorities on any issues related to ITS and transport and on
   formulating and designing ITS related strategies and policies.
¾ To promote the added value of ITS technologies and to demonstrate the necessity
   for large scale deployment.
¾ To disseminate information to its members and to the wider society on issues
   related to ITS, new opportunities, collaboration possibilities, etc.
¾ To create working groups for major social, technological, political and financial
   issues related to ITS.

Participation in the 9th ITS European Congress ‐Dublin, 2013
                                      Congress‐Dublin,
 „   ITS Hellas participated in the Congress’s exhibition through a 18qm stand along with the
     Ministry of Infrastructure transport and networks;
                                               networks

 „   5 ITS Hellas members had the chance to present their work and achievements through this
     stand ÆICCS, Infotrip, G4S, CERTH, and SBOING;

 „   Ministry of Infrastructure Transport and Networks presented the Greek eCall pilot in the
     framework of the HeERO project;

 „   ITS Hellas leaflets where distributed to the participants while through a three days
     networking many opportunities for co operations have been raised for the exhibitors.

National ITS Action Plan – EU Directive 2010 ‐/40
                                        2010‐/40

9   National ITS action plan by 2020 based on:
     ¾ EU Directive 2010/40
     ¾ Previous ITS Hellas reports & working groups
     ¾ Ministry of Transport relevant reports
     ¾ Mapping of the current status in Greece in the different priority areas

9 Current status & key projects 2020 (per priority area)
    I. Optimal use of road, traffic and travel data,
    II. Continuity of traffic and freight management ITS services,
    III. ITS road safety and security applications,
    IV. Linking the vehicle with the transport infrastructure

I. Optimal use of road, traffic and travel data (1/2)

• Current status
   – Several projects have been conducted or are still ongoing
   – Some services are already available & functioning
       • Real‐time traffic information (incl. RDS TMC services & public
         transport information)
       • A good example of planning a multimodal journey is available at
         www.atticaroute.gr and is related to the Attica region
• Issues/problems
   – Lack of coordination among the different projects and initiatives
   – Lack of a central national database for serving multi‐modal transport and
     the distribution of traffic data
   – Lack of a central design & plan for the distribution and use of traffic data
     and public transport data especially using DATEX/DATEX II standards

I. Optimal use of road, traffic and travel data (2/2)

• National priority actions
    – National systems and platforms for collecting, processing and exploiting
      traffic data
    – National systems and platforms for collecting, processing and exploiting
      public transport data
    – Note: The total amount of collected data will form a national
      observatory/database for transport

• Other priority actions
    –   Reservation and information systems for public transport itineraries
    –   Real‐time information systems for travelers
    –   Information and reservation systems for truck parking in highways
    –   Systems for collecting traffic information

II. Continuity of traffic and freight management ITS services (1/2)
                                                              (1/2)
• Current status
   – Traffic management
       • Traffic Management Centers (TMCs) in Athens & Thessaloniki
       • Several technologies such as CCTV cameras, Variable Message Signs
         (VMS), e‐toll, mobile and internet services already used
       • Some activities in the public transport management but in a limited
         scale
   – Freight management
       • Significant number of companies in Greece in this field
       • Good practices and applications in logistics mainly in the private sector
• Issues/problems
   – Lack of coordination and of national architecture
   – Infrastructure (incl. ports & the new road network) is not yet exploited for
     supporting ITS systems and services

II. Continuity of traffic and freight management ITS services (2/2)
                                                              (2/2)

• National priority actions
    –   Integrated metropolitan multi‐modal transport systems
    –   Unified traffic management center for the national highway network
    –   National multi‐modal transport management system for passengers
    –   National multi‐modal transport management system for freights

• Other priority actions
    – Urban developments & sustainable mobility
    – Interurban and rural road network
    – Enhancement and support of freight transport

III. ITS road safety and security applications (1/2)

• Current status
    –   Services as part of the TMC functionality
    –   Standalone services provided by private companies
    –   eCall pilots (i.e. eCall, HeERO projects)
    –   National Observatory for Road Safety

• Issues/problems
    – Not focused national activities with minor exceptions
    – Lack of central design and planning in both safety and security issues
    – There is no centralized database for road safety and security (extension of
      the national observatory for road safety is needed)

III. ITS road safety and security applications (2/2)

• National priority actions
    – eCall implementation at national level & deployment
    – National actions for preventing and mitigating the effects of accidents
    – Creation of national operational centers for security

• Other priority actions
    – Local applications for road safety
    – In‐vehicle applications for road safety

IV. Linking the vehicle with the transport infrastructure (1/2)

• Current status
    – There are no practical implementations
    – Activities & developments are limited in the framework of FP6 & FP7
      European projects in which some individual partners are participating

• Issues/problems
    – The work in the definition of common European standards is still ongoing
    – This filed is still technically immature
    – Lack of a unified & commonly agreed ITS communications architecture
      tailored in the national needs
    – Need for investing money by both the public and private sector for
      purchasing the needed equipment

IV. Linking the vehicle with the transport infrastructure (2/2)

 • National priority action
     – Development and implementation of cooperative systems

 • Key activities
     – Installation of relevant equipment at the infrastructure side for supporting
       cooperative systems
     – Open platform implementation together with relevant tools/libraries and
       well defined interfaces for linking the vehicle with the transport
       infrastructure
     – Development of innovative cooperative applications based on Vehicle‐to‐
       Vehicle (V2V) and Vehicle‐to‐Infrastructure (V2I) communications

ITS Associations Cluster

¾ Core members the National ITS associations which are partners in SEE ITS; ITS All ITS
  associations of the SEE region are invited to participate.
¾ The cluster will form a Forum to discuss ITS issues and exchange views, case studies
  and good practices regarding the road map of the Action Plan& Directive
  implementation.
¾ Cluster is a dissemination tool for SEE ITS project.
                                              project ITS associations of the cluster
  disseminate the case studies from other countries to their national level members.
¾ ITS associations of the cluster propose cross border actions to promote common
  interest;
  interest these could be “soft” actions and “promotion” of cross‐border projects to
  the national decision makers.
¾ The cluster interacts with the Network of the ITS Nationals,
                                                      Nationals does not substitute it.

ITS associations cluster – Examples of soft actions

 ¾ Organisation of common training activities on ITS

 ¾ Organisation of International conferences and workshops

 ¾ Exchange of professionals between members/organisations of ITS associations
   of the Cluster

 ¾ Cross national ITS awareness campaigns

 ¾ Business visits

 ¾ Keep record of national activities and good practices

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