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2020 Conference – Day Two 5th MarchSession One
• Welcome Address, Steve Gooding
• The Future of Transport, Prof Phil Blythe
• DfT Vision and Future Transport Zones, Anthony Ferguson
• State of Connection, Darren Capes
• Traffic Control Service, Jackie Davies, Bristol CC
• Opening Local Authority Data – Open Data Parking Platform, Manchester CC
Transport Technology Forum – Day 2
Session 1
March 2020
2020 Conference 4 – 5th March Bristol
The Future of Transport
Department for TransportPhil BlytheMarch 2020
2020 Conference 4 – 5th March Bristol
The Future of TransportProfessor Phil BlytheChief Scientific Adviser
Transport Technology ForumBristol, 5 March 2020
April 20
The CSA: Key things I do
Provide leadership on developing technology and innovation
Improve the strategy for science and innovation research and future proof decision making in the DfT
Position DfT as a leader in science across Whitehall and maximise value of the SAC
Develop stronger links between science and internal stakeholders and provide strategic science input and
evidence into analysis work programmes
Identify and deliver on a number of high priority scientific issues including:
▪ air quality, vehicle emissions and decarbonisation;
▪ intelligent infrastructure and smart condition monitoring ;
▪ older people mobility and accessibility;
▪ big data/smart Cities and MaaS;
▪ railway signalling/digital railways;
▪ drones and future flight;
▪ National Security
▪ Spaceflight/spaceports;
▪ engineering skills; and
▪ cooperative and autonomous vehicle
Support Industrial Strategy and Sector Deals
Future-proof DfT investment decisions through science
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April 20
The CSA: Key things I do
Provide leadership on developing technology and innovation
Improve the strategy for science and innovation research and future proof decision making in the DfT
Position DfT as a leader in science across Whitehall and maximise value of the SAC
Develop stronger links between science and internal stakeholders and provide strategic science input and
evidence into analysis work programmes
Identify and deliver on a number of high priority scientific issues including:
▪ air quality, vehicle emissions and decarbonisation;
▪ intelligent infrastructure and smart condition monitoring ;
▪ older people mobility and accessibility;
▪ big data/smart Cities and MaaS;
▪ railway signalling/digital railways;
▪ drones and future flight;
▪ National Security
▪ Spaceflight/spaceports;
▪ engineering skills; and
▪ cooperative and autonomous vehicle
Support Industrial Strategy and Sector Deals
Future-proof DfT investment decisions through science
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April 20
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De-silofication!!
Challenge to understand and join up the silos and
take an integrated look at smart transport and smart
cities.
For the first time digital connectivity give us the
opportunity to consider how transport modes could
be better joined together to provide a more
seamless transport system
- new business models
- access to data
- unified payment mechanism
- what do users want?
- Quantifying benefits
- Mobility as a Service
- Agnostic Logistics
- Deliver realistic and scalable
decarbonisation agenda
Provide leadership and make sure the ‘rest of the
world’ knows what we are thinking
Challenges and opportunities to the transport system
27 April 2020
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Flying cars
Drones
Electrification
Multimodal
transport
Connected
vehicles
High speed rail
Autonomous
vehicles
Why Opportunities? Why Challenges?
and
more…
27 April 2020
Rapid advances in technology and new business models are driving fundamental changes to the way in which we get around
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These changes have the potential to lead to a
transport system that is safer, more responsive to
user needs, more accessible, and more efficient. But
there are potential downsides to manage too.
Cleaner transport
Rapidly falling battery prices, improvements in
energy density and electric motors,
developments in alternative fuels
Automation
Improved sensors, increased levels of
computing power and data, Artificial
Intelligence
Data and connectivity
Allows information to go to network operators
and users in real-time and optimise fleet and
network management
Changing consumer attitudes
Users are expecting to be able to plan, book
and pay for transport through mobile
applications
New business models
New digitally enabled models of transport
provision including dynamic demand
responsive transport and Mobility as a Service
New modes
New ways of transporting people and goods,
such as drones and e-bikes
Shared mobility
Models based on shared ownership or use of
vehicles are becoming more prevalent
These changes will emerge in unpredictable ways and will pose major questions for transport policy
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Timing Predictions for when new transport
services will come to market vary
wildly
This complicates policy that is reliant
on forecasting
Infrastructure New infrastructure will be needed,
but we do not yet know what
Wrong decisions could mean
investing in infrastructure that is
obsolete before it is useful
Need to engage closely with the
market
Regulation
Trust Different groups in society respond to
technology differently
Involving people in the design of new
transport services is likely to help
public acceptance
Data/security All networked devices are vulnerable
to cyber attack
A framework will be needed to
enable data sharing while protecting
privacy and preventing anti-
competitive behaviour
Employment Approx. 1.6m people work in the
transport sector in the UK
Greater automation will influence the
labour market, create new jobs and
remove current ones
Transport regulation has grown up
piecemeal over many years and
could hamper innovation
Setting a framework for technology
that is not yet established is
challenging
The Future Mobility Grand Challenge is an opportunity to focus effort and cement the UK’s place at the forefront of transport innovation
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The Industrial Strategy established Grand Challenges to “put the UK at the forefront of the industries of the future,
ensuring that the UK takes advantage of major global changes, improving people’s lives and the country’s
productivity”
Clean growth
We will maximise the
advantages for UK
industry from the
global shift to clean
growth
Ageing
We will harness the
power of innovation to
help meet the needs of
an ageing society
We will put the UK at
the forefront of the
AI and data
revolution.
What is changing?
For many years advances in transport services have been incremental and
predictable. Fixed infrastructure, a legacy regulatory framework, and lack of
access to data created high barriers to entry for innovators.
This is no longer true. Advances in data science, artificial intelligence and
sensing technology have increased the clock speed of transport innovation.
On roads and rail, in the air and in the sea, automation, electrification and
demand-led transport services promise to improve safety, reduce emissions
and improve user experiences.
The UK was at the cutting edge of previous transport revolutions and is well
placed to lead this one too.
Artificial IntelligenceFuture of Mobility
We will become a
world leader in the way
people, goods and
services move
As well as a chance to secure better transport outcomes, this represents a massive industrial opportunity
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Ideally electric or other future
energy source
ElectricIncreased interest in shared fleets
and use of “mobility as a service”
The key to place-making benefits
Shared
FULLY automated – can move when empty
HIGHLY automated – needs a « driver »
Automated
Moves as part of system…in
time, multi-modal
DATA: The key to new network management – people and freight
Connected
Five Pillars of future ITS/Intelligent Mobility
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Pricing
Source: WSP, ITS Montreal
Making sense of the road environment
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Trends in automation
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Not limited to cars: new technologies such as last
mile delivery pods, drones, moving in to areas of
traditional transport such as trains, ships and
agriculture
Changing consumer perceptions. Consumers are
increasingly expecting information to be available
readily and easily. The smart phone is the only
thing some people need to consume transport.
A move toward a sharing economy. Asset
ownership (cars) could be diminishing. Ride
sharing and car sharing could lead to a shift
away from private car ownership.
UK ambition to be a world leader with over
£500m invested or committed
Not clear whether this will lead to more or less
vehicles on the road and thus the demand for
energy
Moving Britain Ahead
Connected Intelligent infrastructure (CITS)
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April 20
AI Summit
Moving Britain Ahead
Connected vehicles and infrastructure
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April 20
27 April 2020
PAYING FOR ROAD USE (IN THE FUTURE)
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DfT Science Advisory Council undertook a deep-dive on demand management yesterday (4/03/20)
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Decarbonisation
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Recently we’ve written (or are writing) individual modal strategies and supported many others
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Since the 2017 Clean Growth Strategy we’ve published:
• Road to Zero;
• Maritime 2050;
• Light Rail and other rapid transit call for evidence
• E10 petrol, consumer protection and labelling
• The Last Mile – delivering goods more sustainably
• Future of Mobility: urban strategy; and
• Aviation 2050 Green Paper
And led international negotiations at ICAO and IMO.
In 2019 we published:
‒ Carbon Offsets for Transport call for evidence
‒ The Clean Maritime Plan; and
‒ The Aviation White Paper
Decarbonisation Plan announced 15th October 2019
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https://www.lowcvp.org.uk/news,dft-announces-uks-first-transport-decarbonisation-plan_4009.htm
27 April 2020
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Transport and the Energy System
Network-H2 launch, Milton Keynes – 17 October 2019
Modal hydrogen opportunities
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• Commuter rail services and gaps in electrification are good
opportunities
• Hydrogen is less suited for freight or high speed rail due to
storage volume requirements
• Road freight is a relatively small proportion of transport
emissions, but is difficult to decarbonise by other means.
• Maritime presents big opportunity, but can be a difficult place
to innovate due to its fragmented nature and long life cycles.
Hydrogen and ammonia could be very beneficial here.
• The back-to-depot duty cycle of buses make them amenable
to hydrogen powertrains
Road to Zero – the need for Sustainable Electric Propulsion
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Drivers for change: environment
Improving air
quality
Cleaner,
quieter cities
Reducing
greenhouse gas
emissions
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Drivers for change: opportunity
Industrial
opportunity
Lowering costs for
consumers and
businesses
Improving energy
security
£
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Key challenges
Adequate vehicle supply
A strong consumer base and the right
market conditions
An infrastructure fit for purpose
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Key challenges
Over 3% market share – cars in 2019
~0.5% market share vans
~3,000 ULEV taxis on UK streets
Over 24,000 public chargepoints, 2,400 of which are “rapids”
Over 120,000 domestic chargepoints installed
Over 50 councils applied for funding to install on-street charging
Progress on vehicles and infrastructure
• £1.5 billion investment between April 2015 and March 2021
• Grants for vehicles and schemes to support charge point
infrastructure
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Working with industry
The transition to a net-zero emissions transport system can
only happen through close cooperation between
government and Industry.
Government is beginning to understand the scale of the
challenge over the next 30 years and will use all the levers it
has at its disposal to help make it happen.
These efforts will not succeed without a similar level of
commitment from Industry.
Industrial Strategy:
APC
DER
Future Flight
Faraday
Zenzic
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Beyond the road
Aviation: unique challenges to transition to
low-carbon
Battery technologies
New forms of propulsion?
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Future proofing our decision-making
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Future proofing our decision-making
• Using scenarios to ‘stress test’ policy options for the Williams Rail Review to make them resilient to future
change.
• Working with cities to future-proof investment plans as part of the co-development phase of the Transforming
Cities Fund.
• Hypothetical but plausible, aspirational
futures for passenger and goods
transport in the UK in 203
• Based on:
• Mobility as a Service,
• smart infrastructure & construction
• hybrid aviation
• Hyperloop.
• They provoke discussion on what sort of
transport system we would like to deliver
and how DfT might achieve these
positive outcomes.
To anticipate the future and achieve the best outcomes from emerging technology, we have created
Visions of the Future for 2030 for key future technologies
We are working to future-proof decisions in key areas such as the Williams Rail Review and
Transforming Cities Fund
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Other technologies that might surprise us
The tides of technology are
flowing in many other areas too,
driven by
AI, robotics, sensing and
battery technology, and
the need of big companies
create new markets and
take dominant positions
in those.
I’m going to talk about smart
infrastructure & construction,
hybrid aviation and
hyperloop.
All three have recently been
reviewed by DfT’s Science
Advisory Council. At least one
of these is already here, one is
pretty certain and one is at least
technologically plausible
I’ll review the core concepts and
will suggest some potential
policy implications.
Smart
infrastructure
and construction
Hybrid and electric
aviation
Hyperloop
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At least 19 companies are developing short range flying cars
Volocopter Airbus modular car/UAV
concept
Uber ElevateTerrafugia (a Geely group
company)
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The future and beyond…
we are on a cusp with the unprecedented rapid
advancement of technology.
vehicles, infrastructure, travellers and cities will be
fully connected.
How do we do this?
What is the vision?
What does society want, what does it expect?
Thank You
Any questions, please contact me: [email protected]
State of Connection
Department for TransportDarren CapesMarch 2020
2020 Conference 4 – 5th March Bristol
Traffic Control ServiceBristol City Council
March 2020
2020 Conference 4 – 5th March Bristol
Jackie Davies | Bristol Traffic Control Service | Sep 2019
Bristol’s Traffic Control Service
How to hide the bodies…
Jackie Davies | Bristol Traffic Control Service | Sep 2019
Our Aim
Aim:To facilitate the safe, sustainable and efficient movement of pedestrians, cyclists,buses, freight and general traffic on Bristol’s transport network, and also to and fromthe networks of neighbouring highway authorities.
Jackie Davies | Bristol Traffic Control Service | Sep 2019
Our Objectives
• Optimise: To ensure the network operates at optimum efficiency at alltimes.
• Monitor & Actively Manage: To monitor the Bristol transport network &proactively manage planned and unplanned disruptions as they occur.
• Inform: To provide accurate, timely traffic and travel information inappropriate formats.
• Collaborate: To improve working relationships and communicationbetween the TCS and relevant stakeholders.
• Data & Intelligence: To collect, store and utilise our traffic data toimprove the service.
• Innovate: To investigate and implement new technologies which willassist with the above.
Jackie Davies | Bristol Traffic Control Service | Sep 2019
Optimise: What We Do
Traffic Signal Control:UTC/ SCOOT with VA/ CLF and (some MOVA) fallback.We try to ensure that:- The traffic signals are well maintained- Each form of traffic control is optimised for
- Pedestrians- Buses- General traffic
- The software we use is up to date- The most appropriate form of control is in use at all times
Jackie Davies | Bristol Traffic Control Service | Sep 2019
Optimise: Problems & Solutions
Problem: The Cost of CommunicationsSolution: B-Net (Bristol’s private fibre network)
Problem: Lack of funding for regular Revalidation / Skills shortageSolution: We ‘grew our own’. This provided value for money and got around the skills shortage
Problem: Lack of funding for software upgradesSolution: Working with major projects to upgrade when funding is available
Jackie Davies | Bristol Traffic Control Service | Sep 2019
Optimise: Problems & Solutions
Problem: Maintenance of SCOOT DetectionSolutions Adopted:- SCOOT Detection Alternatives:
- SDE/ SA detectors- MOVA In detectors- VA X detectors- MOVA X detectors- VA/ MOVA stopline detectors
- SCOOT Detection Types:- Magnetometers- Camera detectors- AGD 645!
Jackie Davies | Bristol Traffic Control Service | Sep 2019
Optimise: Problems & Solutions
Problem: Maintenance of SCOOT Detection (Continued)- Reduced Detection in SCOOT:
- Reduced Detector Proxy Links (RDPL)- Reduced Detector Proxy Flow (RDPF)
- Redeployable Detection in SCOOT:- Working with Coeval and PTC LTD we developed a
redeployable SCOOT detector.- Is a plug and play SCOOT detector essentially- Is effective in long term roadworks
Jackie Davies | Bristol Traffic Control Service | Sep 2019
Closing Comments
We have hidden our skeletons!!!!
We have kept our network running on SCOOT.We have maintained working detection where it is needed.This has been done using a range of effective alternatives.
For more details please see the JCT papers presented in 2018and 2019.
We hope this assists other Local Authorities facing the samepressures
Jackie Davies | Bristol Traffic Control Service | Sep 2019
Thank you for listening
Any questions?
Manchester City Council Open Data Parking Platform
March 2020
2020 Conference 4 – 5th March Bristol
Manchester City CouncilOpen Data Parking Platform
DfT Competition – Funding for Innovation – Opening Local Authority Data
Status Report + Potential Extension
March 2020
• Open and publish existing parking data as a base for creating online
information accessible to customers.Achieved
• Demonstrate a local authority‐led collaborative approach to end‐to‐end
online information (from information source to customer) as a potential
precursor to a wider parking data platform.
Achieved
• Bring Manchester, Salford & Liverpool data together with potential to add
other local authorities in the future.Achieved
• Create an online portal (data feed) containing up to date information on
restrictions and spaces that:All Achieved
- Brings all data together in one place
- Is open data
- Uses APDS standards to define the interfaces
- Can be accessed by innovators, information providers and customers
• Provide feedback to APDS on the standards Achieved• Add information into APDS (including potential standard messages and
protocols).• Demonstrate the potential for bringing together dynamic real time
information on availability into a single source (supplied by data from
multiple sources owned by NCP and Q‐Park) – this may include opportunities
for existing sensor data (owned by participating local authorities and others)
to be included.
Achieved
• Create a viable way of inputting, updating (cleaning) publishing static TRO
data (based on existing Parkmap installation in Manchester)Achieved
• Explore a legal framework that may enable data to be licenced (including
Open Government Licence & licencing private data).Ongoing
OBJECTIVES (From February 2019 Bid submission to DfT)
DfT Competition – Funding for Innovation – Opening Local Authority Data
Deliverables
• Real time off street dynamic parking
availability data on City Centre NCP and
Q‐Park car parks to be made available in
open data (APDS compliant) format through
a single online portal (data feed).
• Static data on Manchester City Centre TRO
parking & kerbside (loading etc) restrictions
and spaces to be made available in open
data (APDS/TRO standardisation Project
compliant) format through a single online
portal (data feed) based on the Buchanan
Computing ParkMap information.
• Ensure that at least one potential
consumer/publisher of this data
(Parkopedia) is involved in the project,
resulting in a full proof of concept and real
(available to the public) results from the
project.
- All Delivered
Project delivered on time and on budget
DfT Competition – Funding for Innovation – Opening Local Authority Data
Phase 1
Platform is up and running
Data Providers:On-street: Manchester TROs via ParkMap
Off street Car Parks:Manchester: NCP 18 sites
Q-Park 6 sitesSalford: NCP 2 sitesLiverpool: Q-Park 6 sites
Data Publishers:Parkopedia (online)JustPark (onboarding in process)TfGM ?TomTom?
Parking data is held in public ownership, reducing commercial conflicts, and (potentially) the need for periodic retendering of the service.
Project delivered on time and on budget
DfT Competition – Funding for Innovation – Opening Local Authority Data
DfT Competition – Funding for Innovation – Opening Local Authority Data
DfT Competition – Funding for Innovation – Opening Local Authority Data
DfT Competition – Funding for Innovation – Opening Local Authority Data
Next Steps – Opening Local Authority Data
Phase 1 - Extension
Platform can be expanded with the same functionality but adding:
a) TRO data from multiple local authoritiesb) Off-street data from other authorities /
private operatorsc) Additional Data Publishers / Service
Providers
Connecting additional local authorities would cost c£10k (tbc) each.Extensions could be in place in 3-6 months
Further development leads to Phase 2. It is at this point that the Platform becomes a commercial proposition as those organisations connecting to the Platform can derive a revenue.
Next Steps – Opening Local Authority Data
Phase 2 - Pilot
Platform functionality extended to include: a. multi-vendor payments allowing motorists a
choice of payment provider and removing payment monopolies in local authority areas
b. capability to support enforcement by allowing instant check of vehicle status
Estimated funding requirement to specify and deliver pilot payment interface : £100k (tbc)
Timing : Could be in place by the end of 2020.
It is envisaged that the Multi Vendor Payment module will be piloted in conjunction with an existing third party payment provider.
Contribute to the development of APDS including additional standard messages and Financial Transactions.
Platform functionality could be further extended to other forms of rights such as emissions zones as part of a kerbside management and monetisation strategy.
Data held in the Platform could also be monetised using an AI tool for reporting & analysis e.g. for planning and policy purposes .
Next Steps – Opening Local Authority Data
Next Steps – Opening Local Authority DataFurther Extension
Transition into a commercial product sitting in a publicly owned “Platform Company”. Operating costs funded from revenues from:
• parking operators/local authorities paying to connect to the Platform as this would allow their data to be monetised in the form of parking revenues from motorists attracted to their facilities
• Service Providers paying to access the data such that they can provide a service for which they are paid by end customers.
Third party Service Providers would be allowed to connect to the Platform following a tender process as the Platform is commercialised.
Business model needs to be fully structured and developed.
Participating local authorities would also see a return from efficiency savings in enforcement operations, and added value from reducing emissions and congestion, and improved customer experience for motorists, and benefits in the attractiveness of town and city centres.
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