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HCT in Sweden and Australia – experiences and road map to the future
Chris Koniditsiotis, TCA and
Jerker Sjögren, CLOSER
HVTT12, Stockholm 2012-09-19
Introduction
Driving forces Demand increases faster than capacity
Energy efficiency and lower CO2
Sparsely and unevenly populated. Limited road budget and long distances
Part of the infrastructure cannot take higher loads.
Large mining and forest industry. Low valued goods, large distances, cannot take higher transport costs
Demand that HCT vehicles only operates where, when and how they are allowed
Telematic boxes with GPS and mobile phone modems commonly used in trucks for fleet management
Introduction (2)
Australian, Swedish, Danish and OECD
Experiences with HCT
30-100% increased productivity (tonne-km/truck, man)
20-50% reduced kWh, CO2/tonne-km
30-100% less traffic (vehicle-km) and need for road
investment
Increased safety (fewer and safer vehicles)
Less wear on the roads, up to 2 times longer road life
(less axel load, less vehicle weight/load, better
suspension)
High Capacity Transports in Sweden
Existing rules in Sweden: 25,25 m and 60 tonnes
ETT (One more stack) a success story
Based on the experiences a RDI-programme for HCT
was initiated mid 2011
The HCT-programme is coordinated by CLOSER
CLOSER –
National Arena for Transport Efficiency
Collaboration - academia, industry
and society
Research - Demonstration -
Implementation
CLOSER provides the conditions
for
Research that benefits both industry
and society
Increased growth, regionally and
nationally
Focus areas: Urban Transports,
Green Corridors, HCT
High Capacity Transports in Sweden
DUO Trailer Sweden 2012-14
Length: 32,5m, Height: 4,5m
Volume: 200m3, Max weight: 80t, Engine: 750hp
The DUO-pull tractor,
one dolly and two semitrailers,
13,6m each.
Only E6 Malmö-Gothenburg
7pm and 6am.
March 2012 –Dec. 2014.
DB Schenker and Volvo AB
main responsible for the project.
The Australian Experience
A few key messages…
About TCA
The Australian experience – advancing regulatory
reforms
National Telematics Framework – IAP foundation policy
application
Moving beyond an engineering focus on how heavy
vehicles perform
Transport Certification Australia
TCA established by Australian Governments in 2005 in recognition of the growing transport challenges facing Australia, and the role that telematics and intelligent technologies can play in driving the reform agenda
National government organisation – owned by Australian, State and Territory Governments
TCA provides advice, accreditation and administration services underpinned by a certification and auditing program of in-vehicle and information systems
TCA provides assurance
The Australian Experience
National regulatory reforms have changed the way heavy
vehicles are managed on the road network
National reform Introduced Purpose
National Heavy Vehicle Accreditation Scheme (NHVAS)
1999 Quality systems for heavy vehicle mass/loading and maintenance
Chain of Responsibility (CoR) 2005 All parties in the supply chain need to manage compliance
Performance Based Standards (PBS)
2005 Allows innovative vehicle designs – on the right roads
Intelligent Access Program (IAP) 2008 Ensures access conditions are met – ‘trucks on the right road’
The Intelligent Access Program (IAP)
Foundations of the IAP:
Key policy driver behind the IAP: manage access within the constraints of variable road infrastructure
Public dollars aren’t available to fix all problems
Strong examples of how reforms are being driven through the IAP
National Telematics Framework ISO Standard
In-Vehicle Units (IVUs) must satisfy minimum requirements:
Performance and reliability
Accuracy
Robustness
Hardware Security (tamper evidence)
Data security
Data compatibility
Dictates strong data collection and reporting requirements:
Data integrity, confidentiality etc
Agreed reporting requirements
Privacy protections and limitations on what information is
made available to regulators
National Telematics Framework (underpins IAP)
National Telematics Framework
Access compliance (IAP)
Speed compliance and management (ISC-ISM)
Mass compliance and management (OBM)
Fatigue compliance and management (EWD operational
pilot)
Contract management
School buses
Fleet management
Commercial services
The A380
A brilliant Engineering triumph - Who doesn’t agree?
But when has a brilliant triumph of engineering alone
been the ingredient for success? Strong engineering
outcome is nothing without considering all other things
that need to happen.
Engineering compatibility:
Interaction between the A380, infrastructure & terminals
Interaction aerobridges & other airport infrastructure
Need for additional wider parking space
The A380 cont. Environment:
Managing noise and other environmental impacts (eg.
noise impacts of the Concorde – never overcome)
Safety:
Operating environment and level of crew skill vary
between that of an A380 and other aircraft
Commercial perspectives:
Make the numbers stack up
Bottom line drives outcomes first and foremost
Community acceptance:
Willingness of passengers to travel in a large plane
Managing impacts of passenger entry and exit
Innovative Heavy Vehicles
Superbly engineered vehicles that can meet minimum
performance standards
PBS a critical reform – tendency to overstate
engineering outcomes at expense of other outcomes
with community and political process in the equation
Telematics is not the answer to all problems, but get
serious about managing things beyond the engineering
discipline.
IAP provides the community with the assurance to
ensure the safe, sustainable operation of HCT and such
innovative vehicles
HCT Vehicles Biggest challenge in Australia – like Europe – to win
support for these vehicles across the country
Can’t be achieved by saying only ‘how well these
vehicles perform’
Holistic approach to needs and demands
Because if we’re not careful, engineering performance
will drive an agenda that’s out of alignment with the
broader community
At the end of the day – vehicles may continue to become
larger and more frequent in their operation, but this will
remain strongly correlated with the community’s
acceptance of such vehicles
Road map for further
reform in Sweden
Implementation of HCT
seems promising
Before changing the
regulations to allow HCT
vehicles on certain parts
of the road network, we
need more investigations
and research
Road map for further reform in Sweden
Suitable parts of the road network?
Most interesting market niches?
Development of competition between transport modes?
Potential for reducing investments, energy use and CO2
emission?
Acceptance by road users, politicians and stakeholders?
Traffic safety?
Further development of the vehicles?
New logistics concepts?
Road map for further reform in Sweden
2012
Ongoing pre-studies
Planned IAP demonstration pilot
Possible coming steps
Process for certification of Performance Based Standard
Process to implement a HCT road network for PBS-vehicles
Adjust and implement IAP for Swedish standard
Develop and establish organisation for a new system
Inspire and involve Swedish Service Providers for the
development of new services
Adjust and develop the regulatory framework
Progressing developments between
Sweden and Australia
Mutual platform for collaboration between Sweden and
Australia now established
Collaboration platform builds on knowledge exchange,
technology transfer and exchanges of experiences in
different areas
Memorandum of Understanding has been signed
between TCA and the Swedish Transport Administration.
The parties foresee a strategic long term partnership
Summary and conclusions
Globally, freight transport task is growing rapidly. The
demand can’t be met only by new infrastructure
More dynamic usage of existing infrastructure is needed,
based on PBS and ITS
HCT in Australia and Sweden and our collaboration
shows a way for the future
We invite other countries, institutions and stakeholders
(EU, OECD) to join us for further development
Thank you for the attention!