United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

Transport Division

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

Transport Division

ITU - Inland Transport Committee/UNECE joint workshop

Eva Molnar27 June 2013

Intelligent Transport Systems in emerging markets – drivers

for safe and sustainable growth

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UNECE - Transport Division

UNECE - Centre for Transport Agreements

UN Transport Conventions and Agreements per country

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UNECE - Transport Division

Gaps and Gaps and stumbling stumbling

blocks in ITS blocks in ITS deploymentdeployment

Gaps and Gaps and stumbling stumbling

blocks in ITS blocks in ITS deploymentdeployment

Lukewarm political will and

limited public understanding Different

speed of the public and

private sectors

No commonly agreed

definition

Inter-operability -

Fragmentation of technical standards

Lack of harmonized

policies Unresolved frequency allocation

Protection of Private

data

Question of liability

Lack of infrastructures

Lack of or limited ITS

training

VMS not harmonized

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UNECE - Transport Division

UNECE Road Map: What actions - I

1. Reaching common definition for ITS

2. Harmonizing policies

3. Forging international cooperation

4. Facilitating inter-operability and the ITS architecture

5. Ensuring data security

6. Scaling up the work on ITS in all Working Parties of the UNECE Inland Transport Committee

7. Promoting vehicle to infrastructure communication

8. Promoting vehicle to vehicle communication

9. Fighting the road traffic safety crisis

10.Addressing the liability concerns

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UNECE - Transport Division

UNECE Road Map: What actions, 2

11. Harmonizing Variable Message Signs

12. Making Transport of Dangerous goods less dangerous

13. Integrating with rail transport

14. Integrating with inland water transport

15. Enhancing the modal integrator’s role of ITS

16. Developing Cost-benefit assessment methodologies

17. Contributing to climate change mitigation

18. Launching analytical work

19. Contributing to capacity building, education and awareness raising, with special attention to emerging economies

20. Organizing the United Nations Annual Round Table on Organizing the United Nations Annual Round Table on Intelligent Transport SystemIntelligent Transport Systems

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UNECE - Transport Division

Road Map: How to implement?

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UNECE - Transport Division

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UNECE - Transport Division

Conclusions

1. The growth challenge for transport – ITS can bring solutions

2. Many obstacles to the use of ITS solutions

3. To unblock impediments

• political support is needed

• Concrete issues to be solved (e.g. liability)

• ITS to be mainstreamed in policy making and in technical work

4. UNECE will facilitate the use of ITS solutions

Thank you for your attention

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Transport Division