ITS SA AGM

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ITS SA AGM

• Nazir Alli
• 28 August 2008

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Introduction

• The use of technology for SANRALs daily
  operations steadily increased over the past 10
  years
• Presentation SANRALs ITS journey, where ITS
  originated, where are we heading
• Using technology for planning purposes
• Using technology for preserving road assets
• Using technology for road network management
• Using technology as integral part of road
  financing

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BACKGROUND

• Traffic counting with inductive loops conducted
  for planning purposes (CTO)
• Use vehicle classifiers (AVCs) for vehicle
  classification at toll plazas
• The Hugenot Tunnel required a tunnel management
  system first application of ITS
• In 1999, need arise to determine an ETC protocol
  and standard for South Africa required for the
  Platinum Toll Project ETC conference took place
• SANRAL was involved in the establishment of
  SASITS (now ITS SA), to ensure amongst others,
  that ITS standards and protocols in SA are
  formalised

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BACKGROUND

• Of particular importance to the SANRAL is
• Electronic Toll Collection (ETC)
• Electronic Vehicle Identification (For ETC
  enforcement)
• Freeway Management Systems (FMS)

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BACKGROUND
Functional Technical Specifications
ETC Conference
Dec
Constituted ITS SA
Technology Proposals
Public Private Sector Role Players
Symposium Exhibition
Position Papers
Political Acceptance
COLTO Approval
CEOs / HODs in transport
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OTHER MEASURES THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED -

• The introduction of HOV lanes.
• Negatively perceived by road users (capacity is
  wasted if HOV lane is under utilised).
• Congestion Pricing.
• It has the effect that
• Some trips will shift outside the peak period
• Vehicle occupancy will increase
• Infrastructure Development
• Gauteng freeway system was planned 30 years ago.
  Most of the routes are not constructed but the
  routes were proclaimed.
• ETC, and especially free flow tolling, is however
  a prerequisite for the introduction of tolling
  on highly trafficked freeways.

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FREEWAY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

• FMS standards for South Africa were not developed
• Needed baseline policies and user requirement
  specifications for use in South Africa
• Embarked on bottom up approach, implement ITS
  pilot project
• Applicable Systems were
• Freeway Management Systems (CCTV, VMS,
  Communications, etc)
• Incident Management Systems
• Detection
• Traveler Information
• Clearance

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ITS PILOT PROJECT

• Approach
• Identify acceptable existing international ITS
  architecture.
• Project level (work bottom up) to evaluate
• User needs
• Freeway Management National Standards
• Legal and Institutional aspects
• against the chosen ITS architecture.
• The architecture can then be adapted to suit SA
  needs and conditions.

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ITS PILOT

• October 2006 officially launch ITS Pilot
  Project
• NMC in Midrand
• FMS along 20kms on the N1 Ben Schoeman
• CCTV cameras

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ITS PILOT

• VMS signs
• Shoulder lane (Buccleuch to Allandale)
• Traffic detectors
• Fibre optic backbone

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Freeway ITS network
Figure 10.1 GFIP Phase 1
SANRAL ITS Network Implemented (210 km)
Future
JRA ITS
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• Utilising Technology For Corridor Overload
  Control

• Alternative strategy developed have centralised
  weigh station with satellite low speed weigh in
  motion (LSWIM) stations
• Utilise toll plaza lanes for LSWIM installations
  (lane discipline/flat terrain)
• Identify potentially overloaded vehicles place
  tracking device on vehicle monitor to
  centralised weigh station
• Minimise human interference through electronic
  control, monitoring auditing

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DONKERHOEK TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTRE
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ITS OPEN ROAD TOLLING

• Large infrastructure projects requires innovative
  funding solutions
• GFIP multi billion roads project
• Tolling only achievable financing option
• Highly trafficked Gauteng freeways conventional
  tolling no option
• Open road tolling, with ETC systems essential for
  financing these projects

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ORT CONCEPTS

• ETC framework developed (integration/interoperabil
  ity, transaction clearing, financial clearing,
  commercial approach)
• Full interoperability between GFIS, SANRAL CTROM
  and Toll Concessions
• One tag, one account
• Therefore, ETC and ORT roll out for CTROM
  projects, current and future concessions is
  possible

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ComprehensiveOpen System for GFIP

• 42 gantries for first phase of GFIP
• 76 gantries in total planned on existing freeways
  in GFIP
• Average spacing 10,7 km / gantry
• Directional
• Covers 400km network

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ORT - STRUCTURE
SANRAL
Implementation Unit
Concession Companies
System Integrator Gauteng ORT
External Review Services
CCH Operations
Systems Supply Maint
OM (Post supply)
TAGS

• TCH
• Clearing
• Accounts
• CRM

Roads Facilities
VPC
e-Natis AARTO
ORT BO (Manual Image Processing)
RSE
ITS Facilities
Facilities Maintenance
ORT BO
CSCs / TSs
TCH BO
FO Backbone
Commercial Arrangements For National Payment
Marketing
VPC BO
ITS Operations
PoP CRM (_at_ CSCs) TAG Distribution Channels
RRM
Transfer System Operations to TCH
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GFIP ORT PROCESS

• SANRAL in process with ORT procurement
• First step, pre-qualification process
• Pre-qual clarification meeting today 5 modules
• Invited main tender for pre-qualified ORT main
  tenders list
• Sub modules Main tenderer may only select from
  successful pre-qualified list

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GFIP ORT PROCESS

• Main tender October 2008
• Award January 2009
• System Operational October 2010

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Closing Remarks

• SANRAL gained extensive experience and knowledge
  in the use and application of ITS
• A local knowledge base for service providers have
  been developed (consultants/contractors)
• Gauteng Pilot Project resulted in further
  extensions, also to other cities (Cape Town,
  Durban)

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Closing Remarks

• ITS in SANRAL grew from elementary traffic
  counting systems ? toll monitoring systems ?
  innovative overload control systems ? freeway
  management systems ? very sophisticated open
  road, electronic toll systems
• Expenditure on ITS related infrastructure and
  operations grew from a couple of million to multi
  billion rand projects

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• Thank You
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