Be-Mobile - Urban traffic management via access rights

Urban traffic management via access rights Wouter Van de Wiele

TABLE OF CONTENTS Current situation Restricting access: 1. Stationary in an urban area

2. Arriving at an urban area 3. All mobility in an urban area Urban acces control center

CURRENT SITUATION Future-proof mobility vision

Setting realistic policies

Urban mobility should be more sustainable

Cities should remain accessible

• Reduce air pollution and congestion

• Do not exclude certain groups

• Promote alternate forms of transport

Budget constraints • Parking = revenue + Covid impact

Access to cities should become more digital • Use a smartphone, smartwatch or even the car

Polarized debate • A new initiative can expect a huge amount of criticism

• Enable new use cases and features with data

Scattered landscape • Many stakeholders and parties must be coordinated

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MEANS: URBAN ACCES RIGHTS

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Stationary in the city center All mobility standing still in the city must pay an “access right”.

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Arriving at the city center Further steer mobility by giving priority to public transport and keep polluting vehicles out of the city center.

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All city center mobility Implement tolling to ensure the polluter-pays principle applies, let visitors access the city center and organize shared mobility.

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1. STATIONARY

TODAY: ACCES RIGHTS VIA PARKING

Steer mobility by setting a suitable tariff •

Still one of the strongest measures to reduce access to urban city centers

Advanced usage of the curbside •

Define urban zones where users cannot obtain rights: • Car spot • Corona terrace, temporary park or garden,…

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STATIONARY ACCESS RIGHTS IN THE FUTURE Advanced tariffs • • •

Freight vehicles can only park during certain timeframes, communicated digitally No longer focused on visitor parking, for instance: residents do not get a permit but pay a reduced rate Use access rights data to improve mobility

Towards full curbside management •

A curb is not seen as a revenue source, but as a space and a time in the city • Advanced rules • Communicated digitally towards visitors and inhabitants • For all sorts of mobility

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2. ARRIVING

TODAY: VEHICLES ARRIVING MUST OBTAIN ACCESS Access right: Low emission ticket • •

Polluting vehicles must pay to obtain access to urban areas • Alternative: nudging of hybrid vehicles Measuring impact: city pays partner for amount of pollution reduced

Access right: Receive priority at traffic lights and bollards • •

Public transport gets priority over other vehicles at traffic lights Trucks can pay to obtain a “green light”

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ARRIVING AT THE CITY CENTER IN THE FUTURE Other forms of mobility arrive at the city center, set rules • •

To set rules for autonomous vehicles To guide freight traffic in the city • Drones are only allowed to fly in this zone, during this timeframe, at this altitude and should follow this route • Guide vehicles to areas with the least amount of traffic

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3. ACCES RIGHTS FOR ALL URBAN MOBILITY

TODAY: ACCESS RIGHTS VIA CITY TOLLING City tolling •

External costs are also factored in for drivers using urban roads • Advanced tariffs • Depending on vehicle type • Depending on time of day / week

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FUTURE: URBAN ACCESS MANAGEMENT No need to implement ALPR cameras •

Enable smaller cities to steer mobility • Use the parking operator, police, a scan car and the city counstable available today

Combine technologies for an Urban Access Control Center •

Parking, low emission zones, ALPR net, tolling, distance control no longer exist in separate silos but are combined in a suite

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URBAN ACCES CONTROL CENTER

URBAN ACCES CONTROL CENTER Drivers

Authorities • Advanced Rules • Reporting

User interface

Apps

Website

Urban Access Control Center Tolling

Traffic Priority Parking

LEZ

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Trucks and Vans Cars Public Transport Other forms of mobility

Enforcement • • • • •

Parking Operators Police City counstables ALPR cameras Scan cars

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BUT WHY?

Enable cities

Control future mobility

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A city should be able to • implement its vision without needing a large mobility department • Communicate with stakeholders on the outcomes of new mobility policies

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Increasing parking tariffs doesn’t work?

Implement a LEZ or city tolling Be ready for autonomous vehicles or other forms of mobility Be hardware agnostic Enable new use cases by combining technologies

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URBAN ACCESS CONTROL In-Car Communication Priority at traffic lights Updated travel times Parking information Traffic events Public transport tickets Bridge and tunnel tolling In-Car traffic information Matrix signs Urban tolling Policy implementation Parking space usage Digital parking rights

RECAP: WILL IT WORK? Urban Access Control

Future-proof mobility

Setting realistic policies

• Digital access

• Accessible cities

• Possible to implement sustainable policies

• Resolve budget constraints

• Polarized debate • Scattered landscape

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