FREILOT newsletter - July 2010 by ERTICO - ITS Europe

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The FREILOT pilot targets reduction of fuel consumption and CO2 emissions in urban freight transport. FREILOT is supported by the European Commission DG INFSO under the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP)

benefits and potential drawbacks.

To complement these four functionalities, the consortium is aiming at solving a difficult problem faced in many European cities: ensuring available delivery spaces to trucks in urban areas. Two complementary systems will be tested. In Bilbao an existing system with parking meters with driver/vehicle identification is used, while Lyon is adopting a simpler solution, LED screens showing arrival of next coming trucks, similar to what can be seen at many bus stations today. These two approaches differ substantially in cost as well in functionality - it will be interesting to compare costs and benefits. In addition to the above mentioned work, the consortium has following the FESTA methodology, to measure the benefits of these systems. There is still more work to be done on refining this plan but a strong basis is established.

Editorial by Zeljko Jeftic, FREILOT Project Coordinator The work of the FREILOT consortium has now entered into its second year. Reflecting over the first fifteen months we can say that it has been an exciting journey but the best parts are still ahead of us. Thus far a lot of the work has focused on technical adaptations of prototypes to be suitable for our purpose – early deployment. On one side FREILOT partners aim to complete the first sustainable implementations of Cooperative Systems in Europe to be used to provide priority at intersections for FREILOT trucks. We are not aiming at creating more “test beds” but to implement Cooperative Systems used by and providing benefits to real stakeholders, fleet operators and cities. If we succeed, our work might lead the way to wider-scale deployment. On the other side the consortium partners are working on adapting systems to support vehicles and drivers through adaptive acceleration and speed limiters and eco-driving support. Project partners Volvo (and soon also Renault Trucks) will implement these functionalities on trucks across Europe to measure the fuel, time and other

Another area of work has been addressing deployment barriers. Work on this topis has just started and will become more important in the second phase of the project. Cost estimations for several of the functionalities have been developed and other deployment questions, such as who will operate what after the end of the pilot, who will pay for the maintenance, etc are all being addressed. It has been very encouraging to see the strong interest from fleet operators in Bilbao and Helmond, leading to an increase in FREILOT trucks from 27 to more than 80. We expect that interest in Krakow and Lyon will increase in the same way once the FREILOT functionalities are installed. More than tripling the number of trucks would certainly be a real success. Last year has been economically challenging for the European enterprises. This has resulted in a delay on the technical adaptation work of 6 months. As we write this first newsletter we are also filing for an extension of the project by 6 months. Looking ahead we will have several kick-off events in the different locations in October. The major event will be held on 28 October in Helmond, The Netherlands, and we hope to see you there. Click here for more information.

Zeljko Jetfic, FREILOT Project Coordinator

Deploying FREILOT

As it can be seen in the table below deployment barriers have been organised in six thematic groups with the aim of facilitating easier and a more organised access to barriers and solutions. Barriers

Description

Technological Related to technological problems that might delay or stop the deployment of the solution Regulation of the city that might forbid one of the solutions proposed by the FREILOT project. As regulations are different for each city this barriers will be treated in a general way

Political

May be some solutions might provoke critical actions difficult to be considered by some cities or administrations

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Economical

Problems related to the cost or business model of the solutions proposed by the project

Stakeholder

Barriers that might affect to some of the key stakeholders (drivers, city…) and cause the failing of the solution on the implementation or execution phase

Management

Barriers that might arise in the everyday management of a solution and might be considered of high risk

FREILOT is also focusing on the economical viability of the solutions proposed by the project. STAGE 1 Market demand analysis

STAGE 2

STAGE 3

Reference Group

Stakeholder Classification Market demand analysis

Identifying the factors that motivate the

Quantification of the market Service opportunities Service/product analysis Identify existing services/products and companies Services/product characteristics and Unit selling proposition

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Commercialisation strategies

Service/product analysis

Operational models

Cost Analysis

During the first year of the project (STAGE I) a “Market demand analysis” and a “Service product analysis” were executed with the clear objective of finding out the real situation of the market and indentifying similar products or competitive companies.

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FREILOT is now focusing on the service opportunities under the scope of socio, ecological and economical parameters where 12 market indicators were identified and weighted in the following way; ENVIROMENTAL (Env) and ECONOMICAL (Eco) issues with 2 points due to its strategic importance on the deployment of the solutions and SOCIAL (soc) issues with 1 point as it is considered important but not critical in the Urban distribution.

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A key aim of the FREILOT project is to ensure that the FREILOT services continue after the project’s lifetime. To this end, FREILOT is working on minimising risks and ensuring business and deployment viability, using such tools as cost-benefit analysis and deployment roadmaps.

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To increase energy efficiency (lower fuel consumption)

Env (2) Eco (2)

Reduction CO2 emissions of the traffic pollution

Env (2) Soc (1)

Reduction in the noise caused by traffic and other transport

Env (2) Soc (1)

Better traffic flow leading to a better environment and air quality.

Env (2) Eco (2) Soc (1)

Improve organisation & management of urban distribution processes

Eco (2)

Better delivery efficiency on urban areas

Eco (2)

Reduce negative impacts of double lane stops, improve work and safety conditions while delivery operations for drivers

Eco (2) Soc (1)

Adopting an eco-friendly driving style leads to less stress for the driver and reduced risk of accidents

Env (2) Soc (1)

Possibility to “steer” goods traffic towards preferred roads or preferred times of the day (e.g. early hours in the morning)

Env (2)

Smooth driving behaviour, optimised planning and routing combine with smooth heavy vehicle targeted traffic control can contribute to achieve higher driver comfort and security

Soc (1)

Besides all the benefits in the conduction the project also contribute to achieve more efficient use of infrastructure

Eco (2) Soc (1)

Minimise congestion and vehicle stops at signal-controlled intersections and roundabouts

Env (2) Eco (2) Soc (1)

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Furthermore, FREILOT is also analysing each service under business matters. The analysis will be done by service and by combination of services in order to achieve better results and a reduction of the overall cost. For example the following image shows the business roles identified for the Delivery space booking in Bilbao and a 4 year investment study for a full solution deployment in Bilbao that consider an scenario of 25 delivery spaces and 400 vehicles (200 year 1, 100 year 2, 50 year 3, and 50 year 4). Total Budget

2012 (€)

2013 (€)

2014 (€)

2015 (€)

Civil work

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Budget delivery space

511 916.39

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Budget back-office

27 700.00

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32 500.00

45 000.00

25 000.00

7 500.00

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12 500.00

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5 000.00

1 000.00

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55 500.00

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Budget structural cost Control staff Back-office workforce and maintenance Delivery space maintenance

Marketing/advertising Budget vehicle (400 in 4 years) Total over 4 years

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The next step consists in defining a business strategy in order to minimise investment and workout turnovers. For example if we consider that we could share the control pole at delivery spaces with the existing city parking tool machine already used in Bilbao (over 500) the investment in 4 years will be reduced by over 235.000 € (see table below). This will also permit alternative business activity such as charged car parking in the afternoons.

Total Budget

2012 (€)

2013 (€)

2014 (€)

2015 (€)

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170 692.50

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Budget delivery space

276 916.39

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Budget back-office

27 700.00

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32 500.00

45 000.00

25 000.00

7 500.00

0.00

12 500.00

Budget structural cost Control staff Back-office workforce and maintenance Delivery space maintenance

Marketing/advertising

0.00

5 000.00

Budget vehicle (400 in 4 years)

1 000.00

500.00

250.00

Total

508 808.89

55 500.00

50 250.00

Total over 4 years

664 808.89

4 One of the FREILOT services is energy optimised traffic control. This service detects the FREILOT scheme member trucks and, according to the traffic situation and other optimisable variables, tries to give priority at controlled intersections. Two detection mechanisms have been investigated: RFID and cooperative technology. It has turned out that RFID technology can be used for this service, but strangely enough its implementation is rather expensive. This is caused by the amount of roadside equipment required to detect the tagged vehicles: additional RFID receivers are needed to detect the direction of the trucks. At the same time the receivers have to be placed at least 300 meters from the intersection, introducing additional wiring and communication costs. All of which can add up to quite a sum.

system, but there are many possibilities for cost reduction. First of all the number of embedded computers can be reduced from two to one per system. The same is true for the radios and antennas as the FREILOT service application uses only one of the two possible radio channels. Finally a substantial cost reduction can be made by using off-the-shelf hardware for the radio cards. In the end the cost of cooperative technology for FREILOT is lower than RFID, while at the same time enabling additional features like a speed advice for the truck driver. The radio range of a cooperative connection is at least 300 meters. In Helmond this provides the traffic controller with just enough time to insert an additional green stage for the oncoming truck. In Krakow the FREILOT service is offered on an inter-urban road. In some cases this could mean that the radio range must be increased. This is possible by using directional antenna’s with a higher gain at the roadside unit.

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The alternative, cooperative technology, was developed in the CVIS project. Here both the vehicle and the roadside are equipped with a wireless network antenna, which is used to exchange location and service information. This system has already been shown to work in Helmond during the CVIS and Safespot demonstrations in 2009. Initially the cost of the CVIS technology is even higher than the RFID

In the truck the cooperative system is built inside a small computer integrated with a touch screen. To ease installation this screen will be equipped with a suction cup, similar to today’s navigations systems. At the roadside the computer and antenna are integrated into one small unit, which can be mounted at an optimal location with a clear view on the oncoming traffic. From there it is connected with a single cable to the existing traffic controller unit.

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Cooperative technology in FREILOT

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Implementation: Speed Limiter, Acceleration Limiter and Eco Driving Support

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The third on-board function is the Eco Driving Support function which will give advice to the driver on how to reduce fuel consumption by changing driving behaviour. Work has been done to optimise the algorithms that calculate optimal driving behaviour and the function is being implemented in the telematic gateway system which will be installed on the participating trucks. The telematic gateway system gives the possibility to send data to a back office server so that the transporter can follow up the performance of the drivers. The same communication platform will be used to collect logged data for evaluation purposes during the FREILOT pilot. The setup of these protocols is ongoing and it should be able to test it during early autumn.

Two of the functions are Speed Limiter and Acceleration Limiter operative in certain zones in a city. Before the FREILOT project started these functions only existed in trial versions and now we are in the middle of the process of adapting them to be suitable to install on operative trucks. These functions interfere directly on the truck performance hence it is crucial that quality processes are followed. Software is being created and interference with other systems in the trucks is being checked. Right after the summer vacations the functions will go through different testing processes to be validated. The biggest constraint concerning these two functions is the fact that each truck model has different software which means that the functions need to be adjusted accordingly. To keep the FREILOT budget frames we have been forced to limit the number of truck models in the pilot.

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The work on FREILOT services implementation has been intensive during the first year of FREILOT. The first version of implementation plan was delivered during 2009 and describes the planned architecture and the detailed functionality of all the FREILOT systems. Since then intensive updates and adaptions of the FREILOT services have been done and are still ongoing.

It is planned to install all these systems on a reference truck during September 2010 to make a last verification of the functionalities. The first installations on operative trucks are planned for October 2010.

TRA 2010 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; report on FREILOT activities During the TRA 2010 FREILOT partners premiered a simulator allowing visitors to experience, with all their senses, driving a truck. They experienced the positive difference that FREILOT applications will bring. Visitors are asked to drive same stretch of road twice through a simulated town where they can experience the feeling of driving a fully loaded truck through several intersections. The majority of visitors who have not driven a truck immediately reflect over the slower acceleration when driving a fully loaded truck.

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The next step for the project is to bring the functionalities, which are presented in the simulator, to real trucks and real drivers who will be driving on real roads for at least one year and measure the benefits gained from using FREILOT functionalities in real-life.

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During the first drive they are not supported by any system and need to stop several times at intersections. During the second drive FREILOT systems are activated. The vast majority of visitors manage to save both fuel and time thanks to FREILOT functionalities. One very interesting reflection for most of the visitors is that they reach their destination faster even though FREILOT limits their maximum speed to 50 km/h. In combination with priority at intersections leading to fewer stops, the speed while driving through the simulated town is kept more constant and the journey is faster, more fuel efficient and comfortable.

Delivery space booking - the Bilbao model FREILOT Newsletter - # 1 6 July 2010

The system is called Urban Merchandising Distribution Management (UMDM) and is based on an existing car parking system developed and commercialised by GERTEK. This system is already used in Bilbao with more than 500 parking places. First of all the delivery companies identified

potentially interesting streets to be considered as test sites. As can be seen in the image on the next page, 4 of these areas were eventually chosen as definite streets by the same delivery companies. In parallel the design of the delivery space was finalised. The standard delivery space is divided in 3 parking spaces of 6 meters each; this will allow the parking of: • three small vans at the same time or • a medium truck using two parking spaces (max 12 meters) and a small van (1 parking space) or • a large truck occupying 3 parking spaces (18 meters)

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Above: Reserving a parking space online

Left: The UMDM homepage

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The implementation of the FREILOT service is complex due to the diversity of stakeholders all with different objectives – however, this diversity is also part of FREILOT’s strength. Bilbao – one of the four FREILOT pilot cities – offers an example of how the different stakeholders have come together to create a modern, efficient and user-friendly delivery space booking system.

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Each delivery parking space is delimited with LEDS in order to show the current state of each parking space: Available for booking

Green

Correctly parked vehicle

Red

Reserved (cannot be used)

Flashing Red

Unauthorised vehicle

Off

Not scheduled (other uses)

Once the areas were settled, the best points to place the FREILOT delivery spot on each street was decided as was when the system will be operational: only in the mornings from 8:00 to 13:30. Then a pre-booking process started between the 16 delivery companies (large and small) taking part on the service. The table below shows the characteristics of each delivery space and the percentage of use by June.

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functionality. The system will allow internet bookings that performed in advance by the fleet operators or real time booking that a driver can execute on the spot if a space is available. In addition, fixed bookings (e.g., every second Wednesday from 10.00-10.15) of up to three months can be performed in order to facilitate planning.

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Last but not least, the software architecture of the system was updated to allow the new NUMBER OF SPACES

NUMBER OF SLOTS

% SLOT OCCUPATION

Licenciado Pozas 51

3 (18 meters)

165

63.3

Santutxu 17

2 (12 meters)

110

38.18

Perez Gald贸s 26

2 (12 meters)

110

17.55

General Concha 32

2 (12 meters)

110

32.12

Delivery space booking - the Lyon model For Lyon, the internet platform that will host the booking, developed by Thetis, is being betatested by all partners involved. Inspired by existing systems, based on needs of operators, the platform allows them to book a bay for different periods of time, possibly for recurrent needs (every Monday at 9:00 for example). While the onboard part of the system is being developed by Volvo, several technology providers have been consulted for the on-site equipment that will be able to display information to drivers, and to all other users as well. The definite provider should be chosen soon.

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FREILOT evaluation methodology and evaluation plan FREILOT Newsletter - # 1

The FREILOT project is being piloted in four European cities – Bilbao, Helmond, Krakow and Lyon. To ensure valid and comparable results, it was important to define a common evaluation methodology and evaluation plan. During the first months of the project, it was vital to define the evaluation methodology to be followed during the pilots and the evaluation plan. In order to perform this work, the FESTA methodology was taken as the main reference. FESTA was created under the 7th Framework Programme as the action to support Field Operational Tests. It is a set of guidelines and offers a common methodology for the conduction of FOTs in Europe (FESTA Handbook).

In this document, an additional chapter was included defining the requirements and general format of data to be logged (units, resolution and log frequency), the requirements of the equipments for data logging and a global overview of the data management process. The update and refinement of this information is currently on course, working in close cooperation with the FREILOT Partners involved in implementation, especially in the final definition of the data logging equipments and the data files format. Furthermore, during this period the work on the data assessment processes was started (continuing now), including the following activities:

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• Definition and implementation of the central database for storing all the data collected in the different pilot sites locations. • Definition and implementation of a web tool for uploading the information to the central data repository • Definition of the procedures for uploading data

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In the coming months, in addition to the Illustration 2 General procedure for data storing finalisation of the tasks on course (already described) with the updated information from the pilot sites, the final evaluation plan will be prepared and the analyses of information will be defined.

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July 2010 Illustration 1 The FOT chain (from the FESTA handbook)

Following the FESTA guidelines, the first steps were the establishment of the research questions and hypotheses for each FREILOT service in terms of impacts on the environment and fuel consumption, impacts on driver behaviour, driver acceptance/perception of the services and implications of the measured impacts. Once the hypotheses were fixed, the indicators and measures needed for the evaluation were identified. Taking into account the information available for each test site, a general proposal for the evaluation plan was made. The results of this work was explained in the document ‘D.FL.4.1 Evaluation methodology and plan’ (first version ready in July 2009 and available on the FREILOT website).

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News in brief FREILOT Lyon and Helmond flyers

For Helmond, the aim was to inform the city’s politicians and decision makers about FREILOT, illustrating the benefits of the project as applied to Helmond’s particular situation and needs, especially taking into account the Helmond Mobility 2015 traffic plan. Produced in Dutch and English, the flyer is also a useful and practical demonstration of how FREILOT can be applied and adapted in real life. See the flyers on the FREILOT website!

For the city of Lyon, the flyer was aimed at the haulage industry, explaining how FREILOT will not only make the industry more competitive and efficient, but also showing exactly where the pilot will run and which shops and businesses would be affected. The Lyon flyer is available on the FREILOT website.

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As part of the FREILOT project’s ongoing communication efforts, two specific flyers have been commissioned for the FREILOT pilot cities of Helmond and Lyon.

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FREILOT - Urban Freight Energy Efficiency Pilot Pilot phase launch Date: 28 October 2010 Place: Helmond, The Netherlands

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The FREILOT pilot phase will be launched in the charming city of Helmond, The Netherlands, on 28 October 2010. FREILOT services will be explained and demonstrated live and in real-life conditions with the full participation of Van den Broek Logistics and the Helmond fire service. A FREILOT simulator will be on hand so that all visitors can experience and even feel the FREILOT technology in action. FREILOT consortium experts will be on hand to explain the technology and deployment implications as well as answer any and all questions. Finally, a forum will be held so that interested stakeholders can discuss the FREILOT concept and how it can be applied in their city or business.

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Register now for the FREILOT pilot phase launch and find out all about how FREILOT will improve urban freight energy efficiency. Download the preliminary agenda on the FREILOT here.

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Please mark this event in your calendar. Registrations are now open and free of charge on the FREILOT website.

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The workshop is open to all users - and will be of particular interest for public authorities and city representatives, representatives of the freight industry, the media, as well as all interested in ITS and its real life deployment.

A few good reasons to join the FREILOT forum:

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In order to ensure the best possible deployment of services, FREILOT seeks to establish a strong cooperation with potential interested parties throughout the project lifetime and beyond. It is expected that the functions piloted in FREILOT will become mainstream in future urban traffic control systems. If you are interested in joining the FREILOT forum to follow the operations and results of this pilot, please contact us!

FREILOT Zeljko Jeftic – Project Coordinator Tel: +32 (0)2 400 07 31 Email: z.jeftic@mail.ertico.com FREILOT project c/o ERTICO Avenue Louise 326 1050 Brussels Belgium

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• Gain information pertaining to the most innovative ITS services which are expected to reduce environmental impact and increase safety of urban freight transport • Access to information concerning the direct results of the services piloted in the four European cities • Access to a variety of events and network opportunities which are part of the ITS world • Information updates, workshops and seminars related to other innovative solutions for energy efficiency transport in urban areas