YESTERDAY...
It's finally time to welcome everyone to the 27th ITS World Congress in Hamburg! It has been a challenging journey, but we are ready to meet again to discuss the latest ITS developments. We have worked hard to ensure that this event takes place in a secure and safe environment. We are thrilled that it is time to showcase innovative mobility concepts and reveal how they can be brought to reality.
To celebrate 30 years of innovation, this ITS World Congress brings a piece of the future to current times and lets visitors experience what smarter, cleaner and
greener mobility looks like. We have drawn an impressive list of high-level speakers who will discuss the six key themes highlighted throughout the Congress: Automated and Connected driving, Mobility as a Service, Intelligent Infrastructure, Goods Journey from Ports to Customers, New Services from New Technologies and Solutions from Cities and Citizens.
Following the prestigious opening ceremony yesterday, which was sponsored by Deutsche Bahn, we are looking forward to exciting sessions that will cover the overarching theme of Experiencing Future
Mobility Now, including three plenaries that will take place in CCH – Hall Z.
This ITS World Congress is also hosting a high-level ITS World Congress Summit in the presence of ministers and industry leaders and forums from the three respective regions: Asia Pacific, the Americas and Europe. Today, the ITS World Congress Summit will discuss questions on financing models, modal transportation shifts, public acceptance of a faster transition to sustainable mobility, harmonising standards and regulations in the ITS sector, and many more hot topics.
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Check out pages 19 and 20 in this Daily News magazine for a flavour of today’s packed Congress Programme and an insight into work that has been done through Ertico’s City Moonshot initiative.
The exhibition halls, the Congress Centre Hamburg (CCH) and selected locations throughout Hamburg are the most crucial industry meeting on these topics. The World Congress aims to make innovative mobility concepts tangible and present an outlook on future developments in the Hanseatic city.
Last but not least, the demonstration programme is one of the largest ever seen at a World Congress, pushing the boundaries of technical possibilities within the six Congress themes. The best-rated demonstration will be given the Best Demo Award based on the votes of Congress participants. Check out Spoiled for choice, on page 22, to see the wide range of mobility issues that are covered by the 30 live demonstrations here this week.
The ITS World Congress always leaves an impressive legacy in the cities that host them. I have been involved in the ITS Congresses worldwide since 2000 in Turin, and I see that significant changes have happened within the ITS sector since then. From presenting ITS technologies to the focus on implementation and deployment of technologies to create new mobility services. This is what the ITS World Congress in Hamburg is all about because the networks we are building today will continue to function in the future. We are very excited to see what Hamburg will achieve after hosting the ITS World Congress.
You are welcome to visit Ertico stand B5.135 to learn more about our partners and project activities, including smart and sustainable future mobility. I really look forward to meeting you this week after a very long time!
Jacob Bangsgaard, CEO, Ertico – ITS Europe
A multifunctional traffic management tool from Parifex
Parifex, a leading solution provider in project management for speed enforcement and smart cities, is focusing on the company’s Nano-Cam, a multifunctional traffic management tool for all needs. The Nano-Cam sensor is an innovative detection tool designed to improve road safety and traffic counting. It can collect data and detect speed infringement in multiple situations. Available with or without a camera, depending on a user’s needs, the Nano-Cam is a tailor-made traffic management solution. This cutting-edge sensor monitors the 360-Degree environment and gets simultaneously different traffic information such as speed, vehicle classification, tailgating, dimensions, direction, counting, and more. The urban version can detect infringements such as using a mobile phone while driving, no seat belt, running a red light or a stop sign and automatic number-plate recognition. Parifex points out that the Nano-Cam is a speed enforcement
system including a precise vehicle classification. It provides highly accurate vehicle detection of speeding violations, even in busy, fast-paced roads, and simultaneous discrimination of multiple targets: speed measurement, vehicle tracking even when changing lanes, in all weather conditions.
Additionally, the Nano-Cam has been designed for smart mobility applications including vehicle counting, flow management (origin destination matrix), autonomous vehicles, risk detection (such as an obstacle or a vehicle), parking, lighting, and truck control. Connected to automated street lighting, the Nano-Cam allows control of lighting level depending on traffic or weather conditions. The device can also be deployed in car parking facilities to automatically provide updated parking availability.
▶Stand B7.015 parifex.com
HAMBURG IS OPEN FOR MOBILITY BUSINESS
Hamburg is open for mobility business, according to Peter Tschentscher, mayor of the city. “Since 2019, Hamburg has ranked as the smartest city in a nationwide digitalisation ranking,” he said. “I am proud to pronounce you are in the smartest city in Germany.”
There are around 90 active mobility projects, including digitally controlled and connected public transportation, autonomous cars and buses and unmanned drones transporting urgently needed medical supplies. Hamburg has long history of supporting scientific R&D and implementing innovation. “This is exactly what takes place in preparing for and holding an ITS conference.”
Mélissa Guimaraes of Parifex
Mayor of Hamburg: Dr Peter Tschentscher (right) and Dr Anjes Tjarks take a tour of the show floor
THERE’S A LOT TO SEE ON THE SWARCO STAND
Swarco is presenting the full spectrum of its capabilities in sustainable urban mobility management. This ranges from smart traffic lights and controllers via parking solutions to the new Swarco MyCity software suite to manage urban traffic and environment with a single, device-independent control platform. The Green Wave for micromobility is on display, as well as the new Combia LED traffic signal generation with smart add-on features.
Visitors can also learn how to design intersections in a more environmentally friendly way. The keyword in this context is Swarco X-Line. Traffic planning, engineering and consulting expertise will be represented at the stand in the same way as the future-oriented topic of cooperative, connected and automated mobility (CCAM).
A premiere on the exhibition stand will be the novel LED variable message sign generation called CubiLED. This new product gives flexibility to road
operators who need dynamic signage on a smaller scale with less demanding configurations. Check out the ITC-3 controller that can interface with all major traffic management systems on the world market. The controller also features its own high performance adaptive control
algorithm called Smart Green. Apart from contributions to the conference programme and being part of EU-funded research projects, Swarco is offering demo drives on the 9km test track for automated and interconnected driving (TAVF) in the public urban traffic area
Two wheels good for green mobility
Some people will do anything to get to ITS World Congress! Zeljko Jeftic (pictured right) of Congress organiser Ertico – ITS Europe cycled 600km from his home in Brussels, taking several days, to arrive in Hamburg on Saturday night. He was joined on the road by Jaap Vreeswijk (left) from Map Traffic Management for an epic two-wheel trip to highlight the importance of decarbonising transportation. He called upon Congress delegates to consider taking less-polluting modes, such as train, coach or car-sharing, if they could. “We need more transport professionals to be
more outspoken about transport decarbonisation and climate change, and to back that up with concrete big and small actions,” Jeftic says. "We have 100 months left until 2030."
Cycling to the ITS World Congress and back involves 150km cycling per day on an electric bicycle.
The e-bike is a 25 km/h assisted one, “so one still needs to cycle all the time!” Vreeswijk said: “It is remarkable that we are not way more frightened by climate change, which is already a much larger crisis. It is five to 12:00, rigorous action is needed.”
of Hamburg. Participants will experience an ‘individual green wave’ application based on a traffic light forecast (TLF) service in the context of environment sensitive traffic management (ESTM).
▶Stand B5.120 swarco.com
Richard Neumann of Swarco
Richard Neumann of Swarco
Cubic’s TMP will keep you at the forefront of mobility movement
Some of the most significant issues facing cities include declining budgets, the increasing financial and environmental costs of congestion, and the challenges of managing disparate systems. Agencies must act quickly to both keep pace with new demands and prepare for new challenges and solutions. By taking a more ambitious, proactive, and data-driven approach to transportation management, the world’s cities and regions will improve efficiency, reduce emissions, and create a more sustainable system for all stakeholders.
Cubic’s Transport Management Platform (TMP) delivers the tools needed to tackle the most pressing challenges facing transportation operators today while remaining
open to the growth and development of the future. The cloud-based TMP, which is on show here in Hamburg, is an intelligent management solution for integrating transportation system data, built on an open,
scalable platform that can adapt to the changing needs of a city or region. TMP is highly flexible, enabling many transport operators to maintain legacy systems while reducing overall operations costs; this
customer-centric approach allows agencies to immediately improve congestion management and customer experience.
As Cubic points out, the past two years have demonstrated how quickly cities and transportation authorities can have their plans upended by forces outside their control.
Transportation leaders must adopt up-to-date, data-backed technologies to cope with these challenges and provide the best possible service to travellers. Additional challenges continue to include optimising roadway capacity, improving the movement of people and freight without incidents, and creating safer streets and roadways for vulnerable road users.
▶Stand B5.301 cubic.com
Krishna Desai of Cubic
DISCOVER THE MOBILITY REVOLUTION WITH WEJO
Wejo, a global leader in connected vehicle data, is here in Hamburg to launch Wejo Studio and to allow attendees to discover the mobility revolution and how connected vehicle data is transforming how we live, work, and travel.
Wejo Studio democratises Big Data, making it simpler and easier for all types of organisations and users to derive insights from connected vehicles. This web-based Software as a Service (SaaS) mobility insights platform analyses data from millions of connected vehicles and translates billions of data points in near real-time into game-changing traffic and journey insights for all business users to leverage. Users can gain actionable, meaningful insights without a team of in-house tech experts.
Wejo Studio is the latest in a comprehensive suite of connected vehicle data offerings that have inspired the likes of Microsoft, Palantir and insurance giant
Sompo into partnering with the company. The data Wejo gets comes from 13 auto makers and manufacturers and every day Wejo ingests 16.4 billion of data points from over 11.2 million live vehicles.
Here in Hamburg, visitors will be able to experience all of Wejo’s products, including vehicle movement, driving events, traffic intelligence, journey intelligence and, of course, Wejo Studio.
“At Wejo, we’re working with companies and organisations around the world to power innovations, transform services and deliver new products,” says Jaap Van Den Hoek, VP of solutions engineering. “At our stand we have full product demonstrations and a team of Wejo experts on hand to showcase our case studies and fire visitors’ imaginations as to the possibilities of the mobility revolution.”
▶Stand B7.210 wejo.com
Jaap Van Den Hoek of Wejo
YUNEX TRAFFIC NEXT-GENERATION TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLATFORM
Imagine this: traffic lights that automatically adapt traffic flow to reduce emissions, operators who keep a watchful eye on traffic forecasts to proactively resolve congestion before it actually happens, and smart solutions for orchestrating all modes of mobility so that road users and passengers alike reach their destination safer, faster, and more sustainably. Sound like a fantasy? Far from it.
Yunex Traffic has launched its Sitraffic Symphony intelligent traffic management platform
to help cities orchestrate urban mobility. By using data from many different sources, Yunex says Symphony can create a comprehensive view of current traffic conditions and provide insights to aid incident management, congestion management and environmental traffic management — both in and between cities.
Sitraffic Symphony can also make recommendations on how to divert traffic from an incident or reduce traffic in hot spots,
create fast lanes for priority transport, and even propose alternative modes of transport for road users.
“Customers can deploy it in the cloud or on their premises,” explains Claus Beringer, Yunex’s senior vice president, traffic management platform. “It's open, so they can get and share data, and it’s secure.
It has a completely new user interface with flexible workflows that we also cocreated with customers, and it's future-proof. Customers
can grow Symphony with their needs, they can add and co-create modules to take advantage of upcoming technologies in traffic management.”
Symphony will replace the company’s existing Concert solution, Beringer says: “It gives the customer the power to improve safety, to improve quality of life, and to take climate action - all in one technical platform.”
▶Stand B5.201
yunextraffic.com
What are MaaS lessons from Covid pandemic
As the world, or at least parts of it, pull out of the Covid pandemic, lessons have been learned that will greatly shape Mobility as a Service globally, according to speakers at the MaaS/MoD Global Forum.
The past 24 months have shown in the US how MaaS has become critical in itself for assuring assess for everyone to critical healthcare, said Laura Chace, chief executive of ITS America. She told delegates that MaaS has shown how it can help the financial stability of families throughout the US by ensuring access to all modes of transportation in times of distress to get people to their jobs.
Urban authorities and transportation
providers, public and private, have taken innovation on board and many pilot projects appear to now be permanent, she said. The importance of connecting an increasing number of communities to each other has been highlighted like never before. To this end, more and more partners that previously hadn’t worked together are now collaborating and the idea of a universal payment wallet has become a major talking point. But Chace also noted that MaaS must develop according to environmental considerations that are becoming increasingly important.
James Lancaster, head of mobility innovation at Enterprise Holdings, pointed
out that successful MaaS will come about only with constant collaboration between the public and private sectors. MaaS must be led by urban authorities which set policies. This should be done in conjunction with the private sector to harness that sector’s innovation. Otherwise, the private sector will develop and implement systems that don’t benefit the great majority of users.
Safety concerns about MaaS have not simply focused on protection from physical accidents, said Meyseng Se Tchao, vice president of global sales for transport and mobility at Dekra. She said she has seen more concern about safety of the data that MaaS accrues.
Claus Beringer of Yunex
At VITRONIC, we strive to implement customized road traffic systems that allow for efficient mobility, while taking people and nature into account.
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Jenoptik innovation drives future mobility
Jenoptik Light & Safety is presenting innovative and industry-leading solutions from various application areas around traffic monitoring, public safety, and road-user charging. With a presence in more than 80 countries and supported by a strong partner network, Jenoptik says it has supplied and installed over 30,000 systems worldwide.
Visitors to the stand can see the multifunctional TraffiTower,
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which flexibly and modularly combines applications including speed and red-light monitoring, automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) and roaduser charging. The TraffiTower can be operated autonomously for weeks independently of a connection to the power grid. All applications are supported by a powerful back office that uses artificial intelligence to analyse the multitude of data collected in real time and reports hazard
This year’s ITS World Congress features a designated exhibition area and dedicated programme sponsored by the Ertico Start-up Initiative. Under the motto Connect, Innovate, Grow, the programme includes mentoring tours and match-making opportunities for start-ups from around the world interested in connecting with Ertico partners. The Start-up area serves as the innovation hub within the Congress, providing a platform for young entrepreneurs to pitch their business ideas and attending panel discussions. There are 43 start-ups in Hall B3but they are also listed as exhibitors so you can reach out to them via the ITS Congress app.
alerts, rule violations and other anomalies.
Also being highlighted are Jenoptik’s clean air solutions that help communities and governments effectively reduce emissions in a variety of ways. These solutions provide traffic managers with a valuable and highly cost-effective tool to reduce air pollution.
With experience from one of the largest toll projects in the world, Jenoptik is also
highlighting its expertise and competence in all aspects of road-user charging.
With innovation as the driving force, Jenoptik Light & Safety is a global leader whose intelligent solutions are constantly evolving and helping to make roads and communities safer, reduce congestion and emissions, and meet the challenges of future mobility.
▶Stand B4.EG110 jenoptik.com
Ibeo presents 4D solid state Lidar
Ibeo Automotive Systems’ 4D solid state Lidar, ibeoNext, creates a detailed 3D model of the environment with moving objects. Furthermore, the ibeoNext sensor displays an additional image because different surfaces reflect the laser beam to different degrees. This is the fourth property of every measured point in three-dimensional space, which is why developers and engineers at Ibeo refer to it as 4D environment detection: a socalled intensity image is created, similar to the video image of a black-and-white camera. The ibeoNext has no moving parts at all which the company says makes the sensor more robust and therefore reliable over a longer period compared to Lidar technology with rotating mirrors. In combination with a wide vertical viewing angle, a high resolution and range as well as the modular structure of the sensor system that allows a wide range of applications, this solid-state Lidar is the next major step on the way to fully-autonomous driving, the firm says. ibeoNext can be used for automotive applications as well as many possible applications in the industrial sector.
▶ Stand B7.450 ibeo-as.com
Stefanie Stäglin and Marcus Mensel of Jenoptik
US-based Houston Radar, a leading supplier of Doppler and FMCW radars for the traffic industry with customers in over 55 countries, is featuring several major product innovations –SpeedLane Pro, Tetryon traffic cloud server, Armadillo Tracker and the Armadillo Crossfire.
Houston Radar SpeedLane Pro is an industry-leading true dual-beam, ultra-low power side-fire radar. It is designed to
accurately detect lane, speed, and class of individual vehicles and compute per lane volume, occupancy, gap, average speed, 85th percentile and headway parameters in up to 16 lanes on the road in all weather conditions. The SpeedLane won the 2016 Intertraffic Award in the Traffic Management Category.
The product is complemented by Houston Radar’s Tetryon traffic server, a
SPEEDLANE PRO, TETRYON AND ARMADILLO CROSSFIRE ON SHOW
customisable cloud server used to aggregate data from multiple SpeedLane Pro and Armadillo units in one central location. The products are designed to seamlessly integrate out of the box to enable rapid deployment of customers’ traffic data on the web.
The Armadillo Tracker, a highly portable, fully integrated multi-lane bi-directional traffic statistic gathering device, is a leading non-intrusive collector
A crash course about Mobileye data
For more than 20 years Mobileye, an Intel company, has been producing camerabased advanced driver-assistance systems that help avoid collisions. Its technology, which works by using a camera to scan the road ahead, can be found on more 80 million vehicles and has been adopted by 27 leading vehicle manufacturers.
Now the technology can be used for far more than safety and AVs. The GDPRcompliant Mobileye data is of critical importance to cities, departments of transportation, road operators, utilities and other agencies and organisations. While scanning for road hazards, the
company’s AI technology can be used to identify, locate and classify roadside assets and mobility information. Vehicles equipped with Mobileye technology can identify pavement cracks, potholes, worn road striping, traffic signs, manhole locations and much more. In addition, it can locate construction zones, heavily trafficked areas and locations where there are frequent near-miss collisions.
Moreover this data can be turned into GIS-layers to be used to create updatable, accurate maps.
▶Stand B5.200 mobileye.com
used around the world that is designed to replace road tubes. Houston Radar says it is also the smallest and most convenient radar-based stats collection box. The device collects individual timestamped vehicle counts, speeds and class per direction in up to two adjacent lanes, making it a perfect fit for traffic monitoring and speed study applications.
▶Stand B5.013
houston-radar.com
Go with the GreenFlow
Emergency vehicles en route to an incident must cross intersections through red lights which can slow the vehicle and also be unsafe. But this needn’t be the case, as shown by the use of GreenFlow from Peek Traffic by Dynniq.
GreenFlow connects individual vehicles with the traffic lights that they are approaching. The driver receives feedback on the result of the priority request and obtains information about the traffic lights coming up. Information includes time-to-red and timeto-green as well as a speed advice to ensure that the vehicle can safely pass through the green light without stopping.
▶Stand B5.101
peektraffic.eu
Casey Inoue of Houston Radar
Casey Inoue of Houston
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Flir traffic systems just got a whole lot more intelligent
Flir Systems is here to highlight its latest innovations: the Flir ThermiCam AI* with thermal imaging and the Flir TrafiCam AI visible camera, both with artificial intelligence (AI) to optimise traffic flow on roadways and at intersections. When combined with the Flir Acyclica cloud platform, cities can apply the AI-camera data to predict traffic, prevent congestion and potential accidents, and create safer roads for drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians 24 hours a day.
“Flir traffic systems are currently installed in 75 countries, and with the addition of ThermiCam AI and TrafiCam AI, we now offer a fully integrated solution that enables traffic engineers and city planners to apply AI-based learnings to continuously optimise traffic flow,” said Rickard Lindvall, general manager, Solutions Business, Flir Systems.
The AI-enabled cameras help control traffic dynamically at the edge through real-time data
capture and processing, and provide input to traffic signal controllers at intersections, which improves traffic flow and safety in the moment. With the ability to capture heat energy data through a thermal sensor within the ThermiCam AI, and a visible low-light, high-definition sensor within the TrafiCam AI, cities’ traffic signals have complete continuous monitoring, in all weather conditions and even through smoke for tunnel monitoring. The cameras are also Wi-Fi enabled for travel time calculations and other origin-destination applications. In the future, the cameras can be retrofitted with 5G cellular antennas to support Vehicle to Everything (V2X) connectivity, which will further improve road safety.
(*The ThermiCam AI camera is sold as the TrafiSense™ AI camera in the United States and Canada. To learn more visit www.flir.com/trafisense-ai.)
▶Stand B5.401 flir.com/traffic/
KISTLER WEIGHS IN WITH KITRAFFIC PLUS
Heavy traffic can seriously strain infrastructure and compromise road safety, but measurement technology expert Kistler has created a comprehensive solution. The company is showcasing its modular KiTraffic Plus system that reliably detects overloaded trucks, flat tyres and registers vehicle dimensions - all without hindering traffic flow. Appropriate measures can then be enforced to safeguard roads.
Weigh in Motion measurement chains form the basis for KiTraffic Plus. They consist of piezoelectric quartz sensors embedded in the road, measurement peripherals and corresponding software. If required, Kistler can also equip the system with supplementary
measurement technology from third-party suppliers, such as cameras for automatic licence plate recognition, measurement technology that records vehicle dimensions and systems for speed control.
Kistler says that KiTraffic Plus features a versatile software package that provides access to live data for pre-selection during traffic controls. It also records the status of the vehicle, including all measured parameters, overview image and indications of violations. KiTraffic Plus has already been introduced at several locations in Switzerland for the preselection of overloaded vehicles.
▶Stand B7.002 kistler.com
Help for small- to medium-size companies that want to implement digitalisation is at hand, thanks to the German government programme Mittelstand-Digital. The initiative informs companies about digital technologies and methods, such as for evaluating or developing new business models.
There are workshops, lectures, publications on the website and videos. The focus in Hamburg is logistics, digital business models, artificial intelligence, 3D printing, e-commerce, digitalisation processes, work 4.0 and IT security.
▶Stand B4 EG 101 mittelstand-digital.de
Benjamin Schiereck of Flir
We connect the dots of a new mobility revolution that will transform cities all over the world.
With the broadest end-to-end portfolio of intelligent traffic management solutions in the market, we enable cities, highway authorities,
and mobility operators to make road networks and fleets intelligent, enhance safety, and increase value sustainably over the lifecycle.
It’s time to make the world a better place. We are ready. Are you?
AUTOCRYPT PROVIDES THE ESSENTIAL
CYBER SECURITY THAT V2X NEEDS
Security should be a priority when it comes to considering connected and autonomous technology. That’s why a visit to the AutoCrypt stand should be a priority for visitors to this ITS World Congress.
AutoCrypt is a global mobility security solutions provider, dedicated to ensuring a safe and eco-friendly connected future, not just for connected and autonomous vehicles, but all entities related to mobility. This includes everything from electric vehicles, electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSEs), fleet management and mobility services, and even to mobile devices (digital keys, MaaS app services).
The company, spun off from APAC market-leading security provider Penta Security Systems in 2019, is focused on automotive
security technologies. It was recognised as the Best Auto Cybersecurity Product/Solution of 2019 by TU-Automotive and is acknowledged as one of
the top five V2X cybersecurity market leaders in the world.
As such, partners and clients seek out AutoCrypt V2X, which can be installed onto
OBUs and RSUs to secure the technology applications and BSMs transmitted for V2X communications. AutoCrypt V2X supports the IEEE Standard for WAVE (1609.2), ETSI, GBT, and is in line with the new WP.29 regulations for cybersecurity in vehicles.
AutoCrypt V2X boasts verification speeds twice as fast as the industry standard - meeting 5G requirements as well. This ensures that not only is V2X communication secure, but seamless.
Through security solutions for V2X/C-V2X, V2G (including PnC security), in-vehicle security, and fleet management, AutoCrypt says it ensures that security is prioritised before vehicles hit the road.
▶Stand B5.014 autocrypt.io
Daniel Euiseok Kim (left) and Sean HJ Cho of Autocrypt
Traffic Data Systems (TDS) is focussing on Weigh in Motion (WIM) systems for enforcement and tolling applications. But more than that, the company is addressing the issue of device certification - in cases where customers opt for the wrong / improper certification, WIM systems will not be legal for enforcement and tolling.
As Florian Weiss, CEO of TDS points out, although there are several manufacturers of WIM systems, only very few fulfil the requirements of OIML R134. The problem, even within the EU, is that certifications of certain metrological institutes are not recognised by other metrological institutes.
Weiss states that there is no confusion with certification for TDS’ Weigh in Motion systems. For instance, the TDS TMCS-IP / WIM-DSP 32 has been certified by METAS in accordance with the requirements of OIML R134-1. The system fulfils the requirements of OIML R134
Device certification is vital, says TDS
Class F/10. This corresponds to a maximum measuring error of ±5% (initial verification) or ±10% (in-service inspection).
“Traffic Data Systems was the first manufacturer in the world to have a certified and verifiable low and high-speed Weigh in Motion system with
only three rows of sensors,” Weiss proudly states. “This not only covers the requirements of OIML R134-1 (Class F/10), but also the speed range from 5 km/h to 120 km/h for heavy goods vehicles required by the German TLS 2012 standard, Technical Conditions of
Supply for Roadside Remote Stations (temperature range: -30°C/+75°C at up to 85% relative humidity). For light goods vehicles, the certified speed range is 5 km/h to 140 km/h.”
▶Stand B4.EG240 traffic-data-systems.com
Florian Weiss of Traffic Data Systems
Today’s Congress programme is packed full of content across all aspects of ITS and mobility. To help you plan your day and avoid missing any sessions that might be of interest to you, here is a selection of some sessions that will be taking place today
PLENARY SESSION
Today’s opening plenary session Ensuring sustainable mobility (09:00 - 10:30 CCH - Hall Z) recognises that developments in the mobility of people and transport of goods using technology have hugely benefited our society with accessible, equitable, inclusive, safer and more efficient services that are available to all. To maximise the potential of technology-enabled mobility we also need to consider the longerterm impacts such as climate change and loss of biodiversity, at a time when adding more infrastructure or vehicles into the equation is also being challenged. This Plenary will look at achievements in deploying ITS to address these issues, review the expected benefits from emerging solutions and look at some of the common global challenges.
Ertico Academy sessions
The Ertico Academy is a focused training platform that offers public authorities and their teams personalised and interactive training in smart mobility on a wide range of topics. The academy facilitates learning and enables participants to upskill with the training provided by experienced mobility experts and state-of-the-art resources. There are two chances to learn about the initiative. The first, Ertico Academy 1 is today (11:0012:30 CCH - Room X1) but if you miss it, then you have another opportunity of joining Ertico Academy 2 on Thursday (11:00 - 12:30 CCH - Room X1).
Regional forums
This ITS World Congress sees three Regional Forums, the first of which, titled Everybody on the bus! was held yesterday afternoon. It described benefits and discussed options to help speed deployment including how automated buses might improve access for lower income individuals?
Today’s regional forum is Urban Mobility challenges in Asia-Pacific megacities (11:00- 12:30 CCH - Room X3). This session focuses on the efforts toward the challenges in some of those megacities to share their lessons learned with their employed or to be employed technologies and policies. It will share knowledge to provide users with more affordable, accessible, healthier, and cleaner mobility options.
City Moonshot initiative
Last year, Ertico launched its City Moonshot initiative to interview 300 cities around the world to understand their needs and requirements related to mobility and transport. Yesterday, there was a conference session to present the history behind the initiative; introduce the topics covered during the interviews (sustainability, data sharing and mobility-as-a-service (MaaS)); and reveal the results from the first 150 interviews. ITS America, among other entities, presented its views on the initiative and showcased some insights into the results of the American cities that have participated in the project.
Today, Ertico will present the methodology used in the first 150 City Moonshot interviews (16:00-18:00 CCH - Hall X - Room X3). The session will focus on the creation of the questionnaire used for the interviews, the plan followed to interview the cities and, finally, the analysis of the results.
A broad array of speakers representing different sectors will share their views on the initiative and the methodology used.
Demonstrations and technical tours have always been a core component of ITS World Congresses. The programme being put on here in Hamburg is nothing short of breath-taking. It presents highlights of the current technical possibilities within the framework of the ITS themes in an interactive way for the visitor and is not to be missed.
Demonstrations will take place in front of the exhibition hall inside and outside Hamburg Messe and on the public road at our test track. Demonstrations will also offer a unique opportunity to bring government, public and media attention to their brands and products.
There will be 30 demonstrations in and around the Hamburg Messe, five urban air mobility (UAM) flight demos at the HomePort and more sea-drones. There will also be the L3Pilot, 5GCroco/5GLoginnov and SynCoPark related to automated driving, while PrioBike and BiDiMoVe for improve safety and comfort for bicycles.
Mobility Transition Demonstration Tours
The four Mobility Transition Demonstration Tours highlight around 60 of Hamburg's most innovative ITS schemes, including Hamburg's ITS Anchor Projects. They have been designed around 'Digitising Urban Traffic', 'Logistics Experience', 'Hamburg sets the Pace' and 'Future Rail Experience' and will run Tuesday-Friday during ITS Congress hours. Please note, only the main projects demonstrated in each Mobility Transition Demonstration Tours are listed. All of these projects will also be presented at the ITS Hamburg stand in Hall B4. The Mobility Transition Demonstration
Tours can be booked free of charge by ITS Congress Participants via the ITS Congress App or onsite in the Demonstration Hall B2. Start and end location of each tour will be Hall B2, Boarding Area.
The City of Hamburg is working intensively on the digitalisation of mobility to make transport safer, more efficient, and more environmentally friendly and meet Hamburg's needs. During the Digitalising Urban Traffic Tour in the heart of Hamburg, participants will experience how intelligent infrastructure and digitisation of urban traffic can help to make traffic more environmentally friendly and comfortable.
The Logistics Experience
The Logistics Experience tour will show projects on the water, underwater, on land and up in the sky focused on ITS logistics solutions. The group will be picked up for a bus ride through the harbour.
During the ride, there will be two narrative threads via tablets in the bus and a tour guide, explaining both the front end and the back end of Hamburg's ITS strategy from the fields of port and logistics at Kattwykbridge and HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder – CTA. Visitors take the "ITS ferry" at Elbe river back.
The Hamburg Sets the Pace Tour, where everybody should have access to a mobility service within five minutes by 2030, focuses on multimodal, reliable, and customercentric transportation.
The road tour offers the chance to visit Hamburg's efforts for a modern mobility mix with public transport, on-demand and sharing services that can be used in an integrated manner and helpfully complement each other.
Future Rail Experience Tour highlights the digitalisation of rail traffic and the automation of last-mile feeder services making transport in Hamburg more intelligent, smart and comfortable. Experience future mobility now on a highly automated journey from Hamburg Dammtor railway station to Hamburg-Bergedorf, where the fully automated deployment of trains will be demonstrated.
Urban Air Mobility
Urban Air Mobility Demonstrations: With the new congress topic 'New services from new technologies', the ITS World Congress will emphasise the importance of urban air mobility innovation to the ITS community. Unmanned systems can extend existing services, whether they are bound on land, sea, or air. This new topic is just as fascinating for the established ITS community as it is for the citizens of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. As an urban air mobility model city, unmanned aviation is also an important aspect for Hamburg from a strategic point of view.
The ITS World Congress includes 19 technical visits with an exclusive opportunity to explore the most advanced ITS technical developments into real-life operations. Technologies will be shown in available locations, in and around Hamburg and all over Germany: the ITS Team will organise transfers to the sites. Technical visits also require long-distance transfers to the assigned location, which will be scheduled before or after the ITS World Congress days, to give delegates the possibility to attend the technical visit they choose without missing the activities planned in the general congress programme.
The Better Way. Every Day.
Traffic and transportation issues are on our minds every day. We all want smoother and safer traffic flows, quicker travel, and less congestion and emissions. Whenever and wherever this is not the case, we see our quality of life at risk. That is why SWARCO focuses on improving the travel experience.
Whether you walk, drive your electric car, or ride on a bus or a bicycle: The coordination of different transport modes is crucial for a smooth, environmentally sound journey and a timely arrival. SWARCO road marking systems and traffic management solutions make this happen. With clear guidance and orientation, up-to-date, real-time information, and the broadened view on the entire mobility ecosystem.
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