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Source: http://www.doksinet The Danish Road Directorate Traffic Management Centre October 2017 Stine Bendsen sbd@vd.dk Source: http://www.doksinet The Danish Road Directorate Traffic Management Centre (TMC) • The Traffic Management Centre (TMC) moved into its new premises, the Traffic Tower, in October 2015 • The Traffic Tower was built by Banedanmark – the Danish Road Directorate (DRD) owns two floors • The Traffic Tower contains 3 control centres. 1 for the railways in the eastern parts of Denmark, 1 for the S-train network in Copenhagen, and 1 for the national roads (TMC) • Besides specialists and operators, ten specialists from the Copenhagen municipality are working in the TMC to improve traffic information and management in the Copenhagen area • The national broadcasting radio (DR) has its studio in the TMC from where traffic announcements are broadcasted directly to radios in the vehicles 2. Source: http://www.doksinet The DRD Traffic Management

Centre https://youtu.be/EaP1b33kNvw Source: http://www.doksinet The DRD Traffic Management Centre – all national roads in Denmark Traffic information Overview Operational Traffic Management Take action Information Traffic Monitoring Emergency Aid (Accident Management) Coordination of Road Work Operation Monitoring Source: http://www.doksinet Overview of the traffic Traffic monitoring Operation monitoring situation Source: http://www.doksinet Overview Overview of the traffic situation Traffic monitoring Information Overview of the traffic situation enables the TMC to take action on acute events We get the overview through: Operation monitoring Take action • Cameras • Real-time traffic data • Close cooperation with the police and rescue services. • Reports from road users • Reports from 112 alerts Source: http://www.doksinet Take action Emergency Aid (Incident Management) Coordination of Road Work Operational Traffic Management Source:

http://www.doksinet Overview Taking action during incidents Emergency Aid (Incident Management) Take action Information Accidents can cause huge problems in the traffic • The DRD have agreements with rescue services with agreed response times • The agreements apply to most of the state roads • Close cooperation with police and emergency services in managing traffic accidents, especially on the motorways 24/7 • Guidelines regarding the effort on the motorways by the National police, police districts, and local rescue departments • Afterwards, evaluation on larger motorway blockages together with police and rescue teams • To learn how to improve Source: http://www.doksinet Taking action during coordination of road work Overview Take action Coordination of Road Work Sharing knowledge of planned road works across road authorities – to improve the traffic flow • Cooperation across the Strategic Road Network • Obligation of the municipalities and the DRD

to coordinate the planning of road work • Reduces the consequences for the traffic Information Source: http://www.doksinet Taking action by operational traffic management Operational Traffic Management • DRD has developed a system that enables TMC to control traffic signals in municipalities • Together with a municipality DRD will test it during road works on motorway E45 in Jutland • TMC can change the programming on traffic signals on municipal roads if an accident closes the motorway and traffic has to be de-routed to the municipal roads • Instructions for activation the signals will be signed off with the municipality • TMC is overviewing and controlling tunnels • • One tunnel on motorway E45 From the end of this year also a tunnel for the Municipality of Copenhagen • DRD has variable message signs on some motorway sections • The future financing of some of the signs are uncertain for the moment. Therefore some of the variable message signs

are currently turned off • Signs close to tunnels and bridges will remain turned on Source: http://www.doksinet Traffic information Traffic information Source: http://www.doksinet Overview Traffic information Traffic information Take action Information Good, relevant and updated traffic information can guide the road users safely through traffic – and create better traffic flow • The main purpose is to guide the road users and hereby ensure better traffic flow and road safety • The Traffic Management Centre collects and processes data that can affect the traffic situation • Both data about the current traffic situation and about planned events • TMC makes the data available for road users before and during their trip • Data are available are on DRD own channels and via service providers Source: http://www.doksinet Traffic information DRDs own channels Overview Take action Traffic information Information Trafikinfo app and web Vintertrafik app

and web Accidents, queues, things and animals on the roads, closed roads • Roadwords • Live GPS data • Personal route – messages sent via PUSH or mail • Webcams • Traffic radio (last 2 messages) • Routeplanner • Ferries • Temperatures • • Icy roads (also municipal roads) • Snow on roads (also municipal roads) • Latest salting on roads • Live GPS data on snow clearing units • Temperatures • Webcams • Temperatures • Accidents, queues, things and animals on the roads, closed roads Source: http://www.doksinet Traffic information Information through other channels Traffic information Source: http://www.doksinet Traffic information Traffic prognoses Holidays and big events close to the motorways can affect traffic flows. In these situations DRD prepare prognoses of the traffic situation • The traffic prognoses are distributed via media and own traffic information channels • The prognoses can have a huge impact on the road users’ driving

habits Example from Christmas 2016: - 1/3 of the road users on the worst crowded roads heard about the traffic prognoses - 85 % of those changed their behaviour by choosing another time of departure or another route Source: http://www.doksinet Implementation and use of real time traffic data - also used for statistical purposes Source: http://www.doksinet Strategy and procurement of data – a pilot project Current contract Allocation of tasks • Procurement process: Competitive dialogue • Contract with Inrix since May 2015 Dataleverandører Broker • The main delivery: real-time traffic data on Vejdirektoratet Databehandling Realtidsdata Trafikman2 the strategic road network and the remaining state roads. Including: Trafkinformationstjenester • Travel times on segments Webkort VD trafik app • Traffic conditions SpeedMap • Extraordinary queues Databaser: Rådata Rejsehastighed Rejsetid Hændelser Modtagedatabase • Predictive traffic • Options:

Sensordata • Statistical data • Data for a range of municipal roads • Extension of the agreement Databehandling Statistiske data GPS-base Source: http://www.doksinet Real time use cases at DRD Traffic information – web and apps EOQ alarms in the Traffic Centre Source: http://www.doksinet Case on use of EOQ in Traffic Management Centre Time line 13.45 Traffic Centre operator can see an EOQ-alarm on the map No camera can however verify the incident 13.46 The police is contacted, who verifies the incident and rescue services are dispatched to the site 14.10 A road user calls in reporting the incident 14.13 The Traffic Centre announces extended travel time up to 15 minutes based on EOQ data Using real time data as EOQ alert, the Road Directorate was aware of the incident 25 minutes before informed by any other reporting source! 14.54 The accident is cleared and traffic is back to normal Source: http://www.doksinet Statistical use of data - during road work on

motorway M10 • Continuously focus Travel times with pavement work in morning hours on travel times during pavement work Period with pavement work • Easy and fast access to the travel time data makes this possible • If unexpected consequences for the traffic flow are observed actions can be taken Travel times with pavement work in the afternoon Period with pavement work 20. Source: http://www.doksinet Fact sheet – Traffic Centre 21