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1 Deliverable D6.2.4: Bulgarian Regional specifications study of ITS applications ITS BULGARIA OCTOBER, 2014

2 PROJECT INFORMATION Title: Acronym: EoI Reference number: Programme: Intelligent Transport Systems in South East Europe SEE-ITS SEE/D/0099/3.2/X South East Europe Transnational Cooperation Starting date: September 28 th, 2012 Duration: Web site: 24 months PROJECT PARTNERS No Name Short name Country LP Centre for Research and Technology Hellas - Hellenic Institute of Transport CERTH-HIT Greece ERDF PP1 Patras Municipal Enterprise for Planning and Development S.A. ADEP S.A. Greece ERDF PP2 AustriaTech - Federal Agency for Technological Measures Ltd ATE Austria ERDF PP3 Hungarian Transport Administration HTA Hungary ERDF PP4 Bulgarian Association Intelligent Transport Systems ITS Bulgaria Bulgaria ERDF PP5 Intelligent Transport Systems Romania ITS Romania Romania ERDF PP6 University of Ljubljana UL Slovenia ERDF PP7 Institute for Transport and Logistics Foundation ITL Italy EU ASP1 Hellenic Intelligent Transport Systems ITS HELLAS Greece EU ASP2 ITS Hungary Association ITS Hungary Hungary 20% ASP1 Italian ITS Association TTS Italia Italy 10% PP1 Albanian Association of Urban Transport SHKTQ Albania 10% PP2 Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb FPZ Croatia Deliverable D6.2.2: Austrian Regional specifications study of ITS applications 1

3 DOCUMENT PROFILE Document status: Final version Deliverable code: D6.2.4 Deliverable title: Bulgarian Regional specifications study of ITS applications Work Package: 6 Preparation date: 31/10/2014 Submission date: 31/03/2015 Total pages: 29 Dissemination level: Public Author: ITS Bulgaria Contributors: Evangelos Mitsakis, Jonathan Rossetti Deliverable D6.2.2: Austrian Regional specifications study of ITS applications 2

4 CONTENTS 1. Introduction Purpose and Scope of this Report Organization of this Report Project Background 6 2. Pilot-Project Summary Thessaloniki/Patras Pilot-site: advanced travel information services Vienna Pilot-site: cooperative traffic management Timisoara and Danube Area Pilot-site: ITS deployment for road networks Hungary Pilot-site: intermodal travel planning services Emilia Romagna Pilot-site: dangerous goods monitoring Sofia Pilot-site: optimal use of traffic and travel data Regional Specifications Studies Introduction Partners Involved Categories of ITS implemented within SEE-ITS demonstrations Regional Specifications vs pilot-sites Cooperative Traffic Management (Vienna Pilot-Site) State of the art in Bulgaria Technical and Organization gaps (if existing) Actors involved and to be involved Impacts/Benefits in case of application Regional Specifications Advanced travel information services (Thessaloniki/Patras Pilot-site) State of the art in Bulgaria Technical and Organization gaps (if existing) Actors involved and to be involved Impacts/Benefits in case of application Regional Specifications ITS deployment for road networks (Timisoara-Danube Area Pilot-site) 21 Deliverable D6.2.2: Austrian Regional specifications study of ITS applications 3

5 6.1. State of the art in Bulgaria Technical and Organization gaps (if existing) Actors involved and to be involved Impacts/Benefits in case of application Regional Specifications Intermodal travel planning services (Budapest Pilot-site) State of the art in Bulgaria Technical and Organization gaps (if existing) Actors involved and to be involved Impacts/Benefits in case of application Regional Specifications ITS for dangerous goods monitoring on road (Emilia Romagna Pilot-site) State of the art in Bulgaria Technical and Organization gaps (if existing) Actors involved and to be involved Impacts/Benefits in case of application Regional Specifications Optimal use of traffic and travel data (Sofia Pilot-site) State of the art in Bulgaria Technical and Organization gaps (if existing) Actors involved and to be involved Impacts/Benefits in case of application Regional Specifications Conclusions 29 Deliverable D6.2.2: Austrian Regional specifications study of ITS applications 4

6 LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Responsible partners per country 12 Table 2: Indicative example of final impacts 13 Table 3: Regional specification per pilot-site 14 Table 5: Evaluation of applications 29 Deliverable D6.2.2: Austrian Regional specifications study of ITS applications 5

7 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. Purpose and Scope of this Report This activity is dealing with the exact determination of the specifications needed in order to ensure the successful deployment of ITS applications in the SEE countries. The examination of the proper specifications used for each region will follow the same area type evaluation (as described in the previous activity), aiming at providing the appropriate links for developing common technical specifications from urban to regional, regional to national, national to TEN interfaces, and thus eventually achieving integrated traffic & mobility management. The outputs are Regional specifications studies of cooperative ITS applications in SEE countries Organization of this Report Chapter 2 provides a brief description of the Demo activities performed in each participating country and groups them for commonly analysing and assessing the suitable impacts of each. Chapter 3 provides an introduction to each analysis and assessment performed in the following chapter, for each of the ITS tested by the SEE-ITS partners. The fields of analysis are here considered and presented Chapters 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 analyse and compare the ITS piloted by the other SEE-ITS partners with the existing systems at national, regional or local level (area type evaluation). Chapter 9 includes the conclusion and some final consideration using a summary table in which the parameters are the level of complexity (of the implementation of an ITS) and the level of benefits that can be achieved Project Background In the first steps of the project (WP3) the existing ITS applications in South East Europe have been investigated and collected. Best practices have been analysed and selected. The gap of regional/national ITS architectures with the EU ITS framework, as set with the newly published EU ITS Action Plan, have been documented and communicated to stakeholders of the domain with the main emphasis on the added value of the integrated traffic management that may have to the efficient road network and users transport demand management, including exception situation handling. Following (WP4), the requirements for interoperable ITS along regional, national and urban networks of SEE for integrated traffic management and ITS deployment at all levels have been Deliverable D6.2.2: Austrian Regional specifications study of ITS applications 6

8 prioritized. Regional and national studies for e-traffic taking into account existing and foreseen systems were conducted. The output is an EU ITS Action Plan focused on needs for transnational integration. Moreover, proposals for revising existing national ITS architectures and guidelines for developing ITS architectures have been identified. Within the WP5 ITS demonstrations have been implemented through feasibility studies and the development of interoperable traffic management systems and intermodal traveller information services along corridors and urban networks in several areas of the SEE region. The impacts detected, measured and calculated by Demonstration Activities are analysed and elaborated in the work package (6). Deliverable D6.2.2: Austrian Regional specifications study of ITS applications 7

9 2. PILOT-PROJECT SUMMARY 2.1. Thessaloniki/Patras Pilot-site: advanced travel information services The demonstration activities focus on advanced traveller information services based on optimal use of real time traffic data. The outcome of the data fusion combined with the use of Dynamic traffic assignment and simulation software for the estimation of traffic condition of the road network in the near future ensure the provision of the real time information regarding the traffic condition of the road network to the end users Vienna Pilot-site: cooperative traffic management The demonstration activities focus on cooperative traffic management. The existing systems ( are merged with complete new mobility approaches in the area of cooperative systems. The demonstration shows hand-held systems presenting traveller information based on existing state-of-the-art TIS systems with having cooperative information from the Test-field Telematics embedded. This is a big step towards Cooperative Traffic Management Solutions Timisoara and Danube Area Pilot-site: ITS deployment for road networks The Romanian Pilot is a multimodal traffic information solution/route planner that covers four different modes of transport. The pilot system brings together relevant traffic information from public transport; railway, road and inland waterway transport and provide multimodal routing strategies. The main objective of the pilot solution is to assist a traveller in selecting a multimodal trip. The system uses data from all modes of transport, combines them in order to provide accurate travel time and the best selection of modes of transport. The Romanian Pilot covers a trip on a selected corridor that starts in Timisoara, goes thru Bucharest and ends in Constanta Hungary Pilot-site: intermodal travel planning services The Public Transport Route Planner for Cyclists (hereinafter as the TUK, Tömegközlekedési Útvonaltervez Kerékpárosoknak ) program package was created on commission of the Hungarian Transport Administration, within the framework of the project entitled Deliverable D6.2.2: Austrian Regional specifications study of ITS applications 8

10 "Southeastern European Programme SEE/D/0099/3.2/X. SEE-ITS" on a research trial (pilot) basis. It aims to demonstrate that it is possible to create such an intermodal route planning application for use with today's generally available mobile phones of average capacities that satisfies the following conditions: Capability to take the timetables of more than one mode of public transportation into account, including the transfer options among them so that in between two closely situated stops potentially bicycles should be used. Ability to perform route planning from its own database offline (without Internet access). The program is expected to make up its own data base from the GTFS format national timetables of the railway services (MÁV), Budapest public transport services (BKK) and the Danube ferries (altogether 297 MB), with the use of such effective data storage where the combined size of the database should not exceed 10 MB. The route search operation should not take longer than a few seconds even with the use of the national database. The TUK program package has been successfully completed; it meets the requirements, and thus proves that the task is technically feasible. The program package consists of the following components: TUKMobile: Android mobile phone application (main program) TUKAdmin: Operator desktop program to load the updated GTFS databases Server-side devices: Server modules running on the updating webserver Emilia Romagna Pilot-site: dangerous goods monitoring The pilot project pursues in-depth knowledge and aimed to assess the conditions of risk arising from emergencies due to accidents involving the transport of dangerous goods. The primary goal of the feasibility study is to assess the development of a centre for real-time monitoring of the transit of dangerous goods. To this end it is useful to determine points and directions of the transport network more related to the occurrence of events linked to the themes of the project. The goal is therefore to reduce the risk resulting from the movement of dangerous goods and the impact due to this particular type of roads transit transport systems using ICT tools. At its bare minimum, the pilot project will read the vehicle s number plate carrying dangerous goods and the Orange Slate with the UN number and Kemler classification. Deliverable D6.2.2: Austrian Regional specifications study of ITS applications 9

11 2.6. Sofia Pilot-site: optimal use of traffic and travel data The demonstration activities are focused on the optimal use of traffic and travel data, continuity of traffic management ITS services on main local and regional corridors and in conurbations of the area and on road safety aspects related to the deployment of ITS. Deliverable D6.2.2: Austrian Regional specifications study of ITS applications 10

12 3. REGIONAL SPECIFICATIONS STUDIES 3.1. Introduction Each partner, in each Regional Specifications Study, has to analyse and assess several aspects concerning the eventual implementation in his country (at local, regional and national level) of an ITS tested by another SEE-ITS pilot leader. The aspects that are considered are: State of the Art The aim of this part is to depict technical solutions already used at various levels (local, regional, national) in the partner country. Similar ITS or best practices in the concerned field (see Table 1) are identified and deepened. Existing gaps Technical and organizational gaps (at different levels) between the pilot-site ITS and the state of the art in the partner country are identified and analysed. Both lack of technologies, both innovative solutions in the partner country have to be considered. In this meaning the gap has to be measured in both the directions. Actors to be involved Actors to be involved or already involved in the deployment of the concerned ITS are identified at the different levels of analysis. Strategies of each actor are presented and synergies/criticalities are assessed. Economic and financial issues are here take in consideration. This part aims to contextualize the technical specifications provided in the previous part, indeed technical aspects have to be linked to organizational, administrative and economic aspects. Impacts/Benefits (in case of implementation) This part aims to briefly measure the impact of the concerned pilot-site in the partner country. Clearly, are evaluated only expected impact from a qualitative level. Impacts to be assessed are those considered in the output 6.1. Deliverable D6.2.2: Austrian Regional specifications study of ITS applications 11

13 The goal is to identify the level and the main field of impact of the concerned demo-site. Regional Specifications Basing on the previous information and data, technical and organizational specifications for the implementation of the pilot in the partner country are identified. In particular, the issue of interoperability on various levels has to be deepened. The link between the different area type levels has to be considered: urban-regional, regional-national, national-ten interfaces 3.2. Partners Involved The first step will be contacted by all partners involved in 6.1. Each partner will collect the requested data for its own country as described in the following table: Table 1: Responsible partners per country Greece Italy Austria Bulgaria Romania Hungary Slovenia Croatia Cities Regions Country CERTH-HIT ITL AustriaTech ITS Bulgaria ITS Romania KKK UL UL 3.3. Categories of ITS implemented within SEE-ITS demonstrations Within WP5 of SEE-ITS, the following ITS systems have been developed and evaluated. 1. Advanced Travelers Information System (ATIS) for provision of real time travel time information 2. Advanced Travelers Information System (ATIS) for provision of multiple information to drivers deriving from Cooperative ITS 3. Multimodal route planner (urban Public Transport, suburban railways, inland waterway, private transport routing) along a specific corridor 4. Multimodal route planner for cyclists (private transport routing, urban public transport) in the urban area of Budapest 5. Road Safety systems for road transport Deliverable D6.2.2: Austrian Regional specifications study of ITS applications 12

14 Table 2: Indicative example of final impacts Location of the pilot-project ITS category Thess. Patras Vienna Romania Budapest Sofia Emilia Romagna Cat. 1 X X Cat. 2 X Cat. 3 X Cat. 4 X Cat. 5 X X Deliverable D6.2.2: Austrian Regional specifications study of ITS applications 13

15 3.4. Regional Specifications vs pilot-sites Identification and assessment of Regional Specifications in case of implementation of the ITS piloted in another SEE ITS country. Following the ITS services that will be considered by each partners involved in the activity 6.2. Table 3: Regional specification per pilot-site ITS 1 ITS 2 ITS 3 ITS 4 ITS 5 ITS 6 ITS 7 Greece X X X X X X Italy X X X X X X Austria X X X X X X Bulgaria X X X X X X Romania X X X X X Hungary X X X X X X Slovenia X X X X X X X Croatia X X X X X X X Deliverable D6.2.2: Austrian Regional specifications study of ITS applications 14

16 4. COOPERATIVE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT (VIENNA PILOT-SITE) 4.1. State of the art in Bulgaria At this stage in Bulgaria a Cooperative Traffic Management system is not implemented at national or local level. Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA) initiated some activities in that direction at national level as well some of the biggest cities have started different activities at local level. The responsible authorities at national, regional and local level recognize the need of development and implementation of such services and indicated that they are thinking in that direction Technical and Organization gaps (if existing) Bulgaria has a very strong IT industry, which,in case all technical aspects are provided, is able to provide the necessary technology and equipment needed. There are no any technical issues which to prevent the development and implementation of Cooperative Traffic Management systems in the country. The reasons for not have such systems developed and implemented are more or less organizational. Still there is not accepted National ITS strategy and Architecture for ITS, also, a lot of stakeholders at national, regional and local level need to be involved in this process. The main priority for the last years in Bulgaria was the building of new and rehabilitation of the highways and roads. During the planning phases of these projects ITS was not included into projects specifications and newly built roads and sections of the highways (as well the already built one) are not equipped with any ITS infrastructure and now Bulgaria needs to start actives which to allow the country to catch up the delay with the building of ITS infrastructure and to be in line with the needs of its citizens and last but least transport management centres needs to be established on national and regional levels. As such services are not developed and implemented in Bulgaria know-how and best practices from the advanced in that area countries should be examine and best for Bulgarian conditions solutions to be chose. Also, different business models should be analysed, such as PPP, Pre-commercial Procurement procedures and etc. and best for Bulgaria solutions to be chose Actors involved and to be involved At national level the main actors are the Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications (MTITC), Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA) and Nacional Company Deliverable D6.2.2: Austrian Regional specifications study of ITS applications 15

17 Strategic Infrastructure Project (NCSIP). Last both RIA and NCSIP are subordinate to the Ministry of Regional Development. The Minister of TITC coordinates the activities for the deployment and use of Intelligent Transport Systems in the field of road transport and for interfaces with other transport modes. To support the activities of the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, a board for Intelligent Transport Systems has been established. Members of the board are representatives of the Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications; the Ministry of Regional Development and Public works, the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism, appointed by the respective Ministers; also representatives of the Road Infrastructure Agency, Bulgarian Institute for Standardization; Commission for Consumer Protection; Commission for Personal Data Protection; National Association of Municipalities in Republic of Bulgaria, appointed by the respective managers. RIA is the national road network operator, responsible for maintenance and construction of road infrastructure in interurban areas. As part of its obligations RIA has to provide updated information to drivers about the current road conditions, related to traffic, road maintenance and weather. The NCSIP was established in 2011 with an amendment of the Road Law. Its main responsibilities are successful and effective financing, design, building, managing, and maintenance of 3 new highways with a total length of 670 km (called Struma, Hemus and Cherno more ). At local level main actors are the Municipalities which are responsible for road network and transport services within the urban areas. Another major actor at national level is the Ministry of Interior (MoI). Within its main responsibilities are traffic control on all roads and emergency services, including operation of the national phone 112. For implementation of Cooperative Traffic Management in Bulgaria all of the listed actors should work together in order to provide traffic information to all road users. Also NGO organizations like ITS Bulgaria could contribute to this process by uniting private companies, researching institutes, universities which are working in the field of ITS Impacts/Benefits in case of application With the developing and implementing applications for cooperative traffic management, the respective actors as well as road users will have accurate information about current road and traffic conditions. Such systems will be able to detect accidents and generate warnings to Deliverable D6.2.2: Austrian Regional specifications study of ITS applications 16

18 drivers while increasing the overall road safety, as well they will be very helpful in congestions reduction and better management of the traffic flow. Without a doubt implementing systems for cooperative traffic management is going to optimise travels and improve road safety. As well Bulgaria is situated on a very important transit corridor between Europe and Asia and it would be only beneficial if the country implements such systems and services, in order to provide adequate information to all users of the Bulgarian national roads and highways, which would bring benefits not only on country level but at regional and local. In Bulgaria there are number of national and multinational companies which have or can find appropriate for Bulgaria technical solution for the implementation of Cooperative ITS Regional Specifications Bulgarian Institute for Standardization (BDS) is the national executive body for standardization in the Republic of Bulgaria. Through BDS/TC 97 Intelligent Transport System and Logistics BDS develops, accepts and approves Bulgarian standards, participates in the work of international and European organizations for standardization in field of ITS. All standards produced in field of ITS by the European Standardization bodies are accepted and approved by the BDS/TC 97. Deliverable D6.2.2: Austrian Regional specifications study of ITS applications 17

19 5. ADVANCED TRAVEL INFORMATION SERVICES (THESSALONIKI/PATRAS PILOT- SITE) 5.1. State of the art in Bulgaria At the moment at national level there is no fully functional Advanced Travel Information system integrated. However, several projects related to travel information services are being implemented on local as well as on national level. On national level concerning interurban road network the RIA has initiated a project for a development and implementation of a real time information system for road users. The system will be able to collect traffic and road data for highways and higher class roads from the road network. The data will be collected at approximately 320 traffic detection points, distributed through the road network. The data will be gathered and processed at a central level in a Traffic Control Centre, which will be responsible for road and traffic management as well as providing real time data to users through a number of VMS units, a mobile application and a web site. It is expected that the whole system should be operational by the end of On local municipal level actions within the framework of the EU funded Operational Program "Regional Development" have been implemented. Part of the actions is implementing of various ITS systems in 7 major cities: Sofia, Plovdiv, Burgas, Varna, Ruse, Stara Zagora, Pleven. In some of the cities ITS implementations include systems for distribution of real time information for public transport to users. In detail the scope of the projects includes the following: For Sofia: Installation of Public Information Displays on 1050 bus stops that will provide passengers with data about arrival times of public transport vehicles; For Plovdiv: Installation of Public Information Displays on 354 bus stops that will provide passengers with data about arrival times of public transport vehicles; Installation of on-board Public Information Displays for 285 vehicles; Implementation of a web site service for Public transport information; For Burgas: Installation of Public Information Displays on 216 bus stops that will provide passengers with data about arrival times of public transport vehicles; Installation of on-board Public Information Displays for 80 vehicles; Implementation of a web site service for Public transport information; For Stara Zagora: Installation of Public Information Displays on 119 bus stops that will provide passengers with data about arrival times of public transport vehicles; Implementation of a web site service for Public transport information; Deliverable D6.2.2: Austrian Regional specifications study of ITS applications 18

20 For Varna: Installation of Public Information Displays on 84 bus stops that will provide passengers with data about arrival times of public transport vehicles; Implementation of a web site service and a mobile application for Public transport information; ITS projects part of the mentioned program has to be finalized by Q3 of Except the above mentioned projects in some of the cities there are existing travel services. Such examples are a mobile application and a web site for the public transport of Varna. A similar web site service also exists for the public transport of Sofia, which is maintained by the municipal Centre for Urban Mobility Technical and Organization gaps (if existing) A possible technical gap could be identified in the difference of technologies used in different projects and by different actors. A future common service on a national level may have to overcome these technical issues, most of which are related to the lack of ITS architectures and specifications to be followed. In order to establish a common or advanced travel information services there should be involvement of different stakeholders like municipalities, public authorities, local authorities and various service providers Actors involved and to be involved The main involved actors are: at national level concerning the interurban road network RIA, NCSIP, MoI, MTITC. At local level: Municipalities, regional directorates of MoI, public transport operators, various traffic information providers Impacts/Benefits in case of application Application of Advanced Travel Information services will guarantee collection and distribution of accurate information about travel conditions (road, weather, traffic accidents, congestions and etc.) on the roads in Bulgaria. This will lead to better informed road users and optimised journeys. On a municipal or city level such systems will contribute to improvement of public transport services and a better user experience Regional Specifications From standardization point of view there are no barriers for implementation of the system as all European standards are accepted and approved as Bulgarian. Deliverable D6.2.2: Austrian Regional specifications study of ITS applications 19

21 There are national and multinational companies which have an interest in that field and capability to provide technical solutions in order the service to be implemented at national, regional and local level. Deliverable D6.2.2: Austrian Regional specifications study of ITS applications 20

22 6. ITS DEPLOYMENT FOR ROAD NETWORKS (TIMISOARA-DANUBE AREA PILOT-SITE) 6.1. State of the art in Bulgaria In Bulgaria there are no any applications developed for the multimodal route planning. Respective authorities in the country recognize the need of such systems and services Technical and Organization gaps (if existing) There are no any technical reasons preventing development and implementation of such systems in Bulgaria. In this process should be involved many stakeholders: public authorities, local authorities, various service providers. As well the know-how and best practices and different business models (PPP, Pre-commercial Procurement procedures and etc.) developed in other counties should to be analysed and best for Bulgaria solutions to be used Actors involved and to be involved The actors involved at national level are: Executive Agency "Automobile Administration": controls and regulates public transport of the passengers and goods, dangers goods and etc. "Railway Administration" Executive Agency: responsible for the railway transport in Bulgaria; propose, for approval to the Minister of Transport, Information technologies and Communications measures to avoid and overcome the consequences of disasters and accidents with implications for railway infrastructure; Coordinate the projects concerning the crossing points of rail tracks forming an element of railway infrastructure and, inter alia, the republican road network, local roads, streets and pipelines, overhanging cable, high- and lowvoltage lines, etc., and projects for the interconnection of rail tracks forming an element of railway infrastructure; and etc. Executive Agency "Maritime administration": organizes and coordinates activities related to the safety of shipping in the sea spaces and inland waterways of the Republic of Bulgaria; exercise control on: provision of services for traffic management and information of shipping maritime spaces, inland waterways, canals, ports in Bulgaria and other duly defined regions; and etc. Deliverable D6.2.2: Austrian Regional specifications study of ITS applications 21

23 Except the above mentioned other involved actors are Ministry of Interior via Directorate Road Police, Municipalities in Bulgaria and their transport companies, the private interurban public transport operators concessioners, companies which could provide technology; information providers and all interested of that service stakeholders Impacts/Benefits in case of application Application of the multimodal route planer would be beneficial for better logistics and faster transportation of passengers and goods across the country and as the country is a part of the corridor transportation of the passengers and goods between Europe and Asia such system will brings benefits to all its end users local and international and using it they will be capable to organize on more sufficient way their trips in the whole territory of Bulgaria (country/regions/city levels) Regional Specifications All standards developed and approved by European standardization bodies are accepted and approved as Bulgarian so from that point of view there are no any barriers for the implementation of the multimodal route planning system. There are national and multinational companies which have technical solutions and an interest in that field which are ready to provide their services for implementation of such services at all levels national, regional and local. Deliverable D6.2.2: Austrian Regional specifications study of ITS applications 22

24 7. INTERMODAL TRAVEL PLANNING SERVICES (BUDAPEST PILOT-SITE) 7.1. State of the art in Bulgaria In Bulgaria there are no existing systems similar to the one developed and implemented in Budapest. At the moments the efforts of the authorities (mainly the municipalities in bigger cities) are focused on infrastructure building (bicycle lines). Some of Municipalities (Sofia and Burgas) on their web pages provide information for the bicycle network in the city, bicycle parking, places for a rest and etc. The city of Burgas offers service Rent a bike which allows citizens and guests of the city to rent a bicycle from one of the twelves stations in the city and use them for transportation into the city instead driving their private vehicles. The aim of the Municipality is to turn Burgas into green city and to increase the modal shift Technical and Organization gaps (if existing) There are no any technical or technological barriers which to stop development and implementation of such systems in Bulgaria as there is a very strong IT industry in the country. So far, the need for such service to be implemented is not determined. The reason for this is the fact that bicycle is not recognized as an alternative vehicle for transport by many citizens in Bulgaria, not because they do not want to use it but because there is not appropriate conditions for that the infrastructure built is not enough and is not built on the right place.. In small cities there is no infrastructure built, only in biggest cities are built cycling lines. In the cities where is built infrastructure, in most of the cases, it is built on the roads or is a part of the pavements, which creates risks for the cyclists and all other participants in the traffic drivers and vulnerable participants in the traffic. At national level between cities such infrastructure is not built, yet. Recently, the efforts of the authorities (mainly the municipalities) are directed to building cycling lines and to convince more citizens to use bicycles as an alternative way of transportations but because of the luck of infrastructure and places where it is built the percent of people who chose the bicycle is not so big. In the process of implementation of multimodal traveller information services in Bulgaria should be analysed know-how and best practices and different business models (PPP, Precommercial Procurement procedures and etc.) and best for Bulgaria solution to be accepted. Deliverable D6.2.2: Austrian Regional specifications study of ITS applications 23

25 7.3. Actors involved and to be involved The main actors are Executive Agency "Automobile Administration", "Railway Administration" Executive Agency, Executive Agency "Maritime administration", the municipalities in Bulgaria and their transport companies, the private interurban public transport operators concessioners, companies which could provide technology; information providers and all interested of those service stakeholders Impacts/Benefits in case of application Application of the multimodal route planer would be beneficial for better logistics and faster transportation of travellers (cyclists). Also considering the fact that across the territory of Bulgaria passes the trans-european corridor EuroVelo 6 such system is necessary to be implemented. As well it will be very useful for the application in the cities where would provide benefit to the citizens and the guests of the cities to organize their travel on the best way. Also, such service could lead to a modal shift from which would benefit as the cities as the citizens because using bicycle instead their vehicles the cities will be less polluted and the citizens will have healthier lifestyle Regional Specifications All standards developed and approved by European standardization bodies are accepted and approved as Bulgarian so from that point of view there are no any barriers for the implementation of the multimodal route planning system. There are national and multinational companies which have technical solutions and an interest in that field which are ready to provide their services for implementation of such services at all levels national, regional and local. Deliverable D6.2.2: Austrian Regional specifications study of ITS applications 24

26 8. ITS FOR DANGEROUS GOODS MONITORING ON ROAD (EMILIA ROMAGNA PILOT-SITE) 8.1. State of the art in Bulgaria In Bulgaria a system for monitoring of dangerous goods by the national/regional authorities is not implemented Technical and Organization gaps (if existing) In general most of the transport operators already have their own tracking systems. One way to implement dangerous goods tracking is by achieving agreements for information exchange between private transport operators and national authorities. It will be hard to voluntary achieve such agreements with most of private transport operators, unless some new regulation is accepted. In any case this measure will be more cost effective than establishing a dedicated system for dangerous goods plate recognition. So technically it should be possible to implement such a service for the territory of Bulgaria if the proper regulations are established Actors involved and to be involved The main involved actors in Bulgaria are Executive Agency "Automobile Administration" which controls transportation of dangerous goods, Nuclear Regulatory Agency which controls transportation of radioactive goods; Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Defence which have their own departments responsible for the transportation of explosion-proof goods for their own needs; all transport operators, which transport dangerous goods on the territory of Bulgaria and any other interested stakeholders, for example IT companies which could provide technology for implementation of such system Impacts/Benefits in case of application The benefits of application of this service are better risk management and reduction of accidents. Monitoring of dangerous goods transport will help for faster and efficient reaction on the authorities in case of accidents and risk for citizens and of pollution of environment. Such accidents cannot be predicted but the authorities and traffic operators put a lot of efforts in accident prevention and this is proved by the statistical data which shows that the accidents with vehicles transporting dangerous goods are too low in comparison with the other types of vehicles. Deliverable D6.2.2: Austrian Regional specifications study of ITS applications 25

27 Last but not least by implementing such system on different area types (national, regional/local level) it will help for reduction of contraband transportation of liquid fuels, such as oils, and will increase incomes from excises in national budget Regional Specifications All standards developed and approved by European standardization bodies are accepted and approved as Bulgarian so from that point of view there are no any barriers for the implementation of the multimodal route planning system. There are national and multinational companies which have technical solutions and an interest in that field which are ready to provide their services for implementation of such services at all levels national, regional and local. Deliverable D6.2.2: Austrian Regional specifications study of ITS applications 26

28 9. OPTIMAL USE OF TRAFFIC AND TRAVEL DATA (SOFIA PILOT-SITE) 9.1. State of the art in Bulgaria Currently, the web page of Road Infrastructure Agency offers free of charge road maps of the Republic of Bulgaria and up-to-date information on current conditions of the National Road Network (NRN), on-going and upcoming construction and repair works, information concerning prices and points for vignettes distribution etc. Different sections offer information concerning services offered, ways to use them and relevant legislation. Department Situation Centre in Road Infrastructure Agency, performs the following activities: supports a communication-information system for collection, processing and analysis of information concerning the condition of the National Road Network support of data base, connected with risks and threats of arising crisis continuous connection and interaction with the structures of the Ministry of Interior Directorate general Security Police, National Fire Safety and Protection of Population Service, Directorate National System 112 and other public authorities continuous 24-hour monitoring of the National Road Network Also, the implementation of the project Development of spatial model of National Road Network in geographical information system has been finished in June 2012 by the RIA. During the project the following activities were done: 1) Convert of current geographic data from undefined (unidentified) coordinate system into WGS 84; 2) Migrated graphical and attribute data from traffic databases (Roads and Sromp) and database for bridges (Scan Print) into GIS; 3) Developed web application for access to road and road infrastructure data; 4) The Web application offers access to graphical visualization of objects from the infrastructure and technical and operational characteristics. RIA is working on three other projects which are in progress: 1) Project Integrated system for analysis and evaluation of the traffic on highways and main roads in the Republic of Bulgaria, part of the TEN-T network which is in the framework of Priority Axis 2 of Operational programme Transport. The main activity in the framework of the project is the development of integrated subsystems for analysis and evaluation of the traffic, which would facilitate transport mobility, optimizing the use of infrastructure and vehicles. They would also enable vehicle identification, classification and tracking. In addition to the main activity of the project, subsystems will provide collection of meteorological data. 2) Project Implementation of system for automated collection of traffic data on Bulgarian road network, which is in the frame of Priority axis 5 Technical assistance of the Operational programme Regional development. One of the activities in the project is connected with Deliverable D6.2.2: Austrian Regional specifications study of ITS applications 27

29 traffic data collection for roads class II and III. 3) Project Geographic Information System, which aims to introduce geographically oriented centralized management of the infrastructural objects Technical and Organization gaps (if existing) There are no any technical or technological barriers which to stop development and implementation of such systems in Bulgaria as there is a very strong IT industry in the country. All stakeholder need to be involved in this process Actors involved and to be involved The main actors are: 1) on National level: RIA, NCSIP, MoI; 2) local level: Municipalities and regional directorates of MoI, 3) all traffic information providers and all stakeholders 9.4. Impacts/Benefits in case of application Bulgaria is situated at the cross-roads of the international transport and traffic corridors between Europe and Asia and Europe to Greece. The most domain modes of transport available are aviation and land transport, which includes rail, road and off-road transport, and ship transport. Therefore, it is important to collect and update the traffic information which helps for creation of realistic picture of the traffic and road conditions in the country will contribute to road safety and security and will have an environment impact. As well it is beneficiary to the end users Regional Specifications All standards developed and approved by European standardization bodies are accepted and approved as Bulgarian so from that point of view there are no any barriers for the implementation of the multimodal route planning system. There are national and multinational companies which have technical solutions and an interest in that field which are ready to provide their services for implementation of such services at all levels national, regional and local. Deliverable D6.2.2: Austrian Regional specifications study of ITS applications 28

30 10. CONCLUSIONS Table 4: Evaluation of applications ITS Pilot Site Level of Complexity Potential Benefits Cooperative traffic management (Vienna Pilot-Site) advanced travel information services (Thessaloniki/Patras Pilot-site) ITS for road networks Timisoara and Danube Area Pilotsite intermodal travel planning services Hungary Pilot-site dangerous goods monitoring Emilia Romagna Pilot-site: optimal use of traffic and travel data Sofia Pilot-site: VL L M H VH VL L M H VH VL L M H VH VL L M H VH VL L M H VH VL L M H VH VL L M H VH VL L M H VH VL L M H VH VL L M H VH VL L M H VH VL L M H VH In the framework of the SEE-ITS project six pilot projects are executed. The pilot projects are in the fields of Cooperative traffic management (Vienna pilot project); Advanced Travel information (Thessaloniki and Patras pilot projects); Information for the travellers and travel (Timisoara and Danube areal pilot project and Hungary pilot project) and optimal use of traffic and travel data (Sofia pilot project). Each of these projects has its development and implementation complexity and brings specific benefits to its end users. As Bulgaria still does not have a National Action plan and ITS Architecture approved which to provide the framework of the implementation of the ITS in Bulgaria. It is hard to prioritize one or some of the above mentioned systems and to tell which of them should be implemented in Bulgaria, as each and every one of them have specific benefits and affect specific area. In order to derive the best benefits from all these systems the best solution is all these to be implemented simultaneously. Deliverable D6.2.2: Austrian Regional specifications study of ITS applications 29