national intelligent transport systems industry strategy 2012-2017

“Transport Technology Connecting Australians”

National Intelligent Transport Systems Industry Strategy

2012-2017

2012 Update

DISCUSSION DRAFTMarch 2012

Contents

Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 3

The Need for a National Strategy .............................................................................................. 3

Related Documents ................................................................................................................... 4

Approach ................................................................................................................................... 4

Three Pillars - Safety, Mobility and the Environment .......................................................................... 4

Enabling Solutions................................................................................................................................ 5

Cooperative ITS .................................................................................................................................... 6

Focus areas .......................................................................................................................................... 6

National ITS Strategic Framework ............................................................................................. 7

Activating the Strategy ............................................................................................................. 10

Proposed Role of Government .......................................................................................................... 11

Industry role....................................................................................................................................... 12

Conclusion and Next steps ...................................................................................................... 12

Appendix 1 – Achievements since 2009.................................................................................. 13

Appendix 2 – Priority Action Areas .......................................................................................... 16

Priority Action Areas .......................................................................................................................... 16

Foundational actions ......................................................................................................................... 16

Further actions being pursued under the policy framework ............................................................. 16

Appendix 3 – Policy Principles ................................................................................................ 18

Policy Principles ................................................................................................................................. 18


Introduction

Our national transport system faces unprecedented challenges. These challenges affect the safety and mobility of users across all modes of transport and the ability of government agencies to effectively manage, operate and meet environmental goals. Traditional solutions alone cannot hope to solve these issues; new approaches are needed.

Intelligent Transport Systems Australia (ITS Australia) has a mission to promote the contribution of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) across Australia to improve:

transport safety and security

efficient operation and management of all modes of transport

the movement of freight

the environmental impacts of transport

transport information for the community across all modes.

This National Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Industry Strategy encompasses multi model land transport and a five year timeframe from 2012 to 2017. It has been developed by ITS Australia to update the first draft National Strategy, developed in 2009, and to incorporate the Policy Framework for Intelligent Transport Systems in Australia endorsed by all Australian Transport Ministers at the Standing Council on Transport and Infrastructure (SCOTI) meeting in November 2011. Relevant sections of the Policy Framework are provided as an attachment to this Strategy.

No single organisation has the capacity to deliver this strategy. It will require a co-operative approach amongst industry, government, transport operators and supporting organisations, such as ITS Australia. Our hope is that this strategy and the coordinating mechanisms proposed will deliver true benefits to Australia’s transport system.

The Need for a National Strategy

Well designed and deployed Intelligent Transport Systems enhance the safety, efficiency and environmental performance of our transport network. However, solutions developed in isolation will not deliver true benefits to the nation. A national strategy for the development and delivery of ITS solutions will help ensure that:

Solutions work together seamlessly and provide consistent outcomes in each region and jurisdiction

Emerging Australian and international standards are applied uniformly, and providing access to global technology and supplier solutions

Transport users gain access to reliable information about all modes of transport, delivered in timely and familiar ways

Economies of scale are achieved as projects delivered in each jurisdiction build on the achievements of others

Coherent positions on priority projects are presented to transport agencies and feed into the development of national priorities for infrastructure and technology development

Expenditure on ITS accurately reflects stakeholder priorities

This National ITS Industry Strategy recognises the needs and aspirations of government, industry, transport operators, academia, land transport users and the wider community, and the imperative to develop and deliver priority ITS solutions. At a practical level, the National ITS Industry Strategy will:

Provide direction to the development and deployment of ITS solutions to optimise transport system performance

Define mechanisms for development of an ITS architecture1 for Australia, supported by a road-map of project

directions and databases of national skills and capabilities

Overcome barriers to the deployment of ITS technologies and infrastructure

Enable stakeholders in ITS solutions to maximise the available benefits through open interfaces that support the exchange of information and the sharing of resources and infrastructure whether it is between transport users, private corporations or government jurisdictions

Promote a strong, competitive market for ITS products and services

Maximise the value from investments in ITS by fostering ITS innovation, research and development in a targeted way

1 An Austroads Project is currently underway to develop a reference architecture drawing on developed architectures internationally and is

programming future projects to develop technical and solution architectures.


Related Documents

This National ITS Industry Strategy forms one element together with a number of other key policy and strategy documents that have recently been developed to support a coordinated approach for the ITS industry.

There have recently been a number of policy and strategy documents published in the ITS arena. An outline of these key documents is as follows:

Policy Framework for Intelligent Transport Systems in Australia

A policy document endorsed by all Australian Transport Ministers at the Standing Council on Transport and Infrastructure (SCOTI) meeting in November 2011.

This Policy Framework encompasses the wider ITS industry.

It refers to the National ITS Industry Strategy and the role of ITS Australia in developing this industry.

National ITS Industry Strategy This is the second draft of the Industry Strategy , prepared by ITS Australia with input from industry and government stakeholders to provide a strategic framework for the wider ITS industry.

Cooperative ITS Strategic Plan This Austroads report provides a strategic plan specific to Cooperative ITS initiatives.

At time of printing it is in draft form.

Approach

In 2009, the inaugural National Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Strategy document was released. It drew on the contributions from participants in the Australian ITS Summit, held in Melbourne in November 2009.

Given the rapidly evolving nature of ITS technology and policy implications it has been considered appropriate to review the original Industry Strategy and update it to reflect current market conditions. This update has been prepared following the ITS Australia 2011 Summit held on the Gold Coast in November 2011 with the support of the Queensland Government. Industry participants provided substantial input into what had changed and new focus areas since the original Industry Strategy.

Three Pillars - Safety, Mobility and the Environment

The Industry Strategy promotes three core pillars of Safety, Mobility and the Environment. This aligns with the themes used in the program of national transport reform, under the auspices of the Australian Transport Council (ATC) and the National Transport Commission (NTC).

These three pillars in turn inspire an overall vision of stakeholder and a context within which success can be measured:

zero harm to users of the transport network

zero avoidable congestion

a significant (50-70%) reduction in transport greenhouse gas emissions based on 2010 levels

ITS Australia recognises that more than just intelligent systems will be required to achieve such a vision. Many other factors, such as land use planning, engineering design, civil works, social behaviour, and government economic policies will all play their part. However, ITS can make a significant contribution to attainment of the overall vision. Indeed in many cases, ITS will not only provide for further optimisation of existing infrastructure, but it will multiply the impact of new infrastructure investments.


Drawing from the collected outcomes of the Australian ITS Summit and the work of the other stakeholders mentioned earlier, ITS Australia has articulated a vision for the contribution ITS can make to the three impact areas summarised in Table 1.

Table 1 - Contribution of ITS to the three pillars

Safety Mobility Environment

In-vehicle, vehicle to vehicle and vehicle to infrastructure collaborative systems will help prevent accidents wherever possible and minimise harm when they occur.

Readily accessible information will improve traveller mobility and optimal choice of modes (including public transport).

Systems capable of utilising increasingly rich information about vehicles and networks will support intelligent management of transport operations.

Intelligent systems will increasingly support the monitoring, evaluation and mitigation of the environmental impact of transport.

Enabling Solutions

Intelligent Transport Systems use a range of communication, detection and processing components to support solution delivery. A conceptual view of the relationships amongst vehicles, systems, services and users in the ITS domain is shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1 - A high-level Intelligent Transport Systems architecture


Cooperative ITS

Cooperative ITS (C-ITS) or vehicle to vehicle and vehicle to infrastructure communication is an emerging technology supporting a wide range of transport solutions, delivering automated safety solutions, information and potentially further pricing options.

Focus areas

Areas of focus under this Industry Strategy have been grouped into eight categories as shown in Table 2, each of which may deliver solutions across one or more of the impact areas.

Table 2: ITS Focus Areas

ITS Focus Areas Areas of Impact


Advanced Transport Management Systems for urban transport management such as: lane control and ramp metering components of managed motorway solutions; public transport priority management; parking.

Vehicle detection and enforcement solutions to support tolling systems; provide a base for road user charging systems; and support traffic related enforcement activities.

Passive Driver Information such as intelligent speed assistance or adaptation, automatically updating the vehicle with speed-limit information; lane departure warnings..

Active Driver Assistance Solutions including predictive terrain adaptive cruise control, pedestrian avoidance, automatic parking.

Cooperative ITS with vehicle to vehicle and vehicle to infrastructure communication solutions, delivering automated safety solutions, information and potentially further pricing options.

Traveller Information Systems delivering information to vehicle drivers and travellers across all modes

Vehicle performance tracking and monitoring, using in-vehicle logging systems and communication options such as the Intelligent Access Program, with a preference for a single operational platform in freight vehicles.

Vehicle Environmental Solutions to enhance the performance and utility of low emission vehicles, for example managed charging of electric vehicles


National ITS Strategic Framework

Drawing on the priorities established at the Australian ITS Summits and the subsequent feedback, a strategic framework for the evaluation and development of ITS initiatives has been built, based on the three core pillars, safety, mobility and environment. This has five components:

1) Architecture, Standards and Tools

An Austroads Project is currently underway to develop a reference architecture drawing on developed architectures internationally and is programming future projects to develop technical and solution architectures.

A further Austroads project is investigating best practice standards in ITS.

These projects will define a framework for a common definition of ITS initiatives and components as well as the standards and tools that will support their development. This can be accompanied by a roadmap of potential development paths and supporting information on resources, best practice strategies and potential impact on government objectives.

To ensure widespread adoption and ongoing relevance it is important that the architecture is supported with:

A sound governance framework

Ongoing maintenance program

Relevant training

Appropriate advocacy and support to encourage widespread use

2) Roadmap for coordinated development

This will provide a national view of the development required to deliver solutions in priority areas. The objective will be to establish the timeframe for project execution and the likely participants in delivery. The Policy Framework for Intelligent Transport Systems in Australia sets out priority actions and identifies a role for ITS Australia to work with governments to build stronger government and industry linkages. The framework identifies priority action areas. The relevant section of the framework has been attached to this Industry Strategy as Appendix 2.

3) Projects

This involves the definition of solution development opportunities relating to one or more of the pillars. Each project definition will include a scope of work, timeframe, deliverables and measures of success. Projects will demonstrate success against the three pillars of Safety, Mobility and Environment. Projects will describe a fit with the reference architecture and the standards and tools which underpin solution development, integration and implementation.

Project benefits should be outlined against the three pillars. The current situations should be adequately captured prior to the project. On completion of each project, benefits will be recorded to enable identification of improvement opportunities and also provide real data to provide justification or otherwise for future projects.

4) A collaborative approach

There are many organisations across the country contributing to the development of ITS initiatives. This component will provide linkages, knowledge sharing and coordinated approaches to support and develop the ITS industry and the effective delivery of ITS projects.

This component will also define groupings of organisations that are contributing to particular streams of ITS development and propose coordinating mechanisms to enhance coordination and cooperation.


5) Policy

This is a set of public policy initiatives required to give further shape or clarity to the Industry Strategy. The outcomes of the Australian ITS Summits also included ideas for the promotion of adoption of ITS through public policy initiatives. These include action to promote the adoption of advanced ITS applications across government fleets and operations, to support the adoption of international standards wherever possible, and raising awareness of opportunities and elements of ITS education.

The Policy Framework for Intelligent Transport Systems in Australia provides a foundation for further policy development. The Policy Framework recognises ITS Australia’s long-standing role in bringing together industry, government and research bodies that represent Australia’s ITS sector both domestically and internationally. The policy principles contained in the Policy Framework are attached to this strategy as Appendix 3.

The tables below are a summary of the strategic framework components that were identified in the outcomes of the ITS Summits. These provide the starting point for detailed development in each case.

Table 3: Architecture, Standards and Tools

Architecture, Standards and Tools

Adopt the recommended National ITS Architecture drawing on world best experience i.e. USA, Europe or Japan with the value of the national architecture to be maintained through:

Availability of suitable training courses and appropriate attendance by industry

Industry members advocating use of the national architecture

Appropriate resources to support maintenance and updates to the national architecture

An appropriate mechanism for industry members to provide feedback on the architecture and updates required.

Establish and maintain a database of current ITS expertise, research and capability, including human resources (ITS Australia)

Look at best practices in ITS standards and deployment strategies both nationally and internationally, leveraging off the best practice to maximise benefits delivered.

Evaluate the contribution of ITS initiatives to the attainment/enhancement of government transport objectives to leverage investment.

Develop a road-map for the potential application of ITS in Australia over the next five years, as per the projects listed in the Table 4 below.

Table 4: Projects

Projects


Addressing policy, regularity and spectrum issues and gaps in relation to the deployment of C-ITS

Vehicle to vehicle and vehicle to infrastructure trials and demonstrations

Deployment of ITS field operational tests in every State (test-beds)/demonstrators using the adopted ITS architecture

Application of ITS to support transport infrastructure management, including monitoring health of infrastructure

Intelligent speed assist/adaptation Expansion of next generation multi-modal route navigation systems based on real time traffic. ITS Australia is convening the recently launched Australia Traffic Information Forum (ATIF) to support developments in this area.

Evaluation tools to test the environmental impact of ITS initiatives, pricing regimes.

Heavy vehicle driver fatigue and speed management

A multi-modal transport portal, with ability to opt in or out, incorporating articulation of true performance and cost of all journeys and real-time journey planning

Support for real-time tracking of environmental performance of fleet vehicles

Promotion of advanced driver assistance solutions

Management of road and lane access and enforcement, e.g. transit priority, dynamic bus lanes, priority based on passengers, on-board vehicle mass monitoring

Evaluation of opportunities to support Green Vehicle concepts, such as providing feedback on driving behaviour and its impact on emissions.



Disaster management applications Optimised managed transport network solutions, including ramp metering, LUMS, signal timing

Demonstration of ITS capabilities to deliver new pricing schemes

Support for freight enhancement solutions including portals for co-operative logistics

Next generation rail signalling (cab based)

Social media and smart phone applications supporting safety, mobility and environmental benefits in transport.

Table 5: Centres of Excellence

A Collaborative Approach


Identify Centres of Excellence and map their potential contribution to the execution or evolution of the ITS Industry Strategy

Map Strategic initiatives (including R&D and Pilot Projects) to Centres of Excellence

Table 6: Policy

Potential public policy development initiatives


Establish a plan for the education of the community on application of ITS and benefits

Raise awareness of ITS amongst security and emergency agencies to integrate ITS in their response protocol.

Leverage the public infrastructure as a source of comprehensive data about the transport network, demands and performance

Foster the development of engine and vehicle technology aimed at reducing environmental impacts

National integration of all operators’ emergency plans leading to integration of the disaster recovery and business continuity services

Adopt where possible international standards for network level instrumentation and data exchange

Engage and support network users with ownership and responsibility, for example – rewards & incentives

Government vehicles, taxis, and public transport fleets fitted with safety/ITS devices to accelerate adoption

Consistent with best practice regulatory principles, consider mandating rollout of international standards, platforms, infrastructure to install co-operative mobility.

Evaluating, adopting and mandating standards to improve vehicle safety e.g. Electronic Stability Control, Lane Departure Warning, safe following and auto braking and other advanced technologies to promote safety between different modes

Consider implementing legislation for creation of basic transport data sets, including mandatory reporting. (eg, public transport)


Activating the Industry Strategy

ITS Australia is a not for profit association, which has limited resources to develop the ITS projects outlined in the previous section. However, ITS Australia can be a key driver in fostering the high level of co-operation required across industry, government, transport operators and research organisations to pursue fulfilment of the strategy.

An outline of the Australian ITS industry participants is shown in Figure 2. Figure 2 – An Overview of Australian ITS Industry Participants


A more detailed Program Management Plan is being developed with clear roles and responsibilities and a budget forecast for the first five years. Figure 3 provides an overview of the planned process.

Figure 3 -Cooperative Mobility Initiative Process

Initial tasks include:

Establish and maintain a database of current ITS expertise, research and capability (including human resources) relevant to the Cooperative Mobility Program;

Establish a universal database for the gathering and sharing of transport performance information pertaining to key application areas of CMI; and

Develop the technical and solutions architecture framework to at least cover CMI components.

Proposed Role of Government

Drawing on the collective views from the ITS Summits, it is clear that governments play a critical role in supporting the Cooperative Mobility Initiative Program in actioning the National ITS Industry Strategy.

Australian governments have demonstrated their support for ITS by endorsing the Policy Framework for Intelligent Transport Systems in Australia. The framework recognises the critical role governments will play in supporting the development and implementation of ITS in Australia.

Governments can:

Provide policy leadership – through the application of the principles in the Policy Framework for Intelligent Transport Systems in Australia.

Support industry initiatives and work to improve linkages between government, industry and the ITS research community.

Employ ITS directly in each jurisdiction and play a role in trialling and championing ITS.

Work cooperatively with other jurisdictions, industry and academia to progress projects such as the development of an ITS architecture for Australia currently being conducted through Austroads.

Monitor, contribute and adapt to international developments and standards.


Industry role

The role of industry in the ITS Industry Strategy is to:

Develop, customise, deliver and operate systems, products and services to meet the needs of transport operators, governments and individual consumers.

Establish commercial markets

Research future ITS products and innovations consistent with the ITS vision

Join with Government, transport operators, ITS Australia and other industry groups in the exploration and adoption of an ITS architecture and road-map for development, drawing on the best of international directions and experience

Develop and adopt open interfaces, shared platforms and interoperability to meet customers and Government’s expectations in respect to standards and services.

Conclusion and Next steps

The next steps to achieving the vision of this strategy are outlined in Appendix 2 - Priority Actions Areas.

This National ITS Industry Strategy has been generated from the highly collaborative Australian ITS Summits in 2009 and 2011. It is an important step forward in capitalising on the power of advanced ITS solutions for this country. The value of achieving improved safety, mobility and environmental outcomes has never been higher as the nation comes to terms with the reality of a bounded physical infrastructure.


Appendix 1 – Achievements since 2009

The below table provides an overview of 2011 ITS Summit participants insights into achievements in ITS over the preceding two years:

Government & Industry

First ITS-Australia Industry Round Table hosted by NICTA

Federal Policy Framework draft circulated for industry feedback

IA submission ITS is on the radar attracting attention.

Managed Motorways submission.

DCRC spectrum embargoed the 5.9 spectrum

Industry ref group on Coop ITS

National ITS Industry Strategy out of the last summit

Smart Transport Research Coop transport lab and similar formed, gaining political traction

Awards for managed Motorways strengthen argument / position

IAP project gained traction also

Consumer market has arrived and a significant risk that policy framework will be overtaken

BTRE study on the costs and benefits of ITS

MUARC cost benefit analysis too

Roadmap development and work by ITS Aust, the states are also doing work.

IA keen to see where the roadmap is going.

States doing work thru the states smart centres

Database capability work may be resurrected by ITS Australia. Need to be careful about resource allocation.

STRC is a multimodal transport database; need to explore a national model.

Form of model needs to be explored wrt respect to commercial opportunities.

Managed motorways is national, strategy is nationals and decisions made on a national basis.

Trials Choda wireless V2V V2I

IBEC Committee (Gethen Perry)

Nat ITS Architecture work

Nat Standards

Nat Traveller Info work

DSRC for safe level crossings Auto CRC project

How we have moved from PAPL to IP based system

Road Operations

Managed motorways commissioned in Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia

Gateway motorway upgrade project incorporating multi lane free flow electronic Tolling

Safety

Intelligent speed assist – NSW & WA

Weather system fog ice snow wind targeting road safety

Rail level crossing

Progress in V2V and V2I – trials and progress in preparation for deploy

Vehicle activated signs

School , shopping and work zone dynamic speed signs – (inc flashing blue/red lights at work zone to give the appearance of police on site)

Fatigue signs

Free flow tolling on Sydney Harbour Bridge – improved safety


Mobility

Public Transport priority

Emergency vehicle pre-emption

Improved traffic signal operation

Further implementation of travel time

Supporting ITS for buses and trams

Free flow tolling

HOV study

Dynamic bus lanes and zip systems

Pricing schemes

Southern EXpresswaY (SEXY) – Adelaide

Improve algorithms for ramp metering and LUMS

Multi modal approach – holistic approach for whole road network and users

Environment

Intellimatics for eco drive

Truck noise cameras – enforcement of noise emissions from trucks

Intelligent Access Program (IAP) rollout

Air quality monitoring

Blue tooth travel time

Electronic vehicle charge point for electric vehicles

Real time bus monitoring

Real time bus priority

Low emission street lighting and signals (Brisbane City Council)

Weather algorithms

Vehicles & Freight

IAP application to heavy mass limit vehicles in NSW & QLD

Trial of electronic work diaries

Cooperative mobility strategies are moving towards vehicle to vehicle and away from vehicle to infrastructure

continued growth of IAP initiatives

NITSS architecture stds and tools:

on board mass limits,

heavy vehicle driver fatigue and speed management

ISA

Expansion of next gen route management, nearest diesel, approved parking bays

Portals for cooperative logistics

Real time tracking of env perf of fleet veh

Advising Vic Govt on rail crossing warning systems

ISO 15638 development for collaborative telematics applications

The 4 pillars are - Policy, Technology, Operational Commercial

ISO 15638 development for collaborative telematics applications

12 errors per 21 kilometres travelled

Over half of the errors at intersections and red lights

CARS

Error tolerant systems the way fwd

NHTSA Coope ITS could help in 81% of police reported crashes

NHTSA decision in 2013 to mandate cooperative ITS


USDOT – V2V applications - EEBL, FCW, BSWLCW, IMA, DNPW

Critical mass test – 3000 veh – Aug 2011

V2V vehicles in the next 5 to 10 years

In Australia need – 5.9 GHz spectrum, Market pull, Open stds, Nat ITS framework, privacy issues....

need supporting statement from ATC

Need a signature demonstration

Question: how do you get critical mass in the vehicle fleet

Virtual ANZ designing a freight network built on ITS

A secure 3d 2cm hor 3cm vert resolution scale model

Current distribution model of freight inefficient

Concept of changing all things... A clean sheet of paper

High reliability asset management

Concept of traffic management system whereby you buy your slot in the traffic system

In land ports, more efficient handling process

NZ Electronic Tolling

Demonstrates that the technology and business model is there for RUC

Traveller Information

Real time notification of tram and train arrival time becoming common place

Real time traffic information service launched in the market place

Consolidated traffic information systems (e.g. 131940.com in Queensland)

5 million car drivers able to get real time national traffic data

Social Media explosion

Much wider content base and Data proliferation

Crowd sourcing for information

Mobile delivery explosion

Public sensitivity to privacy

Remote and mobile payment services

Launches of major new websites, m-apps, moving to creative commons

AUS DSRC

Spectrum Allocation 5.9Ghz

Environmental factors. NBN , Carbon Tax, Productivity, Economy, GFC, Policy, Belt Tightening

launch of new apps like Google where there is no authentication with the managing authority and no real service level agreements as the apps are free


Appendix 2 – Priority Action Areas

The following is an excerpt from the Policy Framework for Intelligent Transport Systems in Australia – a national policy framework endorsed by Australian Transport Ministers at the Standing Council on Transport and Infrastructure (SCOTI) on 4 November 2011.

Priority Action Areas

Priority Action Areas over which TISOC will have broad oversight are shown with the responsibilities and projected timelines assigned in the following tables.

Foundational actions

Issue Action required Responsibility for progressing

Timing

Network Architecture

Progressing Austroads work to develop specifications for a national ITS architecture.

Final decisions to be made TISOC.

Austroads June July 2011 - Tenders; Aug 2012 - Stage 1 Final Report

Policy Leadership All relevant agencies and bodies to be advised of the endorsed national policy framework, and its key elements.

TISOC

Nov 2011

C-ITS Strategy Work underway under the auspices of Austroads to develop a national C-ITS strategy is to be finalised and provided to TISOC. It will be based on a collaborative approach between governments and industry, at both the domestic and international levels (including standards development).

Austroads To be endorsed by mid-2012

5.9GHz band

Arrangements for spectrum embargo to be lifted by the Australian Communications and Media Authority. Allocation of ongoing management responsibility and resourcing.

Austroads

Mid 2012

Further actions being pursued under the policy framework


Timing

Government-Industry Linkages

Governments to work with ITS Australia to build on the principles contained within ITS Australia’s National ITS Industry Strategy (as updated) in a manner consistent with this ITS policy framework.

Governments and ITS Australia

ongoing

Innovation

Monitor developments in Europe regarding the development of the European Commission White Paper Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area, incorporating where appropriate policy principles to encourage innovation and/or promote uptake of ITS technologies.

Monitor developments in other key regions, particularly United States and Japan.

Governments and Austroads

ongoing

Privacy Consider implications of the National Privacy Principles for development and implementation of ITS initiatives – in particular, review privacy principles in relation to innovation (and deployment) to ensure the ongoing development of IT tools is mirrored within the areas of protection of privacy and personal data.


September (recurring)

Economic Analysis of Smart

Incorporate results of the economic analysis by BITRE of Smart Infrastructure/ITS, in order to ensure the policy


March 2012


Infrastructure

framework is consistent with the goals of government in enhancing asset productivity.

Standards Development

Developing a more strategic approach to Australian involvement in international standards development.


April 2012


Timing

Managed Motorways

Further development of policy approaches by jurisdictions and Infrastructure Australia.

Implementation of Commonwealth’s 2011-12 Budget Managed Motorways initiative.

Commonwealth and other jurisdictions

May 2012 - 2014

Governance Work with Austroads to consider need for new collaborative governance models to reflect the emerging complexities of managing ITS developments, building on the emerging linkages between the technical and operational functions of Austroads and policy processes such as the those led by the TISOC.

Confirm arrangements for handling policy aspects of ITS within new COAG standing council structure.


Late 2012

Research and Development

Encouraging the work of the national ITS researchers’ roundtable with objectives to foster and project the 'single voice' for the research community; in conjunction with ITS customers.

Initiate development of an integrated ITS research strategy, including consideration of possible projects.

Governments and Austroads in collaboration with ITS Australia who will facilitate the research industry participation

End 2012


Appendix 3 – Policy Principles

The following is an excerpt from the Policy Framework for Intelligent Transport Systems in Australia – a national policy framework endorsed by Australian Transport Ministers at the Standing Council on Transport and Infrastructure (SCOTI) on 4 November 2011.

Policy Principles

To ensure coordinated and effective deployment of ITS, and to ensure there are no undue obstacles to market-driven take up of ITS products and services, governments will implememtn ITS initiatives and regulate ITS activities in accordance with the following two sets of principles, covering ITS strategies and detailed policies:

1. ITS development and implementation must deliver demonstrable benefits to individuals, the community and business.

ITS provide a suite of enabling technologies that permit the delivery of improved safety, productivity, environmental, urban amenity, and security outcomes. ITS planning and implementation will:

b. be outcomes focused – make a tangible contribution towards solving key transport challenges (e.g. reducing congestion and freight delays lowering emissions, improving energy efficiency, attaining higher levels of safety and security including vulnerable road users);

c. be consistent with broader transport network objectives;

d. build on existing infrastructure and networks - where it is cost effective to do so - including the National Broadband Network; and

e. facilitate competition and consumer-driven outcomes – for establishment and development of innovative ITS applications and services wherever feasible and appropriate.

2. The policy environment in which ITS are developed and implemented must be robust and dynamic

The policy environment for ITS will provide for both regulatory and non-regulatory processes when market interventions are considered necessary.

Non-regulatory approaches will rely on cooperative agreements between jurisdictions and/or business to adopt common standards, policies and guidelines to harmonise state, regional or sector based solutions.

Under a regulatory framework the adoption of specifications, the issuing of mandates for national standards and the selection and deployment of ITS applications and services shall be based upon an evaluation of needs involving all relevant stakeholders, and an assessment of benefits and costs in accordance with best practice regulatory principles. These measures shall:

a. deliver interoperability – ensure that systems and the underlying business processes have the capacity to

exchange data and to share information and knowledge to enable effective ITS service delivery;

b. be transparent – regulatory decisions will be evidence-based and follow established and explicit principles and rules;

c. be fit for purpose – including accreditation/certification and or audit requirements;

d. discourage inappropriate technologies that could restrict future development;

e. be proportionate – provide, where appropriate, for different levels of achievable service quality and deployment, taking into account the local, regional, national and international specificities;

f. support continuity of services – ensure seamless services when ITS services are deployed. Continuity of services should be ensured as a level adapted to the characteristics of the individual transport networks, and where appropriate, regions with regions and cities with rural areas;

g. encourage innovation – ensure that regulation is only introduced when there is a demonstrated need to do so, is closely targeted, and involves the minimum level of intervention required to deliver a regulatory objective;

h. support backward compatibility – ensure, where appropriate, the capability for ITS systems to work with existing systems that share a common purpose, without hindering the development of new technologies;

i. avoid favouring particular technologies or applications, to the maximum extent feasible;


j. facilitate multiple uses – where appropriate and feasible, enable ITS customer equipment to be used for multiple purposes, to reduce cost and maximise customer value;

k. promote equality of access – facilitate and encourage access to ITS applications and services for all users who may benefit from them including vulnerable users;

l. facilitate inter-modality – take into account the coordination of various modes of transport, where appropriate, when deploying ITS;

m. promote consistency with international standards – enabling Australian suppliers to compete in the world market and providing Australia access to global technology and supplier solutions;

n. promote consistency across modes and geography so that information is delivered to end users in a familiar way; and

o. promote data sharing – to support the delivery of additional ITS solutions that benefit the wider community.