ERTICO Information Workshop in Ljubljana

Date: 20 February 2007

16 February 2007 event centres on TMC and road charging issues.

ERTICO took part in a 16 February Information Workshop in Ljubljana, Slovenia, organised by ERTICO Partner Slovenian Ministry of Transport. The event, which followed the previous day’s Public Authorities Platform meeting, gathered over 50 Slovenian and regional participants to hear the latest news and developments regarding TMC traffic information broadcast and road charging issues.

Dean Herenda of the Slovenian Ministry of Transport gave a welcome speech in which he highlighted some of the ITS development projects being developed in the country. He also announced the formation of his country’s own ITS organisation devoted to progressing intelligent mobility, ITS Slovenia. ERTICO CEO Arnold van Zyl paid tribute to Slovenia’s efforts in these areas and the regional expertise which can take ITS development even further. He also reminded participants that ITS systems and services have a powerful role to play in keeping people and especially goods moving safely and efficiently throughout Europe and beyond.

TMC in new markets
ERTICO Project Manager and TMC Forum Coordinator James Burgess gave a comprehensive set of presentations which highlighted the value of the Traffic Message Channel (TMC) to better road safety and efficiency. The CONNECT project, which is promoting ITS activities in Central and Eastern Europe (and in which ERTICO is a participant), includes the promotion of TMC implementation across the new Member States.  

As an example of successful results regarding TMC implementation, Mr Burgess provided a case study of TMC implementation in China through the DYNASTY project.

He also spoke about TMC technology and the process for bringing TMC to new markets, a very relevant topic in Slovenia where development of the supporting elements is already underway.

Road charging realities
In the second part of the workshop, ERTICO Project Manager Oene Kerstjens shared his expertise on road charging issues gained through the EC-supported and ERTICO-coordinated RCI project. Mr Kerstjens was joined by Philippe Lassauce, Co-Chair of the RCI Steering Committee. They highlighted the status and achievements in the project to date.

In addition, four presentations highlighting the status/developments on road charging deployment in the CONNECT countries. Discussion centred on how the European interoperability model could contribute to these developments.

Presentations from the meeting are available below:

TMC
TMC Forum Summary - James Burgess, TMC Forum Coordinator	1 - TMC and TMC Forum Summary (354 KB)
TMC Implementation - James Burgess, TMC Forum Coordinator	2 - TMC Implementation (165 KB)
Bringing TMC to New Markets - James Burgess, TMC Forum Coordinator	3 - Bringing TMC to New Markets (1248 KB)
RCI/Road Charging
Road Charging Interoperability project - Oene Kerstjens, RCI Project Coordinator	RCI_PRE_Ljubljana_V1.2.pdf (2712 KB)
Road charging in Slovak Republic: Legislation and research results	EFC in Sk.pdf (1584 KB)
Actual ITS developments in Hungary - Lajos Szűcs, Hungarian Ministry of Economy and Transport	hungary_ea_20070215_ljubljana_v2.pdf (568 KB)
ETC in the Czech Republic	czech.pdf (4606 KB)
Road Tolling System in Poland	presentation of POLAND - RCI Seminar Lublana Feb 2007.pdf (378 KB)

For more information, please contact ERTICO Project Managers James Burgess (TMC) or Oene Kerstjens (RCI) 

About 50 participants took part in the Information Workshop at the Slovenian Ministry of Transport	Dean Herenda of the Slovenian Ministry of Transport (left) introduces TMC Forum Coordinator James Burgess of ERTICO	(From left) Dean Herenda is happy to welcome RCI Project Coordinator Oene Kerstens and RCI Steering Committee Co-Chair Philippe Lassauce to Ljubljana