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Road Charging Interoperability: The European Dimension Eric Sampson

Road Charging Interoperability: The European Dimension Eric Sampson Head of Vehicle Technology & Standards Department for Transport. Some History. Road charging systems in Europe Traditionally piecemeal procurements to support concessions or private toll facilities

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Road Charging Interoperability: The European Dimension Eric Sampson

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  1. Road Charging Interoperability:The European Dimension Eric Sampson Head of Vehicle Technology & Standards Department for Transport

  2. Some History Road charging systems in Europe • Traditionally piecemeal procurements to support concessions or private toll facilities • Interoperability not a concern — commercial expediency, parochialism, etc preferred • Variety of systems; interoperability only at Toll Plazas — delivered through cash

  3. Some More History • The situation began to change: • Development of international standards for microwave charging in CEN • Supplier initiatives like the GSS collaboration between OBU manufacturers • Operators recognised interoperability: • Was welcomed by users • Cut costs • Provided synergies and benefits (revenues up !) • Commission launched CARDME

  4. An Example — France • 11 separate tolling organisations • Different charging systems hampered users moving between them • TIS system developed (now Liber-T) so any registered user only needs : • one contract • one OBU but gets a single bill for all charged travel in France for each billing period

  5. The European Commission 1 • EU aim of free movement of goods & traffic increasingly frustrated by: • Slow progress on Standards development • Patchwork of technical solutions • Lack of true interoperability • Began consultations in 2002 about idea of Interoperability Directive

  6. The European Commission 2 • Commission published the Draft Directive in April 2003 • Received “General Approach” in the December Transport Council • Directive completed first reading in the European Parliament in December • Agreement likely prior to the EP Elections this year

  7. Directive’s Aims • A European Electronic Toll Service that will require all operators covered by the scope of the Directive to : • offer the service for hauliers or coach operators who might want it • “one contract” for hauliers/coach operators • supply an OBU that is interoperable with all schemes within the Directive • “one bill per period” for all international travel within the Community

  8. Directive’s Provisions • A Regulatory Committee (Comité Télépéage) chaired by the Commission involving Member States (QMV) and other bodies (non-voting) • Key task - determine when the technical, operational and commercial (contractual) conditions are right to establish EETS • Targets: decision 2006 implementation from2009

  9. Other Actions • Much to be done to allow the Committee to agree thedecision • Some studies / projects underway or being commissioned: • ISO 17575 • VERA 2 • Euro-regional projects • FP6 call • Alpine study • CESARE 3

  10. The Eurovignette Directive 1 • Directive aims to define charging process: • whichvehicles (expected to be vehicles of 3.5 Tonnes and over) • where (all or part of the Trans European Network in Member States, and other roads defined by Member States under subsidiarity principles) • how much and on what basis (eg recovering the costs of infrastructure provision and maintenance, cost of accidents, externalities like congestion and environmental factors etc) • provisions for certain vehicle exemptions

  11. The Eurovignette Directive 2 Status of the draft: • Wording still being discussed in Council Working Groups • European Parliament proposes >200 amendments • E Parliament to vote on amendments in Committee on 17 March in preparation for Plenary • Council debate - some MSs favour a flexible approach to the specification of charges and the inclusion of charges for externalities (UK, France, Germany ) others want very specific definition of the charging mechanism and a cap on applicable charges (Spain and the Netherlands) • The way ahead is currently unclear

  12. The UK Scene • Customs and Excise implementing Lorry Road User Charging (LRUC) Scheme • DfT Feasibility Study into RUC options • DfT’s DIRECTS research programme • early part (GPS) undertaken in Bristol as part of PRoGr€SS (reported yesterday) • main programme in Leeds later this year

  13. DIRECTS • Key deliverable - specifications for RUC systems comprising: • Volume 1 - Functional and performance requirements for systems and services for RUC (including UK context, Business Models & Processes, Security, Privacy requirements etc) • Volume 2 - Interface Specifications • Volume 3 - Charging Application specification for off-board charging using DSRC • “Drafts for Discussion” later this year, Vol 3 in Spring

  14. Too ambitious / complex / fast ?

  15. No - it only needs some organisation

  16. Contact Information Eric Sampson Telephone: 020 7944 4870 Fax: 020 7944 2196 Email: eric.sampson@dft.gsi.gov.uk

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