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IRU Border Waiting Times Observatory ( BWTO ) IRU TRANSPark Truck Parking Area Registration and Search Tool. Ukrainian and Belarusian Delegations Geneva, 21 June 2010. (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010. Delays at Borders: 40% - NELTI Experience. Costs of Barriers.
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IRU Border Waiting Times Observatory(BWTO)IRU TRANSPark Truck Parking Area Registration and Search Tool Ukrainian and Belarusian Delegations Geneva, 21 June 2010 (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010 (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010
Delays at Borders: 40% - NELTI Experience (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010
Costs of Barriers (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010
Border Waiting Times’ Importance Economic and social factors Pure macro-economic loss The Hague Study; IRU-intern estimations ITF-IRU “attack survey” = losses in billions + immeasurable (human) losses Extension to many countries: a need and a reality (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010
BWTO to Reduce Losses (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010
BWTO Geographic Coverage (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010
BWTO - Objectives Daily operational support Route planning Route change Lobby tool to impact customs management, transport and infrastructure development policy Identify problematic border crossing points Identify major source of problems: procedures or other (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010
BWTO Data Input Border waiting times in hours (sum of wait in country A & B) Direct input by national data suppliers via e-interface Input by national body (government authorities or road transport association, or other) Several data input per day possible (quasi real time) Input of short verbal notice possible on reasons of wait (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010
BWTO Data Output Constraint on output: data availability!! - political will & decision! Data search by traffic mode and direction Data visualisation by days or periods; statistics and graphs Access to textual information (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010
BWTO - Facts and Figures for BY & UA Belarus Ukraine (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010
BWTO - Facts and Figures for BY & UA Belarus Ukraine (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010
Belarus Ukraine BWTO - Facts and Figures for BY & UA (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010
Conclusions - Actions 1.Promote BWTO Create a link to IRU website on appropriate web sites Promote the system among customs officers & administrations & transport operators for daily use Use BWTO data and statistics in political and professional lobbying (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010
Conclusions - Actions 2. Identify geographic details of difficult border crossing points • Identify countries concerned and select problematic border sections in any region • Deliver border crossing point details (names of two sides of the border, GPS co-ordinates) to IRU BWTO (iru@iru.org) • IRU to insert new border crossing points in any new region on the IRU BWTO mapping facility and databank (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010
Conclusions - Actions 3. Become a BWTO data supplier • Identify data supplying organisation (Government agency or association) • Identify reliable local Data Sources(customs or other border agencies at crossing points concerned) • Appoint a Contact Person whom IRU registers in the databank • IRU to train Contact Person (distance training) and deliver Data Supplier and User Guides • Start daily data supply (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010
Reduce the Time Effect GO! (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010
TRANSPark Background • Relation between BWTO and TRANSPark: security • IRU: data collection since mid 90s (15 years!) • ITF (ECMT): verification by MoTs • Last paper version 2009: 44 countries, 2000 sites • TRANSPark: Launch in September 09 (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010
What is TRANSPark? • Interactive internet application to • Register (parking area operator) • Search parking areas (driver / haulier) • Start-Up Point / One-Stop Shop for assisting drivers and transport company managers • TRANSPark maps & GEO-Coordinates - the heart of the application • Number of TRANSPark countries: 42 (of which: 26 EU + CH, 9 CIS, 4 Balkan, T, IR) • Number of TRANSPark parking areas: 2826 (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010
TRANSPark Homepage Homepage http://www.iru.org/index/transpark-app (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010
Plan your Route! TRANSPark Route Planner (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010
TRANSPark Radius Search Parking Sites around Berlin (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010
TRANSPark Site Close-up Access to site (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010
PDA Version Use your Mobile Phone! (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2010
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