Seminarium Zarządzanie Prędkością Speed Management 17 – 18.10.2013

1. Seminarium Zarządzanie Prędkością Speed Management 17 – 18.10.2013

2. Solutions to improve roads, journeys & communities Adrian Grant, International Account Manager • Speed Management in Road Works Zones

3. What do we do? • One stop service for integrated ANPR solutions. • hardware & software development • Consultation on solution design • Full installation service • Support & maintenance

4. Vysionics World Firsts 1979 - First ANPR reader 1983 - First automatic plate detection ANPR system 1989 - First ANPR based journey time measuring system 1996 - First ANPR security cordon (City of London ring of steel) 1999 - First HOTA average speed system - SPECS 2002 - First ANPR congestion charging system (London) 2009 - First VCA approved automated bus lane enforcement 2009 - First HOTA networked average speed – SPECS3

5. SPECS : widely implemented & understood • Since HOTA in 1999, 30 permanent SPECS1 projects • Since HOTA in 2009, 24 permanent SPECS3 projects with 14 SCPs • 300+ projects have operated SPECS average speed enforcement • Operated with 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 and 70mph schemes

6. How speed management improves safety at works sites • Increased risks due to works

7. How speed management improves safety at works sites • Increased risks due to works • Use speed management to: • reduce risk of collisions • reduce severity of collisions • reduce risk of intrusion into works area

8. How speed management improves safety at works sites • Reduce collision risk? • harmonise speed • Reduce severity? • reduce speed • Reduce risk of intrusion? • reduce risk and severity of collisions

9. How to harmonise speeds • Enforce the speed limit!

10. How to harmonise speeds • Enforce the speed limit!

11. How to harmonise speeds • Enforce a reduced speed limit

12. Change behaviour, reduce risk

13. Current work site

14. Why does it work? • Visible deterrence • A77: NSL Dual Carriageway • Average speed signs • Data for all vehicle types • Data for both directions

15. Benefit to drivers Maintained three narrow running lanes Journey times were more reliable Why does it work? M4 j10-12 Eastbound 16/02/2008 M4 j10-12 Westbound 16/02/2008

16. Effect of enforcementM1 6a-10 • M1 j6a-10, North of London • Largest roadworks in UK • 17km of traffic management • Fewer collisions than before the roadworksstarted • Journeys were reliable

17. 23 projects currently on the ground 250 schemes have used SPECS average speed enforcement Highways Agency, Welsh Assembly & Transport Scotland use as standard Original justification was safety, along with: smoother traffic flows more reliable journey times low offence levels reduced emissions & noise Consultative approach to assist designers Roadworks Enforcement

18. M8 j28, January – April 2007 Identical works were carried out in 2006, using spot-speed cameras Significant delays had occurred: 10-15 minutes on M8 (morning peak) Findings No delays on M8 at morning peak Traffic volumes were greater Compliance with the 40mph speed limit is 99.7% Average speeds are 38mph through the scheme Roadworks Experience – smoother flows

19. Roadworks Experience – lower risk *Data for 6th – 17th March, both years **Data from January – April, both years ¹ spot speed cameras ² average speed cameras

20. Safer >70% KSI Casualty reductions, typically • The casualty case is well proven: £1.6m (€1.9M) saving per site, per year Data based on 3 year baseline and 3 year post-installation, extrapolated where less than three years installed. • Not isolated results • 75% reduction on average • Contentious for some!

21. Design Considerations • Hours of operation? • Communications? • Power? • Visual appearance (columns, colour, signs)? • Front or rear facing? • Enforcement regime? • How many potential live links? • How many active live links? • Multiple offences on one journey? • Reporting on detection & offence levels? A537 Cat & Fiddle, Cheshire

22. How to protect a road works site • Reduce speeds on approach • ensure safe passage into TM • Maintain constant speed through works area • achieve harmonised speeds • Release back to normal speed limit at departure • and not before! • Comply always with your national regulations / guidelines • don‘t feed the campaigners – or the lawyers

23. How to protect a road works site • Reduce speeds on approach • place first camera: • after change in speed limit • before entry into the cones • definitely before any lane narrowing or deflection

24. How to protect a road works site • Maintain harmonised speeds • Observer Effect: remind them they’re being monitored • place a camera every 2 to 3 minutes’ driving time • use clear signing, of limitand of enforcement system

26. How to protect a road works site • Maintain harmonised speeds • Don’t leave gaps • regular drivers will learn where they pass cameras • Cover slips where you can • extra camera? • change the layout to reduce gaps?

28. How to protect a road works site • Release drivers safely beyond works area • place final camera past the end of the risk area • make sure drivers can see a camera in front as they exit the cones

30. Harmonise speeds Reduce risk Reduce speeds Reduce severity Safer journeys & works More reliable journeys Reduced cost and impact Public perception remains good Summary

31. Solutions to improve roads, journeys & communities Adrian Grant agrant@vysionics.com

32. Seminarium Zarządzanie Prędkością Speed Management 17 – 18.10.2013