West Midlands GLOSA

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OverviewGLOSA project is funded by UK Department for Transport (DfT)

Greenwave project is funded by Innovate UK

Both projects are Freight based that explore:

• How we influence the use of the urban road network by freight

• How we generate baseline data to enable GLOSA applications

• The commercial benefits i.e. fuel saving, driver behaviour and cost savings

• How this research can help freight users

Both projects are related to existing C-ITS projects in the West Midlands:

• UK CITE: UK Connected Intelligent Transport Environment

• Creating advanced environment for testing connected and autonomous vehicles in Coventry

• iVMS: intelligent Variable Message Systems

• Mobile phone App for commuters using major corridors into Coventry

Birmingham Trials

GLOSA• 12 month R&D project led by Birmingham City Council

• Applicable to Key Route Network (KRN)

• Exploring the boundaries of what can be achieved in a existing adaptive control environment

• Delivery of real time information to HGV drivers to avoid unnecessary stops

• Explores the opportunities and benefits of GLOSA use

Greenwave• 12 month Innovate UK R&D project led by Idox (Cloud Amber)

• Applicable to fleet vehicles operating within the city boundaries that is focused on commercial benefits:

• Fuel saving

• Driver behaviour (gamification)

• Cost savings

Key Research QuestionsTo what extent can GLOSA operate effectively in an adaptive

control environment?

Can we implement GLOSA using enhancements to existing systems by trialling two systems- by using 3/4G comms / web service

- by upgrading existing WiFi routers to operate using WiFicommunications as a low cost alternative to DSRC

Can simple changes be made to that environment to improve GLOSA accuracy

Can we demonstrate interoperability between C-ITS systems (i.e. from Birmingham to Coventry)

Can we demonstrate signal priority requests

Signal information fromOn street cabinets sent toTraffic control centre eitherVia direct link to controller or SCOOT messages

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Prediction

Signal Requests

Project Data Flows

Prediction provide via4G or using existingon-street wifiAntennas’

FVD

GLOSAAim is to utilise CROCS: Controller to RSU Open C-ITS Schema:

• An open standard to link a traffic signal controller to an ITS-G5 roadside unit

• Based on XML

• Supports the transmission of SPaT/MAP data

CROCS was funded through a DfT Transport Technology Research and Innovation Grant (T-TRIG) and focused on two of the principal C-

ITS message types: SPaT and MAP.•SPaT – Signal Phase and Timing standard C-ITS message that will inform drivers about the current status and a prediction of the future stage timings of the traffic signal ahead

•MAP – is a description of the physical geometry of one or more intersections that can be transmitted to a vehicle

•CAM – Cooperative Awareness Message (ITS G5)

•DENM – Decentralised Environmental Notification Message

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“SlowDown”

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Required Information

What Colour is the Light?Where is

the vehicle?

How is the road

configured?

Standards – CEN/TC 278• SPAT – Signal Phase and Timing• MAP – Geographic Data• CAM – Co-operative Awareness Message

Potential Benefits

Fuel

Cost

Emissions

Braking

Road Wear

Noise

Smoother journeys and journey times

Policy

Accidents

A first stepTowards CAV?

Spin off benefit - Data

• Real Time and Historic

– Floating Vehicle Data

– Transport Modelling

– Traffic Flow Insights

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• Adaptive Control Environment

– SCOOT

– MOVA

• Utilising Existing Infrastructure

– UTC Centre

– Mobile Phones / 4G

– Existing Wifi network ‘beacons’

= Cheap, Deliverable and Scalable

Location

Birmingham Solihull Coventry

SCOOT

Joint SCOOT/ MOVA

MOVABus Priority

UK CITE

GreenwaveGLOSA

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Coventry Road – A45

Monitoring

• Pollution, noise, CO2, resilience, evaluation

• Source: calculations + evaluation survey

• Journey Times and Speeds

• Driver compliance, fuel usage

• Source: app, driver survey, in-vehicle systems

• Accuracy, latency, predication, activations

• Source: system databases

• Traffic Speed / Volumes / HGV%, Road Safety

• Source: existing traffic loops and tube counters, STATS19

Baseline Indicators

System Indicators

Outcome Indicators

Output Indicators

Current Progress

• Live Test Site

• SCOOT

– Operational and largely predictable

• MOVA

– Integration challenging but ongoing

• In Car App

– Planned for December

– 4G based on live site

– Beacons Challenging

Thank You

For Further Information Please Contact:

Andrew RadfordBirmingham City Councilandrew.radford@birmingham.gov.uk

Steve Georgesteve.george@sgti.co.uk

Greenwave Project Press Release available at:

http://birminghamnewsroom.com/birmingham-signals-green-light-for-clean-air-drive/