Road Transport Information and Control (RTIC) Conference 2012

Keynote speaker

Steven Norris, ITS, UK

Session 3 – Data

Session chair – Margaret Bell

Provision of better traffic data

E A Orme, Cambridge Consultants, UK, M Bull, Highways Agency, UK

OLIO - A novel framework to help solve difficult problems that rely on data for their solution

M D Hanlon, R M Hoath, E A Orme, Cambridge Consultants, UK

Short-term traffic prediction under normal and incident conditions using singular spectrum analysis and the k-nearest neighbour method

F Guo, R Krishnan, J W Polak, Imperial College London, UK

Measuring the quality of public transport journey planning

P Bell, N Knowles, P Everson, Trapeze Group, UK

Refreshments

Session 4 – Environment

Session chair: Keith McCabe

Decision support system monitoring and modelling platform to inform policy and management strategies to reduce environmental impacts of traffic

M Bell, F Galatioto, G Hill, P James, Newcastle University, UK

Advanced multimodal traveller information system for reduced energy and GHG emissions

A Kramers, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

A recipe for jam - can congestion be defined consistently?

N B Taylor, TRL/UCL, UK

Investigating the effects of topography and traffic conditions on the driving efficiency of Electric Vehicles to better inform smart navigation

M Neaimeh, C Higgins, G Hill, Y Hübner, P Blythe, Newcastle University, UK

Lunch

Keynote speaker

Peter Adams, Major Projects Director, Highways Agency

Session 6 – RUC

Session chair: Colin Wilson

Toll interoperability - essential for the United Kingdom

M Suriarachchi, IBI Group, UK, R Mehra, IBI Group, Toronto, Canada, R Turland, IBI Group, Ireland

Moving towards pay as you drive

J Walker, University of Southampton, UK, P Blythe, Newcastle University, UK, A Pickford, Transport Technology Consultants Ltd, Hong Kong

High compliance free-flow road user charging systems

T Ellis, Trevor Ellis Consulting Limited, UK

A new paradigm for road charging - an environmental approach to taxation for green mobility

D G Matheson, S Duke, PA Consulting Group, UK

Refreshments

Session 7 – Buses

Session chair: Peter Bell

Using automatic vehicle location (AVL) data for evaluation of bus priority at traffic signals

N B Hounsell, B P Shrestha, University of Southampton, UK, C D'Souza, Transport for London, UK

Southampton ROMANSE advancing bus priority

M Wylie, Southampton ROMANSE, UK

A real-world example of deploying an advanced public transport data management solution to deliver proven higher quality travel information, at the same time reducing the cost of its delivery

J Wiggin, Norfolk County Council, UK, G Umpleby, Hogia Transport Systems Limited, UK