TRANSPORT FORUM 2012 C3: Intelligent Transportation systems (ITS)

ITS in Japan and ITS implication in Asia-Pacific Region

November 7, 2012 Hidehiko ( Harry ) AKATSUKA Senior Vice President

Outline of Presentation

1. ITS Activities in Japan 2. ITS Implication in Asia-Pacific Region

Outline of Presentation

1. ITS Activities in Japan 2. ITS Implication in Asia-Pacific Region

Achievements of Automobiles

Greater mobility Freedom and convenience Mobile private space

Development of mobility supports economic growth, as well as social and cultural expansion.
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Economic Growth of Japan

Gross domestic product of Japan ( constant prices ) Stagnant

Rapid 9.1% /year

Ra

th ow gr pid

Steady 4.1% /year Stagnant 0.9% /year

SourceCabinet Office, Government of Japan

Rapid Growth and Transportation Challenges

Environmental Protection

Traffic Safety

Efficiency

Facilities: road network, traffic management Automobiles: safety features, fuel efficiency Education: programs, campaign, enforcement
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Road Traffic Fatality and Measures

Number of people killed in traffic accidents
Number of fatality

15,000

10,000

5,000

Facility Education Enforcement

1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990

Vehicles with passive/active safety Intelligent Transport Systems

1995 2000 2005 2010 year

0 1960

Statistics: National Police Agency, Japan

9 Areas of ITS Development in Japan

1. Car Navigation

2. ETC

3. Driving Safety

4. Traffic Management

5. Road Management

6. Public Transportation

7. Commercial Vehicle Operation 8. Pedestrian Support

9. Emergency Vehicle Operation

Market Penetration of On-board Units

Million units On-board units sold ( as of March, 2012) Car Navigation: 50.3 million units VICS : 33.7 million units ETC : 37.6 million units

Car Navigation VICS

Years required for 10 million units to penetrate in market

ETC 15years 7years 5years

Source: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Traffic Management
For safety and smooth flow, traffic signals are systematically controlled by measuring and predicting traffic flow.

Traffic Signals Variable Message Signs Vehicle Detectors Traffic Control Center

Date Collection with Probe Cars

Fixed sensor data

Conventional Traffic Information System

Central Tokyo

Traffic Control Center

Probe Data

Mobile Device based System

Location Time GPS

Central Tokyo

Traffic Information

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Probe Data Collected by Private Sector

Collected in 24 hours by 4 service providers 3 taxi consortia

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Lessons learned from the disaster

Source: Haruo HAYASHI, SS65, ITS World Congress 2011, Orlando

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Probe Data for Rescue and Recovery

Road Closure Information

Source: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Probe Car Data

Source: Honda, Pioneer, Toyota, Nissan

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Probe Data with Road Closure Information

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Resilient society with shared platform

We have to build: Information hub designed and operated by local community Platform for collaboration with commercial services Effective daily services dependable in emergency
Vehicle Tracking Road Network Planning Damage Assessment Road Traffic Monitor

CO2 Emission Monitor Logistic Operation

Eco-driving Assist

Traffic Management

Emergency Vehicle Priority

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Outline of Presentation

1. ITS Activities in Japan 2. ITS Implication in Asia-Pacific Region

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Transportation Challenges in Asia

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Organization of ITS Asia-Pacific

Background
1996 ITS Asia-Pacific Seminar was held in Japan for the first time and decided to have annual meeting. (except for the year World Congress is held in Asia-Pacific) 1999 Memorandum of Understanding was signed to form ITS Asia-Pacific (reviewed every three yeas) 2010 Major revision of MOU to further strengthen collaboration

Operation
Decision is made by the Board of Directors composed of one representative from each member organization. ITS Japan serves as secretariat. More emphasis put on real collaboration to solve transportation related problems, in addition to regular exchanges of information and networking.
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ITS Organizations in Asia-Pacific

Memorandum of Understanding signers
China Japan

Partners

India

Vietnam

Korea
Philippines

Thailand

Chinese Taipei

Malaysia

Hong Kong SAR

Singapore Australia
Indonesia

New Zealand

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Asia-Pacific ITS Forum

Year 1996 1997 1999 2000 2002 2003 City Tokyo Cairns
Area Japan

Year 2006 2008 2009 2011 2012 2014

City Hong Kong Singapore Bangkok Kaohsiung Kuala Lumpur

Auckland

Area China

Australia

Singapore

Kuala Lumpur Beijing Soul Taipei

Malaysia

The 10th Asia-Pacific ITS Forum 2009

Bangkok, Thailand

Thailand ChineseTaipei

SMART MOVE

China

Korea

Malaysia

ChineseTaipei

New Zealand

2005

New Delhi

India

2015
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Activities at ITS Asia-Pacific

Identify common problems and find solutions to each problem: Asia is fast growing region, creating megacities Recognition and sharing of the current situation and subjects Finding the solution & coordinating the concrete plans Develop human resources for the next generation through: Personnel exchange between member organizations to strengthen propagation of information and experiences Internship to foster leaders of the next generation Collaborate with related international organizations such as: Government agencies in each country/area Financial sectors such as World Bank, Asian Development Bank Academic society such as EAST (Eastern Asia Society of Transportation Studies) ACECC ( Asian Civil Engineering Coordinating Council)
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Regional Workshop on ITS hosted by Asia Development Bank Institute

1st Regional Workshop on Intelligent Transport Systems
Date: March 8 10, 2010 Venue: Asia Development Bank Institute, Tokyo, Japan

2nd Regional Workshop on Intelligent Transport Systems

Date: July 20 21, 2011 Venue: Sheraton Tianjin Binhai Hotel, Tianjin, China

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ITS Guideline for Sustainable Transportation in Asia-Pacific Region

Based on the Summary of the ADBI Regional Workshop on ITS. 1. Generate a ITS Guideline with ITS Asia-Pacific Region 2. Purpose of ITS Guideline is to provide the reference for policy makers in Asia-Pacific region to develop their own ITS Master Plans. 4. ITS Master Plan is an essential prerequisite for each region to get consensus and of support from the concerned people and organizations including public sectors, private sectors and academia as well as the concerned international organizations.
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The Contents of ITS Guideline Executive summary Section 1 Introduction Section 2 Outlook Section 3Approach to transport problems Section 4 Role of ITS and its applications Section 5 Benefit and evaluation of ITS Section 6 Conditions for development and deployment of ITS Acknowledgement Appendices
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Schedule of developing the ITS Guideline

2012
1011 12 1 2 3

2013
45 6 7 8 9 10

Draft Table of Contents and Outline of each section@ AP-BOD submit comments from AP-BOD members distribute the modified Table of Contents and Outline of each section@ distributes the 1st draft of the ITS Guideline

ITS Guideline

submit comments and articles from AP-BOD members Modified and compiled the draft of the ITS Guideline Complete the 1st version of the ITS Guideline @ AP-BOD Special Session @ ITS WC Tokyo 2013

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ITS World Congress 2013, Tokyo

Theme: Open ITS to the Next Date October 14th 18th2013 Venue Tokyo International Forum (Opening Ceremony) Tokyo Big Sight (Session & Exhibition )

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TRANSPORT FORUM 2012 C3: Intelligent Transportation systems (ITS)

ITS in Japan and ITS implication in Asia-Pacific Region

Salamat lahat! Thank you !

Hidehiko ( Harry ) AKATSUKA h-akatsuka@its-jp.org

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