N° 2 February 2015

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112 Day: EU States must improves the emergency calls localisation

February 11th has been the European 112 Day, a day aimed at attracting public attention to safety and security in Europe. In the past years, the European Commission has worked with travel operators to publicise the 112 services to those who travel through Europe.

The Commission has also produced promotional material (including logos, posters, banners, quizzes for children etc.) that can be used by public administrations or any other organization to boost 112-awareness.

112, Europe's single emergency number is helping people and saving lives every day across 28 countries However, there is significant room for improvement in key areas like caller location and access for disabled people according to a Commission report published on the occasion of European 112 Day.

Data gathered from national authorities shows:

- No improvement in implementing more accurate caller location: Cell ID/Sector ID is a standard location requirement in Europe for mobile networks and can give the location of a caller to between 30 meters and tens of kilometres. Despite the existence of this and other (more accurate) caller location solutions, member states have made no progress in applying them to 112 calls.

- Excessive delays for Emergency Services to receive caller location: Caller location has to be provided together with the call to the emergency service in order to make the emergency intervention more efficient. However this information is received after an excessively long time in in France (several minutes), Malta (5-10 minutes) and Greece (34 min. 56 s). It has to be noted that Austria, Czech Republic, Latvia, Portugal and Slovakia did not report data on the average time needed for receiving the caller location by the 112 operator.

The Commission will soon launch a pilot project analysing the transmission of caller location data from smartphones to 112 emergency call centres, following a request from the European Parliament. Even though many smartphone apps, such as maps, use satellite location data to identify the location of the user, the same smartphone cannot currently send user location information to emergency services when a person dials 112. Automatic transmission of satellite location data, using Galileo and EGNOS in Europe, would speed up emergency services' response time and save lives.

In addition, the European Commission is encouraging Member States to step up their efforts on caller location. It has supported the work of the Electronic Communications Committee (part of CEPT, which coordinates European state telecoms and postal administrations), which recently provided guidance for national administrations to improve caller location.

The report also showed that

- Access to 112 for disabled callers did not improve significantly: 22 Member States said reported that alternative ways of making 112 calls (real-time text, sms, video streaming) were in place. Users can contact 112 emergency centres via SMS in 18 member states and there are plans to make this possibility available in 3 member states (BG, PL and MT)

- Quick response time: 20 Member States reported less than 10 seconds for the answer time needed to get in contact with emergency services (best performing member states are BG, HR, CZ, FI, HU, IE, NL, PT, RO, SL, ES, UK). This best practice should be followed by others in terms of both the performance and the ability to monitor it.

The Commission is also calling on Member States to develop measuring tools monitoring these indicators in order to optimise their 112 systems.

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News of the month from TTS Italia partners

Event “Sustainable Urban Mobility – Exchange Experiences between Europe and Latin America” – 23-25 March 2015, Rio de Janeiro e San Paolo, Brasile
The City Mobility Week of Latin America will take place in Rio de Janeiro and San Paolo from 23 to 25 March 2015.
Within the Moblity Week, the event “Sustainable Urban Mobility – Exchange Experiences between Europe and Latin America” will be orygansied by Pluservice, TTS Italia ordinary member, in collaboration with ERTICO and IPT.
The event aims at facilitating knowledge exchange and experience sharing between Latin America and Europe on sustainable urban mobility. It will gather technical experts, policy makers and researchers to present their achievements on sustainable urban mobility solution.
During the workshop, implemented systems, services or measures from all over the world will be presented and the hosting cities will showcase their innovative mobility solutions.
The event is organized within the European project Viajeo Plus and at the end of it, partners and speakers are invited to attend the UITP Seminar in Sao Paulo on Thursday 26th and Friday 27th March on Innovations in Transport for Smart Cities.  Entrance to both events is free of charge.
For registration, click here
At this link, please find the draft agenda in which you will find details of the programme and the contents of the work to be achieved. For further details please visit the project website at www.viajeoplus.eu.
Source: Pluservice

From Mexico to Egypt: new international contracts for Thetis SpA
After being awarded a contract to conduct an environmental study on the Carmen-Pajonal-Machona lagoon system in Tabasco, Mexico, as part of a larger climate change adaptation project in the Gulf of Mexico, the engineering and environmental and technological services company Thetis, TTS Italia ordinary member, based in the historic Venice Arsenal, announces an important new international achievement.
Although our company was awarded this particular contract in early 2014, due to considerable geopolitical, social and institutional issues in Egypt it is only now possible to officially announce the news. The company won a call for tenders held by UNDP/GEF (United Nations Development Programme and Global Environmental Facilities), which, together with the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, is financing the “Sustainable Transport Project for Egypt”. In addition to the organizations providing financing, Cairo Governorate is contributing to the project and the University of Cairo is providing technical assistance and will be responsible for testing the systems and equipment supplied.
With respect to this ambitious programme that aims to reduce energy consumption and climate change emissions in the Egyptian transport sector, improve air quality in urban centres and organize the public transport system, Thetis will take actions in the sustainable mobility sector.
Specifically, since the end of 2014, our company has been offering its expertise in the field of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) to the Egyptian government in order to solve various problems connected with vehicular traffic in the city of Cairo.
Like all large metropolises, Egypt’s capital, which is the country’s most populated city with approximately 9 million inhabitants and more than 15 million in the metropolitan area, has significant problems managing its often chaotic vehicular traffic. City streets are frequently blocked by vehicles parked on both sides of the carriageway, preventing circulation and causing significant atmospheric pollution problems. In addition, the bus fleet that is in circulation is quite old and as a result very polluting. It is therefore necessary to rid the streets of the numerous parked vehicles by “intelligently” moving them to specific parking areas.
For this reason, Thetis will begin providing the Egyptian government with a series of large variable message signs (VMS) and a series of systems to monitor and count the vehicles entering and exiting parking areas.
The VMSs will indicate parking space availability and also provide information on how to reach the parking areas. The software will display messages based on traffic and the proximity of the parking area to the VMS or, alternatively, an operator can independently manage the messages displayed.
In addition, a traffic control centre with associated software and technological equipment will be made operational.
Project activities will begin first in the Central Business District of Cairo, meaning the area surrounding the famous Tahrir Square.
One of the main factors that led to Thetis obtaining this important contract is the company’s international technological expertise in the area of intelligent systems for managing public transport fleets, as well as the field of the environment.
In fact, the company has been involved in numerous projects in this sector in various European and non-European counties, including China, India, Georgia, Malta and, more recently, Liverpool and Newcastle in England and Copenhagen in Denmark.
With this new project, Thetis further strengthens its presence in the international market in the fields of sustainable mobility and environmental pollution reduction.
Source: Thetis

Indra: Usage of drones to improve urban planning in difficult-to-access suburbia
The use of drones in mapping for urban planning in difficult-to-access suburbia is the most voted idea from the international community amongst semi-finalists in the international competition “Drones For Good”, organized and managed by the United Arab Emirates Prime Minister's Office (PMO).
"Drones for better service delivery in slums" Team Leader David Kiarie received the International Community Award “From Idea to Reality” sponsored by Indra, from its Director of Innovation and Alliances, José Luis Angoso and the Director for the technological multinational in UAE, Alex Moya. 937 votes were cast in favour of the winning idea in iParticipa Open Innovation Platform, provided by Indra, TTS Italia ordinary me, for the Competition.
In total, 4.735 users registered, 4.652 votes were cast and the ideas received over 55.000 visits and 500 comments.
Indra will support the conceptual development of the winning idea as well as the design of a business plan, providing personalised advice from experts in innovation, UAVs, smart cities and entrepreneurship. The ultimate aim is to create a start-up based on the winning idea.
Indra has collaborated in The UAE Drones for Good Award by contributing with its experience and knowledge of technology innovation and fostering new initiatives.
The multinational’s Director of Innovation and Alliances, José Luis Angoso, has formed part of the Finals jury panel in Dubai for both the National and International Competitions, selecting the winning ideas respectively awarded with one million dirhams and one million dollars.
Endowed with $1 million in prize money, the Emirate government's international award went to “Flyability”, the start-up created by a Swiss team headed by Patrick Thevoz, for their small spherical drone intended for rescue missions. The UAV has the unique capacity to bump into obstacles without losing stability and of being safe enough to fly in enclosed spaces and in contact with human beings.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Prime Minister and Governor of Dubai, presided the awards ceremony for “Drones For Good”, which was also attended –among other dignitaries– by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs.
Many of the country's leading public figures –including particularly His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of the United Arab Emirates, Prime Minister and Governor of Dubai– also visited the Indra stand at the event, where Alex Moya, director of Indra's subsidiary in the Emirates, presented the company to them.
Innovation is in Indra's DNA, it is the core of its business, the backbone of its sustainability as a company, and the key differential element of its solutions and services offering. As part of its open innovation model, Indra not only seeks and promotes innovation and talent internally but also through its relations with customers, partners, suppliers, universities and knowledge institutions, and society in general. Promoting the entrepreneurial spirit is an essential part of this model designed to create a more innovative ecosystem, which is the basis of a knowledge economy.
For the press release, click here
Source: Indra

Indra will deploy next generation air traffic systems at Seoul Incheon International Airport for 39 M€
Indra, TTS Italia ordinary member, and South Korea IIAC (Incheon International Airports Corporation) have signed contracts for the supply of the latest Navigation, Surveillance and Air Traffic Management (ATM) Systems to be operational at Incheon International Airport in Seoul. These contracts value is 39 M€.
Indra's technology receives the confidence of South Korean authorities as a result of several rigorous international tender processes where other major suppliers from USA, France, and Japan also competed.
The project includes the supply of a full range of Air Traffic Management Systems, consisting of two Primary and Secondary Surveillance Radars (PSR/MSSR), an ATM Automation System with over 50 positions, Navigation Systems (with ILS, DME and DVOR), as well as an Advanced-Surface Movement and Guidance System (A-SMGCS). The scope of the project also includes all services related with this equipment such as installation, factory training and after-sales warranty.
Incheon International Airport is top-ranked among all airports in the Asia-Pacific region, with over 45.5 million passengers in 2014, - a 10% increase from the previous year. Consequently, these projects have great importance for South Korea Authorities during the continuous development of its airspace infrastructure in the next 10 years. 
Moreover, Incheon Airport has been voted as the "Best Airport in the World" by Airports Council International (ACI) for the last 9 consecutive years, according to Airports Council International’s website information.
This project consolidates Indra’s position as a leading supplier of ATM technology for South Korea. In 2013, Indra was selected to deliver a mode S MSSR Radar System at Jeju Airport, which covers the busiest air route in the world (the Jeju-Seoul route) with 10.6 million passengers in 2012.
The scope of supply for Incheon Airport includes a full range of Air Traffic Management Systems divided in three different parts. Within the first package, Indra will supply two co-mounted PSR/MSSR Radars (Primary and Secondary Surveillance Radar) and one Air Traffic Management Automation System at the Approach Area Centre of Incheon.
The radar systems will allow for the detection of aircraft in within the Korean Airspace at a range of up to 250 nautical miles. The data will be sent and integrated into the Indra approach ATM System at Incheon’s Approach Centre and Incheon Air Control Centre, making it responsible for managing one of the busiest airspaces in Asia (currently more than 500,000 flights/hour per year). Indra has supplied more than 150 of these radar systems worldwide.
The second package includes a A-SMGCS System (Advanced-Surface Movement Guidance and Control System), which combines and fuses sensor technology from Multilateration (MLAT) and Surface Movement Radars (SMR), both of which are also provided under the scope of this package.
The enhanced solution integrates all sensors into a flight data system as well as existing approach radars and makes it possible to do automatic labeling to all arriving and departing aircrafts and vehicle movements on ground. With safety nets and warning systems, air traffic controllers are at all times aware of any movements and can perform timely control of traffic under any weather conditions, including heavy rain and snow.
Regarding de third and last part of the project, Indra will supply four NORMARC 7000 ILS/DME (Instrument Landing Systems/Distance Measurement Equipment) and DVOR (Doppler Omnidirectional Range/ Distance Measurement Equipment). The systems will provide an omnidirectional reference to the aircrafts for navigation purposes and handle CAT-III landings under all weather conditions. So far, this technology has proven its position in Asia with systems being installed at major airports like Beijing, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, among others.
Source: Indra

ITS: from EU 1 mln Euro for Autovie Venete projects
Autovie Venete, TTS Italia ordinary member, gained 1 mln and 200 thousand Euro from the European Union for the investments made within the ITS sector and related services such as infomobility, emergencies management, international agreements with neighbouring countries. In the period 2011-2012, covered by the European Union funding, Autovie Venete invested 7 million and 800 thousand Euro to modernise its data center, telecommunication devices and the sensors networks. Autovie Venete received the 20% of the total funding made available by the European Union.
Source: Trasporti-Italia.com

Kiunsys wins the People Choice al #IOT AWARDS
Kiunsys, TTS Italia ordinary member, the only Italian startup finalist, has won the Postcapes #IoT Awards for the category Smart City. The award is one of the most important international awards in the Internet of Things. With its solutions for mobility management and parking in the Smart City, Kiunsys was selected as one of the 12 most innovative companies in the world, the only one with Italian team and products. Participation in #IoT Awards opens the new year confirming the positive trend of 2014 that was to Kiunsys an important year, full of great satisfaction: products for the management and control of mobility and parking have reached new records of diffusion, has started a prestigious partnership with Deutsche Telekom and, having won the tender of Florence, Kiunsys now boasts among its clients also one of the most important Italian cities. 2014 was also a year punctuated by important awards, such as the Smart Communities SMAU Prize and the Special Prize M31 Italy Startup of the Year.
Source: Kiunsys

Sistema wins tender for mobility monitoring services
Sistema Srl, TTS Italia ordinary member, has won the tender issued by the Municipality of Cisterna di Latina for the realization of an integrated HW / SW system for the management and monitoring of new mobility services, multimedia services portal, public WI-FI within an area of intervention identified in the City of Cisterna.
Source: TTS Italia

Telespazio on ITS International with EGNOS
ITS International dedicated an article to Telespazio, TTS Italia ordinary member, and EGNOS. Telespazio developed a solution to offer tracking services using EGNOS. The solution was deeply tested within both the European project CONTAIN and the European project CONTAIN.
For the article, click here
Source: ITS International

Trenitalia: “viaggia in treno” to support users
Trenitalia, TTS Italia ordinary member, launched “Viaggia in treno”: a mobile service allowing Trenitalia users to monitor their travel by rail with a click. Through the smartphone, tablet or notebook, as long as the devices are less than 8 inches, users can monitor the progress of the train and schedule the next movements in real time. To use the service you must first save the page to your device viaggiatreno.it, then through the context menu select the places of origin and destination to view all the trains and their tracks in the time period between 15 minutes of the time consultation and 90 minutes later. It is also possible to monitor the weather information of major Italian cities on the day of consultation and the next one.
Source: Trasporti-Italia.com

MEMBER OF THE MONTH

INDRA ITALIA

Indra is the leading consulting and technology multinational in Spain and Latin America. It provides solutions and services for the Transport and Traffic, Energy and Industry, Public Administration and Healthcare, Financial Services, Security and Defence and Telecom and Media sectors.

As a corporate project, the Indra vision has always been long-term and has been founded upon the firm belief that maintaining a company profile focused on innovation with a solid technological base and offering premium solutions to leading clients allow us to generate increased growth and profitability and, thereby, acquire the capacity to create value in the short-, medium- and long-term.

Indra has close to 600 professionals in Italy and branches located in Rome, Milan, Bologna and Matera. The company also has a Software Lab in Naples, connected to a network of 25 Indra software labs in Europe, Asia and Latin America, operating as advanced R&D laboratories.
Furthermore, its global Center of Excellence for Customer Relationship Management and Computer Telephony Integration is located in Italy.

With almost €59 million billed in 2013, the multinational offers high added-value solutions and services for the sectors of Transport & Traffic, Public Administrations and Healthcare, Security & Defense, Energy and Utilities, Electoral Processes, Financial Services, Industry, Mass Markets and Telecommunications.

Indra has been present in the Italian market since 2011. Since then, it has expanded its portfolio with a complete offering of products and services that guarantee optimization of client relationship management and the control and automation of corporate processes, key factors for modernizing business models.

For more information, click here

Indra in the world, click here

3 QUESTIONS TO INDRA

• Indra has several offices all over the world and in Italy as well. What is the specific activity carried out in Italy?
  
  At the moment, Italy is a strategic country for Indra to set its solutions on transport and traffic. Compared to other countries, Italy is quite advanced in the use of Intelligent Transport Systems but at the same time there is still a diversity of approaches, technologies and levels of implementation Therefore, Indra is focusing in the positioning of its integration systems that favor the reuse of what already exists rather than having a non constructive approach and little available in the reuse of the existing. Indra is especially focusing, as per the Italian market, Electronic Ticketing systems, ITS and rail transport.


• On what is especially focusing the activity of Indra?
  
  Indra is a leader in the use of new technologies to provide intelligence to infrastructure and make them more efficient and sustainable in terms of ecological and economic aspects.
  These intelligent technologies applied to transportation and road, sea and rail allow to offer a value-added services to citizens, increasing the levels of safety, effectiveness and respect for the environment and providing infrastructure with a greater control and improving the mobility of elderly people and goods.
  In addition to the activity in this area, Indra offers solutions and services with high added value in other key areas for the economic and social development as Public Administration and Health, Safety and Defense, Utilities and Energy, electoral processes, Financial Services, Industry and Consumption and Telecommunications.


• What are the next events Indra will attend?
  
  Among the most important events in the ATM Transport and Traffic sector, Indra will attend the “Passenger Terminal” in Paris and the “World ATM Congress” in Madrid.

PRODUCT IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Indra’s solution for vehicle priority

Indra proposes a system for Management of Public Transport Priority in urban environment based on geo-referential criteria and supported by wireless communication.

The system developed by Indra is a flexible tool that adapts to the characteristics of each city and can be implanted under any controller, using micro-controlling techniques and integration with the CAD/AVL system for Public Transport.

How to find the path to intelligent mobility is based on achieving synergy between public transport companies and urban mobility areas of cities. The approach is different, as viewed from the Bus Company or from the urban mobility authority. The ultimate goal for the bus company is to win as much time as possible in each of the intersections and increase the commercial speed of the fleet. Otherwise, the urban mobility authority is focused on applying the traffic plans previously designed for the characteristics of private vehicles. Indra’s system is developed permitting the application traffic engineering techniques, in order to achieve a balance between the two entities involved and their respective interests.

For more information, click here

For contacts: Francesco Casertano - fcasertano@indracompany.com

TTS in action

The Cities of Bologna, Monza and Reggio Calabria enter the Platform of the Local Authorities
In 2015, the Platform for Local Authorities, launched by TTS Italia in February 2014, keeps on growing with new important subscription: the cities of Bologna, Monza and Reggio Calabria. In anticipation of the implementation of the National ITS strategy by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, TTS Italia proposes the establishment of a Platform for Local Authorities (Regions, Provinces and Municipalities), which aims primarily to create a table of comparison between the world of the offer, a strong presence in the Association, and the demand side. The Platform will offer Local Authorities support and training services useful for the local implementation of ITS. The main aim of the Platform is to raise the awareness of local authorities on the tangible benefits that ITS can bring through measures of knowledge and information for decision-makers and technicians, operational support and training.

TTS Italia at the ITS Summit 2015 in Singapore
TTS Italia took part in the ITS Summit “Seamless Transport for a Smart Nation” held in Singapore on the 12 and 13 of February 2015 ad organized by ITS Singapore and the Land Transport Authority.
The event involved several ITS Association such as ITS New Zeland, Thailandia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan, was the occasion to discuss the future of the urban and extra urban mobility. Together with TTS Italia, also its member UIRNet participated with the speech “UIRNet: The Italian National ITS Platform for Integrated Logistics”. Also, TTS Italia participated in several technical visits at the Port Singapore Authority; Mass Rapid Transit; and the Univeristy Campus.
For further information on the event, click here
For the photo gallery, click here

SAVE THE DATE - Workshop “South Italy and Smart Mobility: opportunities and solutions for the local administrations” - 19 March 2015 – Bari
TTS Italia, in collaboration with the City of Bari, is organising the Workshop “South Italy and Smart Mobility: opportunities and solutions for the local administrations” that will be held in Bari on the 19 March 2015.
The aim of the event is to make an overview on the models and solutions of the smart mobility available on the South of Italy starting from the experience of the City of Bari. Also, the Workshop aims at analysing in deep the development of the ITS sector in the next future also thanks to the opportunity of the 2014-2020 funding.
Further information and program will follow.

ITS relevant tenders in Italy

Italia-Roma: Computer services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Italia-Trieste: Maintenance of technological devices
Italia-Vicenza: parking meters

Save the date

Klimamobility
26-28 March 2015, Bolzano
For further information, click here

FOT-Net Data Stakeholder meeting on Open Data and Data Re-use in Horizon 2020
10 March 2015, Brussels, Belgium
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City Mobility Week Latin America
23-27 March 2015, Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paolo, Brasil
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23rd International Symposium on Electronics in Transport
23-24 March 20155, Lubijana, Slovenia
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ETSI ITS Workshop
26-27 March 2015, Helmond, The Netherlands
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Intertraffic China
31 March-2 April 2015, Shanghai, China
For further information, click here

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