IMET 1 ITS-SMX project: Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) for Sustainable Mobility in Xi’an Sepa Xi’an Municipality IMET

2 Xi’an The Capital of Shan’xi province The largest city of the Longhai Lanxin Economic Belt along the new Eurasian rail line in China National traffic junction city World famous cultural and tour city National science R&D center Key city in the northwest One of industrial centers in China

IMET 3 Xi’an development and Urban Transport Plan Forecast: by 2010, daily trips will exceed 8 million, including about 2.4 million public transport trips and 2.3 million trips by bicycles the Plan (excerpts): Develop transport infrastructure Develop sustainable transport measures to ensure environmental compatibility Prioritize public transport Develop BRT mode Enhance traffic management Adopt new technologies Build roads Promote bicycling

IMET 4 The ITS-SMX project rationale A spin-off of IMET Sustainable Mobility activities in China –The Beijing ITS-TAP project in the second ring road area –The participation to the CCICED Task force on Sustainable Transport To contribute to improve air quality conditions in Xi’an through the application of ITS To identify a possible Sustainable Mobility action based on ITS, that can be implemented in Xi’an, to Support the Xian Transport Plan To help in intelligent transport control, reasonable distribution of car traffic, management of public transport service, pollution reduction and air quality improvement Project agreement signed by SEPA, Xi’an Municipality, IMET on January

IMET 5 ITS-SMX scope Scope: –a study phase –a small scale experimental activity for Public transport ITS –Period: 2006 Project activities: 1.Assessment of the reference scenario 2.Assessment of best practices on ITS for Sustainable Mobility 3.Identification of a specific ITS action for Xi’an, following a trade off of alternatives 4.Feasability Study of the action to be implemented 5.Set up of a small scale fleet management system for bus public transport The implementation area could be the Ming Wall ancient city

IMET 6 In general: the mix towards sustainable mobility Lowor Zero Emissionvehicles Geographicalinfo system Bus lane control Environment monitoring Planning Atc GPS P CarPark System Trafficlight management Intelligent busstops Variablemessage system (private transport) Infrastructure management dsf dfsf fevvfvd evvdvd fevvfvd evvdvd fvd evvdvd SF FFD ERFREF BFGBGFB Mobility card CarSharing Zone Access Control entrata uscita 13 Video Surveillance Information via GSM The municipalityactions Integrated mobility and environmental management

IMET 7 Possible ITS application for Xi’an (preliminary) ITS for counting traffic at the main entrances of Xi’an City and the downtown area of the ancient city Intelligent Dispatching of Public Transport (AVM) ITS for freight delivery and redesign of urban logistics Dynamic supervision of garbage collection trucks Information systems and data centre with traffic- environmental model

IMET 8 The bus ITS experimental setup bus transport is a key factor in any Sustainable Mobility action ITS can significantly improve public transport management and attractivity for passengers The experimental ITS system will be derived by the Beijing project and implemented for some 10 buses results will help understanding actual benefits of ITS for bus transport in Xian