(c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012 TRANSPark Combating road freight crime with safe and secure truck parking ECMT Group on Road Transport Paris, 16. March 2012 Jens Hügel Head – Sustainable Development

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Why work with secure parking areas? (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012  Truck Drivers, Transport Operators, Parking Area Managers  Stringent social legislation that sometimes even forces truck drivers to stop on hard shoulder or in unsecure areas!  A significant lack of parking areas and even along major international highways;  The frequently insufficient quality of available parking areas from the point of view of safety, security and comfort;  High risk being targeted, together with their vehicle and cargo, by organised crime!  1 in 6 drivers have been attacked over the last five years!  74% of attacks occur in parking areas, lay by’s or service areas  Direct financial loss from attacks and theft above 7 Billion euro!

Response from IRU / ITF  IRU: data collection since mid 90s (+15 years!) Location and main featuresLocation and main features  International Transport Forum: verification by Ministries of Transport  Last paper version 2009: 44 countries, >2000 sites  TRANSPark: Launch September 2009 Largest challenge: Collection of parking data and maintenance of these! (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

True Public-Private Partnership (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

 Interactive free of use internet application to: Register location, security and comfort level (parking area operator)Register location, security and comfort level (parking area operator) Plan transports and search parking areas (haulier/driver)Plan transports and search parking areas (haulier/driver)  Free one-stop shop for assisting drivers and transport company managers  TRANSPark maps, GEO-Coordinates and self assessment tool - the heart of the application What is TRANSPark? (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

TRANSPark Coverage  Number of TRANSPark countries: 42 (26 EU + CH, 9 CIS, 4 Balkan, T, IR)  Number of TRANSPark parking areas: >4000  GEO-identified TRANSPark parking areas: ~ 66% (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

TRANSPark data entry & self assessment tool for parking owners (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012  Self Assessment tool to assist the parking owners to determine the security and comfort norm for the individual parking areas

Security Standards for Truck Parking areas (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

Service Standards for Truck parking areas (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

TRANSPark Route Planner & Radius Search for planners and drivers (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012 Plan your route Parking sites around Berlin

Visualisation of security and comfort level (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

Parking owners can request Ownership  Allow each truck parking manager to manage their TPAs by announcing his ownership TPA details can be givenTPA details can be given Self-assessments can be performedSelf-assessments can be performed Page 14 (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012 Edit TPA details View TPA details Make a self-assessment

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Users can report back via complaint desk  Complaint feature available for each TPA  Complaints managed by IRU and the International Assessment Committee Page 17 (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

Challenges to overcome now Availability and access to information on the location of parking areas!  Authorities (Transport Ministries, Road Directorates, Traffic Police…) should locate the parking areas and parking area owners (also private) should register on TRANSPark and then use the self assessment tool to: - Determine their service level (stars) - Determine their security level (locks)  Authorities and all relevant stakeholders should establish a national parking area assessment committee and be present in the IRU/ITF run International Assessment Committee – done or started in the Netherlands, Belgium, United Kingdom, Hungary, Denmark... (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

International Assessment Committee Objectives:  Ambassadors to ensure the inclusion of all parking areas  Forum to discuss future developments of TRANSPark  Caretakers of the overall quality of the system and information provided  Supervise the procedure of control  Key stakeholders as members IRU, International Transport Forum, DG MOVE, ETF, ESPORG, TAPA, Ministries from NL, B, UK... Tasks:  Liaise with national assessment committees  Control procedures / Complaint handling  Creating requirements towards certifiers and maintain a list of certifiers that are qualified/mandated to certify parkings  Update comfort and security levels if needed ... (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

 Agreeing on a common road sign 132e.pdf 132e.pdfhttp://live.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/doc/2011/wp1/ECE-TRANS-WP1- 132e.pdfhttp://live.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/doc/2011/wp1/ECE-TRANS-WP1- 132e.pdf e.pdf e.pdf Page 20 (c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2011 UN WP1 truck parking road sign

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