Specifics of ITS

It is worth noting that if it is planned to fully create a functioning national network of ITS by 2030, then the technological and organizational components of the system will be designed and implemented until 2024.

Technical side of ITS

Ivan Mordanov, deputy director for, to construction operation and development of ITS Schwabe "-" (Moscow holding "Schwabe"of the State Corporation), Rostec noted in an interview with the magazine "Intelligent Transport Systems" that the Russia goals of creating ITS can be described more simply: improving road safety and reducing traffic congestion (traffic jams), thereby increasing not only comfort, but also improving economic the situation in the region. Thus, according to the expert, there are three key indicators of ITS:

• reduction of the number of accidents;
• reduction of traffic congestion;
• social survey of the level of satisfaction of residents (population).

ITS has many definitions, notes Nikolai Klepikov, head of the product development department, product director of ITS of the Systematics company (part of the Gro up of company Systematica).

I consider ITS as a digital tool for integrating all disconnected elements of road infrastructure management in order to manage the mobility and demand of each passenger or cargo, says Nikolai Klepikov. - This approach forms the possibility of using ITS not just as a traffic light control system, controlling the position of a bus or cleaning equipment, but as a source of effective service to reduce accidents, reduce travel time, increase comfort.

The main types of intelligent transport systems, according to PWC

Source: PwC, 2019

ITS contains a very wide pool of systems, emphasizes Igor Kravchenko, Deputy Director for Innovative Markets of Reksoft: photo-video recording systems, automated traffic control systems (ASUDD), weight and size control systems, toll payment points on toll roads, systems showing the availability of parking lots.

The main purpose of all ITS is to ensure road safety and optimize traffic flows, - summarizes Igor Kravchenko.

The issue of ITS security, according to Alexander Semkin, chairman of the GLONASS cluster council, also includes threats of influence on highly automated vehicles and smart systems, which requires a deep study of risks, assessment of vulnerabilities, up to the level of program code.

Unmanned vehicles, new types of transport and V2X interaction systems (car - infrastructure, car - car, etc.), adaptation of the network of traffic lights to change driver behavior patterns, for example, during the Olympic Games. With events of this level, the transport network is experiencing a serious strength test due to a change in the behavior of drivers and an increase in the number of cars in the city, says Vyacheslav Lukin. - One of the aspects of ITS is precisely in solving such problems - distribute drivers along routes in such a way as to reduce the total time and load on road sections or to ensure the maximum priority of travel for public transport. So far, the implementation of such solutions is either absent or isolated within the framework of pilot testing.

Integral essence of ITS

The most important feature of ITS is that, along with the technical component, the intelligent transport system includes a significant social aspect. This is stated by Igor Evstigneev, head of the department for the introduction of digital technologies of the FAU ROSDORNII in the journal Intelligent Transport Systems of Russia:

The goal of modern IT in the urban agglomeration comes down to the formation of a kind of ecosystem of transport, logistics and information services based on advanced digital technologies and platform solutions that ensure a harmonious balance of the functioning of personal and public transport, which makes it possible to ensure the safety of the transport environment and improve the quality of life of citizens.

Moreover, these two directions of ITS do not exist separately, but complement each other.

That is why, according to Igor Evstigneev, the main task today is to determine the path of the most effective investment of financial resources, which will give the greatest result on the invested ruble:

World experience shows that this is the improvement of ODD and the creation of ITS. For the cost of one artificial structure (one interchange at the MAC), you can create an IT of an entire urban area.

And this implies a special thoroughness in the issue of competent planning of ITS.

Critical aspects of ITS

The integral essence of ITS determines a number of specific features of such projects that directly affect their effectiveness. On the one hand, experts say that ITS is one of the most effective areas for stabilizing and improving the transport situation in cities: the payback period for such projects does not exceed 2-3 years, and the cost of creating is much lower than the cost of developing transport infrastructure. On the other hand, such results cannot be achieved without a carefully developed program of measures to create an IT of a city or region, which is created and implemented in conjunction with the territorial, planning and functional development of the city/region.

And on the third hand, it is extremely difficult to assess the current level of development of ITS in Russia as a whole.

There are a huge number of ITS systems responsible for different segments of the transport industry, - notes Vladimir Kayurov, senior project manager of the group of companies. - ICL For assessment, you can use different criteria - data obtained as a result of collecting statistical information data on transport flows, surveys of people about the convenience of using transport infrastructure, analysis of accident data.

Источник: Развитие транспортной инфраструктуры St. Petersburg. Challenges and prospects. Presentation. Vice-Rector of St. Petersburg GASU A.I. Solodky. 2007

So, it is the state today that actively stimulates the development of ITS in the regions.

Alexander Semkin adds that without the participation of the state, it is impossible to solve the problem of creating advanced electronic equipment on an element base of domestic production.

An important aspect of the current moment is the uneven development of ITS in various regions of the country.

Today, in different regions of Russia, the development of ITS takes place in different ways and at different levels, and the leaders are large cities in which problems in the field of transport are most felt, "says Vladimir Kayurov.

At the same time, the cities of Russia (with the exception of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sochi and Kazan) in terms of the development of ITS management centers significantly lag behind most of the cities in Europe and the United States, Igor Evstigneev notes. That is why, adds Vladimir Kayurov, the incentive for the transition to the next stages of development so far is the use of experience in the development of ITS systems in other countries.

A significant event in this regard was the start of the project to introduce ITS in urban agglomerations throughout the country as part of the BKD project in 2020. It was a breakthrough for the entire industry, Alexander Semkin believes:

If just a couple of years ago, most regions had no chance of reaching the level of our megacities in terms of effective traffic management, then with its beginning it became possible to use the best technological solutions to create ITS in the region.

The Rosavtodor competition for the creation of ITS in agglomerations, which allowed the regions to receive funding, lays the foundation for the unification of all created regional ITs into a single national network. In terms of software solutions, the greatest incentive is given to data analysis and modeling systems, systems for supporting management decisions, systems for automating transport processes in cities.

By order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 169-r of February 3, 2022, 7.35 billion rubles will be allocated for the implementation of measures to implement ITS this year.

However, the fact of receiving budget funding is not a guarantor of the success of the project. For example, in 2020, 22 pilot regions were transferred about 3 billion rubles. for the development of "smart roads" in urban agglomerations with a population of over 300 thousand people. However, some of the agglomerations that received state support could not meet the deadlines for preparing tender documentation and conduct competitive procedures by the end of 2020. A number of regions, in particular, Rostov, Saratov, Samara, Ivanovo regions, Stavropol Territory, Buryatia had to abandon part of transfers from the federal budget. As a result, the unallocated balance of interbudgetary transfers in the amount of 494 million rubles. was sent to the reserve fund of the Government of Russia.

At the end of September 2021, at a meeting of the working group of the Federal Road Agency for the Implementation of ITS on the road network of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, which took place in Kazan, it was noted that as of the end of the III sq. contracts were concluded only for 60% of the allocated federal support of about 4 billion rubles. for 25 subjects.

Thus, according to industry experts, today the task is not only to create ITS in various territories of the country, but also to increase the efficiency of ITS subsystems, to accelerate their development processes, including through the formation at the state level of a unified policy, concept and strategy of the ITS development process. Only a single agreed approach will ensure that all subjects of the Federation will develop transport systems in concert and are functionally compatible with each other.

How does this happen on different branches and levels of intelligent transport systems?

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