1 UNECE – Transport Division Eva Molnar, Director, UNECE May 2010 Automobiles and Sustainable Mobility FISITA World Congress.

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Eva Molnar, Director, UNECEMay 2010

Automobiles and Sustainable Automobiles and Sustainable MobilityMobility

FISITA World CongressFISITA World Congress


Outline

• Past and Future Transport Trends

• Transport Challenges and UNECE responses

• Summary


Past and Future Transport Trends


WHAT COMES NEXT?WHAT COMES NEXT?


Will there be a new mode of transport, and if so what will it be?

Cargo Cap/Cargo Tube - new mode of transport?

What kind of

• freight and passenger mobility

• technology?


Transport Challenges and the UNECE Responses


What is UNECE ?

• Regional Economic Commission of the UN• 57 countries• Inland Transport Committee

- with Working Parties - with global outreach

Director’s OfficeEva MOLNAR

(Director)

7 people

Director’s OfficeEva MOLNAR

(Director)

7 people

Vehicle Regulations and Transport

Innovations SectionChief: Juan Ramos Garcia

World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle

Regulations (WP.29)

Working Parties: GRE, GRB, GRRF, GRSP,

GRSG, GRPEFuel Standards and ITS

8 people

Vehicle Regulations and Transport

Innovations SectionChief: Juan Ramos Garcia

World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle

Regulations (WP.29)

Working Parties: GRE, GRB, GRRF, GRSP,

GRSG, GRPEFuel Standards and ITS

8 people

Dangerous Goods and Special Cargoes Section

Chief: Olivier Kervella

ECOSOC TDG: ST/SG/AC.10; ST/SG/AC.10/C.3

ECOSOC GHS: ST/SG/AC.10/C.4

Working Party on the Transport ofDangerous

Goods (WP.15) and WP.15/AC.1, WP.15/AC.2

Working Party on the Transport of Perishable

Foodstuffs (WP.11)

8 people

Dangerous Goods and Special Cargoes Section

Chief: Olivier Kervella

ECOSOC TDG: ST/SG/AC.10; ST/SG/AC.10/C.3

ECOSOC GHS: ST/SG/AC.10/C.4

Working Party on the Transport ofDangerous

Goods (WP.15) and WP.15/AC.1, WP.15/AC.2

Working Party on the Transport of Perishable

Foodstuffs (WP.11)

8 people

Transport Facilitation and Economics Section

Chief: Michalis Adamantiadis

Inland Transport Committee (ITC)Transport Trends and Economic (WP.5)

Euro-Asian Transport Links (EATL)Hinterland Connections of Seaports

Road Transport (SC.1) and Road Traffic Safety

(WP.1)Customs Questions affecting Transport

(WP.30)TIR Secretariat

13 people, out of which 5 XB

Transport Facilitation and Economics Section

Chief: Michalis Adamantiadis

Inland Transport Committee (ITC)Transport Trends and Economic (WP.5)

Euro-Asian Transport Links (EATL)Hinterland Connections of Seaports

Road Transport (SC.1) and Road Traffic Safety

(WP.1)Customs Questions affecting Transport

(WP.30)TIR Secretariat

13 people, out of which 5 XB

Sustainable Transport SectionChief: Martin Magold

Intermodal Transport and Logistics (WP.24)

Inland Waterway Transport (SC.3/WP.3)

Rail Transport (SC.2)Transport Statistics (WP.6)

Transport, Health and Environment Pan-

European Programme (THE PEP)

7 people

Sustainable Transport SectionChief: Martin Magold

Intermodal Transport and Logistics (WP.24)

Inland Waterway Transport (SC.3/WP.3)

Rail Transport (SC.2)Transport Statistics (WP.6)

Transport, Health and Environment Pan-

European Programme (THE PEP)

7 people

Centre of International Transport Agreements


The sustainability challenge


Pillars of sustainable transport development

Access Affordability Safety Environment


The climate change challenge


Global issues: Climate change

• Prioritize• But not without data• Need for specific

tools• And what about

transport?


• International Transport Forum (2008)

• 50by50 Initiative ITF-UNEP-FIA

• UNECE WP.29 (2008) - a possible strategy for climate change mitigation :

2015: 30% increase of energy efficiency of all new vehicles with the current combustion engine technology2020: full introduction into the global market of new environmentally friendly vehicles (e.g. plug-in hybrid electric vehicles hydrogen and fuel-cell vehicles) 2040: full introduction into the global market of electric vehicles

The World Forum and a possible

strategy for climate change mitigation


UNECE Working Parties and the World Forum on Vehicle Regulations

S C .1W orking P arty

(S ub-Com m ittee)on Road T ranspor t

W P .1W orking P arty o n

Road T raffic S afety(68 V ienn a Conv. )

A C .11958 Agreem ent

40 m em b ers and 1 26+2 R e gulation saffectin g 46 co untrie s


31 m em bersaffecting presen tly 42 c ountrie s


6 m em bersaffectin g E uro pe only

O the r IT C a ssig n m e n ts:ITS

Task Force- Japan / U K -

G R EL ig h ting a nd lig h t

s ig n a lling- Canada -

G R R FT ire s , b ra k es a nd

ru n n in g g e ar- United K ingdom -

G R S PP a ssive sa fe ty

- US A -

G R S GG e n era l sa fe ty

- Ita ly -

G R P EP o lu tio n & e ne rgy

- F ra n ce -

G R BN o is e

- G e rm a n y -

A C .2W P .29

A d v iso ry fun c tionC o o rd in a tes w o rk o f W P .29

W P .29G lobal Forum

for Harm onization ofVehicle Regulations

S C .2W orking P arty

(S ub-Com m ittee)on Rail T ranspor t

S C .3W P .5 6 11 15 24 30


Contracting parties to the 1958 and/or the 1998 « Vehicle » Agreements


Hope for success: Vehicle emissions regulations (cars)


Climate change and land transport – UNDA project


The road traffic safety challenge

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The Road Safety Challenge


UNECE - promoter of road safety - 60 years ANNIVERSARY SESSION, 2010

Infrastructure (standards and parameters, tunnel safety, all land modes)Vehicles Regulations

Drivers’ LicenseDrivers’ License

Dangerous Goods

Statistics

Road Traffic Rules

Road Signs and Signals

Social Rules

(driving and rest hours)

Insurance (Green Card)


UN Conventions on Road SafetyUN Conventions on Road Safety

Road Signs and Signals, 1968Road Signs and Signals, 1949

Road Traffic, 1949 Road Traffic, 1968


The ITS Challenge


ITS gap – development gap

• ITS for efficiency, safety and environment

BUT

• Will ITS reverse or deepen the development gap?

16.54

4.06

2.39

0.15

4.13

5.50

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

EU-15

EU-10 new

South-Eastern Europe

CIS

Other UNECE

North America

(Km of Motorways per 1000 km2 )


ITS is a reality in UNECE work • AETR and the digital tachograph (UNECE SC.1)

• Vienna Conventions (UNECE WP.1)

• Revolutionary innovations supported by UNECE WP.29 regulations– Electronic Stability Control Systems– ABS– Cruise Control– On Board Diagnostic– Adaptive Front-Lighting Systems– Airbags– Automatically commanded braking– Cornering lamps– Brake assist systems (BAS)

• Controversial issues, e.g. Lane Departure Warning system (LDW)


ITS Messy World of Today

• Inter-operability and compatibility

• No common definition for ITS

• ITS achievements are under-utilized

• What is needed to promote ITS deployment?


Hurdles and issues for ITS

• Where is the limit?

• How much can be or how much is allowed to be automated?

• Who is responsible, who is liable?

• Controllability of vehicle

• Variable message signs

• The three dimensions:– Within vehicle– Vehicle to Vehicle– Vehicle to

Infrastructure


UNECE Road Map to promote ITS use

At the stage of asking questions: • Is it a question of level of economic development?• Is it a question of financing capacity?• Is it a question of institutional capacity?• Is it a question of legal framework?• Is it a question of information architecture?• Is it a question of clear liability provisions?• Is it a question of generation gap?• Is it a question of public – private dialogue?


Summary • Big Time for Technological Changes

– FISITA members can make a change• UNECE – your partner

– As Centre of regulations and multilateral agreements• Vehicle regulations

– As mover and shaker for analytical and TA work • For Road Safety• For global warming and inland transport

solutions– As Promoter of ITS deployment


Thank you for your attention!www.unece.org/trans

1 UNECE – Transport Division Eva Molnar, Director, UNECE May 2010 Automobiles and Sustainable Mobility FISITA World Congress.

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