It is planned to make the CRR Central Control Center the basis for the consolidated management of connected vehicles that will go along transport corridors within Russia. This center of the intelligent transport system was opened on November 11, 2020, in Moscow Region. Collecting information in a single node will allow saving on the deployment of separate control centers on other federal highways, and will significantly reduce the costs when creating an intelligent transport infrastructure in Russia.
Following the innovative intelligent transport system (ITS) implemented at the Central Ring Road, the development of modern information systems in road transport will also cover the A-181 Scandinavia Highway, the northern direction of the transport corridor of Russia. It is the shortest route from St. Petersburg to the Finland border. The choice of this site to conduct tests, create transport information systems, and monitor the movement of vehicles is due to the difficult meteorological conditions of the northern direction and high traffic density. At the moment, the Federal Road Agency (Rosavtodor) is conducting the reconstruction of this highway. For the safety and comfort of road users, the roadway is being expanded, and flyovers are being built. In addition, ITS components (equipment for processing and transmitting telemetric information based on mobile broadband wireless access technologies (MBWA)) are being installed. This will allow real-time dynamic processing of traffic data, including predictive identifying of possible risks that road users may face.
For example, organization and coordination of traffic, depending on the situation on the road, immediate notification of the road users on accidents, the emergency state of infrastructure, a broken-down vehicle and its location. The system will be able to manage components of the transport infrastructure, monitor the condition and movement of dangerous, oversized cargo, participate in the control of traffic flow, including autonomous vehicles.
MBWA equipment is necessary to establish communication with vehicles using roadside stations, to exchange information through the radio channel between RSU (stations for collecting and transmitting information from connected devices in sight) and OBU (on-board module supporting data transmission in wireless broadband access networks), including to receive up-to-date data from vehicles and road infrastructure, exchange information with connected devices that support data transmission in an organized intelligent transport architecture. For example, modern on-board devices of motor cars will be able to receive videos about events taking place on the road from other on-board devices connected to the intelligent transport infrastructure. At the first stage of the ITS implementation, 24 RSU base stations will operate (service area is 18 km).
