Platooning in Switzerland
The Federal Roads Office (FEDRO) identifies the number of congestion hours on the national road network as a key problem and has defined traffic management measures to improve traffic flow. FEDRO has commissioned Rapp with the development of the measure "Evaluation of the use of distance keeping systems and platooning".
GO-Maut 2.0 Austria - Migration of the tolling system to a new generation of tolling technology
GO Maut, the Austria-wide toll system for vehicles over 3.5 tonnes, is ready for the future. At the end of June 2018, the world's first complete renewal of a nationwide toll system was successfully completed during ongoing operation.
Tests in the context of the introduction of the HGV toll in Belgium
Since 1 April 2016 all trucks over 3.5 tonnes in Belgium have to pay a kilometre-based toll. Satellic was appointed by Viapass in July 2014 as the toll operator for the three regions in Belgium. Rapp has been appointed by Viapass and Satellic to act as an independent assessor of the operational readiness of the system.
On-Board weighing for trucks
Overloaded vehicles on the road are a significant problem and negatively affect road safety, road degradation, the environment and competition.
Open in-vehicle platform
In addition to legally required devices such as a tachograph or toll collection devices, many trucks use voluntarily installed devices for navigation or fleet management. In the future, further mandatory devices are likely to be added.
Future technologies in the area of road pricing
In a technology study various new technologies were analysed with regard to their applicability in the field of road pricing. The evaluation of the technological approaches was carried out on the basis of criteria related to different road pricing scenarios.
Rapp conducted the study for Kapsch and applied a time horizon of 10 to 15 years.
Liabilities with regard to ITS applications and services
When the interaction of multiple actors (vehicle manufacturers, equipment manufacturers, telecommunication operators, road infrastructure operators, etc.) is required, as is the case for cooperative systems and automated driving, liability issues can be a barrier to the deployment of ITS applications and services.
Support in the preparation of a bid for the passenger car toll in Germany
Rapp was commissioned by Logpay Financial Services to prepare a bid for the passenger car toll in Germany. Rapp took over the coordination of the preparation of all documents required by the tender's terms of reference. In addition, Rapp defined the structure of the documents, wrote contributions on technical operation and quality assurance, and prepared the negotiations.
Support in the preparation of a bid for the HGV toll in Belgium
Since 1 April 2016 all trucks over 3.5 tonnes in Belgium have to pay a kilometre-based toll. Rapp wrote the operational part of the technical offer for the consortium Egis, Brisa and IBM, in particular the sales concept, which provided for an early and technical involvement of the service providers. This then gave rise to contributions for the system operation concept oriented to the operating processes.
Tender for the HGV toll in Denmark
In 2012, a team was formed by the Danish Ministry of Taxation (SKAT) with the task of writing a tender for a truck toll in Denmark. Rapp was part of this team and responsible for the preparation of the Toll Domain Statement, the Suitability for Use tests of the EETS Providers, the procedures for auditing the EETS providers and the creation of the operator manual, which contains the process and organisational structure, as well as for defining the test strategy for the overall project.