Introduction

This document is part of a set of standards from ISO/TC 204 related to ITS Mobility Integration/Urban ITS (U-ITS). It provides an internationalized, version of CEN/TS 17380 for management of vehicles in a “Controlled Zone” (CZ). It is primarily designed for urban vehicle access restrictions (although it is also appropriate for similar restriction control in any road system context). Its technical provisions are interoperable with CEN/TS 17380. This document aims to complement CEN/TS 16157‑11.

A CZ is a geographically contained physical area for which access restriction conditions are applicable for all or some categories of vehicle or user, at all or specified times.

Management of traffic in a CZ is important for the following reasons, amongst others.

— As cities and urban complexes expand, and the significant trend of movement from rural areas to cities continues around the world, pollution and congestion in these urban areas is becoming an increasingly significant problem. Traffic, i.e. vehicle movements within the urban complex, is a source of pollution.

NOTE Other causes of pollution include air conditioning, central heating systems, coal and wood burning heating, factories, etc.
— Jurisdictions can wish to control certain issues, such as movement of vehicles in cities producing traffic congestion and overcrowding on public transport at peak periods, as this can enable better management of traffic flow.

A CZ, also referred to as an “Urban Vehicle Access Restriction” (UVAR) zone, is a zone of enactment of one or more traffic restrictions to adhere to a permanent or temporary regulation applicable in a defined geographical area. These restrictions are frequently referred to as “Urban Vehicle Access Regulations”.

It is recognized that different jurisdictions will design and introduce their own CZ paradigms of different method and construct. However, regardless of the goal to be achieved or the political objective, the basic technical requirements for managing road traffic in a CZ are similar, and the basic methodologies are the same.

The methodology specified in this document is often referred to as “geofencing”, i.e. the creation of a virtual geographic boundary.

Management of CZs can be achieved using data frames from the data dictionary (CZDD) specified in this document, and data frames contained in the in-vehicle information (IVI) data dictionary specified in ISO/TS 19321. Data frames specified in this document and in ISO/TS 19321 constitute Application Data Units.

While the CZDD is dedicated to CZs, the IVI data dictionary is of a general nature. There is no strict one-to-one mapping between the CZDD data frames and the data frames from the IVI data dictionary related to CZ.

This document identifies two possible methods for transmitting CZ data frames:

1) a method based on the general CZ message being part of the general TMS message set (see the concept of ITS messages and ITS message sets specified in ISO 17419, which does not require a specific communications technology);
2) the IVI message method, which is specified in ETSI TS 103 301.

BS ISO 24311:2024

Intelligent transport systems. Mobility integration. 'Controlled zone' management for urban vehicle access restrictions (UVARs) using C-ITS

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Published:

30 Apr 2024