United Nations

Economic Commission for Europe

Trans-European North-South Motorways (TEM)
Trans-European Railway (TER) Project

With the support of

Ministry of Transport of the Republic Turkey
2nd Meeting of the TEM and TER Joint Rail and Road/Motorway Follow-up
Expert Group

Workshop
Research and Development
Intelligent Transport System
Road/Rail Intermodal Innovations
Road Safety
Ankara, 27 – 31 March 2012

27 March 2012, Tuesday

16.00 Arrival of the participants

Dissemination of the Revised Master Plan Corrigendum
16.30 Opening of the 2nd Meeting of the TEM and TER Follow-up Expert Group

19.30 Get-together meeting (hosted by Turkey)

28 March 2012, Wednesday

In Cooperation with Austrian Embassy (WKO)

and Austrian Federal Railways (OeBB)

9.30 Welcome and introduction H. Meelich (TEM &TER Project Manager;UNECE)

K. Bekos, Commercial Counsellor (Austrian Embassy, WKO)
Ministry of Transport of the Republic Turkey

10.00 Intelligent Transport System Workshop Moderator: M-S. Fouvez (UNECE)

10.00 1) ITS Applications on Turkish Road Network (General Directorate of Turkish Highways)
2) Development and Application of Traffic Management System& Electronic Toll
Collecting Systems (ASELSAN)
3) Traffic Management and Information Systems Applications (ORTANA)
4) ITS Solutions for Road Infrastructure (A. Aschdjai-Benissi, Kapsch TrafficCom)

11.00 Coffee Break

11.30
5) ITS and Sustainable Transportation System (R. Pflieg, CEO, AustriaTech, )
6) gip the austrian reference network for ITS (N. Widmann, PrismaSolution)
7) Difficulties in the Execution of Projects (B. Buchner, ILF Ankara)

12.30 Lunch

14.00 Investment Policy Moderator: W. Zottl (OeBB)

8) Investments in Rail Sector of Turkey (I.H. Cevik, Head of Foreign Relations
Department of TCDD Turkish State Railways General Directorate )

Research & Development Moderator: W. Zottl (OeBB)

14:15 9) ARGOS(R) - an accurate wayside train monitoring system (W. Weilinger, HBM)
10) Electrical Traction Systems Requirements (A. Gmeiner-Ghali, Voith GmbH)
11) Weather Information and Alert Systems for Railroads L. Irinciuc Ubimet)

15.00 Coffee Break

Innovations Moderator: Ch. Maier (WKO)

15.30 12) Cost Efficient Track Maintenance Strategies, Technologies and Machines
(A. Aliakar, Rhomberg Bahntechnik)
13) Slab Track Austria – System ÖBB-PORR,(A. Kuo, PORR)
14) Constractions-Innovations (M. Takkaci, Strabag)
15) Key aspects of long railroad tunnels (J. Kleberger, iC consulenten)

16.30 Break

16) Engineering & Geology (Geoconsult)

17) State-of-the-Art Wheel Detection and Axle Counting Systems
(Frauscher Sensortechnik)
18) Traffic Engineering (Forster Metallbau)
19) Out-of-Home Media (Allerstorfer Werbeservice)

19.30 Reception at Cengelhan Brasserie (hosted by Kapsch Group)

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29 March 2012, Thursday

9.00-11.00 Session of the TEM and TER Follow-up Expert Group

At the 1st Meeting of the TEM and TER Joint Rail and Road/Motorway Follow-up
Expert Group, held on 26 October 2011 in Salzburg, Austria, the TEM and TER
Follow-up Monitoring Systems, concentrating in particular on the progress
reached in the implementation of the Master Plan Revision infrastructure
projects, updating of the Revision traffic data and traffic forecasts, development
of the backbone network and on its status were proposed. TEM and TER PCOs
received comments, information, data and additional proposals related to the
Master Plan Revision Final Report. New data and requirements related to the
TEM and TER Revised Master Plan Final Report will be discussed.

11.00 Coffee Break

11.30 Presentation of Western Anatolian Logistics Organisations (a national

organization which is established by 91 chambers, exchanges and organized
industry zones under the leadership of TOBB) the mission is to strengthen the
competition capacity of the manufacturers in foreign markets with economical,
environmental, and trustworthy alternative transportation models

12.30 Lunch

14.00 Combined Transport in Turkey

14.15 Intermodal Transport Concept
(I. Isik, Head of Department
General Directorate of Land Transport, Republic of Turkey Ministry of Transport)

15:00 Coffee Break

15.30 Private Sector Initiatives on Road and Rail Transport Facilitation in Turkey
(Mr. Sançar Sefer Süer, Head of Trade and TIR Department
Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey -TOBB)
16.30 Summary session - plenum

19.30 Evening reception hosted by Union of Chambers and

Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB)

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30 March 2012, Friday

9.00 - 14.00 TRANS EUROPEAN MOTORWAYS PROJECT (TEM)

ROAD SAFETY WORKSHOP

9.00 Welcome (M. Arman, Head of Strategic Development Department

General Directorate of Turkish Highways, Turkey)

I. Safe infrastructures
9.10 1. Decade of action for road safety: background, UNECE Programme of Action –
(M.S. Fouvez)
9.25 2. Actions taken at EU level – Report on the Conference held in Torun,
December 2011 (Z. Cyndrowski)
3. Actions taken at national level
9.35 a. Example of Poland – Z. Cyndrowski
9.45 b. Example of Croatia – K. Cop-Bajde
10.00 c. Road infrastructure Investments in Turkey and the effects of these projects
on road safety – M. Arman
10.20 d. Questions and Answers

10.30 Coffee break

II. Safe vehicles

11.00 4. Agreement concerning the adoption of uniform conditions for
periodical technical inspections of wheeled vehicles and the
reciprocal recognition of such inspections, 1997 (E. Gianotti, UNECE)

11.20 5. Turkey’s implementation:

Vehicle Technical Inspections, Weights & Dimensions of
Commercial Vehicles, Responsibility of action in traffic
( Y. Kilavuz, E. Çölkuşu, DG for Road Transport Regulations)
11.50 6. Questions and Answers

12.10 III. Actions of other Organizations in Turkey

7. UN Office in Ankara (M. C. Profili WHO Ankara)
12.20 Conclusions (H. Meelich, TEM and TER Project Manager)

12.30 Lunch Break

14.00-18.00 Technical Excursion Weight & Dimension Control Station

Vehicle Inspection Station (TEM&TER)
(M. Arman, Head of Strategic Development Department
General Directorate of Turkish Highways)

TRANS EUROPEAN RAILWAYS PROJECT (TER)

9.00-12.00 Technical Excursion - Visit/Railway Station

(I. H. Cevik, Head of Foreign Relations Department of TCDD)
14.00-18.00 Technical Excursion Weight & Dimension Control Station
Vehicle Inspection Station (TEM&TER)
(M. Arman, Head of Strategic Development Department
General Directorate of Turkish Highways)

31 March 2012, Saturday TEM&TER

9.00-11.00 TEM and TER Follow-up Expert Group: Adoption of the report
Closing of the Meeting