Appendix C - Host Country Contacts

SWEDEN

Vagverket

Alf Peterson
Senior Advisor, ITS
Phone: +46 8 757 66 00
E-mail: alf.peterson@vv.se

Torbjorn Boivie
M. Sc. Civ. Eng.
Phone: +46 8 98 41 91
E-mail: torbjorn.boivie@vv.se

Svante Berg
Traffic Management, Road Design Office
Phone: +46 243 755 61
E-mail: svante.berg@vv.se

Lena Ryden
Director at International Secretariat
Phone: +46 243 755 21
E-mail: lena.ryden@vv.se

Roger Johansson
Deputy Director, Traffic Safety Department
Phone: +46 243 758 80
E-mail: roger.johansson@vv.se

Real Estate and Traffic Administration

Lars Soder
Senior Adviser, Technics & Purchasing
Phone: +46 8 508 262 08
E-mail: www.gfk.stockholm.se

Mats Fager
Phone: +46 8 508 262 98
E-mail: mats.fager@gfk.stockholm.se

PEEK

David Andrew
Marketing & Product Development
Phone: +46 8 556 10 700
E-mail: david.andrew@peek.se

Michael Cewers
Operativ Chef/Operations Manager
Phone: +46 8 556 10 700
E-mail: michael.cewers@peek.se

Mats Mansson
Teknick Chef/Technical Manager
Phone: +46 8 556 10 700
E-mail: mats.mansson@peek.se

John Chipperfield
Phone: 941-552-1500
E-mail: john.chipperfield@peekcorp.com

GERMANY

SIEMENS

Roberto Bragagnolo
Regional Director
Phone: +49 89 7 22 – 5 54 03
E-mail: roberto.bragagnolo@siemens.com

Bernhard Hering
Director Phone: +49 89 7 22 – 2 46 38
E-mail: bernhard.hering@atd.mchh.siemens.de

Hans-Jochen Monnich
Project Manager
Phone: +49 89 7 22 – 2 61 52
E-mail: hans-jochen.moennich@atd.mchh.siemens.de

Fritz Busch
Vice President, SITRAFFIC
Phone: +49 89 7 22 – 2 63 67
E-mail: fritz.busch@atd.mchh.siemens.de

Stadt Frankfurt AM Main

Herbert Schroeder
Phone: (069) 212-4 22 19
E-mail: Herbert.shroeder@stadt-frankfurt.dt

Joachim Bielefeld
Phone: (069) 212-4 23 23
E-mail joachim.bielefeld@stadt-frankfurt.de

Federal Ministry of Transport, Building, and Housing

Konstantin Sauer
Phone: +49 – 2 28 – 3 00 – 52 88
E-mail: konstantin.sauer@bmvbw.bund.de

Stadt Koln Hans Richter
Phone: (02 21) 2 21- 2 78 33
E-mail: hans.richter@stadt-koel.de

Grahl

Stefan Grahl
Transportation Consulting Engineer
Phone: +49 (030) 47 00 37 55
E-mail: stefan.Grahl@t-Online.de

Institut fur Verkehrswirtschaft, Stobenween und Stadtebau Universtat Hannover (IVH)

Bernhard Friedrich
Phone: +49 (0) 5 11 7 62 – 28 02
E-mail: friedrich@ivh.uni-hannover.de

Gesamtverband der Deutschen Versicherungs-wirtschaft e.V. (GDV)

Werner Koppel
Phone: 02 21/1 60 24-25
Web site: http://www.gdv.de

Bundesanstalt fur StraBenwesen (Bast)

Klaus Krause
Phone: 0 22 04 / 43-518

Axel Elsner
Head of Section Accident Statistics
Phone: +49 (22 04) 43 420
E-mail: elsner@bast.de

Christine Kellermann
Phone: +49 (22 04) 43 311
E-mail: kellermannc@bast.de

THE NETHERLANDS

Ministry of Transport, Public Works, and Water Management

Frans Middelham
Senior Consultant, Modeling and Control Techniques
Phone: +31 10 282 58 80
E-mail: f.middelham@avv.rws.minvenw.nl

Govert Schermers
Senior Consultant, Traffic Safety
Phone: +31 10 282 57 04
E-mail: schermers@avv.rws.minvenw.nl

Henk Taale
Senior Consultant, Traffic Modeling & Control
Phone: +31 10 282 58 81
E-mail: h.taale@avv.rws.minvenw.nl

Hans Tinselboer
Head of Section Road Infrastructure & Traffic Management
Phone: +31 10 282 56 81
E-mail: h.j.j.m.tinselboer@avv.rws.minvenw.nl

Ministry of Justice

Meine van Essen
Researcher/Project Consultant
Phone: +31 346 33 33 60
E-mail: m.van.essen@bvom.drp.minjus.nl

Province Zuid-Holland

Martijn de Leeuw
Traffic Control Engineer
Phone: +31 70 441 61 31
E-mail: leeuwam@pzh.nl

Berend Feddes
Senior Consultant, Traffic Control
Phone: +31 70 441 78 98
E-mail: feddes@pzh.nl

Bertus Fortuijn
Head of Traffic Bureau
Phone: +31 70 441 63 63
E-mail: fortuijn@pzh.nl

City of Rotterdam

Robert Kooijman
Senior Traffic Control Engineer
Phone: +31 10 489 50 13
E-mail: R.Kooijman@dsv.rotterdam.nl

Information and Technology Centre for Transport and Infrastructure (CROW)

Hillie Talens
Project Manager
Phone: +31 318 695 300
E-mail: talens@crow.nl

Witteveen + Bos

Walter C. M. Fransen
Phone: +31 570 69 75 11 / 69 75 83
E-mail: w.fransen@witbo.nl

Verenigde Verkeers Veiligheids Organisatie (3VO)

Jeroen Kempen
Senior Consultant
Phone: +31 35 524 88 38
E-mail: j.kempen@3vo.nl

DTV Consultants

Bo Boormans
Director
Phone: +31 76 513 66 00
E-mail: b.boormans@dtvconsultants.nl

Goudappel Coffeng
Luc Prinsen
Senior Consultant, Traffic Management
Phone: +31 570 666 222
E-mail: lprinsen@goudappel.nl

Vialis, Traffic and Mobility Suppliers

Peter van Dijk
Business Unit Manager
Phone: +31 23 518 93 57
E-mail: peter.van.dijk@vialis.nl

Rudi J. Lagerweij
Consultant, Business Development
Phone: +31 23 5189209
E-mail: rudi.lagerweij@vialis.nl

Arcadis Nederland

Robert Jan Roos
Project Manager
Phone: +31 33 460 44 43
E-mail: r.j.roos@arcadis.nl

UNITED KINGDOM

Department for Transport

David Williams
Traffic Management Division
Phone: 020 7944 2595
E-mail: davidj.williams@dft.gsi.gov.uk

Ian Drummond
Road Safety
Phone: 020 7944 2629
E-mail: lan.drummond@dft.gsi.gov.uk

Mike Middleton
Traffic Manager
Phone: 020 7944 2145
E-mail: michael.middleton@dft.gsi.gov.uk

Highways Agency (HA)

John Smart
Principal Technical Adviser
Phone: 020 7921 4986
E-mail: john.smart@highways.gsi.gov.uk

TRL

John Peirce
Traffic Consultancy Manager
Phone: +44 (0) 1344 770032
E-mail: jpeirce@trl.co.uk

Transport for London

Jim Landles
Assistant Director, Traffic Technology Services
Phone: 020 7941 4380
E-mail: jimlandles@tfl.gov.uk

Mark Beasley
Signal Maintenance & Data Management
Phone: 020 7941 4103
E-mail: markbeasley@tfl.gov.uk

Del Cook
Traffic Operations
Phone: 020 7941 2335
E-mail: delcook@streetmanagement.org.uk

Chris Wynne
Chief Engineer, Traffic Control Center
Phone: 020 7941 2347
E-mail: chriswynne@streetmanagement.org.uk

Michael J. Smith
Team Manager, Traffic Control Systems & Road Lighting Team
Phone: 0117 372 8227
E-mail: mike.smith@highways.gsi.gov.uk

Endnotes

1. Road Accidents, 2001 figures, Ministry of Transport, Public Works, and Water Management, Transport Research Centre (AVV), e-mail: servicedesk@avv.rws.minvewn.nl.
2. For more information, contact Govert Schermers, Ministry of Transport, Public Works, and Water Management. See Appendix C for contact information.
3. For more information about safety timing calculations, contact Joachim Bielefeld, City of Frankfurt. See Appendix C for contact information.
4. For more information about the signal maintenance program and experience with halogen bulbs in Frankfurt, contact Joachim Bielefeld, City of Frankfurt. See Appendix C for contact information.
5. Only the recommendations are available in English. The handbooks are in Dutch. For more information, contact Hillie Talens, CROW. See Appendix C for contact information.
6. For more information see: "Traffic Control in Urban Areas, a Survey Among Road Managers," A.P.M. Wilson, F. Middelham, J.W.M. Vermeul, paper published at the 10th International Conference on Road Transport Information and Control, IEE, London, April 2000, Conference Publication No. 472, or contact Frans Middelham. See Appendix C for contact details.
7. For more information about SCOOT, contact Mike Middleton, Department of Transport. See Appendix C for contact information.
8. For more information about MOVA, contact J. R. Peirce, TRL. See Appendix C for contact information.
9. For additional information about signalizing roundabouts, contact J. R. Peirce, TRL. See Appendix C for contact information.
10. Each letter of this acronym stands for an optimization, or priority, function of the system. The acronym does not translate well into English, but its letters stand for the following: L, generic priority (trucks, buses, queue, platoons); H, priority of the main road (mobility); O, incident reduction (traffic safety); V, variable yellow interval (mobility); R, red-light-running control (traffic safety); and A, minimization of green-yellow-red-green sequences (i.e., rest in red when traffic is not present).
11. A comprehensive report on developing and implementing LHOVRA is available through SNRA, "Signal Control Strategy for Isolated Intersections" (publication 1991:51E). For more information, contact Alf Peterson, SNRA. See Appendix C for contact information.
12. For more information on Stockholm's LED conversion, including conversion plans, technical specifications, warranties, and maintenance, contact Torbjörn Boivie, SNRA, or Lars Söder, City of Stockholm. See Appendix C for contact information.
13. For more information on the use of handheld transponders, contact Mats Fager, City of Stockholm. See AppendixC for contact information.
14. For more information about the public safety messages, contact Jeroen Kempen, 3VO. See Appendix C for contact information.
15. For more information about speed tables, contact Bertus Fortijn, Province Zuid- Holland. See Appendix C for contact information.
16. This has been proposed by Bo Boormans from DTV. See Appendix C for contact information.
17. These studies include the following: (1) A. Hooke, J. Knox, and D. Portas, 1996, "Cost Benefit Analysis of Traffic Lights and Speed Cameras," Police Research Series Paper 20, Police Research Group, Home Office, London, U.K. (2) D.J. Finch, P. Kompfner, C.R. Lockwood, and G. Maycock, 1994, "Speed, Speed Limits and Accidents," Project Report 58, Transport Research Laboratory (TRL), Crowthorne, U.K. (3) M.C. Taylor, D.A. Lynam, and A. Baruya, 2000, "The Effects of Drivers' Speed on the Frequency of Road Accidents," Report 421, TRL, Crowthorne, U.K.
18. For a copy of the report, contact David Williams, Department of Transport. See Appendix C for contact information.
19. For more information about the MAAP, contact J. R. Peirce, TRL. See Appendix C for contact information.
20. For more information about MATRIX, contact Torbjörn Boivie, SNRA. See Appendix C for contact information.
21. For more information about SuperLHOVRA, contact Alf Peterson, SNRA. See Appendix C for contact information.
22. For more information, see www.swov.nl.
23. For more information about the program, contact Meine van Essen, Openbaar Ministerie. See Appendix C for contact information.
24. For more information, contact Hillie Talens, CROW. See Appendix C for contact information.
25. For more information, contact Frans Middelham, AVV. See Appendix C for contact information.