Guest lecture for mobility students on traffic management during major construction works (case study: metro 3 construction sites Brussels)

1. Mobility management during
major construction works
Metro 3 Brussels
December 2021

2. Matthias
Van Wijnendaele
Public works coordinator
Beliris.brussels
Bike policy advisor
ReinventingTheWheel.eu

3. Urban challenges
Health & air quality
Covid-19 and physical activity 20 min/day
<20μg/m3/year average PM10 limit not respected in 2018
Climate change
‘Cities & Climate change : an Urgent Agenda’, World Bank
Congestion
Cost of congestion € 600.000/day, T&M Leuven
Road safety
EU Cities 9.500 deaths/year = 28 Boeings/year

4. Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan in Brussels
Good Move Brussels
More places to ☕
Less 🚙
More 🚃 & 🚲 lanes
Mobility for all

5. 5 km tunnel and 7 new metro stations & public spaces
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DEPOT HAREN
BORDET
LINDE
VREDE
NOORDSTATION
LIEDTS
COLIGNON
VERBOEKHOVEN
RIGA

6. Construction Works: traffic management
Good Move Brussels
More places to ☕
Less 🚙
More 🚃 & 🚲 lanes
Mobility for all

7. Mobility is
not a goal
Quality of life is our goal.
Public space is Brussels asset.
Public works are the path
towards this goal.

8. 8
today
HOW TO ENSURE LIVEABILITY DURING ROAD WORKS?
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2 HOW TO MEASURE? WHICH SOURCES ARE NEEDED?
3 CASES

9. HOW WOULD YOU ENSURE
LIVEABILITY DURING ROAD
WORKS?
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10. DEPOT HAREN
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Traffic mgmt : how to ensure liveability during works?
Inter worksite coordination
Communication
GPS wayfinding
Road signage
Traffic lights management
Night & weekend shi>s
Double shi>s
Intra worksite coordination
Alternative modes
Deviation

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Traffic management : collect data & plan works
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2 PARTICIPATION: BUILD A SUPPORT BASE
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3 MEI 2018. - Ordonnantie betreffende de bouwplaatsen op de openbare weg
Art. 2 16° Leefbaarheid van de openbare weg : de geschiktheid van de openbare weg
om alle functies voor de weggebruikers te verzekeren ;
Liveability of public space : the ability to garantee all functions of its road users

12. Traffic management : analyse for potential conflicts
basemap
Hypercoordination zone +
strategic axes
Other works (B)
Metro Works (A)
Conflict
Conflict with conditions
No conflict

13. Traffic management : planning vs real time monitoring
Traffic service
Real time Planning / Historique
Mobiris Hyper-coordination
Beliris in Schaerbeek/Evere

14. HOW WOULD YOU
MEASURE LIVEABILITY?
2

15. How to measure liveability?
Transit traffic
= origin-des,na,on
Traffic pressure (traffic overflow, traffic jam)
= volume, speed , travel ,me
Level Of Service (LOS) guaranteed
= intersec,on & lane performance, all modes!
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NCHRP Report 616: Multimodal Level of Service Analysis for Urban Streets.
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16. How to measure liveability
Travel time
Origin-Destination / traffic spider
(Historic) volume
Speed
Intersection performance
Data hub
- raw data
processing
- storage
cfr vehicle
classification,
AI…
Floating car data
Multimode data
Counting campaigns
ANPR / camera data
Intersection data
Real time
data portal
- monitoring
- operations
cfr TMaaS Ghent
(Historic) data
analytics tools
- studies
- planning
cfr Be-Mobile FlowCheck
MioVision Datalink Portal

17. Mobility data sources
INPUT OUTPUT
Planned Loop data
(historical)
Floating
(historical)
🚶
- Telraam Proximus IoT (crowd)
(desire paths)
🚴
ICR, RER Vélo,
aménagement…
Telraam
Bike counter
Strava
Bike data project
Origin-Destination
Heat map
🚌 De Lijn .gtfs
STIB en attente
Telraam
De Lijn .gtfs
STIB en attente
Travel times
(Demand)
🚊
🚗
Axes
stratégiques /
CMC
Boucles,
caméras, (futur:
ANPR)
FCD Origin-Destination
Travel times
Heat map
🚚
Charroi de
chantier (E.I.
m3)
- - Nuisances
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Origin-DesRnaRon spider, car traffic, based on
floaRng car data (FCD)

18. Mobility data sources
INPUT OUTPUT
Planned Loop data
(historical)
Floating
(historical)
🚶
- Telraam Proximus IoT (crowd)
(desire paths)
🚴
ICR, RER Vélo,
aménagement…
Telraam
Bike counter
Strava
Bike data project
O-D
(historical) heat map
🚌 De Lijn .gtfs
STIB en attente
Telraam
De Lijn .gtfs
STIB en attente
(Demand)
Travel times
🚊
(Demand)
Travel times
🚗
Axes
stratégiques /
CMC
Boucles,
caméras, (futur:
ANPR)
FCD O-D
Travel times
(historical) heat map
🚚
Charroi de
chantier (E.I.
m3)
- - Nuisances
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Loop Data

19. Mobility data sources
INPUT OUTPUT
Planned Loop data
(historical)
Floating
(historical)
🚶
- Telraam Proximus IoT (crowd)
(desire paths)
🚴
ICR, RER Vélo,
aménagement…
Telraam
Bike counter
Strava
Bike data project
O-D
(historical) heat map
🚌 De Lijn .gtfs
STIB en attente
Telraam
De Lijn .gtfs
STIB en attente
(Demand)
Travel times
🚊
(Demand)
Travel times
🚗
Axes
stratégiques /
CMC
Boucles,
caméras, (futur:
ANPR)
FCD O-D
Travel times
(historical) heat map
🚚
Charroi de
chantier (E.I.
m3)
- - Nuisances
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Loop data, Telraam.net

20. CASES
3

21. First case : Lockdown
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APR JUL OCT JAN APR JUL OCT
Visualisatie : covidate.be

22. Second case : Fire SaincteleHe bridge
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Context
• Situation avant: lundi 19/4 après congé de Pâques
• Situation pendant fermeture Sainctelette: vendredi 7/5 PM -> lundi 17/5
• Situation après (réouverture partielle): lundi 24/5

23. Second case : Fire Sainctelette bridge
B C
+ 50 à 100%
>> Traffic overflow
Blocages Ailes & Palais
C

24. Third case : traffic presure & bus delays during works
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Context
• Avant 1 septembre: après congé
• Pendant > 8 septembre: fermeture Haecht-Rogier

25. 1 septembre ó 6 à 8 septembre (Haecht & Rogier fermée):
- Temps de parcours montent de 10 min à 18 min le matin (premier jour)
- Circulation s’adapte après 3 jours déjà (8 septembre ~ 1 septembre)
Third case : traffic presure & bus delays

26. 1 septembre vs 8 septembre (Haecht fermée):
Bus De Lijn sur Rue Royale Sainte Marie (eg. 270) perdent 2 minutes en plus
Third case : traffic presure & bus delays

27. 1 septembre vs 8 septembre (Haecht fermée):
Bus De Lijn sur Rue Royale Sainte Marie (eg. 270) perdent 2 minutes en plus
Third case : traffic presure & bus delays

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Last case : origine-destination during road works
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Context
Avant 1 septembre: après congé
Pendant > 8 septembre: fermeture Haecht-Rogier
April ‘22 holidays: fermeture carrefour Haecht/Rogier

29. Last case : origine-destination during road works
Approche venant de Haecht (Nord) vers le carrefour:
- Circulation venant du Nord prend avenue Rogier à droite (et continue tout droit pour rejoindre Palais)
- Circulation illégale (surtout pendant les weekends) sur le chantier
- Déviation pas utilisée
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fermé
SOIR

30. Last case : origine-destination during road works
Sortie du carrefour vers Haecht (Nord):
- Circulation venant de rue de Brabant et rue Rogier
- Circulation venant de rue Josaphat et avenue Rogier sort vers le Nord (ou boucle via Robiano)
- Déviation via Bertrand utilisée
SOIR
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m
é
fermé

31. Traffic management in the past
Car orientation
Manual counting & simulation studies
Planning by a closed group of experts

32. Traffic works management in the future
Planning in advance
Analytics tool gives insights within minutes
Floating mobility data replaces manual counting campaigns
Floating Car Data (FCD) widely available, other modes still in progress
Define necessary output first, then define input & start collecting data

33. Conclusion : traffic management during construction works
• Use (floating) mobility data and (fast) analytics tools
• Make sure data of all modes is available
• Avoid car orientation, the SUMP (goodmove.brussels) is your guide
• Road closures & construction works can learn us about mobility behavior
• Major infrastructure works can create a mental shift
The end goal: quality of life

34. Questions?
Matthias Van Wijnendaele
Public Works Coordinator
Beliris.brussels