VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND LTD

Finnish Road WeatherMaintenance Ecosystem

-Innovation capability

Smart City Seminar, Oulu, 6.5.2015Dr. Aki Aapaoja

(with Dr. Pekka Leviäkangas, Mr. Raine Hautala,Mr. Heikki Mantsinen & Mr. Tuomo Kinnunen)

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FIRWE – Finnish Road Weather Maintenance

§ Potential for significant benefits for roadoperators, maintenance decisionmakers, road authorities and road users§ better awareness and more proactive

measures§ reduced operational maintenance costs and

lighter environmental footprint§ improvements in traffic safety and traffic

management

§ Team: Vaisala, Arctic Machine,Foreca, Teconer and VTT incooperation with other Finnish public& private sector actors

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Value build-up

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Once upon a time in Finland….… and nowadays

Copyright: Pilli-Sihvola et al. (2015)

Before……now

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The current challenges in the road maintenance

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Media, radiobroadcasting

Insurancecompanies

Maintenanceequipment

manufacturers

Weather and roadconditions

observations’providers Road

informationand weather

forecastproviders

Vehicle locating,measurement and

trackingsolutions’providers

Decision supportservice providers

Roadmaintenance

operators&

Road authorities• State• Municipalities• Private

End users / TRAFFIC• Private

• Leisure time• Commutation• Bicycle & pedestrian

• Commercial• Heavy traffic• Public transport• Delivery

• Other professionals• Emergency vehicles• Authorative traffic• Critical

infrastructuremaintenance traffic

Maintenancedata providers

&Data collection

and managementproviders

Mobileobservations’

providers

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Mobilityinformation and

navigation serviceproviders

Maintenancequality

measurementproviders

Observations’data providers

Equipmentmanufacturers

Informationservice providers

(ISPs)

Winter roadmaintenance

service providers

Road and weatherinformationproviders

Winter traffic &Winter mobility market

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Meteorologydevice

manufacturer

Observationequipment

manufacturer

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1. Winter road maintenance equipment2. GPS and vehicle technology solutions3. Meteorology and observation devices4. Observation data5. Public road weather and condition forecasts6. Additional road weather information services7. Emergency and road weather information services8. Road maintenance services9. Safe road conditions for winter traffic10. Weather and winter road condition information11. Winter mobility information12. Motor insurance

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Boosting Innovations

Value stream

Systemintegrator

(i.e., platformprovider)

Service/technology

provider Service/technology

providerService/

technologyprovider

Service/technology

provider

Service/technology

provider

Service/technology

provider

Innovative procurement(pain-gain sharing)

Supply End-customer

Road & publicauthorities

”Wintertraffic

mobilitymarket”

Demand

Value build-up

End-customerrequirements andengagement

Value co-creation: + + =

Complex product system(fitting roles and responsibilities)

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Benefits and achievements (so far…)

§ Automatic data collection solutions formaintenance equipment andoperations (Arctic Machine)§ Advanced (long-term) forecasting

methods for weather and drivingconditions (Foreca)§ Mobile friction measuring solutions

(Teconer)§ Measurement solutions, road

maintenance decision support systemand data integration (Vaisala)§ Socio-economic impact assessments,

value networks, coordination (VTT)Source: Vaisala

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Recommendations for the development1. Focus on the long-term collaboration:

a) utilizing public and independent researchinstitutions to spread the publicly beneficialinformation

b) testing and piloting as a part ofproductization and operative activities(road authorities as enablers)

c) measurement and assessment of theimpacts as a natural part of the systematicdevelopments

d) risk-revenue sharing2. Innovative project delivery and procurement

methods (e.g., project alliancing)3. Bringing all the views together and combining

skills, services, and public interests in mannerthat delivers maximum benefit-cost ratio

4. The selection of ecosystem stakeholdersshould based on competence, capability, andexpertise

5. The vital role of the road authorities betweenthe service providers and end-customers

6. Funding agencies should provide funding andsupport for agile piloting, best-practicemonitoring tools and innovative procurementmethods

Thank You!

Contact:aki.aapaoja@vtt.fi /+358 40 744 4823

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