transpark combating road freight crime with safe and secure truck parking

(c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012

TRANSParkCombating road freight crime with

safe and secure truck parking ECMT Group on Road Transport

Paris, 16. March 2012

Jens Hügel Head – Sustainable Development

This is the IRU



Evolution of IRU Membership

• 1948: eight founder countries

Why work with secure parking areas?


Truck Drivers, Transport Operators, Parking Area Managers

Stringent social legislation that sometimes even forces truck drivers to stop on hard shoulder or in unsecure areas!

A significant lack of parking areas and even along major international highways;

The frequently insufficient quality of available parking areas from the point of view of safety, security and comfort;

High risk being targeted, together with their vehicle and cargo, by organised crime!

1 in 6 drivers have been attacked over the last five years! 74% of attacks occur in parking areas, lay by’s or service areas Direct financial loss from attacks and theft above 7 Billion euro!

Response from IRU / ITF

IRU: data collection since mid 90s (+15 years!)

• Location and main features International Transport Forum: verification

by Ministries of Transport Last paper version 2009: 44 countries,

>2000 sites

TRANSPark: Launch September 2009

Largest challenge:Collection of parking data and

maintenance of these!


True Public-Private Partnership


Interactive free of use internet application to: • Register location, security and comfort level (parking

area operator)• Plan transports and search parking areas

(haulier/driver) Free one-stop shop for assisting drivers and

transport company managers TRANSPark maps, GEO-Coordinates and self

assessment tool - the heart of the application

What is TRANSPark?www.iru.org


TRANSPark Coverage

Number of TRANSPark countries: 42 (26 EU + CH, 9 CIS, 4 Balkan, T, IR) Number of TRANSPark parking areas: >4000 GEO-identified TRANSPark parking areas: ~ 66%


TRANSPark data entry & self assessment tool for parking owners


Self Assessment tool to assist the parking owners to determine the security and comfort norm for the individual parking areas

Security Standards for Truck Parking areas


Service Standards for Truck parking areas


TRANSPark Route Planner & Radius Search for planners and drivers


Plan your route

Parking sites around Berlin

Visualisation of security and comfort level


Parking owners can request Ownership

Allow each truck parking manager to manage their TPAs by announcing his ownership

• TPA details can be given• Self-assessments can be performed

(c) International Road Transport Union (IRU) 2012Edit TPA details View TPA details Make a self-assessment


Self-assessment - Security


Self-assessment Comfort

Users can report back via complaint desk

Complaint feature available for each TPA Complaints managed by IRU and the

International Assessment Committee


Challenges to overcome now

Availability and access to information on the location of parking areas!

Authorities (Transport Ministries, Road Directorates, Traffic Police…) should locate the parking areas and parking area owners (also private) should register on TRANSPark and then use the self assessment tool to:

- Determine their service level (stars)- Determine their security level (locks)

Authorities and all relevant stakeholders should establish a national parking area assessment committee and be present in the IRU/ITF run International Assessment Committee – done or started in the Netherlands, Belgium, United Kingdom, Hungary, Denmark...


International Assessment Committee

Objectives: Ambassadors to ensure the inclusion of all parking areas Forum to discuss future developments of TRANSPark Caretakers of the overall quality of the system and information provided Supervise the procedure of control Key stakeholders as members IRU, International Transport Forum, DG MOVE,

ETF, ESPORG, TAPA, Ministries from NL, B, UK... Tasks: Liaise with national assessment committees Control procedures / Complaint handling Creating requirements towards certifiers and maintain a list of certifiers that are

qualified/mandated to certify parkings Update comfort and security levels if needed ...


Agreeing on a common road sign•

http://live.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/doc/2011/wp1/ECE-TRANS-WP1-132e.pdf

• http://live.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/doc/2011/wp1/ECE-TRANS-WP1-2011-3e.pdf


UN WP1 truck parking road sign



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