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ITS Polish Congress - Poland

26th to 28th of May 2008

ITS Polish Congress - Poland

The first ITS Polska congress, a partnership for Intelligent Transportation Systems and Services in Poland, took place May 26-28 in Warsaw. This newly established platform has the mission to bring together public, domestic and international technology leaders, policy makers, academics and industry professionals to build networks and exchange know-how.

The importance for the implementation of an Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) is increasing above avarage in Poland. 20 Billion Euro are planned by the government to be spend on Operational Program "Infrastructure and Environment for the years 2007-2013” including a number of ITS projects in land, marine and air transportation.

Satellic was present during the congress days to introduce and discuss alternatives of road user charging on Polish roads. Patricia Wrzesniewski, Manager International Projects, responsible for the Account Poland gave a presentation on operation of the satellite-based toll system with prospects for Poland. As result of the congress seperate sessions shall be organized in the next future to individually retreat the various topics for instance Traffic Management Systems, Electronic Fee Collection, Traveller Information Systems.