Contact: Chief Specialist of Road Safety Department E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Tel: +372 611 93 20 The general aim of the BRA task group is to bring the road safety specialists from Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian road administrations together in order to: Among the issues the task group has recently addressed were implementation of the EU Directive on infrastructure safety 2008/96/EB, public campaigns on road safety, automatic speed control, vulnerable road users’ safety measures, black spot and network safety management.
Contact: Chief specialist of Planning Department Estonian Road Administration E-mail: kaarel.laane@mnt.ee Tel: +372 740 8122 Estonian contact: ITS Project Manager E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Tel: +372 636 1122 Efficient road network is a key to economic activity and mobility of people and goods. SMART E67 project aims to increase efficiency and safety of passenger and cargo mobility in the Central Baltic region by introducing Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) on E67 transport corridor – a key transport corridor in Estonia and Latvia (North-South direction). Implementation of the project in partnership between Latvian State Roads and Estonian Road Administration ensures that ITS elements are introduced in critical nodes of transport (8 in Latvia; 6 in Estonia) on the entire E67 transport corridor crossing Estonia (192 km) and Latvia (202 km). E67 road has a significant development potential to make it more efficient for passenger and cargo transportation. In both countries among other routes, it has the highest Annual average daily traffic (AADT) rates (16155 cars/per day in Estonia; up to 21122 cars/per day in Latvia with average 9500cars/per day). E67 links with ports of Stockholm, Helsinki, Tallinn and Riga and CB with the rest of EU. While basic road infrastructure (pavement) has been modernized on E67 transport corridor in Latvia and Estonia, traffic information systems to ensure efficient, environment friendly, safe passenger and cargo transport are in the need of considerable improvements. Introduction of ITS on E67 is the most feasible option to improve on these issues besides investment intensive infrastructure improvements (bypasses around metropolitan areas. Project will help kickstart the ITS-innovative approach widely exploited in the EU, but insufficiently used in this region. The introduction of ITS elements such as roadside variable message signs (VMS) and road weather information systems (RWIS) through the project’s pilot investments will result in a decrease of travel time of passengers and cargos by 0,57% compared to the current travel time in this section. The project will foster safety of passenger and cargo transport and diminish CO2 emissions due to timesavings of transport on road. Maria Pashkevich
Kaarel Lääne
Kristjan Duubas
