Activities 2010 Bringing intelligence into mobility for people and goods across Europe
ERTICO – ITS Europe represents the interests and expertise of around 90 Partners involved in providing Intelligent Transport Systems and Services (ITS). It facilitates the safe, secure, clean, efficient and comfortable mobility of people and goods in Europe and beyond through activities supporting the development and deployment of ITS. Specifically, ERTICO - ITS Europe: »» Provides a platform for its Partners to define ITS development and deployment needs. »» Acquires and manages publicly funded ITS development and deployment activities on behalf of its Partners. »» Enhances the awareness of ITS benefits amongst decision-makers and opinion leaders. »» Formulates and communicates the necessary European framework conditions for the deployment of ITS. ERTICO – ITS Europe projects are divided into four interconnected activity sectors. Each activity sector focuses on different priorities for the development and deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems and Services in Europe.
Table of contents CooperativeMobility… towards fully connected vehicles and infrastructure 5 6 7 8
Improving city logistics – CITYLOG Facilitating vehicle and infrastructure cooperation – CVIS Supporting smart vehicles on safe roads – SAFESPOT Promoting the integration of satellite and terrestrial communication with Galileo for road transport – SISTER
InfoMobility... towards fully informed people 10 11 12 13 14 15
Ensuring synergy and adding market-driven impetus to traffic information technologies – TISA Pre-Commercial Public Procurement for ITS innovation and deployment – P3ITS International Demonstrations of Platform for Transport Planning and Travel Information – Viajeo Smart Transport Applications Designed for large events with Impacts on Urban Mobility – STADIUM Unlocking the potential of Galileo and EGNOS – GSC Supporting the EasyWay programme to accelerate the deployment of ITS services on Trans European Road networks
EcoMobility… towards a reduced impact on our environment 17 Cooperative mobility systems and services for energy efficiency – eCoMove 18 Piloting urban freight efficiency services – FREILOT 19 Intelligent and efficient travel management for European cities – In-Time
SafeMobility… towards zero accidents 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
Supporting the eSafety forum and the Intelligent car initiative – iCar Support eCall Implementation Platform Intelligent Cars Thematic Network – iCars Network Advancing map-enhanced driver assistance systems – ADASIS Forum Road safety attributes exchange infrastructure in Europe – ROSATTE Networking for Field Operational Tests – FOT-Net Bringing intelligent vehicles to the road – euroFOT Contributing to European road transport research ERTRAC – SAFIER Strengthening international road transport research cooperation – SIMBA II
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CooperativeMobility… …towards fully connected vehicles and infrastructure The development of cooperative systems, based on an exchange of information and communication between vehicles and with the road infrastructure, is currently developing rapidly. As the technology evolves, there is a need to streamline and integrate potential cooperative applications within a coherent and open system architecture. This open in-vehicle platform would guarantee interoperability with infrastructure systems and facilities. Our activities in the CooperativeMobility sector mainly focus on: »» Vehicle-to-Vehicle, Vehicle-to-Infrastructure communication: connect vehicles with each other and link vehicles with nearby roadside equipment and transport infrastructure. »» Cooperative monitoring: provide real-time vehicle-based data about road, traffic and environment status and incidents. »» Cooperative safety applications: provide local hazard alerts, the safe intersection, wrong-way driver warning. »» Cooperative traffic management: use vehicles as “virtual loop detectors”, provide vehicle-traffic control interaction for smooth driving.
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Improving city logistics – CITYLOG The CITYLOG project aims at increasing the sustainability and the efficiency of urban delivery of goods through an adaptive and integrated mission management and innovative vehicle solutions. Three action domains have been identified to improve today’s city logistics system: »» Logistic-oriented telematic services are expected to give a decisive contribution to improve mission planning processes through optimised routing and drivers’ support systems. Towards the final customers, tracking and communication capabilities should be deployed to reduce the number of unsuccessful deliveries. »» Vehicle technologies will represent a key factor to increase the operational flexibility of lorries and vans. It means that the vehicles shall be requested to support different mission profiles, and this will allow reducing their number. In other words, what should be achieved is the interoperability among the vehicles, especially in terms of load unit handling. »» I nnovative load units shall be carefully designed to operate, like the vehicles, in different missions. Therefore, a re-configurable internal layout will enable different uses either as simple container or mobile pack station (BentoBox concept). In the latter case, the goal is the de-synchronization of the delivery process between operators and final customers in order to reduce unsuccessful deliveries. The innovative approach of CITYLOG will lead to decrease the number and optimise the use of delivery trucks in urban areas, while bringing an increased quality of services.
Duration and Funding
Contact
January 2010 – January 2011. Funding through the EC Directorate General Research, 7th Framework Programme.
Lina Konstantinopoulou, +32 (0)2 400 07 49 l.konstantinopoulou@mail.ertico.com www.city-log.eu
Consortium Coordinator: FIAT Research Centre (CRF) Partners: IVECO S.p.A., Volvo Technology Corporation AB, NAVTEQ, Netherland’s Organization for Applied Scientific Research, PTV Planung Transport Verkehr AG, Mizar Automazione S.p.A, Fraunhofer Institut für Produktionsanlagen und Konstruktionstechnik, Europlatforms Geie, Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung Berlin, Communauté Urbaine de Lyon, Regione Piemonte, ERTICO – ITS Europe, SCRL , CombiBox System, Interface Transport, RE:LAB S.r.l., LogisticNetwork Consultants GmbH, TNT Global Express S.p.A.
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Facilitating vehicle and infrastructure cooperation – CVIS The CVIS project aims to design, develop and test the technologies needed to allow cars to communicate and network directly with the roadside infrastructure. With the technology developed in CVIS, drivers can influence the traffic control system directly and get individual guidance for the quickest route to their destination. Speed limits and other road sign information, as well as warnings of approaching emergency vehicles and similar urgent messages will be sent wirelessly to the vehicle and displayed to the driver. To validate the project’s results, CVIS technologies and applications will be tested at sites in seven European countries: France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden and the UK.
Objectives
Consortium
»» Create a standardised in-vehicle and roadside platform capable of connecting continuously and seamlessly vehicles and infrastructure, using a wide range of communication media, including mobile cellular and wireless local area networks, short-range microwave (DSRC) or infrared.
Coordinator: ERTICO – ITS Europe Partners: 5T s.r.l, AVVC, ATC, Autoroutes du Sud de la France, BAE Systems, Robert Bosch, CNRS/ Université de Technologie de Compiègne, Cork Institute of Technology, Daimler, Department for Transport, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Dutch Ministry of Transport – Public Works and Water Management, Efkon, Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories (FEHRL), Fiat Research Centre, Fundacio Privada RACC (Reial Automóbil Club de Catalunya), Grand Lyon, Imperial College London, Highways Agency, University of Applied Sciences Saarbrücken (HTW), Infoblu, INRIA, Intempora, Istituto Superiore Mario Boella, Kapsch TrafficCom, Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées, Lacroix Trafic, Land Hessen, Logica, Lindholmen Science Park, Makewave, Mapflow, MAT.TRAFFIC, mm-lab, Mizar Automazione, NAVTEQ, Peek Traffic, POLIS, Provincie Noord-Brabant, PTV, Q-Free, Ramsys, Renault, Siemens, SINTEF, Swedish Road Administration, TELECOM Bretagne, Thales Alenia Space France, Technolution, Tele Atlas, Telecom Italia, Thetis, Thomas Miller, TNO, Transport for London, TRIALOG, Vialis, Vlaamse Overheid, Vodafone, Volvo Technology Corporation, Ygomi
»» Develop techniques for enhanced vehicle positioning and improved local dynamic maps and the latest methods for location referencing. »» Define and test new systems for cooperative traffic and network monitoring for use in both vehicle and roadside equipment, to detect incidents instantly and anywhere. »» Develop architecture, software and hardware prototypes for a number of example cooperative applications and services for urban and interurban traffic, as well as fleet and freight management. »» Create guidelines and tools addressing the non-technical challenges to deployment such as user acceptance, data privacy and security, system openness and interoperability, risk and liability, public policy needs, cost/benefit and business models and roll-out plans for implementation.
Contact
Duration and Funding
Paul Kompfner, +32 (0)2 400 07 32 cvis@mail.ertico.com www.cvisproject.org
February 2006 – June 2010. Funding through the EC Directorate General Information Society & Media.
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Supporting smart vehicles on safe roads – SAFESPOT The key to avoiding road accidents is to extend the driver’s view of his/her environment in time and space, improving the driver’s access to vital safety-relevant information and improving the precision, reliability and quality of this information. Obtaining such a broad view of the vehicle’s environment is only possible through collaboration between the infrastructures and the vehicle’s sensing abilities. The SAFESPOT project aims to develop and test the technology that will enable such cooperation, devising a “Safety Margin Assistant” that will increase the amount of information available to drivers. By combining quality data from roadside sensors and data sent directly from vehicles in the vicinity, advance knowledge can be gained about potential safety risks, such as an icy spot, patch of fog, obstacle or accident on the road ahead (but out of sight). The communication of warnings and advice to approaching vehicles (both directly to onboard units and via roadside signals) will provide the extra reaction time that may help to prevent an accident.
Objectives
Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Bundesanstalt für Strassenwesen, CREATE-NET, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Centre National de la Recerche Scientifique, Centro Studi Sistemi Di Transporto, Centro de Technología e las Communicaciones S.A., CG Côtes d’Armor, Compagnie Financière et Industrielle des Autoroutes, Continental Teves AG & Co OHG, Daimler AG, Dip. di Ing. Biofisica ed Elettronica– Univers. degli Studi di Genova, Fundación para la Investigación y Desarrollo en Autom, DLR, IBEO Automobile Sensor GmbH, Institute of Communication and Computer Systems, Istituto Superiore Mario Boella, Kapsch TrafficCom AB, Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées, Lacroix Traffic, Magneti Marelli, MIRA Limited, Mizar Automazione S.p.A., Navteq, TNO, Piaggio & C. S.p.A., PTV, Politechnika Warszawska, Provincie Noord-Brabant, Q-Free ASA, Renault France, Regienov, Renault Spain, Rijkswaterstaat, Robert Bosch GmbH, Siemens VDO Automotive AG, Société pour le Développement de l’Innovation dans les Transports, Swedish Road Administration, Technische Universitaet München, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Tele Atlas NV, Telefónica Investigación y Desarrollo Sociedad Anónima Unipers, Thomas Miller & Co. Ltd, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, University of Stuttgart, Volvo Technology Corporation, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
»» Define an open, flexible and modular communications architecture that can use both the infrastructure and vehicles as sources (and destinations) of safety-related information. »» Develop the key enabling technologies for vehicle–infrastructure cooperation: accurate relative localisation, ad-hoc dynamic networking and dynamic local traffic maps. »» Develop a new generation of infrastructure-based sensing techniques. »» Test scenario-based applications to evaluate the impacts and end-user acceptability. »» Define the practical implementation of such systems, especially in the interim period when not all vehicles will be equipped with the technology. »» Evaluate the liability aspects, regulatory and standardisation issues which could inhibit implementation.
Duration and Funding February 2006 – January 2010. Funding through the EC Directorate General Information Society & Media.
Contact
Consortium
Peter Christ, +32 (0)2 400 07 96 p.christ@mail.ertico.com www.safespot-eu.org
Coordinator: Fiat Research Centre (CRF) Partners: ERTICO – ITS Europe, ANAS S.p.A., Autostrada Brescia Verona Vicenza Padova S.p.A.,
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Promoting the integration of satellite and terrestrial communication with Galileo for road transport – SISTER The SISTER – “Satcoms in Support of Transport on European Roads” – project will promote the integration of satellite and terrestrial communication with Galileo, the European satellite navigation system. The project’s goal is to enable mass market deployment of road applications. Satellite navigation services have already proven their value in a large range of road transport applications. Many of these applications require one or two-way communications services in order to function. In many cases to date, terrestrial communication systems such as GSM and GPRS are used. However, there are numerous circumstances in which these technologies may not be sufficient to meet the communications requirements. Although satellite communications do not replace the need for terrestrial services, many of these do serve to complement them and thus lead to a superior solution overall. To validate the SISTER results, five application demonstrations will be carried out at test sites across Europe: »» Road user charging (Czech Republic) »» Dangerous goods, integrated testing of eCall, map updating and road user charging (Belgium and the Netherlands) »» Enhanced Galileo services (UK)
Objectives
Duration and Funding
»» Define where, how and when satellite communications can be used and make recommendations for future research and development in the field.
November 2006 – November 2009. Funding through EC DG Enterprise and Industry.
Consortium
»» Identify how applications need to be adapted in order to use satellite communications.
Coordinator: Avanti Communications Partners: ERTICO – ITS Europe, ARS Traffic and Transport Technology, Autoliv Electronics, ComSine, Efkon, Institute for Project Management and Information Technology, Jan de Rijk Logistics, JAST, Luxspace, Navigon, Navteq, Nottingham University, Nottingham Scientific, Surrey Satellite Technology, Teledata, Telematix Services, Volvo Technology, WirelessCar
»» Specify and develop a prototype of an integrated satellite communications transceiver that supports integrated GNSS/mobile and satellite communications. »» Develop a prototype of a reconfigurable Galileo receiver. »» Define requirements for a satellite system suitable for providing services to the road transport market.
Contact
»» Evaluate the performance of real-time kinematic enhanced Galileo positioning technology, optimise its operation and evaluate the benefits of this improved performance for ITS applications that use positioning data.
Yanying Li, +32 (0)2 400 07 37 y.li@mail.ertico.com www.sister-project.org
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InfoMobility… …towards fully informed people Real time traffic and travel information is the backbone of any intelligent mobility service. Real time, reliable and personalised traffic and travel information is the key to ensure safer, smarter and more efficient transport systems. Context aware services consider the needs, preferences and accumulated travel bonuses of individuals, their environmental signature (CO2 measurements etc), their travel habits... The data used by ITS applications must be reliable, accurate and continuously available, also across borders. Our activities in the InfoMobility sector mainly focus on: »» Driving market deployment: providing the framework for market-driven, coordinated, proactive implementation of traffic and travel services and products. »» Implementing information tools: providing tools and establishing market conditions for better travel and goods transport information. »» Increase functionality: ensuring seamless availability of multi-modal pre-trip and on-trip traveller and goods services. »» Awareness and networking: facilitating the effective establishment of marketplace(s) for traveller and goods transport services.
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Ensuring synergy and adding market-driven impetus to traffic information technologies – TISA The Traveller Information Services Association (TISA) was established as a not-for-profit company to ensure an international framework for market-driven, coordinated, proactive implementation of traffic and travel information services and products based on existing standards such as RDS-TMC and TPEG. It also works towards the development and deployment of future standards and services. TISA has taken over all the activities undertaken by the previous TMC Forum, TPEG Forum and the German Mobile.Info project. It also supports standards that provide elements or framework for services and products covering traffic and travel information, including roads, public transport and related information needs such as points of interest, weather and environmental information. TISA’s secretariat is hosted by ERTICO – ITS Europe, although it is financially independent, with a small joining fee and an annual membership fee.
Objectives
Members
»» Prepare and promote technical specifications for widespread international utilisation/ adoption.
Membership of TISA is open to all public and private organisations that have an interest in traffic and traveller information and support the objectives of the association. Many members of TISA were previously involved in the TMC and TPEG Forums but the scope of TISA is broader and therefore there is participation by a wider range of organisations.
»» F acilitate the introduction of new Traffic and Travel Information services using those standards. »» F acilitate the closest possible coordination between pre-competitive activities and standardisation.
The list of members can be found here: http://www.tisa.org/en/members/
»» M aintain the existing specifications to meet the needs of the market.
Contact
»» K eep the market and technology developments under continuous review to identify developments in related areas where co-operation is essential for market success.
Amaury Cornelis, +32 (0) 2 400 07 43 a.cornelis@tisa.org www.tisa.org
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Pre-Commercial Public Procurement for ITS innovation and deployment – P3ITS For several years, the European Commission has dedicated specific working programme topics to cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems and Services (ITS) to help advance technical research in this area. The results of these research programmes are expected to contribute to the shaping of European, national and regional public policy frameworks. Public Authorities play a major role in making a success of cooperative ITS. In order to ensure a wide European deployment of cooperative ITS, Public Authorities should establish national cooperative infrastructure (road side equipment) that ensures cross-border interoperability and cross-brand interoperability of systems. Pre-commercial public procurement represents an existing, but underutilised opportunity for Member States to drive innovation in this sector. Pre-commercial procurement will not only be a major tool to boost innovation, it is also considered to be an important tool to improve the conditions to move from the current Research & Development stage towards a large scale market of ITS services. In this context, the P3ITS project will investigate specifically how the existing but underutilised opportunity of pre-commercial procurement can, while respecting existing legislation, stimulate innovation and help advance towards market conditions for large scale introduction of cooperative ITS services. P3ITS will establish a European network of 13 procurement experts, professionals from the ITS sector and industry and public procurement agencies.
Objectives
Consortium
»» P3ITS will first focus on the needs and requirements for the innovation and migration from RTD toward large scale market of cooperative ITS services.
Coordinator: ERTICO - ITS Europe Partners: POLIS, V&W, Ministry Transport Netherlands, North Denmark Region, Stichting Connekt, Federal Agency for Technological Measures Ltd., Vlaamse Overheid, Departement Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken, Afdeling Verkeerscentrum, Egis Mobilité S.A., Centrum dopravního výzkumu, v.v.i, TTS Italia, ITS Bretagne, Evolving Systems Consulting s.r.o.
»» S econdly, P3ITS will focus on the options and mechanisms that pre-commercial public procurement - as a special structure for procurement - provides for risk sharing and stimulating innovation.
Contact
»» Following the identification of requirements from industry and analysis of mechanisms for pre-commercial public procurement (PCP), the project will consolidate the results and extend the individual conclusions.
Rasmus Lindholm, +32 (0) 2 400 07 39 r.lindholm@mail.ertico.com www.p3its.eu
Duration and funding From January 2010 to June 2011. Funding through the European Commission 7th Framework Programme. 11
International Demonstrations of Platform for Transport Planning and Travel Information – Viajeo The Viajeo project will design, demonstrate and validate an open platform which will be able to: support the transport operations, planning and a wide range of traveller information services; deliver dynamic information independent from language to improve their provision of transport information and traveller services through integrated traffic data collection and management; deliver a solution that enables cross-modal journey planning, dynamic route guidance, effective payment access and improved personal mobility and provide standardised interfaces to connect a variety of entities needed for the mobility services. The open platform will facilitate the integration of components for data management allowing integration of European and local components as most convenient in Athens, São Paulo, Beijing and Shanghai. The demonstration cities in Europe, China and Brazil have been carefully chosen to ensure that they have a reputation as national role models, allowing the results of successful demonstrations to be extended to other cities in these countries and also potentially to other countries in the respective continents.
Objectives
Consortium
The scientific and technical objectives of the project are:
Coordinator: ERTICO - ITS Europe Partners: Brazilian Association of Automotive Engineering, Beijing Transportation Research Center, CERTH, CERTU, DLR, Infotrip, KeyResearch, MetaSystem, Mizar, PTV, Research Institute of Highway – Ministry of Communications, China; ITSJU, T-Systems, THETIS, Altea, Magneti Marelli, ANCO, Thales Software Systems (Shanghai), Shanghai City Comprehensive Transportation Planning Company, Beijing Public Transport Holdings, São Paulo University (Poli-GAESI), IPT.
»» Design of an open platform with interfaces to a wide range of mobility services. »» Implementation of the open platform in Europe, and in the emerging Economies, i.e. China and Brazil. »» Validation of the open platform. »» Assessment of social and transport impacts of the implementation and demonstration of the open platform.
Contact
Viajeo will involve users, traffic managers, public authorities, transport operators, equipment manufacturers, vehicle manufacturers, service providers, application and service developers, content owners and providers, and research organisations.
Yanying Li, +32 (0)2 400 07 37 y.li@mail.ertico.com www.viajeo.eu
Duration and Funding September 2009 – August 2012. Funding through the EC Directorate General Research, 7th Framework Programme.
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Smart Transport Applications Designed for large events with Impacts on Urban Mobility – STADIUM The STADIUM project aims to improve the performance of transport systems made available to a wide and differentiated range of users in the framework of large events hosted by big cities. The term “performance” is used here as covering several dimensions, including the efficiency of the transport services (frequency, punctuality, reliability etc.), their comfort, affordability and ease of use, their safety and security, as well as their impact on the broader community of involved citizens in areas such as congestion, air quality, accident risk which affect both users and non-users of transport services. Hosting a large event for a city is both a challenge and a big opportunity. The latter because it is an occasion to improve the infrastructures, beyond the dedicated ones, and services in order to bring the city to a higher level of efficiency after the events. The challenges come from the exceptional rise of resource allocation in a limited time due to the superimposition of the event’s connected impacts over the normal city functions. Transport is one of the most complex, critical and sensitive sectors in the hosting of large events, regardless of the size and level of development of the Host City. Most of its complexity derives from the obligations set by the International Bodies (i.e. IOC, CGF, FIFA, UEFA, BIE) over the Local Organizing Committee (LOC), responsible in full for the harmonisation of the event’s functional transport services with the transport system under the responsibility of the Local Authorities.
Objectives
Consortium
STADIUM’s specific aims are:
Coordinator: Institute of Studies for the Integration of Systems (ISIS) Partners: Impacts, ERTICO - ITS Europe, TfL, Atac, NEA, Thetis, Mizar, Pluservice, Polis, TUB, MMIV, SAHA, SIAM, Indivelop, Ashok Leyland
»» The identification, design and implementation of demonstrators in selected sites (India, South Africa, London) where large events are planned within the timeframe of the project. These demonstrators will concentrate on specific applications, involving the innovative use of advanced technologies and solutions that are expected to contribute to increasing the level of performance of transport services in all or most of the targeted performance dimensions.
Contact Yanying Li, +32 (0)2 400 07 37 y.li@mail.ertico.com www.stadium-project.eu
»» The design, production and testing of an integrated handbook to support all players involved in the organisation and implementation of transport services for large events.
Duration and Funding May 2009 – April 2013. Funding through the EC Directorate General Research, 7th Framework Programme. 13
Unlocking the potential of Galileo and EGNOS – GSC The availability of EGNOS and the introduction of GALILEO as an improved Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) are an important opportunity for business and social improvement for Europe. Intelligent Transport Systems and Services (ITS) represent a considerable market for GNSS-enabled services. In this context, it is crucial to work towards the technical conditions that reflect the business needs and will enable an open and competitive mass market for providers that offer tolling services, enabled by GALILEO and EGNOS in combination with other value added GNSS-enabled services. The GSC project goes beyond the demonstration of the technical feasibility of the ‘multiple services platform’ into an analysis and recommendations with respect to the feasibility of market deployment as it will identify how standardisation and certification mechanisms can provide the basis for the trust-relationship between different business entities in a horizontal mass market. According to the European model for tolling (EETS) the European Toll Service Provider (ETSP) will be held responsible for the correct collection of all required toll charging data and the risk of malfunctioning end-user equipment or interference between the toll application and other ITS services has to be controlled. As a consequence, the main challenge in establishing a mass market of GNSS-enabled converged services that run on the same piece of equipment, does not lie in the technical capability of equipment to run 2 or more services in parallel, but in the control and assurance that can be provided to the service operators and aggregators, more specifically to the ETSP and the toll charger.
Objectives
Duration and Funding
The GSC project specifically aims at demonstrating that GNSS, in particular EGNOS and GALILEO, can play a role as enablers of this market. It will:
March 2009 – February 2011. Funding through the Galileo Supervisory Authority, 7th Framework Programme.
The GSC project objectives are driven by the following high-level strategy toward exploiting the potential of GNSS for mass applications for the road sector:
Consortium Coordinator: ERTICO - ITS Europe Partners: Vlaamse Overheid – Departement Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken (Dept MOW), Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., International Road Transport Union, Istituto Superiore Mario Boella Sulle Tecnologie dell’ Informazione e delle Telecomunicazioni, Kapsch TrafficCom AG, Oracle Belgium, Swedish Road Administration, Technolution B.V., SWECO VBB AB, Volvo Technology AB
»» Identify the key differentiators of GALILEO/ EGNOS for a number of critical potential mass market applications, including the interoperable road charging applications, and develop, demonstrate and validate how these differentiators could become enablers for industrialised mass market implementations. »» Identify how standardisation and certification mechanisms can provide the basis for the trust-relationship between different business entities in a horizontal mass market. The project will demonstrate and validate how such a standardised open GNSS-enabled platform can be operated by service aggregators and can run 3rd party services in combination with mission critical services such as road charging.
Contact Rasmus Lindholm, +32 2 400 07 39 r.lindholm@mail.ertico.com www.ertico.com/gsc
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Supporting the EasyWay programme to accelerate the deployment of ITS services on Trans European Road networks The Europe-wide EasyWay programme for ITS deployment is driven by national road authorities and operators with associated partners including the automotive industry, telecom operators and public transport stakeholders. Currently, 21 Member States cooperate on Europe-wide ITS deployment on the main corridors of the trans-European road network. The programme receives support from the European Commission, which contributes with a share of 20% (100 million € for the period 2007-09). The programme sets clear targets for the deployment of ITS services on Trans European Road networks, identifies the set of necessary ITS European services to deploy (Traveller Information, Traffic Management and Freight and Logistic Services) and is an efficient platform that allows the European mobility stakeholders to achieve coordinated and combined deployment of these pan-European services. EasyWay incorporates all current Euro Regions and facilitates the integration of new Member States and new areas such as the Baltic countries, Greece and Southern Italy. ERTICO – ITS Europe is cooperating closely with the EasyWay secretariat to connect experts with real market experience and Member States with deployment aspirations. With its broad range of Partners active in European projects and industry forums such as i-Travel, CVIS, COOPERS, Safespot, EURIDICE and TISA, ERTICO – ITS Europe is uniquely placed to connect these key-stakeholders and ensure the rapid, coordinated and harmonised deployment of core ITS systems and services. ERTICO - ITS Europe co-organised with EasyWay-at several key milestones in the EasyWay project – a series of workshop sessions that bring together experts with real market experience working in European key projects and industry forums such as i-Travel, CVIS, COOPERS, Safespot, EURIDICE, ROSATTE and TISA with Member States having deployment aspirations in the EasyWay project. The main objectives of ERTICO’s activity within EasyWay are: »» Bring Industry and Service Providers to the position that they can understand and anticipate their role and potential participation in EasyWay deployment of services and products. »» Extend and improve the definition of the first wave of Core European services on the basis of European industry expertise. »» Identify existing infrastructure, equipment and services that can contribute to the deployment of European services, and identify need for further development in EasyWay. »» Contribute to the EasyWay organisational model and validate with respect to market relevant business models for service provision.
Contact Vincent Blervaque, +32 2 400 07 24 v.blervaque@mail.ertico.com www.easyway-its.eu
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EcoMobility… …towards a reduced impact on our environment Mobility is a vital component of modern society, but at the same time, mobility is placing increasing pressure on our environment. ITS applications have a key part to play in making transport greener. They have the potential to reduce energy consumption, improve energy efficiency, cut greenhouse gas emissions and reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. Our activities in the EcoMobility sector focus on: »» Eco-smart driving: support drivers to adopt and then maintain a fuel-efficient driving behaviour. »» Eco-freight and logistics: enable freight routing and logistic operations to optimise fuel consumption and green goods transport. »» E co-traffic management: implement traffic control and management systems improving global traffic network energy efficiency. »» E co-vehicles: integrate hybrid and electrical vehicles into the transport and energy network.
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Cooperative Mobility Systems and Services for Energy Efficiency – eCoMove ICT (Information & Communication Technologies) and ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems & services) applications & services have the potential to achieve cleaner and more energy-efficient mobility for people and goods. These technologies as specifically applied for environmental ends are collectively referred to as “Green ITS”. The eCoMove project will test and validate a number of “Green ITS” technologies. The eCoMove concept rests on the idea that, for a given trip by a particular driver in a particular vehicle, there is some least possible fuel consumption that could be achieved by the “perfect eco-driver” travelling through the “perfectly eco-managed” road network. In reality, both drivers and traffic management systems fall short of this ideal, and much fuel is wasted and CO2 emitted unnecessarily. The eCoMove innovations will target the two main sources of this avoidable fuel consumption: private trips and freight/logistics trips.
Objectives Key objectives of eCoMove innovation are to develop and validate the following applications: »» ecoSmartDriving to improve driver ecoperformances, including: ecoTripPlanning, on trip dynamic green routing, ecoDriving support, ecoPostTrip and ecoMonitoring »» ecoDriver Coaching System and in-vehicle Truck eCoNavigation for good vehicle drivers »» cooperative ecoFleet Planning and Routing for environmental sound ecoFreight & Logistics »» ecoAdaptive Balancing & Control system as well as cooperative Fuel-efficient Motorway system as means for ecoTrafficManagement & Control These important eCoMove innovations are enabled by the use of cooperative information exchange, such as vehicle fuel consumption data & route destination by the traffic system, the traffic lights phase data, speed and route recommendations by the vehicle.
Duration and Funding From April 2010 to March 2013. Funding through the European Commission 7th Framework Programme of Information Society Technologies.
Partners: Association Professionelle des sociétés Françaises concessionaires ou exploitantes d’Autoroutes ou d’ouvrages routiers, AVL LIST GMBH, BMW Forschung und Technik GMBH, Robert Bosch GMBH, Cobra Automotive Technologies S.p.A., Continental Automotive GMBH, Centro Richerche FIAT SCPA, Fundacion para la Promocion de la Innovacion, Investigacion y Desarollo Tecnologico en la Industria de Automocion de Galicia, DAF Trucks N.V., Deutsches Zentrum Fuer Luft und Raumfahrt EV, Ford Forschungszentrum Aachen GMBH, GoGreen Trafik & Miljö, Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Logica Nederland B.V., Magneti Marelli S.p.A., Paul Mathias (MAT. TRAFFIC), Meta System S.p.A., Navteq B.V., NEC Europe Ltd, PEEK Traffic B.V., PTV Planung Transport Verkehr AG., Q-Free ASA, Fundacio’ Privada RACC, Fundacion Robotiker, Technolution B.V., Tele Atlas B.V., Telecom Italia S.p.A., TNO, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, VIALIS Traffic B.V., VOLVO Technology A.B.
Contact Jean-Charles Pandazis, +32 (0)2 400 07 14 jc.pandazis@mail.ertico.com www.ecomove-project.eu
Consortium Coordinator: ERTICO – ITS Europe
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Piloting urban freight efficiency services – FREILOT The FREILOT pilot focuses on reducing energy consumption of goods delivery vehicles in urban areas. The specific energy consumption of urban goods transport depends on many factors; vehicle performance, driver behaviour, urban geography and the road network, traffic control strategies and performance, weight of the vehicle and its load to name but a few. Clearly no realistic single measure can address all these aspects and lead to a significant increase in energy efficiency. A holistic and integrated approach is needed combining various measures that can be implemented without excessive cost and with the necessary public acceptance. The FREILOT service aims to increase energy efficiency drastically in road goods transport in urban areas through a holistic treatment of traffic management, fleet management, the delivery vehicle and the driver, and demonstrate in four linked pilot projects that up to 25% reduction of fuel consumption in urban areas is feasible. The FREILOT service comprises of the following elements: »» Traffic management: Energy efficiency optimised intersection control. »» Vehicle: Adaptive acceleration and speed limiters. »» Driver: Enhanced “green driving” support. »» Fleet management: Real-time loading/delivery space booking. The service will be piloted in four European implementations: Lyon-France, Helmond-Netherlands, Krakow-Poland and Bilbao-Spain, showcasing the benefits of the service and ease to implement it in different parts of Europe.
Duration and Funding
Contact
April 2009 - October 2011. Funding through the European Commission, Competitiveness and Innovation programme.
Zeljko Jeftic, +32 479 49 47 67 z.jeftic@mail.ertico.com www.freilot.eu
Consortium Coordinator: ERTICO – ITS Europe Partners: VOLVO, PEEK Traffic, CTAG, CERTH, LET, Interface Transport, TIL-EUSKADI, THETIS S.p.A., GERTEK SA, POLIS Cities of Lyon (Grand Lyon and Ville de Lyon), Helmond, Krakow and Bilbao, Fleets: AZKAR, Nanuk, Van den Broeck Logistics and fleet operators in Krakow and Lyon.
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Intelligent and efficient travel management for European cities – In-Time In-Time will pilot and validate an innovative pan-European approach to Real Time Traffic and Travel Information (RTTI) services. The reliable and real-time delivery of these services to the individual traveller and to traffic management centres is likely to reduce drastically energy consumption in urban areas, across different modes of transport. The traveller is expected to change his travel behaviour according to the information he/she receives, opting for the most efficient and quickest modes for his/her journey.
Objectives
Contact
The role of the In-Time project will be to deliver a standardised interface for the various stakeholders involved to implement these RTTI services, to issue recommendations and to study the user acceptance, the market potential and the societal benefits that these services can bring.
Jean-Charles Pandazis, +32 (0)2 400 07 14 jc.pandazis@mail.ertico.com www.in-time-project.eu
Duration and Funding April 2009 – April 2011. Funding through the European Commission 7th Framework Programme ICT Policy Support Programme.
Consortium Coordinator: AustriaTech Partners: Tele Atlas BV, BRIMATECH Services, Mizar Automazione S.P.A, Universitatea Politehnica din Bucuresti, SINTEF Technology and Society, Verkehrsverbund Ost-Region (VOR) Ges.m.b.H, ASFINAG Maut Service GmbH, Telematix Software, a.s. , Wayfinder Systems AB, Fluidtime Data Service GmbH, PTV Planung Transport und Verkehr AG, ERTICO - ITS Europe, Swarco Futurit Verkehrssignalsysteme GmbH, Brnìnské komunikace a.s, ATAF spa, Softeco Sismat S.p.A., micKS MSR GmbH, Geo Solutions nv, Österreichisches Forschungs- und Prüfzentrum Arsenal Ges.m.b.H, Memex Srl, Austro Control – Österreichische Gesellschaft für Zivilluftfahrt.
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SafeMobility… …towards zero accidents Safety is a key issue for European mobility today. More than 40.000 people die on the road each year and road accidents cost the European economy around €200 billion every year. Research - and initial deployment - have shown the great potential for improving road safety with intelligent and advanced and driver assistance systems. These systems can detect hazards on the road ahead, inform drivers of them even before they are visible, keep vehicles at a safe distance from one another and inform drivers of the local conditions. Our activities in the SafeMobility sector mainly focus on: »» Integrated road safety: provide all road users with relevant safety support from vehicle & infrastructure. »» Safe urban mobility: improve safety into the design of urban mobility services. »» R oad user behaviour: enable safety innovation through better understanding of road user behaviour.
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Supporting the eSafety forum and the Intelligent car initiative – iCar Support Intelligent Car Support aims to support the implementation of actions and recommendations resulting from the work of the eSafety Forum and the Intelligent Car Initiative. This includes support to the eSafety Forum and its constituencies, including its Working Groups and Task Forces, strengthening the eSafety cooperation among stakeholders, support the development of the Implementation Road Map for all eSafety systems, contribute to the implementation process of the European eCall system by supporting the European eCall Implementation Platform, support the i2010 initiative in particular the activities dealing with user outreach and deployment of smarter, safer and cleaner vehicles in the future.
Objectives
Duration and funding
The overall aim of the Intelligent Car Support project is to support the implementation of actions and recommendations resulting from the work of the eSafety Forum. The following objectives will contribute to this overall project goal:
From December 2009 to November 2012. Funding through the European Commission 7th Framework Programme.
Consortium Coordinator: ERTICO - ITS Europe Partners: VTT, ACEA, Ygomi, Q-Free, Dekra
»» Follow up the deployment of eSafety key technologies according to the roadmaps agreed by stakeholders
Contact
»» Organise workshops to collect data for the update of the Implementation Road Map and to promote the deployment of road maps
Monica Schettino, +32 (0)2 400 07 80 m.schettino@mail.ertico.com www.icarsupport.eu
»» Monitor and promote the implementation of eSafety recommendations »» Support and coordinate the standardisation activities related to the ITS standards »» Launch minor studies on topics identified by the eSafety Forum »» Strengthen the eSafety cooperation and support the dialogue between all eSafety stakeholders, in particular the national Member States’ related activities
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eCall Implementation Platform The European eCall Implementation Platform is the coordination body bringing together all relevant stakeholders interested in the rapid implementation of the pan-European eCall. eCall is an eSafety technology that is promoted by the European Commission. The technology intends to bring rapid assistance to motorists involved in a collision anywhere in the European Union. Many organisations are involved with the wide-deployment of this technology across Europe, focusing on different aspects of eCall including in-vehicle systems, wireless data delivery, and Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs). To harmonise the work of various stakeholders, the e-Call Implementation Platform was set up in February 2009 at the initiative of the European Commission. It brings together all major stakeholders to synchronise the activities accelerating the deployment of eCall at national and European level. Participants include the European Commission, the Member States, industry and other associations. The Platform is co-chaired by ERTICO – ITS Europe and a Member State (Finland until beginning of 2010, new vice-chair under nomination). The European e-call Implementation Platform will build on the previous work done by the eCall Driving Group, PSAPs Expert Group and the European Standardisation Organisations.
Objectives
Contact
The European eCall Implementation Platform aims to guide, coordinate and monitor the progress of the implementation of the eCall service across Europe to ensure a timely, effective and harmonised deployment of the eCall service in Europe.
Monica Schettino, +32 (0)2 400 07 80 m.schettino@mail.ertico.com www.icarsupport.eu
The Platform has set up a number of Task Forces to look into different open issues which need to be addressed to enable the rapid deployment of the service at European level.
Members The eCall Implementation Platform brings together representatives of the relevant stakeholders associations and of the National Platforms supporting the implementation of a pan-European in-vehicle emergency call in Europe.
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Intelligent Cars Thematic Network – iCars Network The iCars network aims to contribute to the deployment of transport ICT technologies (or ITS – “Intelligent Transport Systems”) by exchanging knowledge and experience on these technologies among a wide variety of stakeholders. The network will specifically address the deployment challenges of ITS for transport in order to make vehicles smarter, cleaner and safer, reduce the number of deaths on the roads mitigate CO2 emissions and improve the global competitiveness of the European automotive and ITS industry. A number of information exchange and consensus building events will be organised to which all stakeholders are invited to contribute.
Objectives
Duration and Funding
The main objectives of the iCars thematic network are to create good environment for:
July 2008 – July 2010. Funding through the EC Directorate General Information Society & Media.
»» The exchange of information between the world of ITS development and the world of public procurement.
Consortium Coordinator: FIA European Bureau Partners: ISIS, ACEA , Lindholmen Science Park, AMANOVA, Orange, BAST, POLIS, CEDR, TIE, CLEPA, TNO, CTAG, University of Cologne, ERTICO – ITS Europe, VTT
»» The exchange of good practices between organisations who deal with dissemination of information and awareness actions among authorities, businesses and end-users.
Contact
»» The exchange of knowledge and evaluations of impact assessment methods for ITS.
Monica Schettino, +32 (0)2 400 07 80 m.schettino@mail.ertico.com www.icarsnetwork.eu
»» The exchange on ITS technologies having a possible positive effect on energy efficiency in road transport and developing a road map on the introduction of these technologies.
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Advancing map-enhanced driver assistance systems – ADASIS Forum To enable and/or enhance the functionalities of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), vehicle manufacturers want to access and use the information provided by navigation systems such as map data, vehicle position and speed. Today, however, navigation map databases are only accessible to navigation applications and stored in the proprietary format of the navigation system. In order for ADAS applications to access this data, an appropriate information exchange interface must be defined. This is the overall aim of the ADASIS Forum. However, technology is not the only obstacle for the deployment of map-enhanced ADAS applications. To ensure that the technology developed by the ADASIS Forum actually makes it off the drawing board and test tracks and onto the roads, the Forum is devoting time and effort to encourage the automotive industry to exploit the results and accelerate market introduction.
Objectives
Members
Define a standardised data model to represent map data ahead of the vehicle (the so-called ADAS horizon).
The ADASIS Forum is open to all public and private organisations, with membership spanning vehicle manufacturers, navigation system manufacturers, ADAS manufacturers and map database suppliers:
Determine data requirements, namely a list of
»» Determine the software interface specifications necessary to build/access the ADAS horizon, including the protocols necessary to handle the required data stream.
Coordinator: ERTICO – ITS Europe Partners: AISIN AW, Alpine, Autoliv, BMW, Continental Automotive, Daimler, Denso, Elektrobit, Ford Research Center Aachen, Hella, Honda, IBEO, Intermap Technologies, Michael Sena Consulting AB, Mitsubishi Electric Automotive Europe, Navigon, Navteq, Nissan, Opel, PSA, Renault, Robert Bosch Car Multimedia GmbH, Scania, Tele Atlas, Toyota Motor Corporation, Visteon, Volkswagen, Volvo Technology Corporation (VTEC), Volvo Car Corporation, Zenrin Europe BV
»» Liaise with national/international activities relevant to digital maps and ADAS applications.
Contact
»» ADAS requirements necessary for the creation or generation of the ADAS horizon. »» Define the functional architecture necessary to build the ADAS horizon, including a representation of its evolution over time.
»» Identify the standardisation body to which ADASIS specifications will be submitted and establish a proactive link with the corresponding expert group.
Vincent Blervaque, +32 (0)2 400 07 24 v.blervaque@mail.ertico.com www.ertico.com/adasisforum
»» Explore commercial vehicles’ needs in terms of applications and road data attributes.
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Road safety attributes exchange infrastructure in Europe – ROSATTE Up-to-date safety attributes are needed by road authorities and for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). ADAS applications are commercial products that can contribute significantly to European road safety objectives. The fact that solutions for providing access to such data, and especially to timely incremental updates thereof do hardly exist in Europe, constitutes a major bottleneck in the data chain for large-scale exploitation of in-vehicle road safety applications. A viable solution would require commitment by road authorities to report and notify updates in a timely and standardised manner. The ROSATTE project considers national organisational issues and technical interoperability issues and includes a substantial number of road authorities and motorways operators, both with and without national road databases. The proposed solution is based on appropriate procedures and tools to be implemented by road authorities (data owners) at the different levels (national/regional/local) with respects to their organisational and legal framework and an adapted harmonised data exchange infrastructure. A viable solution needs to generate benefits for the administrations themselves in addition to enabling the data provision to third parties. Hence, one effect of this project may be that road authorities decide to move forward to establish national road databases. The ROSATTE project intends to develop the enabling infrastructure and supporting tools that will ensure European access to road safety attributes including incremental updates. This infrastructure will facilitate administrative internal functions as well as supply of data to third parties e.g. for safety relevant services.
Objectives
Consortium
»» Facilitate access to, exchange and maintain European-wide core road safety spatial data from national/regional/local sources by standard procedures.
»» Assess the technical and organisational feasibility of this infrastructure.
Coordinator: ERTICO – ITS Europe Partners: ASFA, TfL, Laboratoire Régional de l’Ouest Parisien, Flanders DoT- Vlaamse Overheid – Dept MOW (Flanders Traffic Centre), NAVTEQ, Norwegian Public Road Authorities (NPRA), OBB, Bavarian Department of Highways and Bridges, PTV AG, SETRA, French Ministry of Transport, SINTEF, SRA, Swedish Road Administration, Tele Atlas, TRIONA, University of Stuttgart.
Duration and Funding
Contact
January 2008 – June 2010. Funding through the EC Directorate General Information Society & Media.
Maxime Flament, +32 (0)2 400 07 35 m.flament@mail.ertico.com www.rosatte.eu
»» Enable multi-level aggregation and update of European-wide safety map data.
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Networking for Field Operational Tests – FOT-Net A Field Operational Test (FOT) consists of a comprehensive programme of research to assess the impact of ICT systems on driver behaviour, both in terms of individual (safety) benefits and larger scale socio-economic benefits. During the lifetime of the different Field Operational Tests (FOT) carried out both at the National and European level, there is a crucial need for a platform of knowledge exchange in order to let individual FOT’s benefit from each others’ learning experiences. The FOT-net project is addressing this need.
Objectives
Duration and Funding
The FOT-Net project’s primary objective is to establish a platform for strategic networking of existing and future National, European and Global FOTs (e.g. US and Japan). Open to all stakeholders from public and private sectors, this networking platform will provide a benchmarking overview of the socio-economic potential of ICT based functions and systems for road transport all over Europe.
June 2008 – August 2010. Funding through the EC Directorate General Information Society & Media, 7th Framework Programme.
Members Coordinator: ERTICO – ITS Europe Partners: CTAG, Fédération Internationale de L’Automobile – FIA, ITS Bretagne, Orange France, Polis, Rijkswaterstaat, SAFER (Chalmers University of Technology), TNO, University of Leeds.
The project will also contribute to improve significance, visibility, comparability and transferability of available FOT results at National and European level by promoting the implementation of a common European FOT methodology (FESTA results).
Contact Maxime Flament, +32 (0)2 400 07 35 m.flament@mail.ertico.com www.fot-net.eu
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Bringing intelligent vehicles to the road – euroFOT The euroFOT project will establish a comprehensive, technical, and socio/economic assessment programme for evaluating in real traffic conditions the impact of eight technically mature advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), using multiple fleets of vehicles, including passenger cars and trucks. During a time span of approximately one year, around 1000 equipped vehicles will be driving on European roads across France, Germany, Italy and Sweden. Four vehicle management centres will trial the various systems. The operations will be organised in nine operation centres led by major OEMs.
Objectives
Duration and Funding
»» Identify and coordinate an in-the-field testing of new IVS with the potential for improving the quality of European road traffic.
April 2009 - August 2011. Funding through the European Commission 7th Framework Programme of Information Society Technologies.
»» Assess effectiveness of the selected IVS on actual roads, while determining how they perform towards the intended objectives.
Consortium Coordinator: Ford Research Center Partners: BMW Group, Fiat Group- CRF, Daimler, Man, Volvo, Volvo technological Development Corporation, Volkswagen, Audi, Bosch, Continental, Delphi, Harmann Becker, Chalmers, ICCS, Ika, IZVW, University of Torino, University of Leeds, Bast, Ceesar, CTAG, INRETS, TNO, ADAS Management Consulting, Alcor, Allianz, EICT, ERTICO – ITS Europe.
»» O ffer early publicity of the technologies, and enable the analysis of the user acceptance and its subsequent potential for market penetration. A selection of eight functionalities will be tested in around 1000 vehicles from various European OEM brands: Longitudinal control functions »» FCW: Forward Collision Warning
Contact
»» ACC: Adaptive Cruise Control
Maxime Flament, +32 (0)2 400 07 35 m.flament@mail.ertico.com www.eurofot-ip.eu
»» SL: Speed Limiter Lateral control functions »» BLIS: Blind Spot Information System »» LDW: Lane Departure Warning and IW: Impairment Warning Advanced applications »» CSW: Curve Speed Warning »» FEA: Fuel Efficiency Advisor »» SafeHMI: Safe Human Machine Interaction
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Contributing to European road transport research ERTRAC – SAFIER The European Road Transport Research Advisory Council (ERTRAC) aims to establish a European Research Area by involving all main stakeholders in the road transport sector in pursuit of structured, optimised and integrated efforts across Europe. The objective of the SAFIER Coordination Action is to provide ERTRAC with the management, organisation and technical support it needs to achieve its mission. Cooperation with the European Union services, Member States and other Technology Platforms will also be ensured. Finally, the Coordination Action will ensure that ERTRAC results are promoted and disseminated to a broad audience, ranging from research partners to the general public. ERTICO - ITS Europe provides support for issues related to Intelligent Transport Systems within ERTRAC. More specifically, ERTICO - ITS Europe aims to monitor RTD and update and provide support for the implementation of the Strategic Research Agenda. It focuses on three key areas: »» Mobility of people, transport and goods. »» Infrastructure usage. »» Safety & security. ERTICO - ITS Europe will also be contributing to supporting international activities and outreach of ERTRAC findings.
Objectives
Members
»» New technologies and concepts for all surface transport modes (road, rail and waterborne). Advanced design and production techniques.
Coordinator: AVL List GmbH (AVL) Partners: AVL, CRF, CONCAWE, Delphi, ERTICO - ITS Europe, FEHRL, POLIS, ika, UITP, Valeo, Volkswagen, Volvo
»» Increasing road, rail and waterborne safety and avoiding traffic congestion.
Contact
»» Rebalancing and integrating different transport modes.
Maxime Flament, +32 (0)2 400 07 49 m.flament@mail.ertico.com www.ertrac.org
Duration and Funding January 2009 – December 2011. 1,5 million € funding through EC Directorate General Research.
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Strengthening international road transport research cooperation – SIMBA II The SIMBA II project aims to increase RTD cooperation between the EU and the ICPC of Brazil, China, India, Russia and South Africa. SIMBA II will look at how the EU and ICPC can jointly increase road safety, mobility and transport efficiency, improve road and transport network management and research appropriate pavement design while at the same time improving levels of transport-related pollution. SIMBA II will support emerging markets in their efforts to improve transportation, while at the same time enhancing European industrial competitiveness via transfer of technologies. Special attention will be paid to mobility and road management, urban traffic issues and public transport in order to better assess and evaluate the development of new infrastructure and of policy-led ITS solutions through sustainable urban transport planning. ICPC could benefit in this respect from the latest experiences in the EU and move forward integrated transport network management, focusing on policy solutions to tackle congestion and environmental challenges. During an 22-month period, the SIMBA II project will set up and run a series of expert groups to further work on the priorities defined in the first SIMBA project. It will bring together European and local ICPC organisations to engage in preparatory technical work and/or feasibility studies for the development and/or implementation of new ITS (urban) and infrastructure technologies in the ICPC (looking at adapting European technologies to local needs in an effort to improve local transport conditions).
Objectives
Members
»» Increase road safety.
Coordinator: ERTICO – ITS Europe Partners: Forum of European National Highway Research Laboratories (FEHRL), Promotion of Operational Links with Integrated Services (POLIS), Tongji University (TJU), Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), Associação Brasileira de Engenharia Automotiva (AEA), Infrastructure System Operations and ITS Laboratory (CSIR), Professional Association in Vehicle Risk Prevention (PAIRP), National Center of ITS Engineering and Technology (ITSC)
»» Improve mobility. »» Enhance transport efficiency. SIMBA II will organise a number of expert working group meetings and a virtual forum in order to support and further these objectives.
Duration and Funding May 2008 – February 2010. Funding through the EC Directorate General Research.
Contact Irina Silva, +32 (0)2 400 07 30 i.silva@mail.ertico.com www.simbaproject.org
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Network of National ITS Associations The ERTICO - ITS Europe hosted Network of National ITS Associations was formed in order to ensure that ITS knowledge and information is transmitted to all actors at the local and national level - such as small and medium sized companies - and support ITS promotion from the ground up. It was officially launched in 2004. The objectives of the Network are to: »» Exchange information and agree on the appropriate content of future regional, national and EU programmes »» Exploit synergies in current regional, national and EU projects »» Act as a channel for local SME participation in EU »» Cooperate to establish an appropriate European ITS Policy framework »» Collaborate on ITS training
Members The Network currently consists of 25 member organisations. ATT Russia, ITS Austria, ITS Croatia, ITS Czech Republic, ITS Denmark, ITS Finland, ITS France, ITS Hellas, ITS Hungary, ITS Network Germany, ITS Norway, ITS Polska, ITS Portugal, ITS Romania, ITS Slovakia, ITS Slovenia, ITS Spain, ITS Sweden, ITS Switzerland, ITS United Kingdom, ITS&S, Polish Association of Transport Telematics, Telematics Cluster (Belgium), TIL-ITS Euskadi, TTS Italia.
Contact Anna Limbrey, +32 (0)2 400 07 19 a.limbrey@mail.ertico.com www.itsnetwork.org
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