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DG Energy and Transport
Deliverable D2.E-4.5
Issue 1.0
Third Annual Thematic Research Summary – Intelligent Transport Systems
Prepared J. Augusto Felício EXTR@Web Project Date 28/07/2006
Approved W. Helmreich Date 04/08/2006
Released G. Jauernig Contract No. GMA2/2001/52046-S07.13187
0 1 Update of chapters 3 and 4 and annex I from previous deliverable (D2.C)
14/07/2006 J. A. Felício
0 2 Peer review 26/07/2006 P. Delle Site
0 3 Update according to peer review 28/07/2006 J. A. Felício
1 0 Final edited version 04/08/2006 W. Helmreich
Main Contributors Prof. J. Augusto Felício, Ricardo Rodrigues and Vítor Caldeirinha (CEGE/ISEG – Neptune) – authors (this volume only) Paolo Delle Site (DITS) – peer review Further information on EXTR@Web’s editorial team for Thematic Research Summaries can be obtained from Annex III.
Distribution Public, via Transport Research Knowledge Centre website.
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Abbreviations and Acronyms Used ADAS Advanced Driver Assistance Systems ADS Automatic Dependent Surveillance AG High level Advisory Group (to the EXTR@Web project) AID Automatic Incident Detection A-SMGCS Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Central System ATM Air Traffic Management BG Benchmark Group (associated with the EXTR@Web project) CEEC Central and Eastern European Country CNS Communication, Navigation and Surveillance DAB Digital Audio Broadcasting DG TREN EC Directorate-General for Energy and Transport EC European Commission ECDIS Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems EDI Electronic Data Interchange EFTA European Free Trade Association (Norway, Iceland, Switzerland,
Liechtenstein) ERA European Research Area (EU, EFTA and CEECs) ERTMS European Rail Traffic Management System EXTR@Web Exploitation of Transport Research Results via the Web (DG TREN FP 5
Accompanying Measure project) EU European Union FP 4 (5, etc) EC Fourth (Fifth, etc) Framework Programme GDP Gross Domestic Product GNSS Global Navigation by Satellite System GSM Global System for Mobile Communications HMI Human-Machine Interface
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ISC Integrated Ship Control ITS Intelligent Transport Systems MIP Multi-annual Indicative Programme – DG TREN investment programme
covering infrastructure development (TENs) and ITS deployment OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development PAG Programme Analysis Group (part of the EXTR@Web project) RIS River Information Systems RDS-TMC Radio Data System - Traffic Message Channel RTD Research and Technical Development TEMPO Trans-European Intelligent Transport Systems Projects – a group of
projects concerned with ITS for road traffic management on the Trans-European Road Network, and a sub-programme of DG TREN’s Multi-annual Indicative Programme (MIP).
TEN(s) Trans-European Network(s) TEN-T Trans-European Networks for Transport TRKC Transport Research Knowledge Centre; TRKC website at
ec.europa.eu/transport/extra UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunication System VTMIS Vessel Traffic Management and Information Systems WAP Wireless Application Protocol
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Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 HOW TO USE THIS PAPER........................................................................................................... 2 1.2 THE LINK TO THE TRANSPORT RESEARCH KNOWLEDGE CENTRE WEBSITE ...................................... 2
2. SCOPE OF THEME................................................................................................................ 3 2.1 DEFINITION OF THEME ............................................................................................................... 3 2.2 TOPICS INCLUDED IN THEME....................................................................................................... 3 2.3 SIGNIFICANCE OF THEME ........................................................................................................... 4
3. POLICY CONTEXT ................................................................................................................ 5 4. SYNTHESIS OF FINDINGS FROM COMPLETED PROJECTS ......................................................... 8
4.1 ITS TECHNOLOGIES .................................................................................................................. 9 4.2 ITS APPLICATIONS ...................................................................................................................10 4.3 ITS SOCIAL FRAMEWORK..........................................................................................................11
5. REFERENCES....................................................................................................................13 ANNEX I: CONTRIBUTING PROJECTS .................................................................................... 14 ANNEX II: GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE TRANSPORT RESEARCH KNOWLEDGE CENTRE
AND ANALYSIS PROCESS USED ............................................................................119 ANNEX III: EDITORIAL TEAM FOR THEMATIC RESEARCH SUMMARIES ..................................... 122
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1. Introduction This paper provides a structured guide to the results of Research and Technical Develop-ment (RTD) projects relating to Intelligent Transport Systems, carried out in transport research programmes throughout the European Research Area (ERA). It is one of a series of 28 papers. Two further from an original set of 30 transport themes – i.e. Long-distance Transport and Financing Tools – have been discontinued as separate reports, though all related projects will be covered elsewhere in Thematic Research Sum-maries.
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3.6 Safety and Security 4.1 Decision-support Tools 4.2 Information and Awareness 4.3 Infrastructure Provision (incl. TENs) 4.4 Integration 4.5 Intelligent Transport Systems 4.6 Regulation / Deregulation 4.7 Land Use Planning 4.8 Transport Management 4.9 Pricing, Taxation and Financing Tools
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4.10 Vehicle Technology Of the more than 5600 projects from research programmes the Transport Research Know-ledge Centre (TRKC) ultimately has considered, a total of 810 projects deal partly or fully with the issues of Intelligent Transport Systems.
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1.1 How to use this paper
It is recommended that you use this paper to locate RTD (Research and Technical Development) results on sub-themes where you have a particular interest, rather than reading the paper from start to finish:
• Start in Section 2 to get an overview of the scope of the particular theme. • Read Section 4 that summarises the findings for each sub-theme of interest to you. • Consult Annex I to identify the individual projects, be they of European or national
origin, relating to a particular sub-theme. • If this is the first time you have used one of the series of thematic research summaries,
it is strongly recommended that you read Annex II. This explains the background and purpose of the EXTR@Web project, and the basis upon which information in this document was selected and analysed.
The other sections of this paper can help you to gain an overall picture of the Intelligent Transport Systems theme, associated policy issues and the background of the EXTR@Web project.
The analysis in this paper is the responsibility of the EXTR@Web project team, and does not represent the official viewpoint of the European Commission.
1.2 The link to the Transport Research Knowledge Centre website
Further details on individual projects can be obtained from the Transport Research Knowledge Centre (TRKC) website at ec.europa.eu/transport/extra
The TRKC website includes summaries and full final reports of individual projects, as well as a variety of analyses, and publications prepared by the EXTR@Web project. How to best use the online resource: • The ‘Projects & Analysis’ section allows the user to specify a project-wide search on
‘Publication date’, ‘Origin’, ‘Document type’, ‘Mode’, ‘Sector’, ‘Geographic area’, ‘Policy objective’ and ‘Tool’, or any combination of these criteria.
• This may be complemented, or superseded, by the flexible ‘Free text search’. • On the query result screen, free text search criteria may be refined, as appropriate.
Further tick boxes here allow limiting query results according to ‘Project status’ (five levels).
• Query results are presented in a table, which allows for sorting by column (click on relevant column header for alphanumerical sorting).
• Project-specific summaries may include links to project websites, or provide contact details for the project, where available.
It should be noted that the online Transport Research Knowledge Centre will be updated frequently, though dependent on input from project co-ordinators. Other parts of the TRKC website cover transport research at Programme level, and expand on transport related issues, e.g. in the ‘Links’, ‘Events’, ‘Glossary’ and ‘FAQs’ sections.
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Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) comprise several combinations of communication, computer and control technology developed and applied in the domain of transport to improve system performance, transport safety, efficiency, productivity, service, environment, energy, and mobility. In certain cases, ITS are known as Transport Telematics Applications that play particularly vital roles in ensuring mobility for all and enabling business to meet orders in increasingly competitive markets. Intelligent Transport Systems represent the next step in the evolution of the entire transportation system. These technologies include the latest in computers, electronics, communications and safety systems. ITS can be applied to vast transportation infrastructure of highways, streets, bridges, tunnels, railways, port and airport infrastructure, as well as to a growing number of vehicles, including cars, buses, trucks and trains, as well as aircraft and waterborne vessels. They can be used both for passenger and freight transport. These information and communications technologies provide the means to improve service quality and management of transport systems.
2.2 Topics included in theme
Intelligent Transport Systems cover a very large scope. Principally, ITS can be classified by the fields of applications (infrastructure, on-board equipment, integration of infrastructure with on-board equipment, etc.) the solutions provided (safety, security, logistic management systems, services, etc.) and common services (policy, standards, etc.). Currently, the main concerns are: • Telematics services for travellers and related topics (reservation, ticketing and baggage
handing) specifically dealing with public transport as an element of intermodal travel; • advanced telematics applications for transhipment, storage, and transportation of
freight operations (virtual market, EDI, door-to-door, etc); • travel and traffic information and driver information (including driver alert, driving
assistance, on-board navigation systems, etc); • automatic debiting and toll collection: tolling systems, control system, and payment
systems; • road network and traffic management: control/guidance strategies, congestion
management, incident management, emergency services, demand management, speed management, traffic control centres, etc. (by means of specific ITS technologies and equipment such as ramp metering, AID - Automatic Incident Detection, electronic signs, radars, video cameras, etc);
• air traffic control and safety system: Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) / Air Traffic Management (ATM) system, Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control
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System (A-SMGCS), Data and Voice Communications, Automatic Dependent Surveillance (ADS), Future Airborne-Ground Integration in ATM and GNSS. Data Fusion, etc.;
• railway transport system: freight management tools, train positioning, traffic management systems, data dictionaries, human machine interface, passenger information systems, etc.; and
• waterborne transport telematics: Vessel Traffic Management and Information Systems (VTMIS), Integrated Ship Control (ISC), Electronic Chart Display & Information Systems (ECDIS), International Safety Management, International Safety Management Code’s Implementation Tools, Maritime “Black Boxes”, Cargo Information Systems, River Information Systems (RIS) optimal planning of container transport, etc.
2.3 Significance of theme
Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) can contribute to safer, cleaner and more efficient transport by: • Helping travellers, freight distributors and transport operators to avoid delays,
congestion and unnecessary trips; • diverting traffic from overcrowded roads to roads with spare capacity and to alternative
modes including rail, sea and inland waterways; • reducing accidents (and reducing the effects and seriousness of accidents that do
occur); • increasing productivity; • gaining extra capacity from existing infrastructure; • encouraging integrated transport; • reducing energy use; and • reducing environmental pollution. The far ranging benefits of ITS touch all transport modes and many aspects of social life. For example, road congestion is a widely recognised problem in many urban areas. The application of ITS-based travel and traffic information was proved in studied cases to reduce journey times by 20% for private cars and by 19% for public transport vehicles. From a socio-economic perspective, the benefits of ITS are considerable and mostly justify their investment costs several times over.
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3. Policy context European policy objectives related to the ITS theme The recent and unprecedented enlargement of the EU and the resulting necessity to connect the new countries to the trans-European transport networks is only one of several challenges where ITS can have an important role through the application of technologies that allow efficient, comfortable and safer transport. Since the Treaty of Rome there is a clear European concern with common transport policy and its role in economic growth. In this field, the Maastricht Treaty gave a significant contribution to transport policy, not only through political, institutional and budgetary aspects, but also by putting into practice the concept of the trans-European networks (TENs). An important contribution to the common transport policy was the first White Paper on this theme, published in December 1992 “The Future Development of the Common Transport Policy” (COM(92)0494) [13], which aimed to create the conditions for the liberalisation of the transport market. In general this was accomplished and allowed the consumers to have at their disposal a better quality of service at better prices. Concerning Road Transport, there is an important initiative, the “Action Programme for Road Transport Telematics” that, in 1997, identified five priorities: • RDS-TMC-based information services; • electronic fee collection; • traffic data exchange/information management; • HMI (human/machine interface); and • system architecture. In 1998, the European Commission in the paper entitled “Sustainable Mobility: Perspectives for the Future” [9] settled the priorities for the period, following the Action Programme for 1995 to 2000 [11], aiming to increase efficiency, competitiveness and quality in transport systems. From the several priorities, one of them clearly addressed Intelligent Transport Systems: • Set up integrated transport systems by continuing to develop Trans-European networks
and promoting intelligent transport systems such as the Global Navigation by Satellite System (GNSS).
In September 2001, the “European transport policy for 2010: time to decide” White Paper [5], recognising the growing importance of transport in modern economies, identified several policy objectives aiming to achieve better efficiency in transport systems. The “Growth, Competitiveness and Employment” White Paper (COM(93)700) [12] published in 1993 warned of the effects of bottlenecks, traffic congestion and low interoperability between different transport modes. The solutions to these problems can no longer rely only on infrastructure construction and opening up markets and, simultaneously, will have to respond to the increasing social and environmental concerns. According to the data mentioned in the 2001 White Paper, congestion in 2010 can cost up to 1% of Community GDP and, consequently, threaten European economic
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competitiveness. One other aspect that is important to consider is that, in recent years, transport use has been growing at a greater rate than GDP. To solve these problems and to break the link between economic and transport growth (known as ‘decoupling’), the 2001 White Paper proposes the implementation of 60 measures that can be summarised as follows: • Shifting the balance between modes of transport; • eliminating bottlenecks; • placing users at the heart of transport policy; and • managing the effects of transport globalisation. Clearly, ITS can give an important contribution to fulfil these policy objectives, because of its transversal nature. The main contributions of ITS implementation identified in the 2001 White Paper are: • Integration of transport modes; • optimisation of transport performance; • increasing transport safety; and • making the European transport system compatible with sustainable transport
development. Following the 2001 White Paper, which proposed several practical measures concerning transport and, in particular ITS, the European Commission released the brochure “Intelligent Transport Systems – Intelligence at the service of transport networks” [4]. Although this brochure mainly focuses on road transport – identified in the White Paper as probably “Intelligent transport’s most significant impact” (Annex VI, p. 2) – it demonstrates how the European Commission sees ITS as an important instrument to, through more efficient and economical transport, achieve the top priorities such as reducing congestion and bottlenecks. This particular focus on road transport is also due to its relative importance compared to other transport modes. The predominance of road transport in goods transport and especially in passenger transport (79% of the market) causing congestion on the main roads, public health effects and road accidents that are the three main issues that, according to this document, must be addressed. One other policy objective that emanates from the recognised importance of ITS applications refers to the creation of a single market for ITS services, allowing easier access to and use of ITS across Europe. This objective includes: • Timely development of technical standards that ensure interoperability and provide a
stable basis for investment decisions; and • setting the necessary legal framework for the deployment of ITS services. The first example of the application of these measures is the guidelines for the development of the trans-European network for transport (TEN-T). These guidelines already cover the telematics infrastructure for traffic management systems and traffic information services. Concerning the TEN-T, the report from the Expert Group on ITS for Road Traffic Management [7] highlighted several strategic objectives for ITS deployment and the TEMPO sub-programme (part of the DG TREN Multi-annual Indicative Programme – MIP) is specifically devoted on ITS in the road sector.
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Nevertheless, is not only to road transport that ITS is being applied. In other transport modes, several priorities have been presented: • For air transport the priority is the creation of a Single European Sky; • in the shipping sector the priorities are safety and the development of short-sea
shipping; and • in the rail sector, priority has been given to the system interoperability and
standardisation. Another example of efforts to achieve policy objectives is the focus of the FP 5 [8] on solving some of the economic and social problems of the EU instead of pure research. This allows researchers to study and present solutions that can, using technologies, alleviate transport infrastructure problems. One of the most important contributions in the field of ITS is GALILEO – the European system for satellite navigation and location that will be operational from 2008. This will allow a wide range of applications and services for all transport modes, some of them being studied by researchers in FP 4, FP 5 and FP 6. It can be noted that some of the policy objectives for ITS are entrenched in the policy objectives for Transport, in particular on the “European transport policy for 2010: time to decide” White Paper. But, ITS has its own particular policy objectives that refer to the creation of a single market for ITS services, enabling the mass use of these services and the harnessing of the myriad advantages of ongoing projects such as GALILEO. More recently, in a mid-term review of the 2001 Transport White Paper (COM(2006)314final) [2], the Commission considers that intelligent transport systems are “among the most promising priority areas” and summarizes (op. cit., p. 19) the following actions concerning intelligent transport systems: • Continue intelligent mobility programmes:
• road transport – Intelligent Car Initiative and eSafety; • aviation – SESAR; • railways – ERTMS; • waterborne transport – RIS and SafeSeaNet;
• making the best use of Galileo navigation signals; • develop further similar initiatives in the maritime field (“e-maritime”); and • launch a major programme to roll out intelligent infrastructure for road transport.
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4. Synthesis of findings from completed projects
Research projects contributing to the theme of Intelligent Transport Systems can be broken down to the following sub-themes or topic areas: • ITS technologies: the latest computer, telecommunication, and sensor technologies
including software, hardware, systems, standards, etc; • ITS applications: the fields of utilisation that can be classified by transport modes
(road, rail, air, pipeline, maritime, inland waterway, ports, and intermodal chains), by transport types (passenger, freight) and by transport ranges (urban, regional, interregional, corridor, Trans-European); and
• ITS social framework: the social acceptances of ITS including policies, legislation and management.
You may wish to further consult the following Thematic Research Summaries that present research findings which are complementary to those covered in this paper: • D2.E-2.1 Air transport; • D2.E-2.2 Rail transport; • D2.E-2.3 Road transport; • D2.E-2.4 Waterborne transport; • D2.E-4.1 Decision-support tools; • D2.E-4.8 Transport management; and • D2.E-4.10 Vehicle technology. Results from the following 17 projects have been included in this Thematic Research Summary: Research sub-theme Contributing projects ITS technologies GAUSS; ITSWAP
ITS applications AVL; EVA; EYE IN THE SKY; INSTANT OLYMPIC; ROADCAST; SMART NETS; TPEG; Concept for the integration of an information system for public information on the traffic conditions on state roads; Ef-ficient use of the transport infrastructure and the enforcement of environmental re-spects with ITS solutions
ITS social framework ADVISOR; CYBERCARS; GALILEAN; VARVI2; Promotion of the use of Advanced Telecommunications Services in the Trans-port Sector; Study of relations between telematics and road safety
Detailed findings and policy implications for individual projects can be found in Annex I. Please refer to acronyms and project titles, respectively, listed above.
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4.1 ITS technologies
4.1.1 Research objectives
The research objectives concerning this sub-theme refer to the creation of new technologies that, when applied to transport systems, can in some way allow better conditions in order to increase safety, intermodality and allow a more efficient use of the transport infrastructures. Among the several projects that have objectives related to this sub-theme, it’s possible to verify that a great number of them deal with GALILEO – the European system for satellite navigation, and aim to create either the global architecture, system specifications, standards, applications, interfaces or the receivers that will be applied to the different transport modes allowing to take full advantage of the range of benefits created by the functioning of GALILEO. Another group of objectives deals with the integration between different communication technologies, allowing to take full advantage of their individual potential and overcoming their limitations. Some of those communication technologies are DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting), GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System) and GNSS. There are a significant number of research objectives that deal with the design of new hardware to increase the safety of transports, such as new sensing systems for the development of ADAS (Automatic Driver Assistance Systems). In general, these objectives are related to solutions for better guidance, better collision avoidance, better user interfaces and better traffic management. The issue of multimodality is also considered as an objective in the ITS architecture and traffic monitoring applications.
4.1.2 Main findings
In terms of technologies, new developments demonstrated the feasibility of technologies in several fields, such as, using computer vision to detect unusual human behaviour (thus improving safety). These developments enable, among others: • Faster response to incidents; • better guidance; • collision avoidance; • better energy utilisation; and • improved fleet management. The development of technologies can also contribute to the development of new services, helping to improve mobility, transport management, quality and efficiency of transports, using different communication technologies and protocols as, for example, the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP).
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Finally, several research projects focused technologies related with the GALILEO satellite system.
4.2 ITS applications
4.2.1 Research objectives
Using technologies already existing, research aims to find new applications for those technologies also to achieve higher standards of safety, intermodality and efficiency. Concerning the field of safety, there are some projects’ objectives that focus on the application of technologies (enhanced with the development of new algorithms) on the surveillance and monitoring of traffic as well on transport management. Increasing the efficiency in the use of the already existing infrastructure, with special attention to bottlenecks and intermodality issues, thru the introduction of existing ITS tools is a major concern reflected in the projects research objectives. There are also references to objectives that will allow the development of the trans-European road network. In this field, research objectives include the harmonised and integrated development of the telematics infrastructure for traffic management systems and traffic information services, and the interoperable systems of automatic tools to apply on European countries. The travel assistance technology application is also one of the principal research objectives. To achieve this, in particular for road transport, new interfaces for information to the driver, and services such as new digital maps (and geographic databases) and navigation and guidance systems have been applied. Other technologies, such as WAP (Wireless Application Protocol), are also being applied to transports with the same purposes. This group of objectives has impact on safety, but also on efficiency, by giving information about the best alternatives for travel (also considering different transport alternatives in the same journey). When considering urban and regional transport systems, there are objectives concerning the increase in mobility thru a more efficient management of the traffic flows, better intermodal systems and the application of new vehicles (with some innovative technologies). Related to this is the development of new fare collection systems and terminals for public transports. Also referring to urban transports, the implementation of new control systems for access corridors can be helpful (according to the stated objectives) for traffic management and also on emergency situations (for the movement of ambulances linked to traffic light priority system, for instance). There is a group of objectives that focuses on the airborne transport. The introduction of new technologies appears to be a solution for better safety (4D flight path generation and guidance) and efficiency (for instance, thru less redundancy between existing systems, and the use of information obtained form GNSS and other systems in a hybrid way). Other
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important effort focuses in the application of broadband network technology to aircraft communications systems. Concerning road, rail and waterborne transport, projects aim to apply technological solutions to monitor movements, distances and time consumption, aiming to achieve higher levels of efficiency and safety. At least, in this sub-theme, is possible to perceive that the research objectives also take in consideration the GALILEO opportunity and important contribution to ITS, as GALILEO is considered in almost all the applications as a tool to achieve the mentioned objectives.
4.2.2 Main findings
In the field of applications, the effort in terms of research allowed the development of: • Systems that allow the tracking, localisation and telemetry of vehicles and cargo units
(applied to different transport modes) using technologies as GPS, GSM and others; • innovative traffic control strategies; • vehicles with automated driving capabilities; • new services in response to citizen needs; • information flow between users; • weather warnings for drivers; and • new broadcast technologies to provide information to end-users. Other research projects allowed, by the application of ITS in the analysis of real situations, to take some conclusions in terms of what are the most adequate behaviours that users must adopt (such as in terms of speed limits, etc.). An important aspect relates to the evidence that some applications can be achieved thru the adaptation of existing systems or, as the research results show, by taking advantage of synergies between different technologies. Also from the research is also evident that there was a lack of adequate databases concerning traffic information in different transport modes in order to allow systematic approaches. This was accomplished and it’s expected to serve as reference and, by giving multiple layers of information, such databases can be used in flow models. Finally, as in terms of ITS technologies, also in terms of ITS applications, an important number of research projects and findings relate to the GALILEO satellite system.
4.3 ITS social framework
4.3.1 Research objectives
Raising the awareness and knowledge of ITS on possible users and governments is one of the objectives of the research projects. To achieve this, there are among the projects objectives references to workshops, seminars, training and other dissemination tools to create awareness for the importance and benefits of ITS implementation. Sometimes, this is done thru the application to a specific situation that is used as an example.
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In the field of ITS concerning the trans-European road networks, there are projects that besides the technical aspects also require the coordination and co-operation from authorities in different countries. Other effort in this sub-theme is done thru special projects, operating as thematic networks, that intent to stimulate the debate between experts and analyses experiences in order to inform and influence decision makers, users and other parts interested on ITS. Within this sub-theme there are several projects that aim to enhance the utilization of GALILEO satellite system. To achieve this purpose, among the projects research objectives, can be found references to discovering what can be done to increase the share of the global satellite navigation market. Effort is also being put in the contacts with organizations, companies and authorities to discuss GALILEO. This will allow to obtain inputs, attention and opinions concerning what can be done to take full advantage of this satellite system and other information helping to create the legal, regulatory and institutional framework that will ensure GALILEO’s success.
4.3.2 Main findings
To raise awareness and social acceptances of a new development, such as in the field of ITS, sometime some evidence has to be provided and disseminated among stakeholders (in particular, end-users) thru info days and other actions to promote the use of ITS in the transport sector. This was accomplished by several research projects, demonstrating, among others the contribution of ITS to ensure faster response to incidents or new forms of urban transport (using ITS). The dissemination of the results gathered thru the use of ITS to analyse several specific situations can also provide information to end-users in order to help them adapt their behaviour and, this way, achieve higher levels of efficiency and safety in the use of different transport modes. Some of the information provided through research refers to the best moment for a driver to change lanes or even that calling the drivers attention at the proper moment can change their behaviour, thus increasing traffic safety. Another aspect resulting from the research relates to the contribution to future policies in terms of ITS, by gathering contributions from experts as they are relevant stakeholders. In the research these contributions focus, among others, the European Radio Navigation Policy and the GALILEO satellite system and guidelines for the evaluation of ITS projects. Impacts.
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5. References [1] EXTR@Web project: ‘Transport Research Knowledge Centre (TRKC) website’
[2] European Commission: 'Keep Europe moving – Sustainable mobility for our conti-nent. Mid-term review of the European Commission’s 2001 Transport White Paper.'; COM(2006)314, CEC, 2006, Brussels
[3] 'EU Energy and Transport in Figures' – Statistical pocketbook 2005. European Commission, DG TREN in co-operation with Eurostat, 2005, Luxembourg [past is-sues of the pocketbook have been referenced as well]
[4] European Commission, DG TREN, ‘Intelligent Transport Systems: Intelligence at the service of transport networks’, 2003, Brussels
[5] European Commission, ‘European transport policy for 2010: time to decide’, White Paper; COM(2001)370, CEC, 2001, Brussels
[6] ‘Memorandum to the Commission on the Policy Guidelines of the White Paper on a Common Transport Policy’, 2001, Brussels
[7] European Commission, DG TREN, ‘Deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems on The Trans-European Road Network: Report of the TEN-T expert group on ITS for road traffic management’, 2000, Brussels
[8] European Commission ‘Energy, environment and sustainable development. Programme for research, technology development and demonstration under the Fifth Framework Programme – Work programme’; CEC, 1999, Brussels
[9] European Commission, ‘The Common Transport Policy. Sustainable Mobility: Perspectives for the Future’; COM(98)716, CEC, 1998, Brussels
[10] European Commission ‘Cohesion and Transport’; COM(98)806, CEC, 1998, Brussels
[11] European Commission, ‘Common Transport Policy Action Programme 1995-2000’; COM(95)302, CEC, 1995, Brussels
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Preface This Annex lists all the projects (European and national) which belong to the In-telligent Transport Systems theme, in alphabetical order of project acronym (for projects with acronyms), followed by projects without acronyms in alphabetical order of the project's name in English. Where results have been made available to the EXTR@Web project, a summary of key findings and policy implications relevant to this theme are given.
In 'Origin' column, use ISO 3166-1 country designators as follows:
Austria – AT; Belgium – BE; Bulgaria – BG; Cyprus – CY; Czech Republic – CZ; Denmark – DK; Estonia – EE; European – EU; Finland – FI; France – FR; Germany – DE; Greece – GR; Hungary – HU; Iceland – IS; International – INT; Ireland – IE; Italy – IT; Latvia – LV; Lithuania – LT; Luxembourg – LU; Malta – MT; Netherlands – NL; Norway – NO; Poland – PL; Portugal – PT; Romania – RO; Slovakia – SK; Slovenia – SI; Spain – ES; Sweden – SE; Switzerland – CH; United Kingdom – UK; Other countries – Oth
Theme: Intelligent Transport Systems Last update: 14 July 2006
Acronym Project title (in English) Origin Research sub-theme Key findings / Policy implications / Project website or contact
3GT 3rd Generation Telematics EU ITS technologies
Project website
www.ertico.com/activiti/projects/3gt/home.htm
ACTIVE Advanced camera technology in vis-ual ergonomic
UK ITS technologies
Project website (or contact)
None
ACTMAP Actual and dynamic MAP for transport telematic applications
EU ITS technologies
Project website
www.ertico.com/activiti/projects/actMAP/home.htm
ADAMANT Airport Decision And Management network
EU ITS applications
Project website
adamant.elec.qmul.ac.uk
ADVISOR Annotated Digital Video for Surveil-lance and Optimised Retrieval
EU ITS social framework
Key findings
The ADVISOR project has demonstrated the feasibility of using computer vision algorithms to detect un-usual human behaviour and to use this to improve the effectiveness of existing security operators. ADVISOR project advanced the state-of-the-art in the following important ways: • Adaptation of the existing algorithms to work with compressed digital video inputs; • extension of the algorithms to work with input from multiple cameras; • development of the algorithms to make them more robust, including 3-D modelling; • exploitation of the latest video workstation technology to achieve real-time operation;
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Acronym Project title (in English) Origin Research sub-theme Key findings / Policy implications / Project website or contact • use of the algorithms for annotating video sequences for efficient storage, search and retrieval; • improvement of the algorithms by providing learning feed-back from an operator; and • encapsulation of the algorithms in a software 'wrapper' to provide industry standard interfaces for ease
of system integration. The measurable benefits were: reduced operator workload, faster response to incidents, more efficient management and retrieval of video data and improved means for analysing public use of transport systems. Specification and procurement of systems will be facilitated by the open architecture adopted.
Policy implications
The next challenge will be to take the results of ADVISOR and disseminating them to end users, and planning and developing products that can be derived from ADVISOR.
Project website
www-sop.inria.fr/orion/ADVISOR/
ADVISORS Action for advanced Drivers assis-tance and Vehicle control system Im-plementation, Standardisation, Opti-mum use of the Road network and Safety.
EU ITS applications
Project website
www.advisors.iao.fraunhofer.de
AEROSISTEM Pilot system for regional air transport RO ITS applications
AVL Transport optimisation by information-communication, mobile and spatial technologies
RO ITS applications
Key findings
The project achieved an integrated system of tracking, localisation and telemetry in real time of a flotilla of vehicles using GPS-GSM technologies. The integrated system of tracking and localizing is composed mainly of: • Tracking equipment: a PC control centre, a GSM modem and the software to visualize the position and
to give the commands, and • AVL (Auto Vehicle Location) mobile units, which will be installed on the tracked vehicles, of the GSM
network of communication or the VHF radio network, with localisation, data storage, communication and telematic functions.
The transfer of the data stored can be made online on GSM network (SMS for real time monitoring or data
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Acronym Project title (in English) Origin Research sub-theme Key findings / Policy implications / Project website or contact transfer) or through direct transfer to the PC on a serial connection, upon vehicle return to departure. The operator can configure the application and introduce new vehicles, communication parameters, phone numbers, and passwords. Depending on the needs, the operator can: • Calculate and establish the optimum route for a vehicle; • request the localisation of a vehicle; • track the movement of a vehicle on the map in real time; • analyse the routes followed; and • requests the status of certain parameters or undertakes actions (telematics).
Policy implications
The project generates: • Alignment to European techniques, methods and standards; • a friendly, interactively and graphically operation manner; • location or surveillance of a vehicle in real time; • analysis of routes followed; • establishment of optimum routes; • information on the state of certain parameters of the vehicle; • distance auctioning of certain parameters of the vehicle; • no limitation of the monitored vehicles; and • securing the system both by passwords and keys for communicating with the vehicles, as well as for
CALLIOPE Development of Input/Output Voice Interface Particularly Dedicated to Travel Assistance Systems
EU ITS technologies
Project website (or contact)
None
CARDME-4 Concerted Action for Research on Demand Management in Europe: work of CARDME team in support to cross-border interoperability of elec-tronic fee collection systems
Theme: Intelligent Transport Systems Last update: 14 July 2006
Acronym Project title (in English) Origin Research sub-theme Key findings / Policy implications / Project website or contact
CENTRO ITS “ITS centre”: project to create a ser-vice centre for commercial and tech-nical information and to assist with in-novation, directed at the Spanish ITS sector
ES ITS technologies
Project contact
Tel: +34 91 630 05 05
CESAR Concept of Electronic Separation As-surance in Realtime Environment
Theme: Intelligent Transport Systems Last update: 14 July 2006
Acronym Project title (in English) Origin Research sub-theme Key findings / Policy implications / Project website or contact
CYBERCARS Cybernetic technologies for the car in the city
EU ITS social framework
Key findings
The CyberCars Project was focused on the development and dissemination of a new form of urban transport based on cybercars, which are road vehicles with fully automated driving capabilities. Such innovative transport system can provide on-demand and door-to-door capabilities for passengers or goods. The project has focussed on the improvement and testing of the technologies, on the certification procedures and on the dissemination. For the technologies, several new techniques have been developed for better guidance, collision avoidance, energy utilisation and fleet management and the development of simple, standard user interfaces. The project was able to improve significantly the performances of these technical systems or to lower their cost.
Policy implications
With the availability of a large network for automated travel, private cars would be interested to use these infrastructure (under control of the overall management of the resource and possibly with a toll) for auto-mated driving, using the capabilities of the driver aids. For the same reason, freight transporters would also be interested to use the network for automated goods delivery, in particular for city environments where large (and perhaps medium size) delivery trucks are or will be prohibited. If the political will is present to offer an alternative to traditional cars, this approach could lead quickly to a large infrastructure dedicated to driverless cars (with mostly existing roads for low speed driving in limited access areas) and new infrastructures for high speed driving.
Project website
www.cybercars.org
CYBERMOVE Cybernetic transport systems for the City of Tomorrow
EU ITS applications
Project website
www.cybermove.org
D4D Data Warehouse for Danube Water-way
EU ITS applications
Project website
www.d4d.info
DACOTA Correlation association and radar treatment facility for approaches (multi-radar treatment system)
FR ITS technologies
Project website
www.tls.cena.fr/~imbert/dacota.html
DAISY Dynamic Assistive Information Sys-tems (STP 14/6/45)
UK ITS technologies
Project website
www.rmd.dft.gov.uk/project.asp?intProjectID=11119
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Acronym Project title (in English) Origin Research sub-theme Key findings / Policy implications / Project website or contact
DELTA DSRC Electronics implementation for Transportation and Automotive appli-cations
EU ITS applications
Project website
www.ertico.com/activiti/projects/delta/delta.htm
DEMETER Digital Electronic Mapping of Euro-pean Territory
EU ITS technologies
Project website
www.eureka.be/inaction/portfolio.do
DENSETRAFFIC A forward looking radar sensor for Adaptive Cruise Control with stop & go and cut in situations capabilities implemented using MMIC technolo-gies
EU ITS technologies
Project website
www.densetraffic.org
DEUFRAKO SAFEMAP
Cluster project: Socio-economic as-sessment of a digital map showing safety relevant vehicle features, sub-project: Teleatlas - assessment of ve-hicle features
DE ITS applications
Project website
www.deufrako.org (Project no. 19S3005C)
DEUFRAKO SAFEMAP
Cluster project: Socio-economic as-sessment of a digital map showing safety relevant vehicle features, sub-project: Teleatlas - definition of the data acquisition process
DE ITS applications
Project website
www.deufrako.org (Project no. 19S3005B)
DIACS Network: Development of intelligent automotive control systems
UK ITS technologies
Project website (or contact)
None
DIAMOND Delivery of ITS Applications through Multimedia Over Networks using DAB
Do-iT Cluster project: Data optimisation for integrated telematics, subproject: Floating phone data for acquisition of the traffic situation
DE ITS technologies
Project website
www.vm2010.de (Project no. 19B5007A)
Do-iT Cluster project: Data optimisation for integrated telematics, subproject: Es-timation of the route choice and gen-eration of source/destination matrices for planning and control
DE ITS technologies
Project website
www.vm2010.de (Project no. 19B5007B)
Do-iT Cluster project: Data optimisation for integrated telematics, subproject: Route generation and characteriza-tion based on mobile phone localisa-tion, map matching and development of a quality model
DE ITS technologies
Project website
www.vm2010.de (Project no. 19B5007C)
Do-iT Cluster project: Data optimisation for integrated telematics, subproject: Pilot application and evaluation of the float-ing phone method in Karlsruhe
DE ITS technologies
Project website
www.vm2010.de (Project no. 19B5007D)
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Do-iT Cluster project: Data optimisation for integrated telematics, subproject: Pilot application and evaluation of the float-ing phone method in Stuttgart
DE ITS technologies
Project website
www.vm2010.de (Project no. 19B5007E)
Do-iT Cluster project: Data optimisation for integrated telematics, subproject: Quality check of FP source/ destination data for transport man-agement outside villages and towns
DE ITS technologies
Project website
www.vm2010.de (Project no. 19B5007F)
DYNAMAP Dynamic use of maps in mobile envi-ronment
FI ITS technologies
Project website
cs.joensuu.fi/pages/franti/dynamap/
E2 Interoperability of HGV fee collection CH ITS technologies
Project website
www.nfp41.ch
E3 Exploiting Databases for Traffic and Mobility Management
CH ITS technologies
Project website
www.nfp41.ch
E5 Perspectives of transport telematics CH ITS technologies
Project website (or contact)
www.nfp41.ch
eCall Automatic emergency call system FI ITS applications
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Acronym Project title (in English) Origin Research sub-theme Key findings / Policy implications / Project website or contact
EUROPOLIS Inter-Urban Control System of Access Roads
EU ITS applications
Project website
www.eureka.be/inaction/portfolio.do
EVA Telematically controlled measures to increase the traffic flow quality at con-struction sites with lane dropoffs on motorways
AT ITS applications
Key findings
The most important findings are: • A speed limit of 60 km/h can maintain flowing traffic conditions slightly longer than a speed limit of 80
km/h. • A speed funnel can delay the beginning of congestion distinctly. Therefore it is appropriate to survey
the application of a speed funnel in an on-road test. • In case of flowing traffic with higher speeds it is favourable that drivers change lane previous to the
lane drop. So a longer area (some 100 meters) can be used for merging and drivers can find a suffi-cient gap by moderate speed positively.
• Under congested conditions the highest capacity can be obtained, if the ending lane is used until its very end. Alternate merging affects the capacity advantageously.
Policy implications
On the basis of these findings an information system was developed, which consists of different signals, sensors and a control unit. On the basis of the estimated benefits it is recommended to follow the direction of survey: For a high effectiveness of the information transmission different embodiments and texts should be put to a on-road test. In a next step the proposed system should be assigned to and tested at sites with long-term lane drops and expanded by a dynamic speed funnel.
EYE IN THE SKY New Services for (i) Fleet manage-ment and Customised Mobility Infor-mation plus (ii) Emergency Support for Crises during large-scale events, based on the use of low-altitude plat-forms and floating car data
EU ITS applications
Key findings• Development and validation of intelligent transport infrastructures based on the synergy of surveillance,
communications and geographic information/digital mapping technologies; • provision of images from sensor, mounted on low-altitude platforms, offering advantages such as high
spatial and temporal resolution, or dedication to pre-identified areas for selected time-period; • near real-time downloading and acquisition of sensor data to ground station and near real time proc-
essing of the data into traffic information; • set up of a complete digital road/traffic database, for the first time for the specific urban area, to serve
as a geo-reference for multiple layers of relative information like road types, signs and restrictions, to-pographic data and the statistic traffic flow model; this geo-reference could also be used to geo-
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reference the optical sensor’s outputs; • development of software for unification of data, derived of different sources (optical sensor, FCD), into
an integrated information product; • development, implementation and validation of a GPS/GSM-based methodology for mobile traffic sen-
soring and traffic data transmission for inner-urban applications (FCD in urban areas); • development of intelligent infrastructures for transport and security operations and provision of im-
provements for every-day mobility problems of people in cities; • provision of dynamic fleet management services based on the actual traffic situation through vehicle
and mobile equipment that is used for delivering traffic information services via FCD; and • exploitation of state-of-the-art technologies for the production of cost-effective general interest services,
facilitating daily citizen needs.
Policy implications“Eye in the Sky” addresses a whole series of EU policy issues, including one of the key-issues addressed in the Key Action I of the Fifth Framework Programme of Research, by aiming to provide an innovative system that improves services to the citizen and strengthens the European position in the global ITS market. Furthermore, the project specifically addresses policies related to “The deployment of Road Transport in Europe”, “The citizen’s network” and the “Urban agenda in the European level”.
Project websitewww.isky.gr
FAIR Fully automatic integrated road con-trol
EU ITS applications
Project website
www.project-fair.de
FAMAS FAMAS NL
Project website
www.trail.tudelft.nl
FAMS Flexible Agency for collective de-mand-responsive Mobility Services
GALA Galileo overall Architecture Definition EU ITS technologies
Project contact
26 Avenue JF Champollion, F-31037 Toulouse, France
GALILEAN Galileo Application Network EU ITS social framework
Key findings
Summarising the industry experts’ recommendations, the following main areas for action can be identified:• Integration of GNSS and other radio navigation means into a coherent European Radio Navigation Pol-
icy, ensuring a reliable and robust positioning service for Europe; • agreed approach for the Public Regulated Service (PRS) for specific civil or military user groups, in
particular with a view of the future military GPS service; • better consultation with industry at political/institutional level, especially on issues potentially having an
impact on future GNSS business development (intellectual property rights, agreements with third coun-tries, policy on receiver royalties, etc.);
• review of GALILEO programme planning in terms of schedule and cost to increase its credibility. Spe-cifically, the impact of the Public Regulated Service (PRS) has to be taken into account;
• the GALILEO signal definition, i.e. the Interface Control Document (ICD), for the open services has to be made available as a basis for any further technical development; and
• coordinated Research and Development activities at national and European level addressing the rele-vant key areas. The SME access to these programmes has to be facilitated.
Policy implications
In the political category, the issues are related to integrating the GALILEO initiative and other GNSS systems into a coherent European Radio Navigation Policy, thus ensuring a reliable and robust positioning service for Europe. The implementation of the Public Regulated Service for specific civil or military user groups has to be prepared, in particular with a view to the future military GPS service. In consequence, the actions which should be taken on this level are focused on the establishment of a clear and positive political and institutional environment to enable optimal development of the application industry. Specifically, the relations with non -European countries have to be carefully considered.
Project website
www.galilean-network.org
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GALILEI Co-ordinated project for local element definition, impact of interoperability on system, frequencies allocation & pro-tection, certification, standardisation, detailed service analysis & legal, insti-tutional, regulatory framework for GALILEO
GAUSS Galileo and UMTS Synergetic System EU ITS technologies
Key findings
The trials demonstrated how the GAUSS technology and applications can improve mobility and transport management, by providing innovative services and creating favourable technical conditions for enhancing both the quality and the efficiency, while maintaining safety standards. The assessment, done with the important contribution of ARNI, participating as real user of the GAUSS technology and solution, verified the impacts that the GAUSS technology and applications produce, in terms of improved operational efficiency, service quality provision, working conditions and market opportunities. Furthermore, market studies showed that there are many niche markets, mainly professional customers in the transport sectors, taking advantages for the usage of the GAUSS provided technology and services.
Policy implications
GAUSS results open the way to the development and exploitation of advanced technology supporting high quality, reliable and effective services to the citizens for the transport sector and whole mobility domain, in view of GALILEO and UMTS scenarios: emergency assistance, safety-of-life applications, fleet and freight transport management (rail, road, maritime and inland waterway), dangerous goods transportation and containers tracking. Further development can be envisaged for exploiting the GAUSS solution towards other LBS related mar-kets and for improving its performances and enhancing it towards other technologies (such as integration with terrestrial and wireless short-range technologies, and implementation towards GALILEO ready units). GAUSS developed technology has a great potential, in particular should interoperability with terrestrial navigation and communication infrastructures be implemented, and in view of navigation infrastructures deployment (EGNOS operative and GALILEO systems). GAUSS is expected to boost the creation of reliable and effective services, capable of fulfilling the needs of different user classes for accurate and timely information exchange, collection, data processing and distribution. In particular the improved efficiency and safety will positively impact on the their operational activities, allowing a reduction of bottlenecks in inter-modality and an optimisation of the emergency assistance. Hence, the demonstration is expected to have impacts in terms of very promising next developments and exploitations of the results achieved in the GAUSS project, in terms of: • Advanced technology for supporting high quality, reliable and effective services to the citizens for the
transport sector and whole mobility domain, in particular for safety-related applications; and • benefits achievable by the use of combined secure telecommunication, advanced software technolo-
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IN.HO.TRA Integration of interoperable intermodal horizontal transhipment techniques in intermodal transport operations
EU
Project websitewww.inhotra.org
INFOTRAFIC Advanced pilot platform for online management of the information con-cerning road transport and traffic, in accordance with the development of the national social-economical envi-ronment towards the European inte-gration requirements
Info mobility Services for safety criti-cal Applications on land and sea based on the use of integrated GNSS Terminals for needs of Olympic cities
EU ITS applications
Key findings
The INStANT demonstrations confirmed the capabilities of the project infrastructure, in order to: • Supervise the emergency situations with continuous monitoring of the activities and using bi-directional
communication and semi-automatic (rule driven) system management; • manage vehicles and pedestrian resources equipped with communication and precise positioning sys-
tems; • show the potential of the high-end User Terminal in critical and harsh environments, supporting the
control centres with live information and receiving constant support in real time; • demonstrate the effective integration of back-end information systems (e.g. planning, databases, infor-
mation networks, institutional, etc. ) within the implemented LBS capabilities; • integrate textual structured information in communication based mobile systems and distributed open
platforms to open e-inclusion of context-aware information to the specific context operators as well as to general public.
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This project will contribute to the European Technological Progress by using, testing, validating and exploiting the results recent European developments (EGNOS test bed signal plus terminals). Results of this work that will be fed back to the system manufacturers. This project can be regarded as strategic in the sense that it allows the creation of the market that will eventually return the European investment in EGNOS and Galileo, and pave the way to services that will create returns to the Galileo operator from the down-stream market.
INTER-MOBIL Cluster project, region Dresden: Mo-bility in the conurbation of Dresden - Demand driven automated disposition system, traffic information system
DE ITS technologies
Project website
www.intermobil-dresden.de (Project no. 19B9907G)
INTER-MOBIL Cluster project, region Dresden: Mo-bility in the conurbation of Dresden - electronic ticketing, requirements for banks
DE ITS technologies
Project website
www.intermobil-dresden.de (Project no. 19B9907E)
INTER-MOBIL Cluster project, region Dresden: Mo-bility in the conurbation of Dresden - Flexible light rail
DE ITS applications
Project website
www.intermobil.org (Project no. 19B2055)
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INTER-MOBIL Cluster project, region Dresden: Mo-bility in the conurbation of Dresden - flexible light rail operation
DE ITS applications
Project website
www.intermobil-dresden.de (Project no. 19B9907K)
INTER-MOBIL Cluster project, region Dresden: Mo-bility in the conurbation of Dresden - Flexible light rail, flexible public trans-port supply
DE ITS applications
Project website
www.intermobil-dresden.de (Project no. 19B9907D)
INTER-MOBIL Cluster project, region Dresden: Mo-bility in the conurbation of Dresden - Information exchange between light rail and tram, electronic ticketing
DE ITS applications
Project website
www.intermobil-dresden.de (Project no. 19B9907I)
INTER-MOBIL Cluster project, region Dresden: Mo-bility in the conurbation of Dresden - Inter-Mobil ticket system, intermodal information and control system
DE ITS technologies
Project website
www.intermobil-dresden.de (Project no. 19B9907L)
INTER-MOBIL Cluster project, region Dresden: Mo-bility in the conurbation of Dresden - multifunctional and multimodal smart card system
DE ITS applications
Project website
www.intermobil.org (Project no. 19B0023J)
INTER-MOBIL Cluster project, region Dresden: Mo-bility in the conurbation of Dresden - Real time simulation for traffic control
DE ITS technologies
Project website
www.intermobil-dresden.de (Project no. 19B9907C)
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INTER-MOBIL Cluster project, region Dresden: Mo-bility in the conurbation of Dresden - Structural measures for mobility, simulation, transport forecast and im-pact analysis
DE ITS applications
Project website
www.intermobil-dresden.de (Project no. 19B9907H)
INTER-MOBIL Cluster project, region Dresden: Mo-bility in the conurbation of Dresden - Telematic services across transport providers, regional mobility manage-ment centres
DE ITS technologies
Project website
www.intermobil-dresden.de (Project no. 19B9907B)
INTER-MOBIL Cluster project, region Dresden: Mo-bility in the conurbation of Dresden - Traffic control with TV cameras, in-termodal traffic control system
DE ITS technologies
Project website
www.intermobil-dresden.de (Project no. 19B9907F)
INTER-MOBIL Cluster project, region Dresden: TMo-bility in the conurbation of Dresden - virtual services, Inter-Mobil ticket sys-tem, road traffic management
DE ITS applications
Project website
www.intermobil-dresden.de (Project no. 19B9907A)
INTERNET Investigating New Technology's Evolving Role, Nature and Effects for Transport
UK ITS technologies
Project website (or contact)
None
INTRO Intelligent Roads EU ITS technologies
Project website
intro.fehrl.org
INVENT VM 2010 Cluster project: Transport manage- DE ITS technologies
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ment 2010 - intelligent transport and user friendly technologies, subproject: network balance individual transport, transport services assistant
Project website
www.invent-online.de (Project no. 19P1071A)
INVENT VM 2010 Cluster project: Transport manage-ment 2010 - intelligent transport and user friendly technologies, subproject: network balance individual transport
DE ITS technologies
Project website
www.invent-online.de (Project no. 19P1071B...M)
INVENT VMTL Cluster project: Intelligent transport and user friendly technology, subpro-ject: Management in transport and lo-gistics
DE ITS technologies
Project website
www.invent-online.de (Project no. 19G1124A...C/E)
INVENT VMTL Cluster project: Intelligent transport and user friendly technology, subpro-ject: Management in transport and lo-gistics
DE ITS technologies
Project website
www.invent-online.de (Project no. 19G2044)
INVETE Intelligent In-vehicle Terminal for Mul-timodal Flexible Collective Transport Services
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tems
Project website
www.ici.ro/ici/portofoliu/pr-manual-its.html
ITSWAP Intelligent Transport Services over Wireless Application Protocol
EU ITS technologies
Key findings
The ITSWAP project has contributed to the development of innovative services delivering Internet-like information to mobile users. More specifically, it has established the technical and commercial feasibility of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) services provided over the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP). The project has defined and tested the WAP delivery mechanisms for a number of on-board and off-board ITS applications provided in different field trial sites across Europe and has promoted the adoption of WAP as an ITS platform for service providers and car industry.
Cluster project: Inter-Vehicle Hazard Warning - Coordination and assess-ment of a wireless warning system concept based on vehicle to vehicle communication
DE ITS technologies
Project website
www.deufrako.org (Project no. 19S1004A...C)
JALAN Wireless control and tracking of the logistics chain of the early delivery of newspapers -pilot project
KOMPAS I Cluster project: Development of an obstacle detection system for auto-matic rail operation using TV technol-ogy
DE ITS applications
Project website (or contact)
None
KOMPAS I Cluster project: Elements of automa-ted rail transport, subproject: Devel-opment of an obstacle detection sys-tem for automatic rail operation using radar and lidar technologies
DE ITS applications
Project website (or contact)
None
KOMPAS I Cluster project: Elements of automa-ted rail transport, subproject: Obstacle detection with a high resolution radar system
DE ITS applications
Project website (or contact)
None
KOMPAS I Cluster project: Elements of automa-ted rail transport, subproject: Project management, basic matters, safety concept, performance description, development, selection of elements
DE ITS applications
Project website (or contact)
None
KOMPAS I Cluster project: Elements of automa-ted rail transport, subproject: Safety concept, performance description, re-quirements, evaluation, signalling and control technologies
DE ITS applications
Project website (or contact)
None
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KONVOI Cluster project: Road train using elec-tronic coupling - development and evaluation of implementation, subpro-ject: operation of the prototype vehi-cles
DE
Project website (or contact)
None
KONVOI Cluster project: Road train using elec-tronic coupling - development and evaluation of implementation, subpro-ject: vehicle development and imple-mentation
DE ITS applications
Project website (or contact)
None
KONVOI Cluster project: Road train using elec-tronic coupling - development and evaluation of implementation, subpro-ject: Vehicle development and testing
DE ITS applications
Project website (or contact)
None
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MOB2 PNV-Cluster project: Information and communication based integration of individual and public local transport to compensate for short term mobility peak needs, subproject: Development of the frontend gateway for linkage with the mobility control center
DE ITS technologies
Project website (or contact)
None
MOBILIST Cluster project: Mobility in the conur- DE ITS technologies
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DE ITS applications
Project website
www.portal-c.info (Project no. 19G2075A/B)
POSITION Positioning Studies Synergism Dis-semination and Exploitation
EU ITS technologies
Project website
www.position-project.org
PRIOTRANS Advanced telematic system for man-agement of the priorities of the local public transportation in semaphorised junctions. A demonstrative pilot sys-tem
RoadCast Telematic system for weather forecast and information systems
AT ITS applications
Key findingsThe results of this feasibility study is an in depth analysis of the technical requirements and meteorological criteria for a useful road weather warning and information service for drivers. This included the application of roadside and mobile sensors (Floating Car Data) as an innovative data source were assessed. Part 2 included the proof of concept of a new forecast model (NOWCASTING), highly precise, in-time including location based warnings and usable weather information. During the course of the project it was proven that huge data volumes can be integrated and that the forecast accuracy could be increased by 15-20% for the first 24 hours on specific major routes. Part 3 covered the evaluation of a central server architecture and automatic forecast data center, which should be capable of calculation thousands of local requests in real time. Part 4 related to the application side The project was focused on driver related weather conditions, i.e. more precise forecasting of precipitation quantities for aquaplaning, fog, ice, snow and storm on the roads. Most important to the authors was the ease to retrieve and ease to understand design of specific weather information/warnings for drivers Moreover, it became clear, how the different system components have to be integrated in order to provide easy-to-use and valuable safety information for the driver. Last but not least different scenarios for an implementation with the respective costs for this innovative value-added telematic service were delivered.
Policy implicationsA road weather information and warning systems is technically feasible. Based on the positive perspectives the project partners continued the work and developed a pilot system during 2004 and 2005 including a number of mobile application prototypes. Other partners, like Hutchison 3G Austria, Ford Telematics Research Aachen joined the project which was finished in August 2005. The pilot system serves as a useful basis for the application of the Roadcast System on a EU wide scale. It is the intention to apply for EU research funding in order to bring the pilot to reality.
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Acronym Project title (in English) Origin Research sub-theme Key findings / Policy implications / Project website or contact
SAFE TRUCK Cluster project: Proactive safety for utility vehicles and busses, analysis of the potential and pre-specification of a likely system
DE ITS applications
Project website (or contact)
None
SAFEAIR II Advanced Design Tools for Safety Critical Systems
EU ITS technologies
Project website
www.safeair2.org
SAFECONEQUIP Application of a multi-sensor, micro-system technology to prevent the overturn and improve the operational efficiency of small and medium sized mobile equipment
SMART NETS Signal Management in Real Time for Urban Traffic Networks
EU ITS applications
Key findingsSMART NETS’ main contribution to the state-of-the-art was the provision of an easy-to-implement, inter-operable, easily transferable traffic control strategy that can provide a very efficient performance with a minimum amount of fine-tuning. In this way, the project has significantly contributed towards the development of an innovative traffic control strategy that can be easily and quickly implemented and can provide a significant reduction of travel times within urban traffic networks. One further very important finding from the demonstrations is that TUC can perform well in any type of network: the five test areas in the three cities have very different characteristics, both with regard to network layout and with regard to traffic behaviour. This allows the conclusion that TUC can be successfully implemented in any other site in Europe or elsewhere in the future. Overall, the SMART NETS project has demonstrated that TUC has the potential to become a strong competitor in the worldwide UTC systems market. Policy implicationsSMART NETS addresses a whole series of EU policy issues, most prominently some of those addressed by Key Action I of the Fifth Framework Programme of Research, by aiming to provide an innovative sys-tem that improves services to the citizen and strengthens the European position in the global ITS market. SMART NETS specifically addresses policies described in the Commission communications: “Community Strategy and Framework for the Deployment of Road Transport Telematics in Europe”, “The Future De-velopment of the Common Transport Policy”, “The Citizen’s Network”, and the “Directive on Air Quality”. Project websitewww.smart-nets.napier.ac.uk
Theme: Intelligent Transport Systems Last update: 14 July 2006
Acronym Project title (in English) Origin Research sub-theme Key findings / Policy implications / Project website or contact
TASKU Tracking and tracing of freight trans-port
FI ITS applications
Key findings
Surveys of interest groups suggest that there is still very little tracking and tracing of cargo units, and the existing systems are mostly manual. Only the largest logistics operators have access to more high-tech systems that are often tailored for individual clients. But the need for more efficient operations within transport chains calls for the development of more extensive systems that can process data on several parties and goods categories. The main obstacles to the creation of such a tracking and tracing system are the wide range of standards currently in use and the lack of common operating models. Additional insecurity for system implementation is caused by the speed at which technology is advancing in this field. The first parties to implement the new kinds of tracking and tracing systems will most likely be the major transport chain operators. In the future, the data included with each cargo unit will be able to be read by a variety of technologies. One possible solution is a combination of bar code, RF tag and written information. The parties involved will have to decide on matters associated with the information content, data security and safety.
THEMIS Thematic Network in Optimising the Management of Intermodal Transport Services
EU ITS applications
Project website
www.themis-network.org
TOMAS Testing operational models and be-havioural assumptions included in driving
NL ITS technologies
Project website
www.bamadas.tbm.tudelft.nl
TOP TRIAL Technologies for Optimizing the Pre-cision of MS-WIM of Road Transports to Improve Automatic Overload Con-trol and European Procedures for En-forcement
EU ITS applications
Project website
www.toptrial.de/index2.htm
TOPSIM Train dispatching for the future SE ITS applications Project [email protected]
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TPEG Achieving technical consensus and supporting standardisation of TPEG applications, targeted at rapid imple-mentation of enhanced multi-modal information services and navigation systems for European travellers
EU ITS applications
Key findings
TPEG Project demonstrated how the TPEG specifications could be tested in a Traffic and Travel Information (TTI) message generation environment for both, road-based traffic information and public transport information. An automatic conversion from RDS-TMC to TPEG was achieved and air-traffic arrival and departure information was parsed from the internet and distributed via TPEG. RDS-TMC and TPEG can co-exist. Language-independent TTI was broadcast via DAB and via Internet using the binary version of TPEG. TPEG permits to implement a very innovative European broadcast technology on digital bearer systems (e.g. DAB, Internet) for the delivery of language independent multimodal traffic and travel information to end-users. End-users can use a wide range of receivers that range from Personal Digital Assistants to Navigation Systems. The project demonstrated various ways on how to implement language independent TTI on the Internet.
Policy implications
Europe is clearly leading a very exiting technology, which deserves to be given more attention by the European Commission. All that is needed now are regular TPEG based multi-modal TTI services all over Europe. New Projects within the 6th Framework Programme and also those Euroregional projects from DG TREN supporting European ITS infrastructure development could well contribute to achieving the objective of European-wide TPEG based mobile services for everyone, already as from around 2005 onwards. The timely development of DAB broadcast infrastructures Europe-wide may require more EC involvement, as otherwise the new TPEG technology implementation to become available Europe-wide will just not happen. It will also be useful to continue studies of business models for TPEG service provision. Business models have the potential to encourage the industry with the view that a launch of consumer products for TPEG can be a profitable business. The TPEG Project has identified some problems relating to the implementation of data broadcast services on DAB, nationwide. In some EU countries, this may require changes to be suggested to the regulatory environment. Harmonisation is this domain will certainly be useful and require further EC or European Parliament involvement. Also, the timely development of DAB broadcast infrastructures Europe-wide may require more EC involvement, as otherwise the new TPEG technology implementation to become available Europe-wide will just not happen.
Project website
www.tpeg.org
TR@NSITS Thematic Network on Intelligent Pub-lic Transport System
UTMC26 Improving the Value of Road and Roadside Detectors
UK ITS applications
Project website
www.rmd.dft.gov.uk/project.asp?intProjectID=9307
UTMC28 Evaluation Of Sensors to Provide Real-Time Air Quality Information for UTMC Systems
UK ITS applications
Project website
www.rmd.dft.gov.uk/project.asp?intProjectID=9308
VALUE Validation of Location-based User Services in China
EU
Project website
value.teleatlas.com
VARVI2 Updated Guidelines for the Evaluation of ITS Projects
FI ITS technologies
Key findingsThe guidelines present a systematic method for dealing with impacts, which ensures that all projects cover the essential points for decision-making. The evaluation guidelines are based on the YHTALI framework (Finnish Socio-economic cost-benefit framework for transport infrastructure) and they apply the YHTALI template for presenting the results. Owing to the novelty of ITS projects, the guidelines present extensive checklists of the possible impacts of ITS on the transport system and its users (end users, operators, au-thorities, etc.) as well as on all the actors linked to logistics systems. Lists of indicators and their estimation methods cover seven different impact categories:
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Acronym Project title (in English) Origin Research sub-theme Key findings / Policy implications / Project website or contact • Transport network and its costs, • fleet and its costs, • accessibility, • time and predictability, • safety, • noise, emissions and energy, and • valuations and comfort. The use of specific primary indicators is recommended. The guidelines apply to all modes of transport. The economic feasibility analyses can build on a cost benefit analysis or a profitability calculation. In addition, multi-criteria analyses and verbal assessments should be used. For studying the feasibility of the implementation of the projects, the guidelines present checklists for market assessment, human-machine interface analyses, and technological, technical, financial, legal and organisational aspects. The guidelines for the evaluation of logistics projects emphasise the main objective of these projects, which is to enhance the competitiveness of the companies. The applied Du Pont model acts as an impact checklist while at the same time it produces an estimate of the magnitude of the impacts.
XMOTION eMobile Testbed For Interoperability Of Net-works In eLogistics
EU ITS technologies
Project website (or contact)
None
Zweiwegefahr-zeug
Cluster project: Investigation and as-sessment of selected tasks and prob-lems at the development and testing of dual mode vehicles for passenger transport
DE ITS applications
Project website (or contact)
None
Α∆ΑΜΑΣ Network application of public trans-port management
– Cluster project: Safe road - subpro-ject: Vehicle communication, distance and speed control, lane keeping as-sistance, MMI
DE ITS applications
Project website (or contact)
None
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Acronym Project title (in English) Origin Research sub-theme Key findings / Policy implications / Project website or contact
– Cluster project: Safe road - subpro-ject: Vehicle communication, distance and speed control, lane keeping as-sistance, MMI, ACC in the conurba-tion
DE ITS applications
Project website (or contact)
None
– Cluster project: Wireless warning sys-tems for vehicles, subproject: system specification, implementation, valida-tion
DE ITS technologies
Project website (or contact)
None
– Cluster project: Wireless warning sys-tems for vehicles, subproject: system specification, implementation, valida-tion
DE ITS technologies
Project website (or contact)
None
– Cluster project: Wireless warning sys-tems for vehicles, subproject: system specification, implementation, valida-tion
DE ITS technologies
Project website (or contact)
None
– Concept for the integration of an in-formation system for public informa-tion on the traffic conditions on state roads
SI ITS applications
Key findings
The key result of this project is the system architecture for integrating a system for traffic information on state roads. This is represented in the form of a structured record of organisational, functional and infor-mation relations as well as in graphical form. In this way the system is easily extended as the requests for new technologies and information providers are known well in advance. The functional description for the management centre has been suggested and key subjects and logical information flows have been designed. The design was related to the European ITS Framework Architec-ture so that connectivity to neighbouring countries' traffic centres is ensured. The practical functionality test has been performed by the pilot project. In the pilot project the internet was used as media and the main goal was the connectivity of sub-systems and their mutual communication. The pilot system consisted of Sub-systems: • Automatic traffic counters equipped with cellular communication module;
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Acronym Project title (in English) Origin Research sub-theme Key findings / Policy implications / Project website or contact • web cameras; • database server; and • web server. Communication: • Cellular and stationary network; • video transfer via internet; and • data transfer via internet.
Policy implications
Based on the study, a number of implementation projects have been launched. It initiated an ongoing process which will finally result in the establishment of a national road management and information centre for Slovenia. Connectivity with neighbouring countries, vehicle information and communication systems and spreading the functionality by the introduction of new technology and information providers are the main goals for the future.
– Creating an open real-time boundary for the real time information system for buses in the city of Tampere (PARAS) and piloting the boundary in the Route Guide
– Development of stabilisation, route guidance, propulsion and ground segment control systems for the autonomous operation of unmanned surveillance/scanning airships
EU ITS applications
Project contact
Beechwood House, Lowswood Close 15, HA6 2XE Northwood, UK
– Development programme for road traffic communication
– Efficient use of the transport infra-structure and the enforcement of envi-ronmental respects with ITS solutions
HU ITS applications
Key findings
The main results of the project can be summarised as follows: • The main trends - e.g. European integration, GDP growth, structure of vehicle pools, etc. - affecting the
current and future characteristics of transport infrastructures have been derived from national and international (EU) transport policies and development scenarios;
• based on the results of international R&D and pilot projects several ITS solutions - categorised as infrastructure management, fleet and vehicle management, and travel or goods transport management systems - have been identified and described for each transport mode (rail, road, waterborne, airborne) as possible tools of transport policy implementation; and
• the key recommendations have been elaborated on the basis of former analysis (trends, requirements, possibilities), categorised by transport modes and according to further criteria: vital problems needing ITS solutions (e.g. financial losses, not efficient operating processes, poor capacity utilisation, not flexible traffic organisation, etc.), preferred tools (e.g. ERTMS/ECTS in rail transport, multi- and intermodal travel information services, integrated transport data bases, effective data interchange between clients and partners, etc.), pre-conditions (e.g. interoperability, ensuring input data quality, adequate human-machine interfaces, handling feedbacks, ensuring financial sources by PPP, etc.).
Policy implications
None
Project website
www.mavinformatika.hu
– Elaboration of the Hungarian devel-opment strategy of ITS
HU ITS social framework
Project website
www.mavinformatika.hu
– Elaboration of the safety- and certify-ing requirements of the electronic transport documents and the authen-tication center
– Evaluation of the technical, economic and industrial challenges facing the intelligent transport industry in France in a context of global competition
– Maritime safety: implementation of an integral system for the reduction of risks in navigation, optimisation of rescue services and the fight against pollution.
ES ITS applications
Project website (or contact)
None
– Measurement Of Microtexture At Traf-fic Speed To Predict Skid Resistance
– Platform for location referencing on a multimodal web based on EGNOS with SISNET terminals: application to transport of dangerous goods and to demand-responsive rural transport.
ES ITS applications
Project website (or contact)
None
– Portable Multimedia Technology for Rail Transportation
UK ITS applications
Project website (or contact)
None
– Portable vehicle tracking system FR ITS technologies
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Acronym Project title (in English) Origin Research sub-theme Key findings / Policy implications / Project website or contact
– Preparation of the implementation of national telematic applications
HU ITS social framework
Project website
www.prourbekft.hu
– Preparatory measures in view of the certification procedure for a "Euro-pean Train Control System“ (ETCS, Level 1) for the Austrian section of the Vienna – Budapest railway line
EU ITS applications
Project website (or contact)
None
– Price information and transferring the data to Journey Planner
– Study of relations between telematics and road safety
HU ITS social framework
Key findings
Based on the presented evaluations it is evident that the different intelligent transport systems have clearly positive impacts on the traffic safety both in urban environment and on the highway network. The positive impacts of the collective traffic regulation and information systems are remarkable, they can increase the traffic safety of a given section around 30% because of the variable message signs, which can call the vehicle drivers’ attention at the proper place in time to change his driving attitude.
Policy implications
None
Project website
www.kti.hu
– Study on functional interoperability in fare systems
Annex II: General information on the Transport Research Knowledge Centre and analysis process used
The Knowledge Centre's background
• To establish a comprehensive web-based Knowledge Centre, providing structured and timely access to both detailed and user-oriented summary information on transport re-search programmes and their results across Europe;
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The EXTR@Web project – Exploitation of Transport Research Results via the Web – at-tempts to collect, structure, analyse and disseminate transport research results, covering not only EU supported but also nationally financed research in the European Research Area (ERA), as well as selected global transport RTD programmes and projects.
The EXTR@Web consortium has brought together eight main contractors to combine strong and in-depth technical knowledge of transport technology and of EU and national transport RTD programmes with solid communication and dissemination experience. The current project's direct predecessor, EXTRA (a Fourth Framework Programme Trans-port RTD project), co-ordinated dissemination activities on the European level for the first time. While FP4 addressed transport research on a mode-by-mode basis, the current Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) focuses on generic themes that consequently reflect trans-port policy objectives. The EXTR@Web project will provide support to research at European and national levels by building up and promoting an electronic hub. The key objectives are:
• to provide an electronic hub for inter-connecting European and national programmes and individual networks concerned with transport research into an easily navigable European network;
• to establish a common best practice scheme for the structure and content of the reporting of transport research results;
• to provide high-quality analytical outputs that are structured and tailored according to the type of stakeholder and medium; and
• to raise awareness of the new service, the implications of emerging results, and the wider opportunities under national research programmes across Europe as a whole.
EXTR@Web will provide a comprehensive pool of programme, project and results related information to users, principally in electronic format via the Internet. The approach is based on three main strokes of work covering: • Monitoring, analysis and information preparation; • website and electronic news service, the principal dissemination channels; and • management of knowledge transfer, including dissemination by non-electronic means,
and also the maintenance of a contact database and e-mail enquiry service and evaluation of the performance of EXTR@Web.
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Definition of transport research
For inclusion into the Transport Research Knowledge Centre, Transport research pro-grammes and projects have to be within the definition of research and transport simultane-ously. This will define the eligibility of projects.
Definition of research
General OECD definition: "Creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowl-edge, including knowledge of humanity, culture and society, and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications." Additional transport research criteria:
• the transport users: passenger, business, freight;
• the transport infrastructure (full life cycle issues);
• Targeted – in line with transport policy aims, strategies and processes to solve the in-herent problems for society.
• Accessible – a public activity, open to scrutiny by peers. • Transferable – useful beyond the specific research project, applicable in principle to
other researchers and research contexts as well as decision-makers in policy, industry and science.
Definition of transport
In order to clarify expectations from the Transport Research Knowledge Centre, and to en-sure a common understanding of important terms, the Programme Analysis Group of EXTR@Web has come up with the following definition of transport. • Transport is the means by which a person or material of any kind is passed from its
origin to its destination. • Transport comprises:
• the transport vehicles (full life cycle issues);
• the transport system: the interaction of users, vehicles and infrastructure; • the impacts of transport: contribution to objectives, and hence to overall sustainabil-
ity; and • the transport tools: methods and instruments to help ensure an effective contribu-
tion to the objectives.
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Three levels of analysis
Project level analysis
For European, national and international projects the following harmonized process was agreed: • For each eligible project, the project co-ordinator will be requested to draft a Project
Profile; • the EXTR@Web consortium identifies, for each project all relevant themes (typically
up to five), and provides the project linkage; • for each eligible project, the project co-ordinator will be requested to draft the other
elements of the reporting scheme – Progress Summary and Result Summary – due to the project progress and provides the final report;
• projects with highest relevance and best available final results will be selected for analysis;
• for every such relevant theme within each project a short and concise paragraph – structured with bullet points as appropriate – will be written to present the key findings of the project in relation to the objectives of the theme; and
• this information will be searchable on the Knowledge Centre website.
Thematic analysis
The thematic analysis has been exploiting existing project level analysis. The consolidated project wise findings have been structured and analysed along 30 themes, which are fixed for the project life time and fed into annual Thematic Research Summaries and Annual Compendia. However, for reporting purposes Thematic Research Summaries have been limited to 28 volumes (cf. Chapter 1). The sequence of outputs has been comprising an explanation of the overall structure, and regular reports treating national, European and international research in a comprehensive way (cf. Table 1). Deliverable
number Title Release date
(final version)
D2.A "Thematic structure and definitions – all themes" August 2006 D2.B "European, national and international project database" July 2006 D2.C "First annual thematic research summary"; 30 vol. December 2004D2.D "Second annual thematic research summary"; 10 vol. March 2006 D2.E "Third annual thematic research summary"; 28 vol. August 2006
Table 1: The sequence of deliverables
Policy level analysis
Whilst the 30 themes are fixed, this type of analysis should give the flexibility to provide in-formation on ad hoc policy priorities. Hence, policy level analysis will synthesize key find-ings of projects across combinations of themes. As an output, policy brochures shall be prepared depending on ad hoc requirements by DG TREN or by the high-level Advisory Group (AG).
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Annex III: Editorial team for Thematic Research Summaries
The following summary of authors and peer reviewers is presented in alphabetical order while the main author of this paper is given on page i of the document.
Prof J Augusto Felício, Neptune – CEGE/ISEG; Portugal
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Please note that – in principle – all EXTR@Web partners and sub-contractors will be con-tributing to a particular Thematic Research Summary because all project level findings that are of some relevance to one of the 28 (30) individual themes are presented in the com-prehensive format of these papers.
Fabien Dreveton, ISIS; France Mr Dreveton has an electrical engineering post-MSc degree, an MBA and over 8 years ex-perience in Intelligent Transport Systems for road transport. He has been a senior engi-neer with ISIS since 2001, specialising in traffic control, motorway management, ITS stan-dards development process and system architecture.
Co-author: Road Transport
Professor Felício, holding a PhD in management, is teaching graduate and post-graduate courses such as ‘Maritime transport and port management’ and ‘Land transport and logis-tic management’ at ISEG, School of Economics and Management (Technical University of Lisbon). His activities include participation in transport research where he has published several related articles and books.
Main author: Waterborne Transport, Intelligent Transport Systems Peer review: Efficiency, Vehicle Technology
Dr Paul E Firmin, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds (ITS); UK Dr Firmin has 30 years of experience in transport planning and engineering, including local authority, consultancy and academia. His research specialities are: traffic management, transport survey design & analysis, traveller information systems; driver route choice behaviour and transport telematics. He is currently the MSc(Eng) degree programme leader and international student adviser at ITS, University of Leeds. He teaches computing skills and traffic management, and supervises student dissertation projects.
Main author: Information and Awareness Peer review: Safety and Security
Dr Nils Gendner, Neptune – University of Bremen, ISL; Germany Dr Gendner has been working for more than four years at the University of Bremen, Insti-tute of Shipping Economics and Logistics. His main topics include the analysis of proc-esses, functions and data flows in shipping and within the rail sector. He contributes to on-going efforts in intermodality by participating in several projects dealing with intermodal concepts and developments.
Main author: Intermodal Transport, Integration Peer review: Financing Tools, Pricing and Taxation
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Wolfgang Helmreich, Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH (IABG); Germany Mr Helmreich is a civil engineer from the Technical University of Munich. He has more than 15 years experience with transport planning and infrastructure design in the rail, road and air sector, and sound knowledge of vehicle technologies. His expertise also includes pro-ject management, web publishing and dissemination skills. He joined IABG in 1999 as a senior transport consultant after working as project manager at several German engineering companies. He is principal editor of all Thematic Research Summaries.
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Dr Ann Jopson, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds (ITS); UK
Main author: Environmental Aspects
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Main author: Air Transport, User Aspects, Safety and Security Peer review: Regional Transport, Rail Transport, Waterborne Transport, Environ-
mental Aspects, Land Use Planning Cristina I Ivan, Group of Independent Experts Ltd (GIE); Romania Ms Ivan has a law degree and has graduated a Master course in project management. Ever since 1998 she has participated in various projects financed by international donors in Romania. The main areas of her expertise cover: project management, legal approxima-tion of the EU acquis & drafting of environmental legislation, as well as the carrying out of awareness raising and dissemination activities, including those for the transport sector.
Main author: EU Accession Issues Peer review: Economic Aspects, User Aspects, Transport Management
Dr Jopson is a Research Fellow whose main interests and expertise lie in the areas of travel behaviour psychology, transport marketing and urban transport planning and policy, with particular emphasis on travel demand management through attitudinal and behav-ioural measures. Her PhD thesis was based on the role of psychology in reducing car use.
Peer review: Rural Transport
Dimitris Koryzis, Systema; Greece Mr Koryzis is a production & management engineer from the Technical University of Crete and holds an MSc in Decision Sciences from Athens University of Economics & Business. He has more than 8 years experience as technical and managerial consultant for 30 Euro-pean programmes in the transport sector (road, maritime and intermodal) as well as in re-search and innovation technology EC projects.
Co-author: Pricing, Taxation and Financing Tools Ulrich Leiss, Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH (IABG); Germany Mr Leiss is an aerospace engineer from the Technical University of Munich. His profes-sional career includes 24 years experience with research, technical analyses, monitoring and managing national and European projects and programmes. These activities cover the areas aerospace, transport, energy and new technologies.
Main author: Other Modes, Vehicle Technology Bryan Matthews, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds (ITS); UK Mr Matthews has 9 years experience of transport research and project management in both consultancy and university settings. His research expertise is in transport policy analysis and transport economics. He has worked on a number of EU, UK DfT and Re-search Council projects. He also contributes to teaching activities, lecturing on Air Transport Systems and supervising student projects.
Main author: Rail Transport Peer review: Air Transport
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Prof Anthony D May, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds (ITS); UK Professor May has over 35 years' experience in transport planning and traffic engineering. He has been a professor at Leeds since 1977, and has served as Head of the Department of Civil Engineering, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research and Director of the Institute for Transport Studies. He also has practical experience with the MVA consultancy and the GLC in London. His research specialities include: land use planning, traffic management, road pricing, sustainable urban transport, integrated transport and environmental impacts of transport.
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Ms Menaz is a transport economist from the University of Leeds. She has been involved in a number of various projects including research into transport pricing reform issues in air, road and rail for the IMPRINT-Europe thematic network project, and research for the UK Rail Research Centre looking at the alternative visions for the future of the British rail sys-tem.
Marco Valerio Salucci, Università di Roma "La Sapienza", DITS; Italy
Supervision of entire process of thematic reviews Batool Menaz, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds (ITS); UK
Main author: Regulation/Deregulation Co-author: Passenger Transport, Equity and Accessibility, Land Use Planning Peer review: Road Transport
Christina Paschalidou, Systema; Greece Ms Paschalidou is a transportation engineer from Aristotle University (Thessaloniki), with a MSc in Urban and Regional Transport from Laboratory of Transport Economics in Lyon. Her field of interest is transport planning and engineering, EU and national transport poli-cies, sustainability issues and research. She joined Systema in 2005, while her previous experience includes an internship in ISIS, traffic studies elaborated individually and re-search activities in the Aristotle University.
Main author: Transport Management Peer review: Information and Awareness, Integration
Ignacio Rada Cotera, Neptune – IkerConsulting; Spain Mr Rada Cotera is a lawyer from Deusto University in Bilbao, holding a diploma and certifi-cate of European studies from Deusto and Saarland Universities, respectively. He has been working on EU projects since 2000. His main expertise is European commercial and regional policy, maritime transport and port affairs, legal aspects of international economic relations, urban planning, regional benchmarking and development.
Main author: Regional Transport
Mr Salucci holds a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Rome “La Sa-pienza”. His past research experience has focused on computer modelling of the opera-tions of freight terminals and automatic passenger transport systems, the latter being car-ried out within EC funded research projects. His current research for a doctorate is in the area of transhipment and information and communication technologies for intermodal freight transport.
Peer review: Intermodal Transport
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Contract No. GMA2/2001/52046-S07.13187 EXTR@Web
Dr Karsten Seidel, Neptune – European Networks and Cooperation; Belgium/Germany Dr Seidel has graduated as economist and holds a PhD from the University of Bremen. He has been working on EU projects since 1988. His main expertise is in European industrial and regional policy, telecommunication research projects, maritime transport and port af-fairs, evaluation of technical aid, urban planning, regional benchmarking development.
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Co-author: Regional Transport Dr Paolo Delle Site, Università di Roma "La Sapienza", DITS; Italy Dr Delle Site holds an PhD, and is a senior research fellow at DITS, Transport Area, Uni-versity of Rome “La Sapienza”. He combines professional experience with research activi-ties, the latter mainly being carried out within EC funded research projects. Related activi-ties comprise urban transport planning, urban public transport design, transport project as-sessment, and policy analysis. His teaching activities include courses in transport plan-ning. Furthermore, he is author of papers in Transportation Research Part A – Policy and Practice and in the European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research.
Peer review: EU Accession Issues, Intelligent Transport Systems, Regulation/ Deregulation
Damian Stantchev, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds (ITS); UK Mr Stantchev holds a degree in Economics and Trade from Varna University of Economics in Bulgaria and an MA in Political Science from the Central European University in Hun-gary. His early research experience was in the area of small business development in transitional economies of Central and Eastern Europe. Damian has also contributed to an extensive report on the role of the logistics and transportation sector in society for the Lo-gistics & Transportation Corporate Citizenship Initiative of the World Economic Forum. His research for a doctorate examines the role of logistics in enhancing the competitiveness of the regional economy and encompasses all aspects of original research and data collection including the design, conduct and analyses of large scale surveys as well as the col-lection of commercial data and development of case studies.
Main author: Passenger Transport, Land Use Planning, Equity and Accessibility Peer review: Freight Transport
Andrew Winder, ISIS; France Mr Winder is a transport planner with a BSc in transport management (Aston University, England) and over 15 years experience in consultancies and public transport authorities covering transport planning and policy, particularly at UK, French and Europe-wide levels. Since 1998 he has been a senior engineer at ISIS, responsible for a wide range of Euro-pean projects focusing primarily on Trans-European Networks, ITS for road traffic man-agement, urban and regional public transport and EU enlargement aspects.
Main author: Road Transport Peer review: Passenger Transport, Urban Transport, Other Modes, Equity and Acces-
sibility, Infrastructure Provision
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Ard Wolthuis, Università di Roma "La Sapienza", DITS; Italy Ard Wolthuis graduated in Science & Innovation Management, in the field of Transport and Mobility, from the University of Utrecht. He has been involved in transport projects and analysed socio-economic, environmental, political and legal aspects, such as the Phileas project, the Fokker bankruptcy, and innovation policy of companies in the Netherlands. Has participated in a European project on innovation in urban public transport systems. Since spring 2005 has joined DITS as a research fellow. His main areas of activities are policy analysis and dissemination of research results.
Co-author: Efficiency, Decision-support Tools Dr Zhaomin Zhang, ANAST – University of Liege, Neptune; Belgium Dr Zhang has got the university degrees of Civil Engineering, Mechanical and Marine Engineering; Master of Transportation Sciences and Doctor of Philosophy. He is a senior engineer and led the important projects related to the "Establishment of a mathematical traffic model on the Belgian waterway network" (Belgian national research program "Transport and mobility"), the project called "On computerisation and management in real-time of op-erations relating to the exploitation of fluvial traffic to organise the waterway transport", Bel-gian Regional Ministry of Public Works) and the Project related to the development of a transport cost model in the inland navigation sector. He has also been involved in numer-ous simulation and operation research activities.
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Peer review: Decision-support Tools
Deliverable D2.E-4.5 Third Annual Thematic Research Summary – Intelligent Transport Systems