i-Mobility Newsletter issue 10 - October

The monthly newsletter from ERTICO - ITS Europe, the Intelligent Transport Systems and Services Network bringing intelligence into mobility Issue 10 - October 2011

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Editorial Dear Readers,

This month, ERTICO – ITS Europe had the pleasure to talk with two central personalities from the past and the present of ERTICO; Heinz Sodeikat, former ERTICO Chairman and Gunter Zimmermeyer, current ERTICO Chairman.

Mr Sodeikat shared his thoughts and memories on his long and intense leadership role within ERTICO and his career in the field of ITS. Read the full interview on page 2. Prof. Zimmermeyer, who recently gave a presentation on ITS for electromobility at the European Parliament, expressed his view on the need of cooperation between all stakeholders working in ITS. Read more on page 4.

Last but not least, our third interview focuses on the new EC- funded project ecoDriver which aims to establish more environmentally-friendly behaviour among drivers. Read the interview with the project coordinator Prof. Oliver Carsten, University of Leeds, on page 5.

We have also an important announcement; on the occasion of the 18th ITS World Congress, ERTICO signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ITS China. This event represents a further strengthening of the relationship between ERTICO and ITS China. The two organisations have already been actively working together on projects such as DYNASTY, SIMBA and Viajeo. Read more on page 9.

The MoU was one of the successful events of the World Congress in Orlando; you will find the summary on ERTICO participation in Orlando on page 11. The 18th World Congress provided us with a great deal of knowledge and thoughts; it is now the time to focus on the next big event. ERTICO has already started preparing for the next ITS World Congress which will take place in Austria on 22-26 October 2012.

Interested stakeholders can submit their technical and scientific papers by 13 January 2012.

For more information turn to page 21.

Finally, the ERTICO Forum on Urban Mobility is open for registration. Registration is free for ERTICO Partners and i-Mobility Network Plus Members. Click here to find out more.

I hope you will enjoy reading this month’s edition of the i-Mobility Newsletter!

Highlights:

In Brief:

p 9 ERTICO - ITS Europe and ITS China sign MoU p 10 ITS Japan receives the “FY 2011 Information Month” award p 11 18th ITS World Congress concluded in Orlando, USA

p 17 European Commission adopts €50 billion plan for European network

p 18 European Commission hosted World Standardisation Day Conference p 23 First iMobility Forum plenary meeting ... and much more

Interviews of the month: ERTICO - ITS Europe talks to Heinz Sodeikat, former ERTICO Chairman; Gunter Zimmermeyer, current ERTICO Chairman; and Oliver Carsten, University of Leeds and coordinator of ecoDriver project ERTICO - ITS Europe Blue Tower, Avenue Louise 326 , B-1050 Brussels, Belgium

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Interviews of the month Heinz Sodeikat, erstwhile ERTICO Chairman and Honorary Chairman of ITS Network Germany, reflects on past achievements… and future roles Do you consider yourself an “architect” of ERTICO? Heinz Sodeikat: In a certain sense, yes. At my time we worked out the basic structure of today’s ERTICO and during my following ERTICO chairmanship 1995-1998 we implemented it. The excellent cooperation of the Board and the ERTICO management was a key factor to success. By the way, during this period, Supervisory Board meetings were full day meetings and were held almost every month. The amount of work was huge.

Was there a particularly exciting moment during your ERTICO career?

Heinz Sodeikat: Indeed, there was. When the Japanese Imperial Crown Prince Akishimo welcomed me, Chairman of ERTICO,on the occasion of the 2nd ITS World Congress, Yokohama, 1995.

One of the success stories during your ERTICO chairmanship was the ITS World Congress in Berlin, 1997, why?

Heinz Sodeikat: First of all, the selection of the city. Promotion and advocacy was not as professional as today; it was based on the effort of dedicated people. I convinced the majority of the Supervisory Board members, including the French who voted en bloc, in favour of Berlin.

By that time, the Berlin authorities were fully engulfed in the German reunification problems, and had almost no ear for an ITS world congress.

But perseverance won and some modest support was obtained.

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In her opening speech, the Swedish Minister of Transport Ines Uusman presented for the first time the revolutionary Zero Vision, which meant, not a single fatality in road transport. Her speech may be considered as one of the ignition sparks of the European Commission road safety initiative.

Thanks to the successful congress , ERTICO achieved the necessary credibility and visibility to get a steep rise in membership. Membership has more than doubled since. Definitely, this also consolidated ERTICO’s former precarious financial situation.

Attendees commended on your speech at the opening session of the ITS Congress, what did you say?

Heinz Sodeikat: Excellent question! But I am convinced that people who commended on my speech did not remember a single word. They were just impressed by the fact that I not only welcomed, as usual, the dignitaries but also addressed the three European ITS World Congresses cities Paris, Berlin and Turin in their native tongues French, German and Italian.

During your chairmanship the Supervisory Board introduced the 3 year principle i.e. Board Members should not hold a position for more than 3 years. Was this the end of your ERTICO involvement?

Heinz Sodeikat: Not at all. I served for another 3 years as ERTICO President & Spokesman, followed by a period of 3 years as Adviser to the Board.

This was beneficial for ERTICO. Board members had changed in the meantime and problems which had been solved in the past were put forward as new ones.

Sometimes, it was helpful to point out solutions adopted in the past and the reasons why.

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Taking into account your ERTICO experience, did you co-found and/or chair other ITS organisations? If yes, what were the specific challenges?

Heinz Sodeikat: In 2001 I co-founded ITS Munich Germany, the first German local ITS organisation and chaired it for seven years. The challenge was to give it a respectable profile and visibility with very little money and no active support from the public sector. Thanks to personal dedication and generous in-kind sponsoring of our members we succeeded within a few years.

In 2007 I co-founded on behalf of ITS Munich Germany the nationwide German ITS umbrella organisation ITS Network Germany and chaired it until October 2011. The challenge was to make it a living association, since no companies but only member based organisations are liable to become a member of this German network. They are mainly local/regional German ITS organisations.

This reflects the federal structure of Germany.

This year’s ITS Forum Berlin raised ITS Network Germany to the indispensable degree of national importance and visibility.

Do you think ERTICO is a good benchmark for other ITS organisations ?

Heinz Sodeikat: It is the best benchmark I know!

Furthermore, I do consider ERTICO a well working, integrated little Europe, without any national boundaries. This is absolutely outstanding.

What are you intending to do next?

Heinz Sodeikat: Well, after having served terms on European, local and national level and having overcome all kinds of hindrances and obstacles I think I’d better relax now and observe the evolution of the three ITS organisations ERTICO, ITS Munich Germany and ITS Network Germany.

Speaking of ERTICO I am very pleased to see how solidly it is evolving and how professionally it is managed. Just continue! And if observation is not enough I could still to do some consultancy work for my own one man company AHS Management Consulting.

How about ITS Nationals?

Heinz Sodeikat: As co-founder of ITS Nationals, on behalf of ITS Munich Germany, in 2004, I put a lot of effort in giving advice to make it a success story. I think that the real value of ITS Nationals is the unique possibility for SME’s and other organisations, not represented in ERTICO, to meet, create partnerships and at the end of the day do business together. This goal is beginning to be reached.

Heinz Sodeikat and Japanese Imperial Crown Prince Akishimo, during the 2nd ITS World Congress, Yokohama, 1995

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ERTICO talks to Gunter Zimmermeyer, ERTICO Chairman Soon the European Commission will implement a High Level Advisory Board on the ITS Directive. What do you think the first priorities for this group will be?

Gunter Zimmermmeyer: I see three primary priorities. I believe that priority number one could be to achieve consensus on the most important deployment activities in the context of ITS. Here we already have an excellent basis with the priority areas identified in the ITS Directive. Secondly, it needs to achieve a common understanding of the main challenges for deployment of the related applications and services. Finally, it has to agree on the solutions and commit itself to actively work on them.

A few weeks ago you gave a presentation in the European Parliament on ITS and electromobility.

What were your key messages?

Gunter Zimmermmeyer: My key message was and is very simple: ITS is the major enabler for electromobility because it provides confidence to the driver, it allows integration of the “smart” vehicle with the “smart” grid and it links the vehicle to other modes of transport. At the same time electromobility is the driver for ITS; it will become a necessity instead of an option. And we have to enlarge our perspective. eMobility is not only cars, it includes eBikes, of growing importance for urban mobility, and there we have an actual need for ITS in a fast growing self sustaining market.

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Do you believe that politicians in Europe are supporting the deployment of ITS sufficiently?

Gunter Zimmermmeyer: There are already many politicians who strongly support the deployment of ITS in national parliaments and most certainly there are many doing it in the European Parliament. To achieve even broader support, the ITS community will have to cooperate closely delivering facts and figures on the costs and benefits of ITS applications and services.

We all know that they have enormous potential to save lives, reduce congestion and protect the environment - to make mobility fit for the future and provide all the needs of society and economy. We all know that bringing intelligence into mobility via ITS is more cost-effective than extending the road infrastructure, which by the way will still be necessary. What is needed are concrete facts and figures. There are already some, but more are necessary.

Bosch recently provided a presentation on safe and secure truck parking to European Member State officials in the ERTICO Public Authority Platform. Why is this topic important and what is the Bosch solution?

Gunter Zimmermmeyer: The need to provide safe and secure truck parking is already evident in everyday life experience. Trucks are often forced to park at places endangering other vehicles or their drivers or they have to drive to parking places 50 km off their delivery routes.

At Bosch we have developed a service which supports the effective and safe organisation and reservation of secure truck parking places using the most advanced ITS technologies.

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ERTICO talks to Professor Oliver Carsten, University of Leeds, about the new ecoDriver project ERTICO: The University of Leeds is leading a new EC-funded project called ecoDriver. What is this project about?

Oliver Carsten: The project focuses on how to improve feedback to drivers on energy consumption in driving. We are covering a wide range of vehicles - mass-market cars, executive cars, trucks and buses as well as a variety of fuel systems - internal combustion engine, hybrid and full electric. The major research is on two aspects of feedback. First of all, we are looking at the interaction between the vehicle and the driver: what is the best way to inform the driver about how to improve energy efficiency? Should we be using continuous visual displays as a lot of current vehicles do or should we be directly intervening by giving the driver haptic signals on the accelerator pedal, for example varying pedal stiffness or vibrating the pedal? Is there a role for auditory messages? Do we advise the driver based on momentary performance or on performance over a certain time period?

Secondly, we are seeking to enhance the quality of the feedback by implementing our own “calculation engine” to compare actual energy consumption with optimal energy consumption for the current road and conditions. Thus gives us a kind of sub-optimality index, telling us how much better a driver could do in the circumstances.

Those two elements — the ecoDriver front-end as seen or felt by the driver and the ecoDriver calculator — give us the overall ecoDriver system.

This system will be implementable both as original equipment and as software for nomadic devices.

intended to make driving less stressful and safer. The potential of driver assistance systems to deliver energy savings and environmental benefits has not been really exploited. The enhancement of safety will continue to be a major concern and ADAS will I am sure continue to deliver here.

Indeed, in designing the ecoDriver systems, we will do our very best to ensure that there are no negative side-effects of system use on safety.

But the impact of transport on the environment is a growing concern both for society and for individuals. In addition, by saving energy we also directly reduce the cost of driving which is important both for individuals and for fleets.

Finally, if we can improve energy efficiency, we can make alternative means of propulsion, such as hybrid and electric power, more practical and attractive. So both the individual and society as a whole can benefit.

ERTICO: Can you tell us about the technology behind it? What makes it more “accurate” and “intuitive” than existing devices?

ERTICO: In what way does ecoDriver differ from existent driver assistance systems? What is the added value?

Oliver Carsten: As I already indicated, we are working on two fronts. We are developing both our own calculation of energy consumption and a method to benchmark current energy use against optimal energy use. In terms of the optimum, we will be considering a wide range of factors such as road geometry, traffic conditions and the weather.

There is no point in advising a driver to go faster when the vehicle is held up by congestion and we should not advise the driver to change to a higher gear on a steep downgrade. So we intend both to be accurate and to be sensitive to the prevailing situation.

Oliver Carsten: Almost all driver assistance systems so far have focused on enhancing driver comfort and safety. Typical examples are Adaptive Cruise Control, Forward Collision Warning and Lane Departure Warning. Those systems are

In terms of feedback, we know rather little at the moment about what is effective. We may be telling the driver that he or she is performing badly or well — for example with pictures of leaves on the dashboard — but we are not telling

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ERTICO: In your press release, you make the bold statement that ecoDriver products could be on the market within five years, i.e. not long after the projects end. What makes you so sure about this?

Oliver Carsten: Among our project partners we have three of the world’s leading vehicle manufacturers - BMW and Fiat as car producers and Daimler as a truck producer. We also have companies involved in nomadic and mobile devices. Those companies are very keen to learn from the ecoDriver research how best to optimise energy consumption and how to present the driver

with feedback. One can anticipate that, if we are successful in our research, there will be a very rapid influence on products both as original equipment and as aftermarket devices.

ERTICO: Are you an eco-driver?

Oliver Carsten: Probably not nearly as much as I could be. Yes, I do try not to accelerate too hard and to keep to the speed limit. But my car does not provide me with any feedback on my current performance in terms of energy consumption nor on how I could improve that performance. In the absence of such feedback it is very hard to know in any kind of detail how I should change my driving style both in general and from moment to moment.

For more information, please contact: Prof. Oliver Carsten Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds Phone: +44 113 343 5348

About ecoDriver

ecoDriver aims to turn even the most committed of petrol heads into a green driver, which could save pounds at the pump and protect the planet. Over a four-year period researchers will develop innovative new technologies for both in-vehicle and remote devices, such as downloadable smart-phone apps, that will help motorists to significantly reduce their fuel consumption by driving in a more energy-efficient way. The research team aims to reduce fuel consumption by up to 20%, which could translate into savings of around £500 a year for the average motorist spending £50 a week on petrol.

This four-year project will make use of the University of Leeds driving simulator, which will allow the researchers to test the effectiveness of their prototype devices on fuel efficiency and driver response. The best designs will then be subjected to real-world tests with a variety of drivers. At the end of the project the best designs will be incorporated into vehicles for a project showcase. It is hoped that the concepts will then be taken up by vehicle manufacturers and brought to market. The results of the project will also be used to make predictions for policy-makers on how much energy could be saved if the technologies were used across the UK vehicle fleet.

Duration and Funding October 2011 – September 2015 Co-funded by the 7th Framework Programme, FP7ICT-2011-7 Coordinator: University of Leeds Partners: ERTICO - ITS Europe in Belgium; TNO and NAVTEQ in the Netherlands; VTI in Sweden; CTAG in Spain; BMW, Daimler AG and Institut für Kraftfahrzeuge (ika) of RWTH Aachen University in Germany; IFSTTAR in France; and Fiat Research Centre in Italy.

Read the Press Release of the launch of ecoDrivere here

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ecoDriver Consortium members

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The i-Mobility Network One year after the launch of the i-Mobility Network, ERTICO is proud to inform you that we have established a network of 350 organisations including over 550 individuals. The i-Mobility Network has successfully strengthened the information exchange of ITS stakeholders in Europe concerning relevant business and policy developments. Together with you, and your active involvement, we wish to further build on this success.

To continue ensuring that all ITS stakeholders can connect with each other, we have decided to keep the membership free.

For ITS stakeholders who wish to benefit from additional services such as preferential rates for ITS Congresses held in Europe, invitations to ERTICO Fora, access to papers and presentations from the European ITS Congresses etc ... we now also offer a Membership Plus service.

To compare the services offered within the Membership and/or Membership Plus of the i-Mobility Network, please click here.

As an immediate benefit of the Membership Plus service we would like to invite you to the ERTICO Forum “ITS for Urban Mobility”, that will take place in Brussels on 1 December 2011. The Forum will also be streamed live for those i-Mobility Network Plus Members who are not able to attend in person. Save the date now!

How to register for the Plus Membership? As a current subscriber, you are automatically included in the basic membership package (free of charge). To subscribe to the Membership Plus package simply send an email to pr@mail.ertico.com, indicating the length of subscription (€300 end 2011, €1200 end 2012).

Please do not hesitate to contact the Help Desk should you have any questions.

Download the Terms and Conditions.

This month’s i-Mobility Network’s news selection Q-Free launches a new generation of Single Gantry Multi Lane Free Flow Solutions Q-Free launches a new generation of Single Gantry Multi Lane Free Flow Solutions, based on proven components, such as Q-Free camera systems, radio technology and software. The new Single Gantry Solution is suitable for urban environment and open road tolling. Minor visual impact on the environment, with the number of gantries reduced to one, makes it ideal for both highway tolling and urban implementation.

The Single Gantry solution represents 30 years of industry experience combined with the latest stateof-the-art technology. The electronic tolling equipment, as DSRC/Radio, camera system and lasers are carefully mounted on the Single Gantry, to provide high accuracy and only minor visual impact on the environment.

The Q-Free Single Gantry solution identifies, tracks and interprets both front and rear number plates, thereby securing the highest possible system yield with superior precision. Reliable tolling is the overall objective, and we are now providing a high performance system within a less complex and visible configuration, Vice President Per Ecker at Q-Free explains.

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The solutions are versatile and highly adaptable to different traffic environments, and configurable to meet specific system requirements. Remote system conditioning provides reduced installation time and increased maintainability.

Higher Return on Investment This next generation of Multilane Free Flow solutions caters for both urban and highway tolling on a single gantry. Responsible authorities across the world are becoming increasingly aware of the challenges of large installations, especially for locations where the aesthetical factors matter. The visibility of multiple gantries is one factor, but the costs and associated complications of comprehensive physical installations also have become areas of attention.

Less complex and more cost effective solutions are in demand. Therefore, we have developed the Single Gantry solution to reduce the investment and implementation costs. A single gantry saves money for many reasons such as the reduced need for infrastructure, civil work and physical space, significantly cutting investment and initial costs, Ecker says, and continues: Operating costs are reduced due to a highly effective imaging system, the redundancy of the solution and the high performance almost eliminating need for manual work.

Proven technology With nearly 30 years of experience in developing high quality components, and extensive real life testing of the Single Gantry solution, Q-Free has had the opportunity to make important experiences, paving the way for the latest developments.

This new high performance system secures reliable tolling under all weather and light conditions, and at speeds higher than 160 km per hour. The solution’s modular system architecture covers all segments of the Road User Charging market, such as Road Tolling, Congestion Charging, Electronic Number Plates and Truck Tolling – based on Video and DSRC, Ecker says.

Few modules and components generally apply to all forms of tolling and lead to lower technical risk during implementation and operation. Q-Free views this as an important benefit, in addition to low visibility, high accuracy and reduced costs of operation.

The new Q-Free solution is intelligent and provides reports that allow an operator to optimize staff and system performance. Moreover, it also allows operators to carry out remote correction and reconfiguration, saving time and increasing efficiency. Redundancy and robustness have been in focus during the development stages. Through redundancy, the system maintains its performance if any of the components falls out. Notification of system health condition is provided through remote monitoring and alarm signals.

For more information, visit Single Gantry Solutions website.

Don’t forget to publish your news on the i-Mobility Network website!!!

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ERTICO & ITS China sign Memorandum of Understanding Opening up new areas of cooperation and business opportunities, ERTICO – ITS Europe and ITS China signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the 18th ITS World Congress, held this year in Orlando, USA.

ERTICO – ITS Europe and ITS China have long been working together to strengthen cooperation between Europe and China for the development and the deployment of ITS. This cooperation began almost 10 years ago with successful EC cofunded projects such as DYNASTY, SIMBA, SIMBA II and, currently, VIAJEO. The recent September 2011 seminar between ERTICO, and ten ERTICO Partners such as Volvo Technology Corporation, NXP Semiconductors, CINTERION, BOSCH and PTV, and more than 30 ITS China Members further cemented cooperation, and highlighted potentially fruitful areas of cooperation such as multi-modal journey planning, traffic and traveller information and communication in ITS.

ERTICO, especially the ITS forum we held together last month during our China Annual Conference on ITS. Mr Meyer noted that “the rapid development of China is creating mobility challenges which can most effectively be addressed by cuttingedge ITS technologies.

This Memorandum of Understanding between ERTICO – ITS Europe and ITS China will provide a framework for further strengthened cooperation between the Partners within both organisations.”

With Europe and China sharing similar mobility challenges and objectives, and with the positive feedback from ERTICO Partners involved in the recent seminar, the MoU provides a framework and springboard for further coordinated actions. ERTICO and ITS China will continue and intensify efforts to share information about areas of mutual benefit and step up the organisation of demonstrations and workshops where ERTICO and ITS China Partners can exchange R&D and commercial opportunities.

The MoU was signed at the European Pavilion at the Orlando ITS World Congress by Mr Wu Zhongze, President of ITS China and Mr Hermann Meyer, ERTICO CEO. Mr Wu stated that “Since its founding in 2008, ITS China has always been committed to building a platform for China’s win-win cooperation in ITS with other partners in and around China and developing a sound cooperative relationship with

ERTICO - ITS Europe & ITS China members

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ITS Japan receives the “FY 2011 Information Month” award On 3 October, ITS Japan (represented by the Chairman Dr Hiroyuki Watanabe) along with other 16 winners received the prize at “FY 2011 Information Month” award ceremony in Tokyo for its activity in enriching the information society.

ITS Japan received the “Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism award” for its innovative initiative to release the “Traffic Performance and Blocked Road Map” on the website soon after the Great East Japan earthquake on 11 March 2011. The service successfully integrated the huge traffic information which had been independently collected by the car/car-navigation companies, public sectors and the expressway operators, and the map helped many people to find the appropriate routings to transport people and goods for the disaster reconstruction activities.

(See the related news) This award was established in 1972 by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and it is jointly coordinated by the METI, the Cabinet Office (CAO), the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), the Ministry of Finance (MOF), the Ministry of Education, Culture,

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Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). The award is given to individuals, companies and information processing systems for their contribution to society with new information technologies.

The service “Traffic Performance and Blocked Road Map” is going to be featured in the ITS Japan exhibition booth as well as in session programs during the 18th ITS World Congress in Orlando.

This article has been published in cooperation with ITS Japan

Dr Hiroyuki Watanabe, Chairman of ITS Japan, receives the “Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism award”

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18th ITS World Congress concluded in Orlando The 18th ITS World Congress concluded in Orlando on 20 October after five successful days. This year, thousands attendees from over 60 countries participated in the event and attended the 4 plenary and 282 educational sessions.

On the opening night, Patrick McGowan, World Congress Chair (and President of Telvent North America), warmly welcomed delegates and gave a brief summary of upcoming highlights of the Congress.

governments for the creation of new business models. It was agreed that all efforts have to be done to bring ITS into deployment.

The second plenary session centred on how to implement ITS policies for economic growth.

Robert L. Darbelnet, President and CEO of the American Automobile Association, welcomed delegates and introduced the day’s speakers: Ray LaHood (US Secretary of Transport), Allison Cerra (Vice President of Marketing, Communications and Public Affairs for the Americas, Alcatel-Lucent), Hiroyuki Watanabe (Chairman, ITS Japan), and Hauke Jürgensen (CEO of Intelligent Transport Systems, Siemens). The panellists addressed major opportunities for ITS in the context of the importance of transport to the economy economy and the contribution of ITS in safety issues as well as in the creation of jobs.

The plenary sessions focused on developments of ITS strategies and policies to keep “the economy moving”.

The 32.516.064 square metres exhibition area was also very successful; visitors had the opportunity to visit 250 exhibits including the European Pavilion, where international stakeholders met with representatives from ERTICO – ITS Europe, Ray LaHood, US Secretary of Transport, gives keynote speech at the II Plenary session

During the first plenary Ananth Prasad (Secretary -Florida Department of Transport), John Mica (Chairman of House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, USA), Zhongze Wu (Chairman of ITS China), Fotis Karamitsos (Director of DG MOVE, European Commission), and Catharina Elmsäter-Svard (Swedish Minister for Infrastructure) discussed the importance of innovation, political involvement and a strong cooperation between academia, industry and

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The Closing ceremony on 20 October was hosted

by Patrick McGowan (World Congress Chair and President of Telvent North America) and William C. Ford (Executive Chairman of Ford Motor Company) while John Peracchio, International Programme Committee Chair, presented the awards for the best scientific and technical papers of the Congress. Following the awards, Reinhard Pfliegl (Chair Vienna 2012 Host Organising Committee), Midori Ito (Senior Director, Tokyo Metropolitan Government), and James Barbaresso

(Vice President for ITS at HNTB) introduced the forthcoming ITS World Congresses in Vienna, Tokyo and Detroit.

Finally, following the successful 18th ITS World Congress in Orlando, the “Passing of the Globe” ceremony took place, whereupon Ingolf Schädler, Deputy Director General Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology, received the globe from the Americas.

The full report will be available soon on the ERTICO website.

NEWS FROM TISA On the occasion of the 18th ITS World Congress in Orlando, TISA hosted a special session titled “Real Time Traffic Information in North-America: from analogue to digital delivery. Challenges and opportunities”.

Among the speakers, Teun Hendriks (from TISA Member ClearChannel) showed the history of their RDS-TMC service in North America, the challenges faced during the implementation, and how it has been possible to overcome them. Mr Hendriks gave also an overview of the opportunities offered by TPEG over HD-radio.

Following the first presentation, Robert Cahn (from TISA Member INRIX) highlighted how TPEG has offered the opportunity of different implementation of services and personalised data experience, depending on the customer and targeted end-user. Mt Cahn pointed out the challenges for advanced routing and precise Location Referencing.

Mark Saunders (from TISA Member NAVTEQ) and Paul Brenner (Broadcast Traffic Consortium) gave an historical overview of their services, and coverage area, of RDS-TMC and TPEG via HD Radio in North America. They explained how TPEG has offered them the opportunity to significantly increase their service offering.

Finally, Joe d’Angelo (from TISA Member iBiquity) presentation drew attention on the history of the deployment of HD-Radio in USA and other markets since its initial introduction in 1997. Mr d’Angelo also explained how HD radio made both the broadcast of TPEG data possible and the coexistence between analogue and digital.

For more information visit TISA website.

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Fujitsu and Autotalks partner to provide vehicle-tovehicle communication processor Technology Partnership enables delivery of automotive grade processor in 2012 Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe (FSEU) and Autotalks today announced that they have reached an agreement to co-operate on Autotalks’ communication processor, to be developed

by Autotalks and manufactured by Fujitsu Semiconductor. The combined efforts of the two technology leaders will provide OEMs and Tier1s with the best vehicle-to-vehicle communication processor at the highest level of reliability.

Autotalks’ vehicle-to-vehicle technology, which combines optimised vehicular modem, advanced security, enhanced positioning and safety application processor, utilises Fujitsu’s extensive silicon technology solutions and long, reliable history of highquality products as well as its established production facilities. By providing complete and enhanced feature sets for OEMs and Tier1s, this partnership will enable deployment of vehicleto-vehicle communication units.

“We are delighted to be working with Autotalks and are dedicated to bringing our customers the very best technological differentiators to help fuel innovation and development. Autotalks has an excellent technology for vehicle-to-vehicle communication,” said Mark Ellins, Director Common Technologies & Functions at FSEU. "Fujitsu offers its leading-edge technology and related assets to all custom IC users. A worldwide support program is fully prepared and proven."

“Fujitsu’s cutting-edge design, manufacturing and testing technologies enable us to provide an automotive grade product, which will be the first to satisfy OEMs and Tier1s’ requirements for vehicle-to-vehicle communication series

production” said Nir Sasson, CEO of Autotalks.

“We are committed to continue strengthening and advancing our supply chain for meeting automotive market expectations. Autotalks is preparing to support the expected worldwide ramp of the Vehicle-to-vehicle communication market.”

Autotalks’ Integrated Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication Processor uses its own advanced technologies, developed to increase communication reliability, and provides the most accurate information for safety applications.

The technology was tested in many field trials worldwide. The communication processor supports the US, EU and Japan specifications, and will be available in 2012.

"The flexibility of Autotalks’ communication processor and our experience with vehicle-to-vehicle installation aspects enable us to address different configurations for OEMs and Tier1s in the most comprehensive way and in a cost-effective manner," said Onn Haran, CTO of Autotalks. "By leveraging our existing, successful technology, we are able to deliver the first and most advanced automotive grade vehicle-to-vehicle chip to the market."

Read the Press Release on Fujitsu website.

Press Contacts: John Kearley PR Director JDK Marketing Communications (on behalf of FSEU) Tel: +44 1959 562 772 E-mail: john@jdk.co.uk

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Siim Kallas talks about transport policy challenges On 30 September Siim Kallas, Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Transport, spoke at the Centre for European Policy Studies about the policy challenges for transport in the following years.

Commissioner Kallas stated that the funding proposed by the Commission for the period 2014 to 2020 will “accelerate infrastructure development in energy, transport and information technology, to strengthen the backbone of the internal market”. According to Mr Kallas, the transport sector should be the “major beneficiary” with “21.7 billion Euros plus another 10 billion Euros for transport projects in the Cohesion Fund”.

The Commissioner pointed out that the transport industry is fundamental for the European economy as it employs around 10 million people, 4.5% of total employment in the EU as well as making the EU one of the most competitive actors within the sector. Nevertheless, issues such as punctuality, congestion and price are still problems to be faced and solved and research plays a crucial role in this context.

Mr Kallas invited all the stakeholders to “focus on ‘three I's’: innovation, investment and infrastructure” to develop new “intelligent solutions to make better use of the existing infrastructure and to make sure the connections between different modes of transport are seamless”. Investment is fundamental to achieve this goal and especially in the EU transport infrastructure which is unequally developed within the Union. According to Siim Kallas, updating and completing the EU transport infrastructure “will have a very significant positive impact on economic growth and keep us competitive. It also takes us much closer towards completing Europe's internal market”.

The Commissioner concluded his speech by recalling the initial idea of a common transport policy which should be used to “put in place the infrastructure and interconnections needed to underpin the internal market”; “ to ensure the free-flow of people, services and goods”; and finally “to help create jobs, boost economic growth and keep Europe competitive in the global marketplace”.

Read the full speech here.

US Department of Transportation hosts research clinic to test ‘Connected Vehicle Technology’ USA Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today received a firsthand look at “connected vehicle” technologies that have the potential to improve safety and help drivers avert crashes as part of a research clinic hosted by the Department of Transportation at Walt Disney World SPEEDWAY. “Thanks to the efforts of automakers and the safety community traffic fatalities have reached historic lows. Despite these great strides though, more than 32,000 people are still killed on our nation’s roads every year. That’s why we must 14

remain vigilant in our effort to improve safety,” said Secretary LaHood. “This research should bring us a step closer to what could be the next major safety breakthrough.”

Analyses by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) show connected vehicle technology could potentially impact approximately 80 percent of vehicle crash types involving nonimpaired drivers. Specifically, NHTSA research shows these technologies could help prevent a majority of kinds of crashes that typically occur in the real world such as crashes at intersections or while switching lanes.

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The four-day “Driver Acceptance Clinic” at Walt Disney World SPEEDWAY in Orlando is part of a six-month program that includes similar research clinics across the nation. The driver clinics are the first phase of a two-part research program jointly developed by the Department’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) in coordination with other USA Department of Transportation agencies.

The driver clinics are designed to evaluate cars equipped with “vehicle-to-vehicle” communications systems in a controlled environment where researchers can observe the drivers’ responses. The technologies being tested include in-car collision warnings, “do not pass” alerts, warnings that a vehicle ahead has stopped suddenly, and other similar safety messages.

“With its potential to save lives and prevent injuries, connected vehicle technology could be a real game-changer for vehicle safety,” said NHTSA Administrator David Strickland. “These clinics are vital to understanding how drivers will respond to the technology and how connected vehicles communicate in real world scenarios.”

RITA Acting Administrator Greg Winfree said, “The past several decades of auto safety have been dedicated to surviving crashes, but the future will be about avoiding crashes. That is what connected vehicles are all about. Moreover, the entire Safety Pilot is about connecting the best resources from public and private sectors to achieve the most effective results possible.”

Driver clinics have already been held in Michigan and Minnesota, and future clinics are planned for Virginia, California, and Texas and are expected to conclude by January 2012. Following the clinic program, the Department of Transportation will launch the second part of the Safety Pilot with a model deployment that will use approximately 3,000 vehicles to further test connected vehicle technology in a year-long effort from summer 2012 through summer 2013. The model deployment will operate on roads in Ann Arbor, Michigan and test a limited number of vehicle-to-infrastructure applications in addition to continuing the research on vehicle-to-vehicle communication systems.

Eight major automotive manufacturers are providing support for the Department’s research through partnering agreements: Ford Motor Company, General Motors LLC., Honda R&D Americas, Inc., Hyundai-Kia America Technical Center, Inc., Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North America, Inc., Nissan Technical Center North America, Inc., Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. and Volkswagen Group of America.

The information collected from both phases of the Safety Pilot will be used by NHTSA to determine by 2013 whether to proceed with additional vehicleto-vehicle communication activities, including possible future rulemakings.

For more information visit the USA Department of Transportation website.

New President of TTS Italia appointed On 25 October TTS Italia appointed Rossella Panero, Director of 5t, as new President.

On the same day, TTS Italia elected also the new two Vice-Presidents: Stefano Mellina (Famas System) and Alfredo Bolelli (Mizar Automazione).

The newly elected members of the Board of Directors are Emilio Cera (Atac), Sergio Dondolini

(Ministry for Infrastructure and Transport), Roberto Balduini (Octo Telematics), Carlo Lastrucci (Powersoft), Roberto Arditi (Satap), Adriano Scardellato (Targa Infomobility) and Antonella Di Fazio (Telespazio).

For more information, visit TTS Italia website.

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Time for linked-up training in ITS - Kingston University London has a new Masters course Keith Keen, Industrial Liaison Coordinator at Kingston University, presents new ITSS Masters course Now we have the tools and some clearer strategy paths it’s a good time to get to grips with the task of really viewing transport as a continuous line from start to finish. While all the transportrelated disciplines – engineering, planning, administration, operations, finance have their parts to play – there’s one specialism that has a pivotal role in bring the action together.

However you see intelligent transport systems, maybe from the technical side or from the strategy implementation side, the advances in the technologies that now permit travellers to know where they are and what they will confront next are no longer a dream. Freight logistics can precisely move materials from source to sale locations in the desired quantities and at the right time. Plans and strategies exist to prepare, to implement and to amend travel choices as local conditions change.

But does this happen? Not as much as it could do and surely will do before long. But why is this happening for just a few? Of course leading edge advances take time to penetrate the wider spectrum of the population and need all the bricks to be in place at affordable prices. We have the bricks, navigation system hardware and the delivery systems that update the network status near to real time and these are available in-vehicle and outside the vehicle. So increasingly wherever you are you can know where you are.

These tools continue to be made more useful, but often we find that the one we use is limited in scope often only helping us on the road – in the vehicle and walking and less so cycling. When we would like to change networks it is not always feasible to revise the overall journey routing and mode as you go along. In some locations and with some Apps we are getting there.

Our desire to make a seamless journey is there – we all must have said to ourselves at some time “Had I known that I would have travelled

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differently!” – but are there the all-round specialists to fix it so that sometime in the future we will not need to ask the question? It seems not.

If the answer does lie in a better understanding of linked-up services and conveying that to network users, then bringing forward new graduates who have learned how to deliver them is a must.

There is no doubt that existing Masters courses in transport provide many capable graduates.

However, new Masters courses, among them the Intelligent Transport Systems & Services M.Sc. being established at Kingston University, aim to focus student’s thinking on the linkedup transport essentials. At Kingston, the School of Computing and Information Systems and the Business School have come together to build the new Masters course. Applications are open now for a January 2012 start. Students will cover a broad programme based around the information system infrastructures and techniques required by modern intelligent transport systems and services.

Core modules will be shared by all participants to benefit from cross-disciplinary discussion.

Optional modules and a dissertation project give the opportunity for deeper study. Plans are also in hand to offer elements of the Masters as standalone short courses. You can view the course structure here.

If all goes well, perhaps we will see linked-up training increasingly becoming the norm in the years to come.

For more information please visit Kingston University ITSS Masters webpage.

You can also contact Keith Keen or Tim Ellis

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European Commission adopts plan for €50 billion boost to European networks On 19 October the European Commission has approved a plan which will fund €50 billion worth of investment to improve Europe's transport, energy and digital networks. Targeted investments in key infrastructures will help to create jobs and boost Europe's competitiveness at a time when Europe needs this most. The "Connecting Europe Facility" will finance projects which fill the missing links in Europe's energy, transport and digital backbone. It will also make Europe's economy greener by promoting cleaner transport modes, high speed broadband connections and facilitating the use of renewable energy in line with the Europe 2020 Strategy. In addition the funding for energy networks will further integrate the internal energy market, reduce the EU's energy dependency and bolster the security of supply. To assist with the financing of the Connecting Europe Facility, the Commission has also adopted the terms for the Europe 2020 Project Bond Initiative which will be one of a number of risk-sharing instruments upon which the facility may draw in order to attract private finance in projects. The pilot phase will start already next year.

By focussing on smart, sustainable and fully interconnected transport, energy and digital networks, the Connecting Europe Facility will help to complete the European single market.

The Commission has singled out projects where additional EU investment can have the most impact. In particular, the Commission expects Connecting Europe Facility investments to act as a catalyst for further funding from the private and public sector by giving infrastructure projects credibility and lowering their risk profiles. For the first time, the Commission is proposing a single funding instrument for the three network sectors, true to its commitment to create synergies and simplification of rules.

President José Manuel Barroso said: "The Connecting Europe Facility and the Project Bond Initiative are a perfect demonstration of the value added that Europe can provide. These proposals will help to build the roads, railways, energy grids and pipelines, and broadband networks that are so important to our citizens and businesses. We are closing the missing links in Europe's infrastructure networks that otherwise would not be built. This investment will generate growth and jobs and at the same time make work and travel easier for millions of European citizens and businesses".

The Connecting Europe Facility will better mobilise private financing and allow for innovative financial instruments such as guarantees and project bonds to gain maximum leverage from this EU funding injection The European Commission will work closely with the EIB to take advantage of capital market investors' interest in long-term investment opportunities with stable revenues.

Concerning the Trasnport sector, the Connecting Europe Facility will invest €31.7 billion to upgrade Europe's transport infrastructure, build missing links and remove bottlenecks. This includes €10 billion ring fenced in the Cohesion Fund for transport projects in the cohesion countries, with the remaining 21.7 billion available for all Member States for investing in transport infrastructure.

The idea is to improve links between different parts of the EU, to make it easier for different countries to exchange goods and people with each other.

By focussing on transport modes that are less polluting, the Connecting Europe Facility will push our transport system to become more sustainable.

It will also give consumers more choice about how they want to travel.

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Transport systems in Europe have traditionally developed along national lines. The EU has a crucial role to play in coordinating between Member States when planning, managing and funding cross-border projects. A well-functioning network is essential to the smooth operation of the single market and will boost competitiveness.

The Commission proposed to create corridors to

cover the most important cross-border projects.

It has estimated that by 2020, €500 billion will be needed to realise a real European network, including €250 billion for removing bottlenecks and completing missing links in the core network.

Read the full European Commission Press Release.

World Standards Day 2011 Conference On 14 October 2011 on the occasion of the World Standards Day, the DG Enterprise and Industry of the European Commission held its annual conference in Brussels. Standardisation is an important issue for the Commission as it impacts on its ability to achieve certain policy goals. In particular, this year’s event concentrated on the role that standardisation has in the European economy and how it can ensure innovation and growth for Europe in the world.

Round table “How standardisation supports Intelligent Transport System (ITS)”

The event embraced different areas including standardisation support to Intelligent Transport System (ITS). Representatives of BroadBit, Cen278, ETSI and ERTICO – ITS Europe were invited to give presentations and to share their thoughts and views on standardisation and ITS.

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Andras Kovacs, who manages BroadBit research work, underlined the importance of ITS standardisation for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). According to Mr Kovacs SME can have an important role as they can bring innovative ideas; but in order to do so, the standardisation process needs to be affordable with a fair pricing strategy and be quick because SMEs do not have the means to spend years on standardisation without achieving returns on this investment. Søren Hess, Chair of the ITS Technical Committee at ETSI (the European Telecommunications Standards Institute), stated that substantial further completion of standards on cooperative systems should happen within the next few years. Some standardisation results have already been released. Hermann Meyer, ERTICO Chief Executive Officer, gave an overview on why standards are needed and presented some of the ERTICO activities in support of standardisation.

Mr Meyer highlighted the positive aspect of standards as they provide economies of scale and furthermore, they provide the basis for future certification. In the ITS context, most standards focus on achieving interoperability, seamless connectivity and data/information exchange.

The attention of the participants focused on cooperation and internationalisation. An important issue concerned the role users had in the creation of standards. Mr Hess explained that ETSI has a users group and that several projects such as Field Operate Tests (FOTs) are based on users

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needs. Mr Meyer confirmed that in the context of deployment, it is important to focus more on users in the future.

are ongoing cooperation activities between EU, USA and Japan on harmonisation of some specific cooperative system applications.

ERTICO has a Users Sector Platform and a Public Authority Sector Platform which provide important input into the Partnership by articulating their needs. In addition, ERTICO is also organising a Forum on ITS for Urban Mobility in order to gain knowledge about the challenges in cities and to discuss relevant ITS solutions.

The video of the sessions and the presentations are available here.

Another important issue raised at the conference was the possibility of increasing international cooperation on standardisation.

Most standardisation bodies and organisations are already a step ahead in this process. For instance, ERTICO has a well-established partnership with the USA and Japan which covers different types of activities such as vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicleto-infrastructure communication and location based services. It was pointed out that there

Hermann Meyer, CEO of ERTICO -ITS Europe

ERTICO welcomes New Staff Andy Rooke served as a Police Officer in the UK for 31 years specialising in Road Policing and Road Death Investigation. He was also a technical advisor to the Association of Chief Police Officers in the UK and TISPOL on ITS matters, was a project partner in eMERGE, GST, VERA 1,2,3, EVI and Liaison projects and Project manager for Remove.

On leaving the Police Service and worked as a project manager for Transport for London delivering the CVIS London test site and the UK Technology Strategy Board project FREEFLOW. Andy then worked for ERTICO partner Technolution developing the UK market and acting as the Technolution project partner for eCoMove.

Andy has joined the ERTICO team to be Project Co-ordinator of the HeERO project.

Nuno Quental is Portuguese and holds a PhD in Territorial Engineering since 2010. He joined ERTICO – ITS Europe as a Project Support Manager.

Before, he worked for 15 months for ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, in Bonn, as EcoMobility Officer.

After graduation in Environmental Engineering, in 2001, Nuno worked for the Catholic University for six years in projects dealing with sustainable urban development and Local Agenda 21.

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Europe launches first satellites for smart navigation system On 21 October 2011 Europe launched the first two operational Galileo satellites from Kourou, French Guiana, with a Soyuz launcher to reach their orbit at 23.000 kilometres. Europe is now a step closer to having its own smart satellite navigation system, which will bring many benefits to our economies and our daily lives. European industry is in pole position to benefit from the Galileo programme, by providing businesses and citizens direct access to a satellite navigation signal powered in Europe.

The Galileo programme sets up an enhanced global satellite navigation system, providing a highly accurate, guaranteed global positioning service. It will offer three services, the Open Service (free of charge), and the Public Regulated Service (PRS) the Search-and-Rescue Service, as of 2014. Further services to follow later will include

a Commercial Service and a Safety-of-Life Service for higher data throughput rate and higher accuracy authenticated data.

In addition, the Galileo programme ensures European know-how in a technology that is becoming critical, including for such areas as electricity distribution and telecommunication networks. The system established under the Galileo programme is expected to deliver €90 billion over a period of 20 years in terms of additional revenues for industry and in terms of public and social benefits.

For more information visit the DG Enterprise & Industry website.

Read the full European Commission press release.

Dutch ITS report response to the EC Directive 2010/40/EU The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment has published a report on the 2011 National Inventory of ITS for roads in the Netherlands in response to the demand formulated in EC Directive 2010/40/EU. The report gives an overview of the current status of ITS in the country as well as list of some of the most important actions taken.

According to the report, “many measures are taken to facilitate this high level of mobility and many more are needed as traffic is expected to grow between 10 and 35% between now and 2020”. Transport is one of larger and more significant sector for the Dutch economy as it gives 750,000 jobs and it represents 8.5% of GDP. Read the full report here.

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Call for Papers – 19th ITS World Congress Vienna ERTICO - ITS EUROPE in close cooperation with the Austrian Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology, AustriaTech, ITS Vienna, and the European Commission, is organising the 19th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services (ITS) in Vienna, Austria, on 22-26 October 2012.

With the motto “smarter on the way” the Congress will focus on innovative systems for the improvement of mobility, and will explore how ITS can make a real and practical difference in everyday mobility, whether in terms of energy efficiency, environmental impact, X2X communications, transport policy or beyond. ITS stakeholders from around the world will gather to discuss the latest innovations and exchange expertise.

The Exhibition will also reflect the theme with industrial exhibitors, public authorities and ITS related organisations showcasing technologies and services that are changing the face of transport today. In addition, the Exhibition will be open to the general public on Thursday to show them how ITS can help them in their daily life. Information on stand bookings can be found here.

The Congress organisers invite those interested in submitting a Technical/Scientific Paper or a Special Session to do so via the ITS World Congress website from 17 October 2011 until 13 January 2012.

The Congress will be a unique opportunity to: • Network with all attendees • Share best practices and lessons learned through a dynamic Congress programme • Explore the latest ITS solutions showcased at the Congress • Meet the exhibitors for business and partnership opportunities • Disseminate relevant information on ITS to a worldwide audience • Participate in the technical visits and demonstrations • Enjoy the exciting social programme For further details on the 19th ITS World Congress & Exhibition, please do not hesitate to contact Valérie Mindlin, Congress Manager, or visit the Congress website.

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e-Call Workshop in Greece On Tuesday 25 October a workshop on the implementation of e-call in Greece took place in Athens. The event was organised within the framework of the Greek National Research Project eKLISI, whose primary objective is the implementation and demonstration of a national pilot application of eCall. The eKLISI project, coordinated by ERTICO Partner ICCS (Institute of Communication and Computing Systems) with the participation of COSMOTE S.A. (Mobile Operator) and Space Hellas (SW and electronics SME), is expected to create the groundwork necessary for the implementation of the eCall service in Greece, something that will be obligatory for all EU member-states from 2014, as set out by the European project HeERO. The ongoing actions of the Greek Government for the implementation of the eCall service were presented at the workshop as

well as an overview of the related European research project HeERO, which seeks to prepare nine European member-states (including Greece) for the implementation of the eCall service. The pilot implementation of the eCall service in the Czech Republic (also a member of the HeERO project) was also presented as a case study.

The workshop was attended by several national stakeholders from the public and private sectors who took part in a constructive discussion on the implementation of the eCall service in Greece, the potential problems, and the most efficient solutions.

For more information on the event and the implementation of eCall in Greece please contact Dr Angelos Amditis.

EUTRAIN project kicks off In the field of Transport research, the EU and other national, federal or regional entities face common mobility related problems and challenges. International Cooperation in Transport research is becoming therefore an increasing priority aiming, primarily, at creating “critical mass” in moving collaboratively to solve critical 21st century transportation challenges.

This is where the newly launched EC-funded project EUTRAIN will play a key role by establishing – through international cooperation in transport research – the free circulation of specialised knowledge, experience and know how in facing transport problems and challenges and create through collaboration the conditions for more “breakthrough” research and achievements that would otherwise require more time and resources if faced individually and separately. In addition, EUTRAIN can both help to strengthen 22

European Transport Area (ERA-T) as well as boost Europe’s competitiveness in the global economy.

The project is coordinated by ECTRI and the consortium includes: ERTICO – ITS Europe, FEHRL, EURNEX and Volvo Technology Corporation. The project will last for two years and will end in 2013.

EUTRAIN partners held a kick-off meeting on 17 October, followed by a meeting of the Network of Associated Entities (NAE). This Network gathers organisations involved in Transport Research and will be closely associated with the project and will be invited to join the main project activities.

Additionally a Network of Related Entities (NRE) has been set-up by gathering organisations who will provide their views in what regards the project’s findings and proposals. Should you be interested in being part of the NRE, please contact Yanying Li. More information will soon be available on the EUTRAIN website.

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First iMobility Forum plenary meeting: paving the way to the future Succeeding to the eSafety Forum, the iMobility Forum, which now encompasses smart and clean mobility in addition to safety on European roads, held its inaugural iMobility Forum Plenary Meeting on 24 and 25 October 2011, in Brussels.

On the first day, the Plenary Meeting was opened by Member of the European Parliament Silvia-Adriana Ţicău, who introduced Europe’s expectations for intelligent mobility and the conclusions of this year’s Plenary Meeting. The session started off by developing the new focus and directions undertaken by the iMobility Forum, putting special emphasis on the activities of each of the Forum's Working Groups by introducing new working groups such as the Business Models WG, by re-launching the Digital maps and ICT for Energy and Efficiency WGs and by giving a new focus and work plan to the International Cooperation WG.

MEP Silvia-Adriana Ţicău opened the first iMobility Forum plenary meeting

The second part of the session was dedicated to the iMobility Observers Group giving an overview on the progress of the Forum recommendations, in particular in the UK, Romania and Czech Republic. This represented a good opportunity

for Eastern European ITS stakeholders to present the latest developments in their work, as well as to benchmark and share best practices with their peers.

After a half day of fruitful exchanges, the iMobility Forum Plenary Meeting was concluded by giving way to the first iMobility Awards. Rewarding excellence in deployment of iMobility systems, the Awards Ceremony was hosted by Ms Ţicău, who introduced to the intelligent mobility community this year’s winners: the Industry and Technology Award 2011 went to BMW, the Policy Award 2011 to City of Helmond, and the National/Local ITS Implementation Award 2011 to TNO. On 25 October, the second and final session of the 1st iMobility Forum Plenary Meeting opened the way to the mobility of the future with ITS experts sharing their views on where European mobility is headed and how to achieve further innovation, research, development, deployment and use of ICT based transport systems and services. 9 European ITS projects were presented to the audience, who appreciated the opportunity to share ideas and best practices based on their respective experiences in the different European countries.

The Plenary Meeting was concluded by paving the way to the future with a presentation of Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation - and 3 SMART studies commissioned by DG Information Society aimed to provide input to FP8, as well as by presenting the highlights of the ITS World Congress 2011 and opening the way to next year’s World Congress to be held in Vienna.

For more information contact iCar Support.

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iMobility Awards: Rewarding excellence in deployment of iMobility systems On Monday 24 October, the 1st iMobility Forum Awards were given out to organisations which have been recognised by the ITS community as paving the way to the mobility of the future.

The iMoblity Forum Awards aim to reward excellence in ITS implementation and deployment in Europe. For 3 months, the names of 11 nominees were up for online voting in the following categories: Industry and Technology, Policy, and National/Local ITS Implementation.

After sorting out nearly 250 votes and on the occasion of the 1st iMobility Forum Plenary Meeting, Member of the European Parliament Silvia-Adriana Ţicău introduced to the intelligent mobility community this year’s winners: • In the category Industry and Technology Award, BMW - represented by Joachim Scholten - was rewarded for their efforts in providing a safe and efficient environment for the user, and playing a key role in accelerating deployment of iMobility systems in Europe; • In the Policy category, a city that was acclaimed by the iMobility community, for turning ambitious policy goals into pioneering deployment of cooperative mobility technology in Europe: the City of Helmond – represented by Gert Blom; • Finally, the National/Local ITS implementation Award went to the Grand Cooperative Driving Challenge – represented

by Bastiaan Krosse from TNO - for their contribution to the acceleration of ITS implementation in the Netherlands and beyond.

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From left to right: Gert Blom (City of Helmond), Silvia-Adriana Ţicău (MEP), Francisco Ferreira (EC DG INFSO), Joachim Scholten (BMW) and Bastiaan Krosse (TNO)

However, there also exists a fourth category to the iMobility Awards, which is not awarded every year, but on special occasions. With the Lifetime Achievement Award, the iMobility Forum wishes to put forward and reward one’s lifetime achievement in the world of ITS. This year, it was awarded to Francisco Ferreira (Principal Scientific Officer, European Commission DG INFSO) for his lifetime dedication to transport and intelligent mobility.

The iMobility Forum Members and iCar Support team wish to warmly congratulate this year’s winners for their significant contribution to the world of ITS. For more information please contact iCar Support.

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Multi-modal real time traffic and travel information for all!

Webinar: Learn about how In-Time is delivering mobility solutions for cities In-Time is proud to invite you to its webinar, on 23 November at 10:00 in the morning CET, which will focus on multi-modal real time and reliable traffic and travel information services in European cities.

Started in April 2009, the In-Time pilot project has implemented and deployed in six European cities – Brno, Bucharest, Florence Munich, Oslo and Vienna – an open ICT solution facilitating the access to local data via a common B2B interface based on several ITS standards. The pilot project will finish in March 2012, but the In-Time service will continue on an independent basis.

How can In-Time be applied to other cities? What are the costs and benefits? What makes In-Time special?

Marco Boero, Head of Research and Innovation at Softeco Sismat Srl, will present In-Time, how it works, and explain how it can be applied in other cities.

Registered participants will have the opportunity to interact and ask questions to Mr Boero during the webinar. A recording of the webinar will be available on In-Time website soon after the webinar.

This webinar is particularly relevant as mobility in cities is at the top of stakeholders’ current priorities and will take place a week before the Forum on Urban Mobility organised by ERTICO on 1 December 2011.

To register to this webinar please click here To register for the Forum on Urban Mobility please send an email to pr@mail.ertico.com To view the past ERTICO webinars and the schedule of the next ones, click here In-Time is funded through the EU funding program ICT-PSP

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EasyWay 4th Annual Forum 2011 Promoted by 27 EU Member States and 3 other European countries and the operators of the TEN T Road network, the 4th EasyWay Annual Forum will be held in Rome (Italy) from the 9th to the 11th November 2011.

EasyWay operates in a coordinated way under the supervision of the European Commission TEN-T Executive Agency and through policy direction from the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (EC DG MOVE).

EasyWay is an European Project aiming at harmonised implementation of Intelligent Transports Systems (ITS). Our mission is to promote the continuity of Services across the TEN-T Road network and its urban and multimodal links, in order to improve safety, reduce congestion, and reduce environmental impact.

To ensure harmonised deployment, EasyWay has developed the EW Deployment Guidelines (EW DGs) that provide clear guidance to any road operator planning to deploy ITS services.

The EasyWay Annual Forum, having reached its 4th edition, brings together European and National Decision Makers, key staff from Public and Private roads operators, stakeholders and experts. The event provides room for discussion and debate around efficient solutions for transport as well as a platform for major European achievements in ITS for road deployment, technology and ruling policies.

At the 4th EasyWay Annual Forum in autumn 2011, Europe will come together in Rome to share views on the harmonised deployment of ITS services and to discuss the future of road transportation and (multimodal) mobility.

You can find more details about the Registration on the 4th EW Annual Forum website.

Save the date: the interactIVe Summer School 2012 The interactIVe FP7 Integrated Project is inviting you to the 2012 Summer School in Corfu, Greece, 3-6 July 2012! During this Summer school latest project results on Perception systems, ADAS and HMI for safer and more efficient driving will be combined with expertise and excellence from acknowledged researches and specialists within the field to deliver to participants a thorough analysis and knowledge on the above mentioned areas. Keynote speeches, lectures and presentations will be combined with networking sessions and round tables to deliver a high level and knowledge full programme.

Prominent speakers from academia and the industry, both from Europe and abroad, will discuss a varied range of topics, starting from sensor interfaces and fusion modules, and expanding to driver support, emergency intervention, vehicle path control, perception platforms and ADAS applications.

During a special session PhD students will have the chance to present their current work and participate in open discussion panels.

This is a first 'Save the Date' invitation for interesting participants. Participants may include PHD students, young scientists and technicians working in the area, researchers working in the industry and academia and any other interested person from all over the world.

Additonal information and details on the programme and venue will follow.

To indicate initial interest and to receive further information please contact Dr Angelos Amditis.

Co足funded and supported by the European Commission DG INFSO, supported by EUCAR

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Call for Papers - International Symposium on Electronics in Transport 2012 Slovenian ITS Association under umbrella of the Electro technical Association of Slovenia will organise the jubilee 20th International Symposium on Electronics in Transport – ISEP which promotes the strategic objective of integrating and strengthening the European Research Area in Slovenia as well as in the other member States, Accession States and in some nearby countries.

The Symposiums’ 2012 theme is “Linking People with ITS”. This theme brings focus on the importance of planning, developing and using innovative traffic infrastructure and vehicles in the way that they will cooperate with different telematics applications especially to provide critical information to existing riders and encourage non-riders to became public transport users. Intelligent Transport Systems and Services continue to be deployed across Europe at an increasing pace for all modes of transport.

But, the current ITS, logistics or public transport solutions cannot meet the challenges modern society is facing today. Therefore, some questions could be addressed: Can sustainable transport profit lesser road user charges, and if so, is ITS the means to measure this? How can we help public authorities to develop an integrated view on ITS, including its strategy development? Is the right next step: “multi-modal, mobile, networked, pervasive, ... with a particular business model”?

On the other hand, it is of great importance to establish a research network of Slovenia and nearby countries in the area of ITS and tie it to the European and regional research. Each of you will come with your own aspirations to the Symposium will share them with old and new colleagues.

Unique to this event is the encouragement of participation by PhD students who are involved in current state-of-the-art transport research and practical issues concerning ITS. The symposium will give PhD students the opportunity to present their PhD work to a knowledgeable audience. At the same time, it will offer the opportunity for the presentation of achievements of Slovene and foreign researchers.

Further, the symposium gives participants from ministries, universities, research organisations and industry the opportunity to establish personal contacts with the aim of stimulating the efficient transfer of research results to the market, according to the needs and expectations of users of all modes of transportation.

The aim of the symposium is also to encourage dialogue and cooperation among the participants who are involved in solving the problems and looking for common solutions.

Deadlines 13 January 2012 - Registration of abstracts 27 January 2012 - Notification of acceptance 24 February 2012 - Submission of paper For additional information please visit ISEP website or contact ISEP

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ERTICO Forum “ITS for Urban Mobility” Urban Mobility – better mobility, better cities Date: 1 December 2011 Location: Brussels, Belgium Open to ERTICO Partners and i-Mobility Network Plus Members Live streaming for ERTICO Partners and i-Mobility Network Plus Members Growing prosperity creates growing demand for mobility of people and goods especially in urban areas. At the same time, urban areas have limitations concerning accommodating the increased mobility demand in terms of increasing road and parking infrastructure.

Moreover, congestion problems, mostly present in and around urban areas, cost the European countries nearly 100 billion Euro, or 1% of the EU's GDP, every year. Added to this is the cost of pollution and concerns about urban road safety.

Sustaining the mobility needs of the European citizen whilst tackling the negative effects of transport will be a real challenge for European cities in the next decade.

The ERTICO Forum on Urban Mobility will examine and debate Urban Mobility issues, covering but not limited to the following four discussion areas: • What do cities want? Challenges and ambitions for cities • What can ITS deliver? ITS solutions for cities • What can help ITS deployment?

• What are the existing success stories? Where has ITS been successfully implemented?

On 12 January 2012 there will be a follow-up webinar examining issues raised in the Forum.

Download the Draft Agenda.

To register for this event, please use the following link.

Please note that ERTICO-ITS Europe Partners, iMobility Network Plus Members and city authorities can register to this event for free. For all other attendees, a 300 Euro registration fee applies.

Non-members can register for the event by sending an email to pr@mail.ertico.com

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