Category Archives: Intelligent Transport Systems

Testing automation in EU project

Posted on February 6, 2018 by nradmin
The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI) is leading a series of tests in a major EU project on automated driving. The first driving tests were carried out on a test track in Slovenia in December 2017. The project will focus in part on acceptance among different groups in...

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Self-driving buses for near future

Posted on September 15, 2017 by nradmin
A self-driving, fossil-free bus. This idea might become reality through a forthcoming collaborative project involving the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI), Linköping University and several other participants. The project group aims to have the self-driving bus in...

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European Mobility as a Service Roadmap 2025

Posted on May 24, 2017 by nradmin
The MAASiFiE project (Mobility As A Service For Linking Europe, 2015-2017) funded by CEDR aimed at identifying and analysing MaaS business models and service combinations. Also impact assessment and technological aspects of MaaS were studied. The main expected result was the Roadmap 2025 for MaaS...

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Collaborative Approach for Better Mobility Solutions

Posted on December 2, 2016 by nradmin
The TEAM project (Tomorrow’s Elastic Adaptive Mobility, 2012-2016), co-funded by the European Commission, created building blocks for connected and collaborative mobility. Eleven applications were developed for travellers and traffic management professionals to enable better mobility solutions....

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Different Speedlimits for Different Drivers

Posted on December 2, 2016 by nradmin
Traffic backups can be reduced by new traffic systems in which each vehicle is given an individual speed limit. The major challenge is to get everyone to agree to such a system. VTI is now demonstrating the benefits of new information sources by co-authoring a recently published book. Ellen...

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ITS Applications for Improving Safety and Mobility of Vulnerable Road Users

Posted on June 8, 2016 by nradmin
The VRUITS project (Improving the Safety and Mobility of Vulnerable Road Users through ITS Applications), co-funded by the European Commission, investigated how safety and mobility of Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs) can be improved through Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), and provided...

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User Acceptance of Vehicle Safety Systems

Posted on September 14, 2015 by nradmin
Intelligent transport systems can effectively reduce emissions from vehicles, and the European Commission launched a directive in 2010 to speed up the deployment of these systems. User acceptance and demand are important factors for a successful deployment and can be measured in different...

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DRIVE C2X Assessed the Impacts of Cooperative Systems

Posted on October 29, 2014 by nradmin
The EC co-funded project DRIVE C2X provided evidence that cooperative systems work and demonstrated positive impacts on driver behaviour, mobility, traffic safety, travel efficiency and the environment, with high user acceptance. DRIVE C2X provided a comprehensive, Europe-wide assessment of...

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