European Policy Fact Sheets and Reports

Fact Sheets:

• March 2010 - Meeting sustainability objectives - the role of ITS Fact Sheet
  This fact sheet presents a discussion on the role of technology in reducing emissions from road based transport, with a particular focus on those measures relevant to the Highways Agency and the Strategic Road Network. 
• March 2010 - Incident Management the role of Technology Fact Sheet
  This Fact Sheet summarises current incident management technologies used throughout the world and highlights recent Research and Development and advances in this field.
• September 2009 - CVHS Fact Sheet
  Cooperative Vehicle Highway Systems (CVHS) involve vehicles exchanging information with each other and with the roadside infrastructure so that drivers and road operators have access to live, up to date information about the road environment. This Fact Sheet summarises the benefits and technological challenges involved in CVHS, European activities and standards. Projects related to CVHS in Europe, Japan and the USA are summarised and developments in the UK in general and the Highways Agency in particular are discussed.
• March 2009 - eCall Fact Sheet
  eCall is an in-vehicle emergency call service that is designed to speed up emergency response, with benefits for both casualties and other road users. This Fact Sheet outlines the service and its potential benefits, summarises the European policy and activities, including research and standards and outlines the UK position. The first version of the Fact Sheet was published in March 2006. It was updated in January 2007 and has been udated again to take account of events during 2007 and 2008.

Reports:

• Cooperative Vehicle-Infrastructure Systems Symposium Conference Report 28 March 2007 
  A report by Jonathan Francsics on the March 2007 meeting on CVIS (Cooperative Vehicle-Infrastructure Systems ) hosted by the Dutch research organisation TNO. CVIS is expected to have impacts on flows, safety and the environment. This event was aimed at raising the awareness of CVIS through presentations of prominent European developments in this field.
• Conference Report - 5th eSafety Plenary May 2006
  Alan Stevens reports on sessions covering progress in eSafety Working Groups, the i2010 Intelligent Car Initiative, the Eurobarometer survey on eSafety systems, and presents recommendations for the Highways Agency.
• Conference Report - 6th eSafety Plenary November 2006
  Report by Alan Stevens covering sessions on progress in eSafety Working Groups, the RESPONSE code of practice, the i2010 Intelligent Car Initiative and common communications architecture in COMeSafety, along with recommendations for the Highways Agency.