The Mare Nostrum VMS Group: Enlarging the Long Distance Corridor

This paper focuses on recent changes concerning the European Project on variable message signs (VMS) harmonization Mare Nostrum VMS (MN-VMS) now renamed European Study 4 (ES-4) in the new frame of European intelligent transportation systems (ITS) studies and implementation EASYWAY 2007-2013. Late in 2006, MN-VMS welcomed the incorporation of Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Slovenia, Sweden, and United Kingdom. New members within this larger group were then required to update, completing the so-called “working book” (where VMS signing practices of the all group are gathered), and performing the empirical test done by older members (see 14th World Congress on ITS 2007). Finally, the group is now focused on the elaboration of the ES-4 Guidelines, bringing the experience on the “working book” to a set of recommendations. This paper focuses on this new work growing context of MN-VMS/ES-4.

• Corporate Authors:

  ITS America

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• Authors:
  • Arbaiza, Alberto
  • Conte, Rafael
  • Desnouailles, C
  • Lucas, Antonio
  • Moran, Jonathan
  • Whitehead, Paul
  • Remeijn, Hans
  • Sequeira, Pedro
  • Tognoni, Gilberto
  • Thyni, Gunilla
  • Zorin, Ulrich
• Conference:
  • 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems and ITS America's 2008 Annual Meeting
  • Location: New York NY, United States
  • Date: 2008-11-16 to 2008-11-20
• Publication Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 12p
• Monograph Title: ITS Connections: Saving Time. Saving Lives

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Intelligent transportation systems; Standardization; Traffic control devices; Traffic safety; Traffic signal control systems; Traffic signs; Variable message signs
• Geographic Terms: Europe
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01144997
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 23 2009 12:08PM