Variable Message Signs within the Vienna Convention

Road signs evolve as transport does. Such evolution can be traced along the different conventions that gave way to the 1968 Convention, aiming to be the world?s road sign catalog. Such general background will help us understand better the discrepancy between first road signs, devised to be posted, and road signs that are currently missing and should be shown on Variable Message Signs (VMS). Since 2003 the ?Small Group on VMS? has been working in order to update the 1968 Convention contents, particularly those concerning. The work of the 2003-2006 period was presented in the 13th World Congress on ITS (2006). Such paper was practically equal to the final document presented to UNECE WP.1 in the March 2008 session, and that passed to Consolidated Resolution 2 (R.E.2) finally in the July 2008 session, after a unique modification that will be described in this paper.

• Corporate Authors:

  ITS America

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• Authors:
  • Lucas, Antonio
  • Nouvier, Jacques
  • Arbaiza, Alberto
  • Desnouailles, C
  • Remeijn, Hans
  • Donges, Ansgar
• 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;
• Pagination: 12p
• Monograph Title: ITS Connections: Saving Time. Saving Lives

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Intelligent transportation systems; Standardization; Traffic control devices; Traffic data; Traffic flow; Traffic signs; Variable message signs
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01146164
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 15 2009 3:01PM