TRAVEL AND TRAFFIC INFORMATION, INTERURBAN TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND FREIGHT MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE DRIVE II PROGRAMME

In the framework of the Advanced Transport Telematics Program DRIVE II of the Commission of the European Union, working groups related to different areas of transportation were established. Emphasis was given to the cross-project coordination of the developments and experience for seven specific areas. This paper covers the results of Area 2, Travel and Traffic Information; Area 4, Interurban Traffic Management; and Area 6, Freight Management. Area 2 was concerned with the issues related to collecting, processing, and distributing information. The kernel were 11 projects dealing with information provided to end users via variable message signs, electronic communication systems, or cellular phone. Experiences derived in these projects together with valuable supplements from outside were used to assess the needs, to describe the constraints to indicate the problems, and to derive a system synthesis with steps for optimization and implementation. Within Area 4, a range of applications and techniques were analyzed, which assist operators of motorways and main road networks to keep the roads uncongested and safe, to ensure smooth traffic flow, to advise drivers, and to provide travel services. In particular, progress made using video analysis techniques when applied to incident and congestion monitoring on motorways and the improvements made concerning the distribution of information between traffic control centers, traffic information centers, and the driver are reported. The objectives in Area 6 were to support and sustain future economic development in Europe by ensuring the most efficient use of the available freight transport system, through improved freight transport reliability, safety, and customer service, ensuring better conditions for drivers and dispatchers as well as reduction of the unfavorable effects of freight transport on the environment and less congestion on the roads.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Five volumes of papers and one volume of abstracts comprise the published set of conference materials.
• Corporate Authors:

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  TORANOMOM 34 MORI BUILDING 1-25-5
  TORANOMON, MINATOKU, TOKYO 105  Japan 
• Authors:
  • Kuhne, R
  • Csallner, A
  • Chevreuil, M
  • Fisher, G
  • GIANNOPOULOS, G A
• Conference:
  • Steps Forward. Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress
  • Location: Yokohama, Japan
  • Date: 1995-11-9 to 1995-11-11
• Publication Date: 1995-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 2554

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communication systems; Driver information systems; Fleet management; Highway traffic control; Incident detection; Intelligent transportation systems; Telematics; Traffic control; Traffic flow; Variable message signs
• Geographic Terms: Europe
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00726068
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Volume 5
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 18 1996 12:00AM