Coordination Of Network Descriptors
for Urban Intelligent Transport Systems
for Urban Intelligent Transport Systems
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) are increasingly being deployed in urban areas as part of the response to the transport issues they face. The services offered range from traffic control through public transport information to travel demand management.
However, as each urban area tends to be autonomous and act in response to its own political pressures, it is very difficult to build a picture across Europe and beyond of how ITS is being used to provide solutions, the scale of deployment and the comparative effectiveness of the implemented solutions. It is important to have this wide picture because it can inform where future investment is needed in research, training and deployment. This information can show where the market is effective, where barriers need to be removed and where the effectiveness of investment can be improved.
CONDUITS is a two-year project with strong city involvement which will develop a number of tools to assist local authorities in making investment decisions on ITS. The project's objectives will be achieved through the coordination of research and development activities, so as to gather information on the programmes of cities and research teams, to improve communication, and to define the mutual needs and develop better reciprocal knowledge. In addition, the results are expected to benefit a wider range of ITS stakeholders, including the research community and the ITS industry by:
- showing the most promising areas for urban ITS where research efforts should be directed
- achieving an internationally-recognised standard measure for quantifying benefits, enabling better and faster decision making by policy makers
- stimulating more private high-tech investment by lowering the risk and uncertainty associated with intelligent transport systems
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CONDUITS is a research project funded by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme for R&D, Theme 7 "TRANSPORT (including AERONAUTICS)". |