SA 4.2: Facilitating automated driving

About SA 4.2

With the current growth and investment in automated driving it is important that road authorities and operators are participating and informed. The scope of this activity is to prepare road authorities and operators to make decisions on facilitating automated driving and automating their own core business.

Our activities are:

Task 1: Identify the requirements of higher level (SAE 3-5) of automated driving for road authorities/operators – road markings, traffic signs, real-time and predictive traffic information, digital maps, cooperative ITS infrastructure

Task 2: Assess the direct and indirect impacts of higher level automated driving on traffic, mobility and the core business of road authorities and operators; investigate the socio-economic benefits and costs of automated driving from the road operator’s perspective

Task 3: Provide a road map and action plan, focussing on the needs of road operators to facilitate automated driving on the TEN road network

Task 4: Identify the requirements of automating road operator ITS to facilitate automated driving (i.e. self-maintenance, self-optimisation, self-management, self-healing); and automation level of traffic centre operations and services (control/management/information)

Task 5: Monitor, liaise and disseminate, to gain better understanding in global activities, R&D, deployment, and policy development, disseminate lessons learned

Presentations

Connected and Automated Vehicles for All Conditions – Challenges of Accurate Positioning and Location, A. Koskela, Trafi Finland, IBTTA Global Tolling Summit Salzburg, 7 Sept 2018
The ODD Issue, R. Kulmala, Traficon Ltd, Interactive Symposium on Research & Innovation for Connected and Automated Driving in Europe, 19 Apr 2018
Connected & Automated Driving in the Netherlands, T. Alkim, RWS, SIP-adus Workshop 2017, 14-16 Nov 2017
Digital infrastructure for the deployment of automated vehicles, R. Kulmala, Finnish Transport Agency, ITS World Congress 2017, 29 Oct – 2 Nov 2017
Where will Automated Vehicles take us? A Framework for Impact Assessment, S. Innamaa, VTT Finland, SIS Poster Automated Vehicle Symposium, 11-13 Jul 2017
Facilitating Connected & Automated Driving, a Road Operator’s Perspective, T. Alkim, RWS, Connected and Automated Driving Conference, 3-4 Apr 2017

Resources

The Future of Autonomous Vehicles – Future Agenda, Open Foresight, April 2020. This interim report shares the findings from the first five expert discussions in Los Angeles, Frankfurt, Singapore, Wellington and Melbourne.
Knowledge Base on Connected and Automated Driving (CAD) – evolving and growing with the existing body of knowledge in the field
CAD and ARCADE – The European Commission places a high priority on the deployment of automated road transport. It has set up the ARCADE to ensure that connected automated technologies are deployed in a coordinated and harmonised manner, which will accelerate the implementation of safe and connected automated driving in Europe.
EU Project VRA – Vehicle and Road Automation, collaboration network of experts and stakeholders. Project ended in Dec 2016, useful resources / library maintained
USDOT Automated Vehicles Activities – comment on: Preparing for the Future of Transportation: Automated Vehicles 3.0 (AV 3.0) [ISBN 978-0-16-094944-9]
Read the latest SAE International Taxonomy and Definitions for Terms Related to Driving Automation Systems for On-Road Motor Vehicles, (J3016_201806)

A detailed presentation of the deliverables released by the EUEIP 4.2 working group and of the events they partecipated is available on the following pages:

Partners

Lead: Traficom, Finnish Transport and Communications Agency

Beneficiaries: Finland (Traficom), France (Cerema), Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Romania, Spain (DGT), Sweden & UK

Participants: Denmark, France (ASFA), Italy (AV and ANAS), Spain (SEOPAN)

Followers: Belgium (BrxCapit. and Flanders), ITS Bulgaria, Norway, Spain (CTA), Switzerland