Highlights

As part of the URSA MAJOR neo project, the Dutch national road operator Rijkswaterstaat started a pilot on the A16 (south of Rotterdam) concerning the measurement of tire pressure of trucks.

In the periode 2018-2020 Rijkswaterstaat tested two aspects:

1. is the measurement system reliable, and
2. is the system effective, in other words: did the trial result in less tire-related incidents with trucks and in less congestion?.

Apart from these two questions Rijkswaterstaat also focused on future use of this system.

EU EIP sub-activity 4.1 is dedicated to frameworks and guidelines to describe and assess the quality for ITS data and ITS services in Europe. Besides several Quality Packages, being reported frequently on this website, a dedicated task was to explore optimisation aspects in terms of quality, from the perspective of European road authorities.

The goals of this co-called “Optimum Quality” task were:

ITS, C-ITS and digitalization in the transport sector as a "laboratory of the future" also related to other fields, from energy to health. The common path is based on two cornerstones identified by the European Commission, the digital strategy and the Green Deal, in which mobility can and must play a key role. As the representative of the ITS Unit of the European Commission DG MOVE Claire Depré explains in this interview.

EU EIP sub-activity 4.1 “Determining Quality of European ITS Services” has been dedicated to establish frameworks for quality assessment in several ITS data and service domains.

One product of this sub-activity is a quality framework for the domain of Intelligent Truck Parking Information Services (ITPS). This framework, called the ITPS Quality Package, defines quality criteria, quality requirements and assessment methods for ITPS across Europe. It has been published here:

EU EIP sub-activity 4.1 “Determining Quality of European ITS Services” has been dedicated to establish frameworks for quality assessment in several ITS data and service domains.

A major milestone of this sub-activity is a brand-new quality framework for the C-ITS domain. This framework, called the C-ITS Quality Package, adds quality aspects to parallel implementation and pilot projects across Europe.

The NAP&NB Harmonisation Groups has sent out its 2nd newsletter. In this newsletter the following topics are addressed:

Stakeholders in mobility need to consider their position and potential benefits of automation. What is their vision, desired direction of development? What are their interests? What options and power do they have to steer the development? What can and should they practically do to prepare? In this document, we looked at these questions mainly from the point of view of the road authorities and operators – since they are core contributors to the EU EIP project. This roadmap document focuses on the following topics:

With Version 3, DATEX II is now at the heart of connectivity, supporting the digitalisation of road traffic and travel information. Next to important updates implemented for national road operators and service providers, DATEX II has broadened its focus to the domains of urban mobility, electromobility charging infrastructure, logistics, electronic traffic regulations and cooperative, connected and automated mobility.

The first webinar of the European ITS Platform took place on 3^rd November 2020. Its focus was on the preview of the “Reference Handbook for harmonized ITS Core Service Deployment in Europe” and on the European commitments towards a safer and sustainable road network.

This year the ITS European Congress takes place on November 9-10 in a virtual and more compact form due to the Covid pandemic.

NAP Consumer Registration – the pros and cons

EU EIP sub-activity 4.2 “Facilitating automated Driving” organised a virtual workshop on 30 September to validate the “Road map and action plan to facilitate automated driving on TEN road network” document’s final draft. The workshop focused on two aspects of highly automated driving – the requirements towards physical and digital infrastructure as well as the benefits and costs of automated driving.

EU EIP sub-activity 4.1 is dedicated to establishing Quality Frameworks for various domains of ITS.

For the domain of C-ITS services, we are currently drafting a first elaboration of such Quality Framework, taken into consideration quality aspects from ongoing C-ITS deployments, such as in C-Roads.

To exchange the first outcomes, EU EIP is inviting C-ITS stakeholders to join our:

EU EIP sub-activity 4.1 is dedicated to establishing Quality Frameworks for various domains of ITS.

For the domain of Truck Parking Information Services, we have previously published a first version of a Quality Framework .

The opening was performed by the European Commissioner for Transport Adina-Ioana Vălean and the Italian Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Paola De Micheli. Interventions of top level speakers (see hereinafter) have brought from the analyses of the current situation on “Automated vehicles: challenges and opportunities for road operators and road authorities” until the perspective of future developments and achievements.

On October 7^th and 8^th members of the EU EIP WG NAP (National Access Points) held their online project meeting. Main topics discussed were (1) the preparation of the EU EIP NAP 2020 Annual Report and (2) the upcoming Programme Support Action (PSA) for a “Coordination mechanism for NAPs in Europe”.