Editorial

Interview of the month: ERTICO - ITS Europe talks to Ronald Adams, Chairman of EasyWay 2011 and

Strategic Advisor at the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment

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Dear Readers,

p6 Time for greener moving: In-Time goes public!p8 Nissan LEAF cars connected at all times through Telenor Connexionp9 ERTICO publishes two Thematic Papers

p10 Continental: If the tyre is lacking air it reaches for the phonep13 P3ITS does the spadework on Pre Commercial Procurement legal questions

... and much more

Highlights: In Brief:

ERTICO is very pleased to have the opportunity to talk to Ronald Adams, Chairman of the EasyWay Project 2011, with specific emphasis on the project’s primary objectives, initiatives and future goals. This interview coincides with the start of Ronald’s new Chairmanship providing you some insights into his future ambitions and the current status of the project. Please turn to page 2 to read our interview for this month.

ERTICO is further delighted to announce that, as part of the i-Mobility Network service, we have started publishing a series of Thematic Papers intended to examine topical ITS issues or initiatives. In doing so, ERTICO aims to contribute particularly to the ongoing deployment of ITS in Europe and beyond. You can read an article on these Thematic Papers on page 9.

I would also like to remind you that ERTICO will hold its third webinar entitled “Cooperation Needs on Field Operational Tests” on 3 February 2011 at 14:00 CET. Two experts will elucidate on how this will be tackled in the framework of the EC-funded activity FOT-Net. Speakers for this webinar are Irina Silva (ERTICO - ITS Europe) and Amon Rambaldini (CRF). You can take a look into the upcoming webinars by clicking here.

Furthermore, we are very pleased to inform you that the In-Time launch event took place on 25 January 2010 in Vienna, Austria. The project focuses on Multimodal Real Time Traffic and Travel Information (RTTI) services provided to drivers and travellers. To find out more, turn to page 6.

Finally, I wish you all a productive season and hope that you enjoy reading this month’s edition of the i-Mobility newsletter. We will be back in February with more fresh news and stories from the ITS Community!

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Interview of the monthERTICO talks to Ronald Adams - Chairman of the EasyWay 2011 Project, and Strategic Advisor for Network Management at the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment

ERTICO: What are the main lessons learnt from the first phase of EasyWay to succeed in European-wide deployment of ITS services?

Ronald Adams: The most important lesson is that European wide deployment of ITS services needs well organised cooperation between the involved

partners and stakeholders. EasyWay is in a unique position to organise this cooperation between Member States, partners (including the European Commission) and external stakeholders. The first phase of EasyWay showed many good results. Experiences gained, lessons learned, best practiced shared. And realised projects that have contributed to both national and European goals and that have provided valuable services to the European road users of the TEN-T Road Network.

Nevertheless both internal and external evaluations have revealed that there is space for further improvements of the EasyWay programme. EasyWay has taken into account all internal experiences and the additional recommendations from the European Services and from external stakeholders and have concluded that a number of concrete improvement are both possible and nessassary.

One of the most important improvements to be considered for the deployment of ITS services is a more pro-active communication with both the EasyWay Member States and partners, the European Services and the external stakeholders to inform and explain the proposed contents and to actively search for common solutions in debatable issues.

A second point of attention was the new European framework (ITS Action Plan and ITS Directive). EasyWay has elaborated its own long term strategy

in order to describe in the so-called Strategy and Action Plan a desired future state of the European road transport system in support of the deployment of Europe-wide ITS services and the creation of added value for the users of the TEN-T road network. The Strategy, as agreed by all EasyWay partners, provides both internal and external stakeholders with long term guidance on what to do, how and where to do it, when to do it and in which partnership. In this way cooperation will be faster, more efficient, more productive and more harmonised.

Important and consistent elements of the EasyWay Strategy and Action Plan are: the Policy framework, the Vision, the Core European ITS Services, the Goals, the Road Map and the detailed workplans for EasyWay Phase II.

The Policy framework constitutes high-level guidance provided by European and Member State transport policies, concerning the direction to take in the programme execution, including the definition of priorities to be considered in the planning process.

The Vision for harmonised ITS services describes a desired future long-term, until 2020, state of the road transport system. As EasyWay partners work for the public good, the Vision has been expressed from the perspective of end users in the European transport system – private as well as professional.

To establish the strategy to work from the current situation towards the Vision, EasyWay has defined, from the road operators’ perspective, a range of Goals between 2010 and 2020 that will guide the definition of programme activities.

The Road-Map summarises the development and implementation steps to be taken and defines the period in which this needs to be done in order to fulfill the specific Goals. The process results in the Road-Map for EasyWay deployment. This provides the strategic foundation for the detailed

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planning and the guide for the exploration of future possibilities in ITS. It defines the long term actions and priorities for the planning process and a timeline for the deployment of ITS services, including cooperation with external stakeholders and dependency on technical developments.

The workplans contain the concrete projects aiming both at harmonised deployment and at horizontal studies.

A last lesson we have learned from EasyWay I want to mention here is that the governance of the EasyWay Programme can be further strengthened. The installation of the new Supervisory Programme Board with high level represenatatives from the Member States is important. The main task of the SPB is to connect national and European developments and guide the EasyWay Programme in the right direction. Other elements of further improving governance are quality and risk management.

ERTICO: What are the necessary and priority ITS services to be implemented in Europe?

Ronald Adams: User demand for ITS services is growing rapidly and is following market trend: on-board and mobile devices, as well as information services covering transport and numerous complementary usages (leisure, tourism, and infotainment) are some examples.

The identification of necessary and priority ITS services derives both from user needs and from European and Member State transport policies and are closely related to priorities defined in the ITS Action Plan and the ITS Directive (2010/40/EC).

Mapping EasyWay activities against the ITS Action

Plan demonstrates a very large correlation between the needs expressed by the European Commission in the ITS Action Plan and the deployment and development activities within EasyWay in response to partner needs.

The recent ITS Directive (2010/40/EC) is strictly tied to the implementation of the ITS Action Plan and is intended to facilitate the adoption of EU harmonised specifications and standards for ITS services relating to road transport and interfaces with other modes of transport for the end purpose of increasing the effectiveness and sustainability of road transport.

The Directive identifies four main Priority Areas, which are further specified in six Priority Actions for ITS services.

Mapping EasyWay activities against the ITS Directive, demonstrates a very strong correlation with all four Priority Areas included as development and deployment areas within EasyWay.

EasyWay has defined its priority ITS services, the so-called “Core Services”, to be implemented in the coming years which are related to:

• Pre-trip and on-trip Traveller Information• Co-modal Traveller Information• Management of sensitive road segments• Traffic Management on Corridors and network• Incident Management• Intelligent Truck Parking• Access to abnormal and hazard goods transport

regulation• Information and Communication Technologies

Infrastructure• VMS harmonisation (Mare Nostrum)• DATEX II

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An important instrument to support the harmonised deployment of those core services are the so-called Deployment Guidelines. For EasyWay, Phase II of the 2010 version of the Deployment Guidelines will be used in principle for the projects in workplan. Parallel to that EasyWay has set up a porcess for further improvement of the Deployment Guidelines which will lead to new versions at the end of 2012. Of course partners and external stakeholders play an important role in this process.

ERTICO: ...and their expected benefits to significantly improve road transport in Europe?

Ronald Adams: The full potential of ITS services can only be realised if their deployment in Europe goes from local and national to Europe-wide. This is a clear goal of the EU ITS Action Plan and the ITS Directive 2010/40/EC, to which EasyWay commits itself fullheartedly.

From the road operator and traffic manager points of view, ITS services have already proven their efficiency in addressing road congestion, traffic management on sensitive networks, road safety, security of commercial transport operations or urban mobility and facilitating the road user travelling from A to B.

ITS applications for journey planning, dynamic in-vehicle navigation, and eco-driving support also contribute to congestion relief, to greener mobility and to reduced energy consumption.

Reflecting with a medium term perspective, EasyWay has defined a range of Goals between 2010 and 2020 that will guide the definition of programme activities.

EasyWay has defined for the year 2020: 25% improvement in safety, 25% improvement in efficiency and 10% less damage to the environment due to increased use of coordinated ITS.

With a short term perspective, there are five key objectives:

1. to deploy Europe-wide ITS Core Services for the benefit of the road users. By doing so, the programme supports the transport policy goals concerning road safety, environmental impact from transport and mobility

2. to achieve a widespread understanding of agreed deployment priorities (e.g. through the

Road-Map) and common solutions3. to carry out common education and training

activities for people engaged in TC operations in order to ensure that the adaptation and use of these services are also harmonised

4. to work on the dissemination of solutions and results to organisations outside of EasyWay in order to extend the impact of EasyWay’s work

5. to support innovations, future ITS services and solutions

EasyWay contributes directly and significantly to the overall objective to improve our quality of life by improving: safety (the reduction of fatalities and injuries), mobility (the reduction of economical damages due to delays and reduced accessibility) and mitigation of climate change (the reduction of environmental damages). The EasyWay results are clearly visible to the European road users and have significant positive impacts on the lives of many EU citizens.

ERTICO: What are the main ambitions and challenges of next phase activities within EasyWay?

Ronald Adams: EasyWay’s achievements already demonstrate the success of this unique and inclusive cooperative platform. EasyWay has played and will play an important role in the creation of a seamless European transport system through coordinated ITS deployment from local, regional and national level to Europe-wide, according to the priorities defined in the ITS Action Plan and the ITS Directive (2010/40/EC).

So, the main challenges of the next phase activities are:

• Contribute to European and national mobility and transport policies through ITS implementation, namely to improve safety and mobility and reduce environmental impact from road transport by deploying and endorsing Europe-wide ITS services

• Contribute to the creation of a seamless transport system fostering deployment of services designed for cross-border continuity and facilitating extensive harmonisation

• Prioritise the ITS services and their deployment

• Foster innovation and enable future development through the establishment of horizontal activities, like European pilot

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implementations, viability studies, execution of joint development activities (e.g. DATEX II)

• Promote high-level discussions within the EasyWay organisation and with external stakeholders on current and future requirements for harmonised transport systems

ERTICO: Why is cooperation so important in Europe to achieve successful deployment?

Ronald Adams: The cooperation between national Ministries, Road Authorities and Operators and partners from the private and public sectors of the EU Member States is necessary to realise the common goals, to alleviate road transport problems (i.e. mobility, safety and environmental impact) in the EU and to serve the users of the European road network. The cooperation is on one hand a significant challenge but one the other hand a prominent and unique opportunity for European harmonisation of ITS.

EasyWay is the only organisation in Europe where Member States cooperate intensively on the development of European ITS services. Almost all road operators (authorities and concessionaires) along the TEN-T Roads are cooperating in the active development and deployment of ITS. EasyWay also cooperates through open communication with European Services and public and private partners. This cooperation will be further strengthened by means of the newly formed Supervisory Programme Board (EW SPB) in which Member States and European Services are represented. This enables the connection of national and European ITS initiatives and to make important contributions to the deployment of Europe-wide ITS services.

EasyWay intends to continue the cooperation even after 2013 and beyond 2020. The Member

States realise that, beside internal cooperation (between Member States and European Services), cooperation with “external stakeholders” will further harmonise and accelerate deployment of ITS and reduce economic and social costs. EC support is a key stimulus for the success of this ongoing cooperation.

Without coordination such deployment remains fragmented and cannot provide geographical continuity of ITS services throughout the EU and at its external borders, and the full potential of ITS in support of European Transport Policies is not realised.

ERTICO: What do you see as a main personal ambition for EasyWay in your upcoming year as Chairman?

Ronald Adams: As I said before, I think that the main ambition for EasyWay is the achievement of a seamless transport system through coordinated deployment of ITS services designed for cross-border continuity and facilitating extensive harmonisation for the sake of the European road user who wants to travel in an efficient, safe, clean and convenient way from A to B.

Cooperation and communication between EasyWay partners with internal and external stakeholders (private and public including the European Services) is crucial to obtain this objective, so this will be an important part of my focus.

Equally important to me is that we will deliver as EasyWay what we have promised in our ambitious Strategy and Action Plan. And if we succeed to do so (which I firmly believe!) we will also succeed in securing the role of EasyWay as one of the structural leaders in Europe when it comes to the harmonised deployment of ITS services.

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Time for greener moving: In-Time goes public! Intelligent and efficient travel management for European cities

The In-Time launch event took place on 25 January 2010 in Vienna, Austria. High level participants from industry and service providers and city and regional representatives had the opportunity to critically examine the In-Time project’s achievements and aims, the technical solutions to be deployed and the progress and models of the six in-Time Pilot cities - Brno, Bucharest, Florence, Munich, Oslo and Vienna.

The event opened with an introduction from Bernhard Engleder (City of Vienna) and a project overview from Martin Boehm (Project Coordinator, AustriaTech). Participants then had the opportunity to visit the In-Time demonstration area, where In-Time project partners were on hand to explain and answer questions on their contributions to the project.

Bernhard Engleder (City of Vienna) underlined that “…cooperation with the In-Time project is very important for a city like Vienna enabling us to offer high level traffic information service in the Vienna Region to all…”

Martin Boehm (Project Coordinator, AustriaTech) said, “The extensive developments of the last 1.5 years have borne fruit for all In-Time project partners. We can now start the important pilot phase that will contribute to the successful realisation and continuation of In-Time services.”

The In-Time project was then described and discussed in three sessions. The first session

focussed on the In-Time concept and its expected impacts. The second delved into the technical architecture and end user solutions from the three In-Time Traveller Information Service Providers. Finally, the third session examined how interested public authorities and companies can become involved in the In-Time project.

Bernhard Engleder (City of Vienna) noted that “The next challenge will be to connect the regions throughout Europe and to set common standards for data quality, services and usability. In this context, In-Time is a very important next step and can be called an outstanding best practice example for innovative traffic services and transnational cooperation.”

Finally, Martin Boehm (Project Coordinator, AustriaTech) wrapped up proceedings, “In-Time will give users the unique possibility to optimise their travel routes in cities and to change their travel habits in a more environmental friendly way without any effort. This service could not only enhance the user´s comfort in travelling, but also help to achieve goals like CO2 reduction or the better use of capacity in transport in urban areas.”

Press information:Henry Wasung (ERTICO – ITS Europe)Katharina Schueller (AustriaTech GmbH)

Martin Boehm, In-Time Project Coordinator Samson Tsegay (Mizar) demonstrates In-Time

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In-Time promotional video launched!The In-Time promotional video is now

available! Launched to coincide with the In-Time launch event on 25 January 2011, the video tells the story of Rebecca, both with and without the In-Time services! Watch the In-Time video on the In-Time

website: www.in-time-projects.eu/

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Nissan LEAF cars connected at all times through Telenor Connexion

Telenor Connexion will enable Nissan LEAF owners to use a mobile phone or PC to check battery status and range, to turn on vehicle’s air-conditioning etc. even when their Nissan LEAF is parked and completely switched off. This is the first time connectivity becomes standard in an electrical car. Nissan LEAF was awarded “European Car of the Year 2011”.

Telenor Connexion was chosen as the European connectivity supplier for Nissan LEAF’s ”CARWINGS” intelligent transport (IT) system, allowing connection between the electric car’s sophisticated onboard transmitting unit and Nissan’s CARWINGS Data Centre. Thanks to Telenor Connexion, owners of the 100% electric vehicle will

have access at all times, both on and off board, to the data and information they need for greater convenience, comfort and peace of mind. Unique features of the Nissan CARWINGS system include electric vehicle battery state monitoring, usage history and air-conditioning remote control. This is made possible by seamless communication between the vehicle and people via mobile networks and PCs.

“Telenor Connexion’s dedicated telematics solution connects Nissan LEAF’s onboard unit to the Nissan CARWINGS Data Centre in a private network environment allowing Nissan to deliver a secure and stable product to our customers,” says Pierre Loing, Vice president of product strategy and planning at Nissan

International SA and head of the company’s European zero emission business unit. Nissan International, located in Rolle, Switzerland, is the headquarters of Nissan in Europe.

“We are very excited to work with Nissan, which plays a major role in setting a standard for the whole EV industry. This agreement is the start of what we expect to be a long-term partnership. It is of significant value for Telenor Connexion, but above all it reinforces our position as the leading connectivity supplier in the automotive industry. We already have agreements with major global automotive players such as Volvo Cars, Volvo Trucks, Scania and Daimler,” says Per Simonsen, CEO of Telenor Connexion.

Nissan LEAF was awarded ”European Car of the Year 2011” and is the world’s first mass-production, 100% electric, zero-emission car. The new EV will be on sale in Europe early 2011 with the first deliveries to Portugal, Ireland, the UK and the Netherlands.

For more information, please contact:

Mia Nielsen, Nissan Europe SAS, +33 1 72 67 66 44

For B-roll and photos of Nissan LEAF, please click here.

Kristina Grandin, PR and Communications, Telenor Connexion

+46 734 25 26 21

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ERTICO publishes two Thematic PapersAs part of the i-Mobility Network service, ERTICO has started publishing a series of Thematic Papers that will examine topical

ITS issues or initiatives to contribute especially to the ongoing deployment of ITS in Europe and beyond.

ERTICO – ITS Europe, in collaboration with TISA (Traveller Information Services Association), published one of these Thematic Papers which can be accessed here. Entitled ‘Delivery channels for Traffic and Traveller Information (TTI) services’, the first Thematic Paper is intended to provide some background information about the delivery of TTI services and the issues that Radio Regulation needs to consider for the ubiquitous availability of TTI data services. TTI services may be delivered by “1-to-1” (point-to-point) or “1-to-a few” channels (point-to-multipoint) such as provided by mobile phone networks or they may be delivered by “1-to-many” channels such as provided by broadcast technology.

There have been many studies regarding the business models of these delivery channels and there is no doubt that the former has significant cost. Nevertheless the perceived information value may not be appreciated or even evaluated by the end user because worthwhile content is obtained and thus the end-user will have little appreciation of delivery channel economics.

The second Paper entitled ‘ITS and urban mobility’ summarises the recent activities of the ERTICO Partnership on the theme of ITS and urban mobility. It focuses on the topics of:

• ‘Better mobility, better cities’ - an attempt to address the limitations concerning

accommodating the increased mobility demand in urban areas by increasing road and parking infrastructure;

• ‘Stimulating “ecomobility” with eco driving and eco traffic management’ – vehicle technology alone is unable to fully mitigate the environmental impact of transport. Eco-driving and eco traffic management together with the appropriate infrastructure investments will help reduce emissions significantly;

• ‘Improving the efficiency of urban freight and logistics’ - freight transport is a vitally important component of trade but yet suffers from inefficiencies. European cities can profit from traffic management solutions to help them to improve mobility efficiency, lower congestion delays and costs, reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions;

• ‘Providing personalised multimodal traffic and travel information’ – information on real-time and real-cost alternatives that enable the traveller (but also traffic and road managers) to make an informed choice;

• ‘Cooperative mobility – the next step…’ – a future connected world of cooperative mobility where travellers, goods, vehicles and infrastructure communicate, share information and cooperate is a goal shared by ERTICO and the ITS Community.

For more information, please visit the ERTICO library or click here to view the ERTICO activities.

As a service to the i-Mobility Network Members, we invite you to join our Community by visiting this webpage.

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If the tyre is lacking air it reaches for the phone

Continental’s tyre pressure monitoring system will soon be able to report to smart phones. The system also provides information about the correct pressure when tires are inflated. Enhanced driving safety and fuel efficiency are expected.

Continental is making driving safer and more economical for the future with a new application that reports the tyre pressure directly to a smart phone. The vehicle electronic is connected wirelessly with the driver’s smart phone, therefore making speedy data exchange possible. The Continental Interior Division’s “Filling Assistant” specifies the exact inflation pressure of each tyre. So when adding air, the optimum tyre pressure can be achieved, even when inflation pumps at the filling station do not measure the pressure accurately.

In addition, a brief honk and blink signal can be given to confirm when the tyre has been inflated to the correct pressure level. Technical requirements for the system are a tyre pressure monitoring system with the corresponding sensors in the tyres and factory-integrated vehicle electronics with a wireless interface. First series production of the Filling Assistant in new vehicles is expected from 2013 onwards.

“This speedy and uncomplicated system not only adds to the user friendliness of the car but also enhances vehicle safety and efficiency,” Dr. Burkhard Wies, head of Continental’s passenger tire development, is pleased to report. “The driver is also warned of a gradual loss of inflation pressure resulting from an embedded nail or a damaged valve. At the same time, the environment also benefits, as the proper tyre pressure keeps road resistance and thus fuel consumption low.”

“The Filling Assistant is an example of the ever closer networking with the outside world,” adds Andreas Wolf, head of the Body & Security business unit of the Interior division. “And it is precisely this close cooperation between the various domains in vehicle construction, which will provide many more new and above all practical functions in the future.”

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From 2013, Continental expects to start mass producing the first tyres that will have sensors collecting tyre data directly in the tyre underneath the tread, instead of sensors that are connected to the valve. This will mark the beginning of the intelligent tyre era.

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Co Cities Kick-off: Cooperative Cities extend and validate mobility services

On 26 January 2011 Co Cities partners joined the Kick-off meeting in Vienna, Austria. The Project started on the 1 January 2011 and is co-funded by the EC DG INFSO in the CIP-ICT PSP Programme. In the next three years 14 partners coordinated by AustriaTech will define, realise and validate

the impact of cooperative mobility services in the following European cities: Prague, Florence, Munich, Vienna, Bilbao, and Reading.

For further information, please contact: Alexander Froetscher.

ERTICO welcomes new staff!François Fischer joined ERTICO as Project Manager on 3 January 2011.

François worked for 6 years at Siemens in Germany designing test software for the approval and certification of Telecommunications systems before founding FSCOM, a company dedicated to the design and deployment of test systems.

He actively participated in the standardisation activities, in particular at ETSI, for testing different Telecommunications domains including ITS. He also supported many projects using formal notations for testing as TTCN-3 for instance. He organised and promoted ETSI Interoperability event (Plugtests).

At ERTICO Francois will be working as Project Manager, in particular he will be responsible for the DRIVE C2X - SP3 - FOT operation.

For further information, please consult Continental Automotive here.Contacts: Susanne Einzinger; Enno Pflug.

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HeERO triggers the final countdown for eCall deployment

HeERO, the pan European project for eCall deployment pilots, held its kick-off meeting at ERTICO – ITS Europe on 18 January. During the next three years, the nine European countries forming the HeERO consortium will carry out the start-up of an interoperable and harmonised 112 based in-vehicle emergency call system. They all share the same high-level objective: prepare the local e112 eCall infrastructure necessary for the provision of a sustainable eCall service for European citizens and share their experiences with the other EU Members and Associated States.

Italy, Germany, Romania, Czech Republic, Greece, The Netherlands, Croatia, Finland and Sweden, the nine countries which will implement, test and operate eCall pre-deployment pilots during the next three years, gathered on 18 January 2011 at ERTICO – ITS Europe in Brussels to kick-off the HeERO project. In order to prepare for the deployment in Europe of the infrastructure necessary for the provision of the eCall service, they will together implement, operate and validate in real-life environments the European eCall agreed standards, the needed technical and operational infrastructure upgrades and the value-added services that can be linked to the eCall open platform. HeERO will also carry out certification and homologation tests and procedures for the eCall systems and end-to-end services.

To help achieve this, the HeERO consortium is built on a European level management led by ERTICO – ITS Europe, and on national teams gathering locally all actors of the eCall service

value-chain: the Public Safety Answering Points, the Emergency Management Centres, the Mobile Network Operators, the Fleet Owners, the Private and Public Road Operators and the Car Manufacturers.

The HeERO consortium is committed towards the wide European deployment of eCall, and will therefore share the results of the testing and operations of the pilots with the European Standardisation Organisations for fine-tuning the existing standards, and with the European eCall Implementation Platform for disseminating eCall implementation good practices throughout Europe.

The pan-European in-vehicle emergency call, “eCall”, is estimated to have the potential to save up to 2500 fatalities annually in EU-27 when fully deployed, to reduce the severity of injuries, bring significant savings to society in healthcare and reduce human suffering. The pan European eCall concept started in 2002. Since then, more than 120 organisations signed the Memorandum of Understanding for eCall deployment, including 20 EU Member States, and eCall has been identified as one of the priority areas of the ITS Directive.

HeERO is a Pilot Type A Project, supported by a 5 M€ funding from the European Commission, Directorate General Information Society and Media under the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP) - ICT Policy Support Programme (ICT-PSP). It started on 1 January 2011 and will last for 36 months. The project coordinator of HeERO is Monica Schettino from ERTICO – ITS Europe and the national pilot leaders are: ITS Romania, ITS Niedersachsen - Germany, Ministry of Transport and Communications - Finland, Ministry of Transport – Czech Republic, Presidency of Council of Ministers – Italy, Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks – Greece, Security Arena, Lindholmen Science Park AB – Sweden, National Protection and Rescue Directorate – Croatia, Rijkswaterstaat – The Netherlands.

For more information, please contact: Monica Schettino.

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More than 35 legal and Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) experts gathered at ITS Netherlands in Delft to discuss the legal aspects of Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) applied for ITS. The discussion was based on the analysis performed by the EU project P3ITS, whose deliverable was positively received by the audience. The outcome of the workshop will be taken into account for the final documents that P3ITS will produce and present at its final event in Lyon on 9 June 2011.

At the occasion of the second P3ITS workshop, legal experts gave very positive feedback on the analysis the project performed on the legal questions implied by the use of Pre-Commercial Procurement in the field of ITS. The pros and cons of the instrument, the comparison with other procurement tools, the recommendation to

set-up a programme: all these features of the soon-to-be published deliverable were said to give a clear picture of the situation, and whilst the risks and uncertainties were not underestimated by the expert audience, a general consensus on the appropriateness of PCP for ITS was clearly emerging during the fruitful debates.

Based on the outcome of its two last workshops, the P3ITS consortium will now consolidate its analyses and work with its partners to produce guidelines and a roadmap to the attention of public authorities and procurers, to help them use safely PCP. The final documents will be presented and discussed with the project’s constituency at the occasion of the P3ITS final event, 9 June 2011 in Lyon (FR), right after the closure of the European ITS Congress.

The second P3ITS workshop was hosted on 19 January 2011 by ITS Netherlands / Connekt in

Delft (NL), and aimed at presenting and discussing the legal aspects of PCP in ITS with legal experts. The critical questions were discussed straight from the beginning of the workshop, thanks to the invited experts who performed a remote reading of the draft project deliverable. Around 35 experts linked to the domain of procurement of innovation and ITS were gathered to comment on the project’s proceedings, to explain their experience of PCP to the audience and to network for further collaboration.

Pre-Commercial Procurement is an existing but under-utilised tool for public-authorities to include research services and innovation in their procurement processes. On-going PCP programmes have proven to be very successful, but PCP so far failed to be widely used, especially in the transport and ITS sector, although experts believe that it could have a highly positive impact for the deployment of new ITS products and services.

P3ITS is a Support Action funded by the European Commission, DG Information Society and Media, under the 7th Framework Programme for Research and technological development, and is aiming at maintaining a network of both ITS and legal and procurement experts to trigger a debate which would clarify how Pre-Commercial Procurement could be used for ITS. It is coordinated by ERTICO – ITS Europe.

For more information, please contact Sébastien Mure or click here.

P3ITS does the spadework on Pre Commercial Procurement legal questions for the ITS community

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Verdantix says the New Sustainable Technology Services Market eclipses the

outdated Green IT Services Market

Deloitte, IBM and Logica lead the global market for sustainable technology services and leave competitors focused on green IT trailing far behind, according to a new report from independent analyst firm Verdantix.

The in-depth study compares 15 of the largest global IT services firms, with combined revenues of $324bn, on 49 assessment criteria. Verdantix analysed IT service delivery capabilities for building energy efficiency, renewable energy, intelligent transport, electric vehicles, carbon and energy management software, climate change risk modelling and utility smart grid. Firms included in the study are Accenture, Atos Origin, BT Global Services, Capgemini, CSC, Deloitte, Fujitsu Services, Hitachi Consulting, HP, IBM GBS, Infosys, Logica, Orange Business Services, TCS and Wipro.

“The sustainable business market opportunity for technology services firms is in transition. Only a handful of thought leaders globally understand where the chips will fall” commented Stuart Neumann, Verdantix Industry Analyst and author of the report. “Technology services firms rooted in outmoded green IT thinking are already losing out on multi-million dollar contracts. Our research found that large multi-nationals and city leaders want IT support for new sustainability initiatives such as electric vehicle infrastructure, offshore wind farms and global carbon management systems. Technology investment in these new areas is much larger than spend on green IT projects like data centre energy efficiency and PC power management.”

The Verdantix report, Green Quadrant® Sustainable Technology Services, is based on in-depth interviews with an independent, international panel of 15 senior IT buyers in the private and public sectors. Verdantix also interviewed practice leaders from 13 of the 15 suppliers assessed in the study. Key findings of the study:

Deloitte, IBM and Logica lead the global market for sustainable technology services. Market leadership requires a strategic commitment to sustainable business, visionary commercial leaders, dedicated consultants with deep domain expertise, a roster of big project wins and a broad portfolio. Deloitte leads the market in energy and carbon management software, environmental product LCA and sustainability reporting services. IBM’s water management and data centre energy efficiency offerings stand out from the crowd reflecting several years of heavy R&D investment. During the last three years Logica has won a slew of innovative sustainable technology projects including electric vehicle infrastructure in the Netherlands, building energy efficiency for the UK Ministry of Defence, renewable energy management systems in Portugal and low carbon electricity networks.

BT, HP and Orange Business Services leverage a solid sustainability platform. Customers who buy sustainable technology advice and project implementation expect their suppliers to achieve high levels of corporate sustainability performance. BT Global Services, HP and Orange Business Services embed sustainability into their firm’s culture and have market leading corporate sustainability performance. In addition, these firms have high quality sustainable technology service offerings in specific markets: Orange offers strong fleet management and telemetry services and HP has launched an innovative flight planning service with environmental benefits.

Capgemini, CSC and Hitachi Consulting show promise in specific service lines. Capgemini puts in a strong showing in areas of focus like data centre energy efficiency, utility smart grid and water management. CSC has built up a broad and strong portfolio centred on five service lines: intelligent transport, climate change risk assessment, utility smart grid, data centres and water management. Hitachi Consulting targets a broader range of service lines with an impressive

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level of innovation and customer success achieved on climate change risk assessment. In 2011 these providers have the core expertise to expand into other areas with nascent capabilities.

“The market for technology-enabled sustainability has come a long way since the early days of green IT in 2006” commented David Metcalfe, the Verdantix Director recently named Green IT Analyst Of The Year. “This study clearly demonstrates that the era of green IT is dead and buried. The big money today is in contracts that support sustainability initiatives like London’s city-wide bike hire scheme, systems integration for 400MW offshore wind farms and unified global IT systems for energy efficiency and emissions reporting. To win these deals, IT services firms

must show the entrepreneurial flair and strategic intent demonstrated by Logica. A narrow focus on data centre energy efficiency and PC power management will severely limit the revenue opportunities available to IT services firms from 2011 onwards.”

The report, Green Quadrant® Sustainable Technology Services (Global) is available to download by Verdantix clients by clicking here.

Contact:

Logica: Louise Fisk +44 (0) 7798 857770

Verdantix: Elinor Newman-Beckett+44(0)203 371 6792

ITS Japan News: Japanese Government launches “ITS task force” for Green ITS and Cooperative Safety Support Systems

The IT Strategic headquarters of the Japanese Government launched in September 2010 task forces in the fields of “e-Government” and “e-Health”, as well as “ITS” according to the working schedule of the “New IT Strategy” released in May 2010.

With respect to ITS, the “ITS task force” researches and examines the policies for promoting “Green ITS” and “Cooperative Safety Support Systems”. The team consists of the Vice minister and parliamentary secretaries of the relevant ministries, together with researchers of traffic engineering and information technology, including Mr Hajime Amano, President of ITS Japan. They are set to complete the road map by the end of March 2011.

In terms of “Green ITS”, following discussions on the traffic congestion mechanism and behavioural changes influenced by the information provided, the task force will verify the methods of simulating and evaluating the effects of integrated probe data from the public/private sectors. It

will also research and investigate operational models, taking into consideration the appropriate cost sharing, operation body, incentives for information suppliers, protection of personal information etc. to make a road map with the scope of implementation and deployment. Strong leadership by the government is necessary to achieve these goals, as the coordination amongst different stakeholders and the establishment of a business model are the keys to success.

Regarding “Cooperative Safety Support Systems”, the ITS task force members are working on a road map for the international harmonisation and scenario of the system development and deployment. The task force will also focus on technologies intended to solve the various safety problems in community areas in relation to vulnerable people and pedestrians at intersections and streets.

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ITS America highlights Transport Technology at the 2011 International

Consumer Electronics ShowThe Intelligent Transportation Society of America recently participated as an affiliate organisation for the world’s largest consumer technology tradeshow in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show attracted 140,000 participants interested in the latest technology trends, including automotive technologies.

The Consumer Electronics Association, the trade association that organises the Consumer Electronics Show, asked ITS America to lead a session on the topic of Driver Distraction, which was an excellent platform to promote advances in vehicle safety.

David Strickland, Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) at the United States Department of Transportation (US DOT), served as keynote speaker and provided valuable insight on the US DOT program. Administrator Strickland discussed the department’s research focus for data to support voluntary guidelines for the automotive industry on visual mechanical interfaces. The audience also learned that the Department plans to publish its first set of guidelines in 2011, with subsequent guidelines on portable devices and voice interfaces to follow in 2013 and 2014.

Other speakers followed the Administrator, focusing on challenges and technology solutions to distracted driving. Dr Michael Tschirhart, Human Factors Technical Fellow at Visteon, described research findings on human machine

interface, driver behavior and industry trends. Robert Acker, Vice President & General Manager at Aha Radio, Harman International, discussed Aha’s strategy to integrate internet services into devices and vehicles safely; and Fred Blumer, Vice President, Aftermarket and Data Services, Hughes Telematics, presented how data collected from telematics systems may be used to improve driver situational awareness and coach and incentivise drivers to improve their safe driving behavior.

ITS America representatives also spent time on the show floor learning about the 20,000 innovative products that were on display, including the first electric car unveiled by Ford.

With the same theme as “the connected car,” automotive manufacturers follow different approaches. Toyota Entune and Hyundai blueLink, both unveiled at the show, are designed to seamlessly synchronise telematics with handheld devices to bring rich mobile internet experience on board. Ford updates its Sync technology, the basis for Ford’s new driver interface and dashboard design, called MyFord Touch.

GM made a bold move by announcing aftermarket OnStar: turn-by-turn navigation, emergency assistance and hands-free calling capabilities will be available in non-GM cars through an aftermarket rearview mirror replacement. With these connecting technologies in place, cars will be loaded with web apps to offer functions beyond navigation or Internet radio.

No wonder “the automobile is becoming the ultimate consumer electronics product,” commented by Gary Shapiro, president and chief executive of the Consumer Electronics Association.

For more news on the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show, please visit the website.

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Dublin Airport Authority award dispatch contract to EasyTrip Services IrelandEasytrip, Ireland’s largest provider of electronic tolling services, announced on 24 Januray 2011 that it has been selected by Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) to supply, test, implement and maintain a Taxi Management System at Dublin Airport. The Easytrip solution will be used by the DAA to maintain visibility on taxi usage and ensure compliance of authorised users while streamlining the flow process through the Dublin Airport concourse. The system will service the taxi holding and taxi rank areas for Terminal 1 and Terminal 2.

The new system combines Easytrip’s extensive knowledge of DSRC technologies, incorporating 5.8 GHz in-

vehicle transponders with an array of transceivers at strategic locations on the airport campus. Real time data collection is integrated with a suite of management and operational applications, providing the DAA with more effective and efficient capabilities to manage taxi operations. Ground operators are now also provided with a custom built Windows Mobile application with real time information to hand. The automated flow, capacity and dispatch management has replaced what was previously a manual process.

The system utilises a modified version of Easytrip’s BBPark self-developed software suite, which was extended to provide additional lane control features and demand management on top of existing access control, parking transaction management and payment services.

Commenting on the contract win, Ken Tormey, Chief Technology Officer, Easytrip Services Ireland said, “We are extremely proud to have secured this contract with the DAA. It is particularly rewarding as the fully end to end system was developed in-house at Easytrip offices in Dublin

and represents another successful roll out in our technical roadmap. The extensible nature of our system means we can adapt our services to varying business and technical requirements and solve what can be complex vehicle management issues for customers.

Taxi drivers who have authority to operate at Dublin Airport will be supplied with a newly designed tag for use at the airport. When the taxis enter the holding area the tags register their presence. The Taxi Management System will call the required number of taxis needed for Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 by displaying the taxi plate numbers on the large Virtual Messaging System (VMS) in the holding area. Taxi journeys are tracked through the airport campus, allowing the software to manage various replenishment scenarios. Additional information is also communicated to taxi drivers by a new VMS on the approach road. DAA staff on the ground will also benefit by the introduction of a new mobile application to provide them with taxi information.

“The DAA is committed to continuously improving the passenger experience for both arriving and departing passengers,” said Tony Hardy, Solutions Delivery Manager, Dublin Airport Authority. “In this regard we have been looking for a complete and more efficient solution to the supply and management of taxi services for passengers at Dublin Airport. The recent implementation of Easytrip’s integrated Taxi Management System will ensure that the DAA and taxi drivers provide the optimum service to passengers irrespective of whether they arrive into Terminal 1 or Terminal 2, he concluded.

The system, which has been designed and implemented by Easytrip, commenced operation in early November 2010 to coincide with the opening of the DAA’s Terminal 2 facility.

For further press information please contact:Deborah Rowan MPRIIConsultantTel: + 353 86 830 1990

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Don’t forget to check out the latest issue of Transport Business International

• CLEPA: “The Evolution of the Supply Chain in the Automotive Industry”, Brussels, Belgium 9 February 2011

• ITS United Kingdom presents: Road User Charging Interest Group Conference, London, UK 17 February 2011

• The Fully Networked Car@Geneva International Motor Show 2011, Switzerland2-3 March 2011

• RORO Shipping Conference 2011, Copenhagen, Denmark 9-10 March 2011

• GIFTS 2011:1st International ICST Conference on Green Intelligent Future Transport Systems, Athens,Greece 16-18 March 2011

• ISEP 2011:19th International Symposium on Electronics in Transport, Ljubljana, Slovenia 28-29 March 2011

• The International Association of Public Transport (UITP): 59th World Congress and Exhibition Dubai 10-14 April 2011

• Seminar: Brazil-EU Cooperation on Sustainable Transport, Sao Paolo, Brazil 11 April 2011

• 8th International Rail Forum, Madrid, Spain 10-12 May 2011

• Smart mobility for better cities: La Rochelle, France 12-13 May 2011

• Participate in Intertraffic Istanbul 2011!, Turkey 25-27 May 2011

• MOSARIM workshop “Automotive Radar Interference Mitigation and Countermeasures”, Ispra, Italy 26 May 2011

• 8th European Congress and Exhibition on ITS, Lyon, France 6-9 June 2011

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