Transportation SIB Council (SIB-TR)

Keywords:

co-modality, transport corridors, mobility, environment, energy efficiency, ITS, low-carbon economy, GIS,

Scope:
The scope of this SIB is to bring together experts from computer science, geographic information science, intelligent transportation systems, computer graphics, cognitive science, politicians, freight and logistics companies in order to collaborate for providing transport solutions that best meet the needs of the citizens and economies in Europe whilst minimizing damage to our environment.

Key-Challenges:

• Transport safety
• Fuel dependency
• Vehicle emissions
• Network congestion
• Fleet and freight management
• Standards
• Smart vehicles

Mission:
This SIB will investigate ways in which information technology can be used to address the major problems for the transport sector and foster clean, safe and efficient travel throughout Europe, underpinning the internal market of goods and the right of citizens to travel freely throughout the EU. Technical innovation and a shift towards the least polluting and most energy efficient modes of transport will contribute to more sustainable transport.

Description:
ITS applications in road transport include electronic tolling, dynamic traffic management with variable speed limits, parking guidance and reservation, navigation devices and driver-assistance systems like electronic stability control and lane departure warning systems.

Thanks to ITS:

• transporters benefit from integrated ITS systems such as navigation, digital tachographs, fleet and freight management and electronic toll payment;
• toll payments are fully automated, eliminating the need to stop at the toll gate;
• a vehicle involved in an accident sends its precise location, obtained by satellite positioning via a communications network, to an emergency centre;
• real-time traffic information for drivers helps fighting congestion, and reducing bottlenecks and pollution. In the longer term, vehicles will talk to each other and to infrastructure

Science and industry are already very active in searching out solutions for transport safety, fuel dependency, vehicle emissions and network congestion. In view of the abovementioned trends in world population and global car ownership, there is a compelling need for a technological shift towards lower and zero-emission vehicles and for the development of alternative solutions for sustainable transport. The development of intelligent transport systems or alternative vehicles propulsion systems could provide a success comparable to that of GSM technology. In order to make a transition to a new and integrated transport system, open standards and norms for new infrastructure and vehicles and other necessary devices and equipment have to be introduced.

The standard setting should aim at interoperable, safe and user-friendly equipment

Useful links:

EC, DG TREN: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/energy_transport/index_en.htm

Trans-European Transport Network, TEN-T:

http://ec.europa.eu/transport/infrastructure/index_en.htm

Projects: TEN-T projects http://tentea.ec.europa.eu/