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Publications Routes/Roads Road network operations

This page lists Routes/Roads articles of PIARC in the field of road network operations. These publications are classified chronologically.

  • C-ITS and Connected Automated Driving in Japan

    ITS in Japan entered its second phase in 2014, when the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) embarked on its “ETC2.0 Project”, which aimed at delivering a range of applications for vehicleto-infrastructure (V2I) and vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications. These applications are being developed based on various types of Cooperative ITS (C-ITS) systems, and a number of innovations for resolving traffic issues are going to be released in Japan. Development of automated [...]

  • Europe's C-Roads Platform: Paving the Ground to Make Cooperative, Connected and Automated Vehicles Reality

    The C-Roads Platform brings together authorities and road operators across all Europe with the goal to harmonise the deployment activities of cooperative intelligent transport systems (C-ITS) across Europe. The aim of C-Roads is to develop harmonised specifications taking the EU-C-ITS Platform recommendations into account, linking all C-ITS deployments within the single Member States and planning intensive cross-testing. The C-Roads Platform aims to make cross-border C-ITS services a reality today [...]

  • The Connected Vehicle - Realising the Opportunities

    Well before notions of “big data“, “connected vehicles“ and the “Internet of things“ became commonplace, a group of automobile and roads engineers came together to explore the opportunities that these developments in information technology and telecommunications might have on their businesses. The group was established as a Joint Task Force (JTF) between the World Road Association (PIARC) and the International Federation of Automotive Engineering Societies (FISITA). Both organisations [...]

  • Connected Vehicles, Floating Car Data and Self-Driving Vehicles

    Connected vehicles, floating car data and self-driving vehicles: three major steps forward that are already underway and will continue to radically alter the transport system. Could this be called a revolution? Probably not. Today, we’re witnessing the maturation of an evolutionary process that got its start over 20 years ago. As of 1990, the first vehicles connected thanks to radio RDS (Radio Data System, 1974) and its channel TMC (Traffic Message Channel, 1990) were actually receiving traffic-related [...]

  • Improving Road Safety and Heavy Vehicle Operation on the South Eastern Freeway through engagement with industry stakeholders and the community

    This paper discusses how engaging differently with industry stakeholders and the broader community in the development, prioritisation, scoping and implementation of a suite of road safety initiates ranging from driver education and training, heavy vehicle maintenance and operation and road safety infrastructure in order to answer more effectively and transparently to industry and public concern.