CVIS project - to the next level and beyond

Date: 29/1/2010

Source: Thinking Highways (Vol. 4, number 4, p14)

This article describes progress that was made by the CVIS (Cooperative Vehicle Infrastructure Systems) project in creating a framework for Co-operative transportation systems.

The CVIS project began in 2006.  At the recent 2009 ITS World Congress in Stockholm, the project demonstrated a number of its most promising developing co-operative technologies. CVIS has developed a reference platform that supports the goals of the EC’s ITS Action Plan and that could underpin the future European Wide Service Platform (EWSP).

As was reported in a previous ITS Radar International news, a number of technologies were demonstrated during the ITS World Congress that highlighted the interoperability between CVIS, COOPERS and SAFESPOT projects. The technologies demonstrated aimed at:

• Increasing traffic efficiency
• Supporting intermodal travel
• Increasing road safety.

The project aims to create a framework that not only accommodates current and developing cooperative systems, but also enable it to be flexible enough to include future innovations and developments.

All demonstrations so far have used the experimental hardware platform “CVIS 1.0”. Plans are currently under discussion for “CVIS 1.1” platform with smaller and well integrated onboard and roadside units.

ITS Radar International will continue to monitor CVIS developments

Key words: Cooperative vehicle systems, European Commission, Project, Safety, Standard