Co-operative mobility conference 23 - 26 March 2010

Date: 11/3/2010

The co-operative mobility conference and demonstrations will be held in Amsterdam over 23 to 26 March 2010; registration is now open.

During the event final results of the three major European integrated projects COOPERS, CVIS and SAFESPOT, co- financed by the European Union’s Sixth Framework Programme for Research, will be demonstrated. The event, titled “Connecting Smart Vehicles with Intelligent Infrastructure - How the deployment of cooperative systems for Europe will enhance energy efficiency, safety and mobility”, will include a public highway demonstration and a safety demonstration.

The public highway demonstrations will include the following services:

• real-time multimodal travel information for energy efficient journey planning
• road charging and access control
• in-vehicle display of traffic signs including fixed and changeable speed limits, lane closure and hazard warnings
• local route guidance and speed advice to avoid congestion and stops at traffic lights
• wrong-way-driver detection and alert
• service discovery and download, local advertising.

The safety demonstrations will include applications such as:

• hazard and incident warning
• safety at intersections
• safety margin for assistance and emergency vehicle
• lane change assistance
• head on collision warning
• frontal collision prevention.

Further information on the event and registration details can be found on the event website.

HA recommended to attend

Key words: Cooperative vehicle systems, Environment, Emergency, European Commission, In-vehicle systems, Payment, Project, Safety, Traffic information

Source: Thinking Highways