Co-operative vehicle-roadside systems are Intelligent Transport Systems in which there is co-operation between a vehicle and the infrastructure. This co-operation is based on communication, this means that either the vehicle or the infrastructure (traffic management system) or both of them take an action based on the information that is exchanged. These actions are the adaptation of behaviour of the vehicle or the traffic management system and may be performed manually (by the driver or traffic manager) or automatically. There is a lack of knowledge in the area of co-operative vehicle roadside systems, in particular of which concepts of these systems would be viable. As technology does not seem to be a real issue, the attention should be directed at the co-operation between different stakeholders and the driving forces and barriers that can stimulate or block these co-operations. The objective of this research was to design concepts for the development of viable applications of cooperative vehicle-roadside systems in traffic management, by making an analysis of the added value and constraints of these systems and the driving forces and barriers behind these systems. (Author/publisher)
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