New information and telecommunication technologies in the transport sector, often named `Advanced Transport Telematics' (ATT), play a key role in the new European network economy, as they have the potential to offer new solutions to the emerging transport problems in Europe. However, the successful exploitation of ATT in European transport markets depends on the technology being implemented in a way which meets the distinct needs of the different road user groups in order to achieve social acceptance and thereby political approval. It is therefore vitally important that decision makers have sufficient information on the needs of (commercial) road users and on the way they perceive ATT options in addressing they perceive ATT options in addressing those needs. The aim of this report is to investigate the potential ATT market among main user and interest groups, where the range of telematics applications will be res tricted to those applied in inter-urban road transport. The focus is on collective users (road managers) and commercial users (road freight operators).
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