The European Commission has proposed an action plan and European Directive for Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS). The time is therefore ripe for an update on the advancement of ITS and Speed Management within ETSC’s Speed programme. This Fact Sheet will present a brief overview of: -The content of the EU Action Plan and Directive proposal for ITS, with a special focus on matters related to speed. -An overview of the existing ITS for speed management, and Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) in particular. -The progress made towards the deployment of ISA, including an ISA “Barometer” for different EU countries recapitulating the ISA projects and trials that have been conducted; the state of play regarding digital mapping; and the initial deployment of ISA. (Author/publisher)
Samenvatting