The significance of road tunnels was identified by the DRIVE programme. A study has been supported - V 1028 TUNICS, Tunnel Integrated Control System - to investigate how to improve the design of road tunnel instrumentation of all types and to make recommendations for a standardised system architecture. A major emphasis of the work has been to show how the tunnel equipment can be integrated into one system to offer substantial improvements in safety for road users and in efficiency for tunnel constructors and operators. In addition to the integration of subsystems within the tunnel environment it has also become apparent from the work that it is essential to provide appropriate interfacing between TUNICS and the remainder of the Integrated Road Transport Environment (IRTE) being studied in the DRIVE programme. The importance of this interfacing and the potential benefits that will arise from it are also discussed in the paper. The Prime Contractor for the study is SAIT, Brussels (B). The other Partners are Heusch Boesefeldt, Hamburg (FDR), and Marconi Command and Control Systems, Leicester (UK). Subcontractors to SAIT are Centre d'Etudes des Tunnels, Bron (F), and Belcotec, Brussels (B).
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