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• Traffic surveillance and control systems, also<br />

utilised to control pollution;<br />

• TR4005 COMETA – COMmercial vehicle<br />

Electronic and Telematic Architecture – A<br />

common ITS framework for Freight and Fleet<br />

management in Europe [9].<br />

And not to forget a Norwegian success story:<br />

• The AutoPASS tolling system owned by the<br />

Norwegian Public Roads Authority. Although<br />

the system is primarily intended for road<br />

tolling, it also forms a platform for an<br />

advanced national ITS architecture.<br />

So the bundling of computers, communications<br />

and physical transport is here to stay. It is too<br />

early to make specific assumptions about potential<br />

new and innovative transport schemes, but<br />

the area represents many possibilities both for<br />

improving the environment and – for doing business.<br />

What is clear, though, is that these services<br />

demand a telecommunication infrastructure,<br />

which should service the control and monitoring<br />

of road environment, traffic and weather, and<br />

also to an increasing extent wireless access.<br />

Hence, it would be quite natural to look into<br />

schemes that somehow establish common<br />

“information highways” along the main roads<br />

in order to satisfy such demands, combining the<br />

best features of ITS and (short to medium range,<br />

high capacity) wireless communications. In most<br />

countries, however, public authorities (like the<br />

state, county or city) own the roadways, whereas<br />

private enterprises serve the telecom business.<br />

Hence this version of “information highways”<br />

is not likely to be implemented on a large scale<br />

very soon. In areas where private enterprises<br />

influence the process, commercial pressures may<br />

drive the process faster (Build-operate-transfer<br />

and Public-Private Partnerships).<br />

There is a quest for a “killer application” for<br />

these new services. What it will be, is still not<br />

clear, but three areas are promising:<br />

• The first one may be safety. With the vast<br />

number of fatal accidents only in the EU area,<br />

even a small percentage of saved lives will<br />

defend the results from a socio-economic<br />

viewpoint. People are also willing to pay for<br />

safety, and history shows that a safety option<br />

will become the default in vehicles within a<br />

couple of years. (Think about safety belts, air<br />

bags, anti blocking brakes and so on.)<br />

• The second likely candidate to get these architectures<br />

going is Internet access in vehicles.<br />

Ubiquitous access to the network now has<br />

become a requirement; the public will not<br />

Telektronikk 1.2003<br />

accept lower service in their vehicles than<br />

elsewhere.<br />

• The third option is the one most often quoted:<br />

Electronic Fee Collection. Payment services<br />

are already very widespread in many countries,<br />

and the type of communication interfaces<br />

and infrastructure that EFC is using can<br />

easily be applied for other services as well.<br />

The Norwegian AutoPASS system delivered<br />

by Q-Free is a good example of this, since the<br />

system from the outset was planned for many<br />

ITS applications.<br />

References<br />

1 FRAME, Forum for the European ITS<br />

Framework Architecture . February 18, 2003<br />

[online] – URL: http://www.frame-online.net/.<br />

This site also contains links to various<br />

national projects (choose “links”).<br />

2 The Norwegian ARKTRANS project. February<br />

18, 2003 [online] – URL: http://www.<br />

informatics.sintef.no/projects/arktrans/<br />

arktransweb/<br />

3 Themis. February 18, 2003 [online] – URL:<br />

http://themis-network.org/<br />

4 WATERMAN-TS. February 18, 2003 [online]<br />

– URL: http://www.waterman-ts.net/.<br />

5 National ITS Architecture. February 18,<br />

2003 [online] – URL: http://itsarch.iteris.<br />

com/itsarch/. Executive summary, URL:<br />

http://itsarch.iteris.com/itsarch/html/menu/<br />

documents.htm<br />

6 NetworkWorldFusion. Comdex – Wireless<br />

LAN-enabled cars. April 25, 2003 [online] –<br />

URL: http://www.nwfusion.com/<br />

news/2001/1113wlancx.html. (More recent<br />

entries can be found on the web by search<br />

using “InfoFueling” as search string.)<br />

7 Automatic Bus Depot Management<br />

(Bologna, Italy). February 18, 2003 [online]<br />

– URL: http://www.ertico.com/its_basi/<br />

succstor/automat.htm<br />

Countdown – Real-time Bus Stop Information<br />

(London, UK). February 18, 2003<br />

[online] – URL: http://www.ertico.com/<br />

its_basi/succstor/countdow.htm<br />

8 European success stories. February 18, 2003<br />

[online] – URL: www.ertico.com/its_basi/<br />

succstor/success.htm<br />

9 TR4005 COMETA – COMmercial vehicle<br />

Electronic and Telematic Architecture.<br />

February 18, 2003 [online] – URL: http://<br />

www.cometa-project.com/uk/ ukproj0c.htm<br />

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