The US Department of Transport’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) reports that the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) and the European Commission Directorate General for Communication Networks, Content and Technology (CONNECT) have produced a report, International Deployment of Cooperative Intelligent Transportation Systems: Bilateral Efforts of the European Commission and United States Department of Transportation, outlining the two bodies’ work on the international harmonisation of the technology and standards necessary for the broad deployment of connected vehicle systems.
The report describes the transatlantic partners’ joint accomplishments and plans in the areas of connected vehicle safety, standards harmonisation, sustainability applications, assessment tools, and driver distraction and human-machine interaction (HMI).
The USDOT and CONNECT are hosting a showcase to share this joint work with the global intelligent transportation system (ITS) community at the ITS World Congress in Vienna this week – 22-26 October 2012. The showcase provides a live demonstration of how a system of connected vehicles might work—using US and European cars that exchange similar wireless safety messages that can be understood by the hardware platforms on both vehicles. US and European researchers have been working to develop a basic safety message that can be understood by devices available in US and European vehicles with only minor modifications.
An EU-US Steering Group, Technical Task Force, and Working Groups, co-led and staffed by representatives of the USDOT, CONNECT, and appointed industry experts, are conducting the work for the EU and US bilateral activities.
