Setting an agenda for the politicians

摘要

The European Parliament Committee on Transport held a public hearing on February 14th on the subject, Urban Mobility - one size fits all? Hermann Meyer gave a detailed presentation explaining ERTICO - ITS Europe's role in promoting ITS and a potted history of the development of ITS through the 'generations'. First generation, he said, comprised largely autonomous systems, while second generation ITS was the generation of 'connected systems'. The third generation systems, said Hermann, are now under development in projects like CVIS. These allow truly cooperative mobility services with intermodal communication, data exchange and traffic management. These third generation systems, he said, would be key to providing an effective response to the urban mobility challenge which addresses five issues: congestion; emissions; accessibility; safety; and smart management. He gave some examples of how these systems might work.