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Welcome to theERTICO - ITS Europe
In this issue:
May 2012
Bringing Intelligent Vehicles to the road
19th ITS World Congress preliminary programme revealed
ITS & Energy Efficiency: Driving down motoring costs
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Welcome to our 2nd edition!
Buoyed by the warm reception of the
first edition of our eMagazine, we
have been hard at work on bringing
you the most interesting stories from
the world of ITS for our second issue.
This month we concentrate on two
of the year’s key events: European
project euroFOT’s final event and the
19th ITS World Congress in Vienna.
After 3 years of research for
evaluating the impact of advance
driver assistance system (ADAS) in
real traffic situations, euroFOT has
come to an end. Over a year 1 000
equipped vehicles have been driven
and tested on European roads. The
project results will be shared with
stakeholders this June (26 and 27).
The 19th ITS World Congress, also
known as ITS Vienna 2012, will kick
off on 22 October for the following
week. More information, speakers,
events are to come but we have
the unique opportunity to guide you
through the preliminary programme
and to give you the anticipation of
what will happen during this never-
ending week.
Last but not least, we look at
passenger vehicle emission standards,
their impact on fuel costs for drivers
and highlight the importance of ITS
in reducing emissions and saving
motorists money.
We hope this latest issue of the
ERTICO eMagazine will pique your
interest as we strive to bring you
more news and analysis from the
world of ITS next month.
The Editorial Team
Welcome!
Bringing Intelligent Vehicles to the road
19th ITS World Congress
preliminary programme
revealed
ERTICO Partnership events
ITS & Efficiency: Driving down motoring costs
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The views and opinions expressed in this magazine are solely those of the authors and other contributors. These views and opinions do not necessarily represent those of ERTICO or its Partners.
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The European Commission strongly
backs advanced driver assistance
systems and their widespread
deployment. A large scale European-
level FOT is an important means of
verifying the real-world impacts of
new systems at a European level and
in particular to verify that European-
level R&D has the potential to deliver
identifiable benefits.
On 26-27 June 2012, the results of
the first large-scale European Field
Operational Test (FOT) on active
safety systems – euroFOT – will be
unveiled. The aim is to show the
public – as well as decision makers
and ITS stakeholders - the positive
impact active safety systems can
bring when it comes to safety, traffic
and fuel efficiency. The euroFOT final
event will showcase the results of
over 100 terabytes of data collected
on European roads over the course
of 12 months, as well as present
the lessons learnt during this unique
experiment.
The importance of a FOT is that
ordinary drivers’ behaviour is studied
in real traffic. What is needed is
to understand what the effect of
using these systems is, and what
the impact on the driver and his
behaviour in real-world traffic is.
This is why a comprehensive array of
28 organisations - car manufacturers,
suppliers, universities, research
by Henry Wasung
It is axiomatic within the ITS industry that many if not all of the problems faced by Europe’s roads can be tackled
through the application of ITS in various forms. Road safety, traffic and fuel efficiency, air quality, journey times
– even the driving experience itself – there is no aspect of road transport that ITS applications can’t improve.
But do the general public – the final consumers of most of these applications - agree? And what happens when
they actually get their hands on these applications? Do they use and appreciate them? Would they pay for them,
demand them?
Bringing Intelligent Vehicles to the road
Longitudinal control functions
• FCW: Forward Collision Warning
• ACC: Adaptive Cruise Control
• SRS: Speed Regulation System
Lateral control functions
• BLIS: Blind Spot Information System
• LDW: Lane Departure Warning and IW: Impairment Warning
Advanced applications
• CSW: Curve Speed Warning
• FEA: Fuel Efficiency Advisor
• SafeHMI: Safe Human Machine Interaction
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institutes and other stakeholders –
from ten different countries joined
together in May 2008 in this EU
co-funded project. Their goal: to
rigorously assess the effectiveness
of eight active safety systems on
actual roads with real drivers, while
determining how they perform with
regard to the intended objectives.
What is the key to a successful and
ultimately useful FOT? A statistically
significant number of real-life test
drivers or vehicles? Massive amounts
of data? A sound analysis of driver
behaviour and user acceptance?
Unobtrusive monitoring equipment
and well-designed questionnaires?
Transferability and comparability
of results? Of course the answer is
a well designed package of all the
above elements.
To this end, euroFOT used the
methodology developed by the
FESTA project, dividing work into
three stages: preparing, using, and
analysing. With the project nearing
completion, the final sub-stage of
socio-economic cost benefit analysis
has recently been completed.
So, after one year of field testing
the 8 distinct functions assisting an
impressive 1200 everyday drivers
with 1000 vehicles on European roads
in detecting hazards, preventing
accidents and making driving more
efficient, the euroFOT consortium
is finalising the analysis of over
100 terabytes of data collected on
European roads over the course of 12
months. The data was collected using
a multitude of sensors and devices
monitoring every aspect of individual
driver behaviour in real-world traffic
conditions. The consortium has
worked flat out to complete this final
FESTA Methodology
FESTA, an EU co-funded project running from November 2007 to April
2008, was devoted to creating a methodology for field operational
tests.
The FESTA methodology, explained in the FESTA handbook provides
practical guidance for developing well-designed FOTs, and it also
ensures the comparability and transferability of FOT results.
One important aspect of the FESTA methodology is the clear division
of a FOT project into three stages: Preparing, Using and Analysing. It
is this sequence which inspires and guides the design of the euroFOT
final event exhibition.
The task of updating FESTA has now been taken over by FOT-Net which
has released a revised version of the FESTA handbook in 2011. An
interactive version of the FESTA handbook is available here.
piece of the puzzle in time for the
final event in June.
To put that massive number of 100
TB into context, 45 Terabytes (1 TB,
or 1000000000000 bytes, from the
Greek tera, meaning monster) are
equal to the first 20 years worth of
observations by the Hubble Space
Telescope; and there are 235TB of
data in the US Library of Congress.
Clearly a huge task, and that amount
of useful data deserves as much
analysis as possible.
So far preliminary results, using time-
The euroFOT final event will take place at Autoworld, Brussels, 26-27 June 2012.
Autoworld is located in the exclusive buildings of the Parc du Cinquantenaire, one of the most beautiful locations in Brussels and an emblem of architectonic heritage. With its 250 beautifully preserved and restored cars, it is one of the most impressive collections of Europe and most probably also of the world; the perfect venue for the euroFOT final event!
Address:Autoworld
Parc du Cinquantenaire 111000 Brussels
based driver questionnaires, look
positive, especially when it comes to
user acceptance and traffic safety.
The test drivers were somewhat
sceptical of the utility of the systems
originally. However, when they began
using them, 70% of drivers became
convinced of their usefulness (the
lane departure warning application
in this case).
What’s more, results have shown that
there are positive secondary impacts
to using active safety systems:
Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC), for
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instance,
proved to help
reduce fuel
consumption by 7%
overall – the added
value of the system
thus extends beyond
traffic safety.
The euroFOT final
event will allow ITS
stakeholders, policy
makers and the
general public to
see and experience
the active safety
systems in
simulators - and
talk to the euroFOT
experts.
A comprehensive programme
will take visitors from the design
and methodology, practical
considerations and data management
through to an in-depth analysis
of results and impact and cost
benefit assessment. The opening
ceremony will feature high level
representatives from the European
Commission and the euroFOT
consortium. In the exhibition area,
visitors will experience and be guided
through the euroFOT project in three
sequential stages - Preparing, Using
and Analysing – derived from the
FESTA methodology.
The event is open to all upon
registration, including politicians,
marketing representatives,
researchers, as well as others
interested or involved in FOTs
and experts who deal with data
assessment and cost-benefit analysis.
19th ITS World Congress preliminary programme revealedA complete guide from the first to the last day of the most remarkable ITS event of 2012 by the Editorial Team
After months of meticulous work for the selection of the papers and the organisation of the sessions, the
preliminary programme of the 19th ITS World Congress has finally been unveiled. With over 1 000 papers
submitted from the three regions Europe, Asia-Pacific and Americas, and over 800 selected by a group of experts,
this year Congress is expected to be one of the most exciting events of 2012.
Plenary, Executive, Technical and
Scientific, Special and Interactive
sessions have been organised for a
total of 231 meetings in four days.
10 000 ITS experts, politicians and
industry people from all over the
world are expected to flock to Vienna
from 22 to 26 October and make the
19th ITS World Congress memorable.
Here you will find a comprehensive
guide of the programme which will
give you an in-depth overview of all
the activities and events happening
at the Congress to get to Vienna well-
prepared and to make the most of
this event.
Plenary Sessions
This year confirmed VIP speakers
include European Commission Vice-
Presidents Siim Kallas, responsible
for Transport, and Neelie Kroes,
responsible for Digital Agenda;
Austrian Minister of Transport Doris
Bures, and Michael Häupl, Mayor of
Vienna. Peter Sweatman, Chairman,
and Scott Belcher, President and
CEO, will stand for ITS America while
Hiroyuki Watanabe, Chairman of
ITS Japan and Tae-ho Doh, Director
General of the Road Policy Bureau -
Korean Ministry of Land, Transport
and Maritime Affairs will be among
the representatives of the Asia-Pacific
region. More European speakers
will be represented by ERTICO - ITS
Europe and Valentina Matviyenko,
former Mayor of St Petersburg and
now Chairman of the Federation
Council, Russian Federation.
From the industry side, the meetings
will host Georg Kapsch, CEO of
Kapsch; Vivek Badrinath, CEO of
Orange Business Services; and Ton
Steenman, Vice President Intel
Architecture Group, and General
Manager Intelligent Systems Group.
As every year, in addition to the
Opening and Closing Ceremonies,
three Plenary Sessions have been
organised as a “forum debate”
moderated by Melinda Crane. High
level speakers representing public
authorities and the private sector
will be together all at the same time
discussing present-day topics and
reflecting on future actions.
The first Plenary Session will focus on
the achievements so far accomplished
by ITS and future goals; political and
industry leaders will describe how
intelligent transport solutions are
shaping today’s transport system in
terms of connectivity, reliability,
safety, security and comfort for
users. The session will also look
at ambitions for seamless and
integrated transport.
The second Plenary will look in
detail at converging and new
mobile technologies, and how policy
makers, industry and users can take
advantage of the so-called Internet
of things.
The third and final Plenary Session
will address transformations within
the society such as climate change,
growing congestion, increasing
urbanisation and aging population,
and evaluate how connectivity will
influence global mobility.
The Conclusions’ Session will take
place on 26 October just before the
3rd Plenary and the main outcomes
of the Congress and future views will
be discussed.
And finally the Closing Ceremony will
conclude the Congress; in addition
to the distinctive “Passing the Globe
Ceremony” from Vienna to Tokyo
- host of the ITS World Congress in
2013 - the winners of the Best Papers
Award and of the ERTICO Video Award
will be celebrated.
Executive Sessions
From Tuesday 23 October to Thursday
25 October, the International
Programme Committee has set up
12 Executive Sessions and invited
international industry speakers
and public officials to share their
experiences and points of view with
the audience.
Next generation communication
technologies, internet-based
applications and devices, traffic
management infrastructures,
vehicles safety system, GNSS
services together with international
cooperation, sustainable and smart
mobility, will be among the topics
discussed at these sessions.
Special Interest sessions and stakeholders workshop
87 special sessions have been
scheduled divided among the three
regions and recurrent sessions.
These sessions will host interventions
of public authorities such as the
European Commission and national
transport administrations; research
institutes and universities; cities
and regions; representatives of the
ITS industry and of the ITS national
associations; and many more.
Topics to be discussed vary from
international cooperation to new ITS
strategies for traffic management;
from deployment to certification;
from energy efficiency to pollution
reduction; from pedestrian protection
to bike sharing; from driver safety
issues to field operational tests
(FOT); from smartphone applications
to multi-modal journey planners; and
much more.
The ITS Vienna 2012 Host has
organised two sessions; the first one
will be dedicated to engineers and
researchers and how the education
system can assure an adequate
professional groundwork. The second
host session will instead focus on the
necessity to build a new vision of
mobility to engage more people in
the field.
Stakeholders have also organised
specific workshops. Specifically,
Orange will focus on the car
manufacturers’ perspective and
mobile connectivity in vehicles (23
October); ERTICO has planned an
urban mobility day on Wednesday
(24 October) and a workshop on
ITS standardisation on Friday (26
October), while the European
Commission assured some space to
present the results of the working
• Optimising provision and use of infrastructure, traffic and travel data and information
• Intelligent infrastructure
• Continuity and interoperability of seamless multimodal services for mobility
• Integrated safety and security for all users
• Connected vehicles, infrastructure and users for cooperative mobility services
• Sustainable, clean and energy efficient mobility
These topics will be organised in 6 groups, each having its own dedicated room to allow delegates to follow the topic during the week.
These topics will be divided into 8 subtopics: policy and strategy; innovation, technologies and standardisation; services and functions; business model and financing; impact assessment and benefits; governance, cooperation and organisation; educations, training and awareness; and users.
Download the Preliminary
Programme.
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ITS Vienna 2012 Topics and Subtopics
Urban Mobility Day
24 October
Morning session (9:00 to 10:30) -
Focus on the final guidelines for
the deployment of ITS in urban
areas developed by the Urban
ITS Expert Group appointed by
the DG MOVE of the European
Commission.
Afternoon session (16:00 to 17:00)
- Presentations on the next steps
of the ERTICO initiative “ITS for
Urban Mobility”.
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groups on EU-USA cooperation
(24 October) and organised two
sessions on Thursday (25 October)
on the ongoing EU-International
cooperation.
Technical/Scientific and Interactive Sessions
International experts will host over
120 sessions devoted to all this year
topics and subtopics. In addition to
the presentations, selected scientific
papers will be presented during these
sessions.
Interactive sessions represent a
more dynamic way to exchange
information and networking. The six
interactive sessions will be divided
into two stages; during the first
part, 15 participants will give a
short presentation (3 slides) for each
session of 90 minutes. Experts will
then gather in the so-called Market
Square to discuss their projects,
proposals, presentations face to face
with the interested participants.
Ancillary events
A series of ancillary events is
foreseen between 20 and 22
October. Among the events,
several workshops on
European co-funded projects
(Instant Mobility, FOT-Net,
iCar Support and NEARCTIS),
working groups meetings
(FRAME Architecture and
IBEC - International Benefits,
Evaluation, and Costs), special
courses dealing with ITS issues (ITS-
EduNet) and a BarCamp for young
scientists will take place.
On Monday 22 October for the second
time in conjunction with the Congress
in Europe, the Commission (DG
MOVE) has organised the third edition
of their ITS conference “Towards
first ITS specifications”. During the
conference representatives of the
European Institutions will discuss
with the public and private sectors
the results of the ITS Action Plan
with particular regard to legal issues
for ITS deployment and multi-modal
journey planners. The Commission
will also present the state of play
of the implementation of the ITS
Directive.
Furthermore, the European
Commission and GSA will showcase the
Space Expo project, a demo aiming
to promote the European Space
infrastructure (Galileo, EGNOS and
GMES) and providing Congress visitors
concrete information on the benefits,
applications and services that the
infrastructure will bring to citizens.
With a surface of 300 square metres
the Space Base has already been
tested by the European Commission
in different European Cities and will
land in Vienna next October.
Technical visits
Congress participants can also book
their seats for 5 technical visits to the
Austrian National Traffic Management
Centre, Siemens AG Austria, the
OBB Train Monitoring site, the OBB
Traffic Management facility, and to
the Vienna Climatic Wind Tunnel. The
number of participants is limited; if
you wish to take part in one or more
visits please book early through the
Congress website.
Demonstrations
Demonstrations are a core part of
the Congress and one of the most
awaited experiences of the week.
The 30 selected demonstrations for
ITS Vienna 2012 are the outcome of
the two calls in April and November
2011 and have been structured in five
specific thematic areas: Cooperative
mobility; Eco mobility; Navigation;
ITS Network Management; and
Public Transport. European projects
such as Car2Car, emporA, SCUTUM,
COSMO, and RAVE will showcase their
technologies and potentials in real
life use. These projects are examples
of the demonstrations; the final list
with all the demos will be available
for booking onsite.
Exhibition
The Exhibition area will display
the applications of projects and
topics discussed at the Congress
and will demonstrate practical
benefits of ITS in daily life.
Following the areas of interest:
Information collection and
processing; Traveller information;
Logistics; Emergency and incident
management; In-vehicle ITS;
Vehicle infrastructure cooperation;
Vulnerable road user aspects; Traffic
safety and management; Mode
specific ITS; and Payment systems.
For the press and media
Press and media professionals can
attend the Congress free of charge
on the presentation of their press
pass and have free access to the
exhibition area and the Congress
sessions. As every year the Congress
organisers have assured a fully
equipped press room with free Wi-Fi
access devoted solely to journalists
and media.
On Monday morning, press
professionals will have the
opportunity to participate in a press
breakfast organised by the hosts of
the Congress where they will meet
national public authorities and
representatives including Austrian
Transport Minister Doris
Bures. The breakfast
will be followed by
a VIP Demo tour
starting in the
d e m o n s t r a t i o n
lounge of the
exhibition area; the
European Ministers
and Vice-President Siim
Kallas will also be present.
Social activities and special events/networking opportunities
ITS Vienna 2012 will be enriched by
social events and activities. This year
the Opening Ceremony on Monday
afternoon will be entertained by
performances of one the most famous
choirs in the word,
the Vienna Boys’
Choir. The concert
will be followed by a
performance of the
superb Vienna State
Ballet. A Welcome
reception will take
place after the
cultural programme
and afford the
opportunity to meet
other participants
and to get into the
Congress mood.
On Thursday 25
October the general
public is invited to
learn more about
ITS at an Open Day
which will be structured around
presentations from students and best
practise examples from ITS school
projects. Additionally, the best
doctoral and master thesis will be
awarded by Austrian Minister Doris
Bures. A reception dedicated
to women in ITS will
follow; then Ms
Bures and female
profess ionals
will share their
profess ional
e xpe r i ence s
and careers
with the
audience. In
the afternoon, an
important networking
opportunity will be given to
participants in a “speed-dating”
where students will have the chance
to talk with ITS experts.
ERTICO - ITS Europe and its Partners
will welcome Congress attendees
at their stand (D30) on the evening
of 23 October with a cocktail. Join
ERTICO and learn more about ERTICO
Partnership and the opportunities
provided by it.
On Wednesday night, Congress
participants are invited to the
magnificent Hofburg Vienna for the
Gala Dinner, followed by the first ever
ITS Ball. The organisers have also set
up dance lessons for less confident
dancers to be held in the Conservatory
by the Elmayer Dance School.
For the first time in Europe, business
sessions will be organised on
Thursday late afternoon to give the
opportunity to the industry players
to share their views on specifics issue
or their products and services. These
tailored made sessions organised by
one or more companies, are open to
all attendees of the Congress and
will focus on the commercial and
promotion aspect of ITS products and
services.
In addition to the official activities at
the Congress, the Austrian host has set
up several trips to nearby locations
Exhibition Opening times:
23 October 2012 - 9.30 to 17.30
24 October 2012 - 9.30 to 17.30
25 October 2012 - 9.30 to 17.30
26 October 2012 - 9.30 to 14.00
Congress NavigatorAn interesting special feature provided to help
participants to personalise their schedules during
the week is the Congress Navigator, a smartphone
application which delivers information on sessions,
speakers, demonstrations and exhibitors to
delegates and visitors.
This application will serve as a ticket for the public
transport system of Vienna for that week (22-26
October). The ticket is free for congress participants
and covers the entire city area, including all services
by Wiener Linien and ÖBB (the City Airport Train is
not covered). The Congress Navigator is available
for iPhone and Android and in mobileweb version.
The Navigator will be available soon on the Congress
website.
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Help drive forward the deployment of ITS – and reach the widest possible audience through the use of ITS promotional videos!
Following the success of the 2011 ITS Video Competition held at the European ITS Congress in Lyon, ERTICO – ITS Europe is pleased to invite submissions for this year’s competition!
To submit your entry, simply fill in the form here, specifying if the video is aimed at the general public or the ITS community. Your video will be embedded on the ERTICO, ITS Vienna 2012, Network of National ITS Associations and i-Mobility Network websites.
The 2012 ITS Video Competition is organised by ERTICO – ITS Europe, with the support of ITS America and ITS Asia Pacific, the host organisation of the Vienna ITS Congress and the Network of National ITS Associations, and in conjunction with the i-Mobility Network.
Click here for the terms and conditions.
Click here to see the results of the 2011 ITS Video Competition!
Contact: video.competition@mail.ertico.com
such as Bratislava, Salzburg, and
Prague. You can find out more on
the Pre and Post Congress Tours
session of the programme.
During the whole week of the
Congress, the ERTICO team will
be updating, sharing impressions,
commenting on everything happening
at the Congress.
Follow ERTICO and the ITS Congress
on Twitter and tweet about the
Congress and specific sessions or
demonstrations using the hashtag
#ITSVienna.
Winning videos shown during the closing ceremony of the 2012 ITS Congress!
Finalists will be shown and voted upon at the VIP dinner at the 2012 ITS Congress
All videos will be shown on the ERTICO stand at the 2012 ITS World Congress
All videos will be shown on the ERTICO, ITS America, ITS Asia Pacific, ITS Congress, National Network of ITS Associations, i-Mobility Network and host organisation websites.
The Host and Organisers wish to thank…
» all those involved in the committees for their vital work in organising the Congress and making it the ITS event of 2012 » all those who dedicated time and effort in reviewing and selecting papers and preparing the outstanding 2012 Programme » all the sponsors without whom the 19th ITS World Congress, and especially the social events and networking opportunities, would not have
the same value
ITS & Energy Efficiency: Driving down motoring costs
by Nicolas White
At a recent Conference at the European Commission on the topic of ‘Smart Energy & Sustainable ICT’, Neelie
Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission for the Digital Agenda opened her remarks by stating that:
“Today in Europe, we face enormous challenges. In a time of climate change, the challenge of managing energy
resources. In a time of economic crisis, the challenge of doing things more efficiently.”
During a session on electromobility
at the conference, moderated by
ERTICO – ITS Europe CEO, Hermann
Meyer, it was agreed that one solution
to the challenges of climate change,
resource management and energy
efficiency was wider deployment of
electric vehicles. This deployment
has, it was concluded, the potential
to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.
However, it was acknowledged that
while electromobility holds many of
the answers to Europe’s transport
and energy challenges, there are still
significant barriers to widespread
deployment. Not least among these is
cost; electric vehicle deployment will
require changes ‘in and around the
grid’ which will have to be paid for
through new business models tailored
to a new age of electromobility.
As a result, electromobility is not
yet a panacea. If the EU is to reduce
its dependence on fossil fuels, and
thereby in its carbon emissions there
needs to be a strong policy focus on
improving efficiency of the tools we
already have.
Private vehicles represent around 12%
of the EU’s total carbon emissions
with transport as a whole accounting
for 25% of Europe’s greenhouse gas
emissions. Indeed, between 1990
and 2009, CO2 emissions from road
traffic rose by 27% in the EU. In
2009, the EU adopted binding limits
on CO2 emissions from private cars -
the regulation set the “average CO2
emissions for new passenger cars at
130 g CO2/km”. The 2009 legislation
represents a 19% reduction from 2006
levels of emissions which averaged
over 160g CO2 per kilometre. In
addition, the 130g limit came with
a further commitment to reducing
average emissions to 95g CO2 per
kilometre from 2020 onwards.
Vehicle emission regulations, aside
from helping to stop the advance of
climate change, mean one crucial
thing to consumers: fuel economy.
The more efficient the vehicle is, the
less they will have to spend on petrol.
In our current times of rocketing fuel
prices and economic uncertainty, this
is indeed a welcome break for Europe’s
increasingly squeezed consumer.
However, to the average person, 130g
or 95g don’t mean a great deal. Are
those numbers less than their current
car? Do they represent significant
savings? We’ve all seen the emissions
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numbers on car adverts but few people
can truly make sense of the number.
Enter Greenpeace, something of the
vehicle industry’s nemesis, forever
protesting and sometimes disrupting
industry gatherings. The NGO’s EU-
Unit commissioned an independent
study to calculate what emission
standards for passenger cars mean
for motorists.
What it found might not come as a
huge surprise. The tighter emissions
standards are for vehicles, the lower
the cost of running them.
However, the study has put
concrete numbers on the savings
for what may amount to the first
time.
Greenpeace’s study shows that,
if implemented at current levels
(95g CO2 per kilometre by 2020)
the cost of driving for European
consumers will plummet.
Current annual fuel costs range
from between €2143 in Sweden
(Europe’s most expensive) to €1235
in Luxembourg (Europe’s cheapest).
With tighter emissions regulations
however, those costs will fall to
€1551 in Sweden in 2020 and €962 in
Luxembourg.
Such savings will, no doubt, be
welcomed by drivers across the
continent. Indeed, quantifying the
savings drivers stand to make thanks
to stricter emissions standards should
certainly prove a useful tool in
winning the hearts and minds of often
sceptical European citizens.
Greenpeace go further in their study,
not content to limit themselves to the
current expected scope of emissions
standards, they call for steps to limit
vehicle emissions to 60g CO2 per
kilometre, something they say will
reduce the fuel costs associated with
driving even further.
While discussion on how to achieve
EU emissions targets rages on, it is
important to note that these rules
only apply to newly manufactured
vehicles. What then, is to be done
about the current vehicles on
Europe’s roads? Further, even with
more efficient vehicles, much of the
problem with passenger car emissions
tends to sit behind the steering
wheel.
Fuel efficiency is only one side of the
coin. It is estimated that through the
adoption of more environmentally
friendly driving practices, CO2
emissions (and fuel consumption)
from road transport could be reduced
Today in Europe, we face enormous challenges. In a time of climate change, the challenge of managing energy resources. In a time of economic crisis, the challenge of doing things more efficiently
by up to 20%. That is, at least, what
the ecoDriver project is aiming for.
The project notes that ”drivers
are often not aware they have a
major influence on their car’s fuel
consumption, potentially leading to
significant unnecessary emissions”.
Therefore, the project hopes to
”optimise driver” behaviour in order
to maximise energy efficiency and
improve traffic flows.
The project intends to achieve this
through a “dedicated multimodal
human machine interface” that will
use a combination of visual, acoustic
and haptic messages. Drivers will be
able to input their destination before
leaving and choose a fuel saving
route and, while driving, receive eco-
driving recommendations that match
their driving style and vehicle type.
Further, after trips, the eco-driving
system will compile the trip data and
make further recommendations that
will help to “continuously encourage
drivers to improve their behaviour”.
More specifically, ecoDriver concerns
itself with technologies such as
suggesting the best speed given the
current driving conditions, advising a
driver to slow down as they approach
a hill for example, or making the
accelerator pedal become stiffer
when accelerating away from a red
light, encouraging “softer and more
ecological acceleration”.
Changing driver behaviour, then, could
net a significant reduction in vehicle
emissions as well as a significant drop
in fuel consumption. In addition to
changing driving habits, Intelligent
Transport Systems (ITS) have much
to offer in the realm of emissions
reduction and fuel economy.
Indeed, the results of the euroFOT
project, the first large scale European
Field Operational Tests on active
safety systems, demonstrate that
even systems designed to increase
driver safety can have a real impact
on fuel consumption. Adaptive cruise
control has been shown to lead to a
reduction in fuel consumption of up
to 7%.
Outside of the vehicle, ITS can still
have an impact on fuel consumption
and emissions. Indeed, ICT
technologies are expected to reduce
CO2 emissions by 20-25%. Cooperative
systems such as those developed in
the CVIS project and tested in the
FREILOT project will have a huge
impact on traffic management in
urban areas. Reducing congestion
will cut journey times and allow for
cleaner, greener urban driving.
Much is made of the fuel efficiency
of new car engines. Indeed, it is an
important matter. However, Neelie
Kroes, speaking earlier this month,
explained that ‘the convergence
of formerly distinct sectors is an
irreversible trend”. This speaks to
the importance of looking at traffic
efficiency as a whole. Leaving aside
electromobility and increased use
of multimodal transport, two huge
factors in greening Europe’s transport
landscape, cooperative systems,
driver education and even adaptive
safety systems will play a role in
reducing emissions from passenger
vehicles on Europe’s roads. This
will help the EU meet its emissions
targets, help stop the advance of
climate change and save consumers
money.
ERTICO Partnership events
20 June 20122012 ERTICO General Assembly Meeting - Brussels, Belgium
21 June 2012 ERTICO Forum “Public-Private Partnership success stories for ITS deployment” - Brussels, Belgium
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