Emilio Davila ICT for Transport

ITS and Motorcycles

1st International Motorcyclists Conference28-29 June 2010

Brussels, Belgium

Emilio DavilaICT for Transport

European CommissionDirectorate-General Information Society and Media

Contents

• Policy context. Challenges

• Addressing the challenges

• ITS and PTW

• Conclusions

The Challenges in EU’s Transport SectorFuture improvements are urgently needed

Safety• +/- 35.000 deaths on the roads (EU-27 2009)• 1.5 million injured persons (EU27-2009)• 93% of accidents involved human errors• 1.15 million accidents

Congestion • Costs amount to 50 billion €/ year• Represents a loss of 1% GDP yearly• 10% of road network daily congested

Energy Efficiency & Emissions• Road transport = 83% of energy spent by whole transport• Road transport = 85% of total CO2 transport emissions• Green house gases (CO2)• Depending on fossil fuel• Slow take-up of renewable fuels

Additional challenges and socio-economic trends• Growth in demand • Ageing of Europe's population• Migration and internal mobility• Increasing urbanisation

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Road Fatalities in Europe …

Transport in EU25

Road Accidents (2009 data)

• 35.000 fatalities • 1.2 million accidents

involving injury• 1.6 million injuries

Source: DG MOVE – CARE DB

Main Causes and driving errors: 95% of all road accidents involve some human error In 76% of the cases the human is solely to blame Misjudging, driving dynamics, weather (50%) Distraction (38%)

39% of Passengers vehicles and 26% of trucks do not activate brakes before a collision Some 40% more do not brake effectively

Underlying Causes: AlcoholInexperienceTiredness

Challenges in EU’s Transport Sector Transport and safety - actions

Recent Policy Actions in Europe addressing transport safety

• White Paper on European Transport Policy (2001)• Halving road fatalities by 2010

• Mid-Term Review in 2006: Keep Europe Moving

• Commission Communication: A sustainable future: Towards an integrated, technology-led and user friendly transport system (2009)

• Road Safety Action Plan 2011-2020 (2010)

• White Paper on European Transport Policy 2020 (end 2010)

Contents



• ITS and PTW

• Conclusions

Addressing the Challenges

Commission Actions Addressing the Challenges

• Research programmes

• Field Operational Tests

• Pre-deployment

• Standardisation

• International cooperation

• User Awareness

• Regulation

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Addressing the Challenges - OverviewAddressing the Challenges - Overview

20072005 2006 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 … 2020

FP6 FP7 FP8

European Green Cars Initiative

ELSA in Transport

CIP Pilots Other pilots

eCall Pilots

FOTMethod

Cooperative Systems

AutonomousVehicle Systems

Intelligent Car InitiativeeSafety Forum

ITS Action Plan

eCall Standards CEN/ETSI

ETSI in ITS

PolicyFramework

Research & Development

European Large Scale Action (ELSA)

Pilots

Field Operational

Tests (FOTs)

Standards

User Awareness

Regulation

Cooperative Systems standards

Choose ESC!campaign

eSafety Challenge

eSafety Aware!

Intelligent Car day Helmond eSafety Challenge event… …

ITS DirectiveeCall regulation

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Addressing the ChallengesAddressing the Challenges RTD in the 6th and the 7th FP

2002

2003

2004

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2006

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2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Intelligent Vehicles & Mobility Services

Moving to Cooperative Systems

Call 1

Call 4

14 projects80 M€ grant


Intelligent Vehicles & Mobility Services

Cooperative Systems

Safety & Energy Efficiency in Mobility

Fully Electrical Vehicle

Mobility of the Future

Low carbon multimodal mobility & freight transport

Cooperative Systems for energy efficient & sustainable mobility. EWSP

Call 4

Call 6

Call 1

Call 2



10 projectsBudget: 53M€

Budget: 37M€

Call 5

Budget: 20M€

Call 7

Call 8

Budget: 40M€

Budget: 50M€

ITS Action Plan

Optimal Use of Road, Traffic& Travel Data

Road Safetyand Security

Continuity ofTraffic &Freight

Management

Integration ofVehicle &Transport

Infrastructure

Data Protection&

Liability

EuropeanITS

Coordination

Area 1 Area 2 Area 3 Area 4 Area 5 Area 6

EU-wide real time travelinformation

Collection& provisionof road data

Accurate public data for

digital maps

Free minimum information

service

Promotion ofmulti-modal

journey planners

Continuityof ITS

services

Services forfreight transport

& logistics

European ITSFrameworkarchitecture

Interoperabilityof electronictoll systems

Promotion ofin-vehicle

safety systems

Introduction ofEurope-wide

eCall

RegulatoryFramework

on HMI

Guidelines: Impacton Vulnerable

road users

Guidelines:Secure parking

places for trucks

Open in-vehiclePlatform

architecture

Development &evaluation of

coop. systems

Specificationsfor V2X, I2X

communication

Mandate forEuropean

standardisation

Security &data protection

Addressing liability, esp. in-vehiclesafety systems

Legal frameworkfor EU ITS

cooperation

Decision support toolkit for ITSinvestments

Guidelinesfor public

funding for ITS

Collaborationplatform onurban ITS

ITS Directive Proposal: Scope

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• Framework for coordinated and coherent ITS deployment and use

– development of specifications and standards

– for ITS in road transport and interfaces with other transport modes

• Priority areas

1) optimal use of road, traffic and travel data2) continuity of traffic and freight management ITS

services3) ITS road safety and security applications4) linking the vehicle with the transport infrastructure

Contents



• ITS and PTW

• Conclusions

ITS and PTWICT applications for powered-two-wheelers (PTWs) are one of the strategic field to improve motorcyclists’ safety.

Applications developed within EU projects (SAFESPOT, SIM, SAFERIDER) demonstrated the potential ICT-based functionalities applied to vehicles including PTWs, whereas the issue of riding naturalistic studies is tackled in 2BESAFE project.

SAFESPOT Overview

• Enhancing safety margins using cooperative systems• Vehicles, including cars, trucks and powered-two-

wheelers (PTW), and road infrastructures, are source and destination of safety relevant information.

• Safety information is exchanged via wireless communication.

• Drivers’ awareness is extended in space and time.• PTW is participating in the Safety Distance and the Lane

Change Maneuver scenarios.

SAFESPOT - System integration

SAFESPOT PTWs applications

• Lane Change Manoeuvre

• Safe Overtaking

SIM OVERVIEW

• Identification of a safety strategy and development of the most relevant technologies in active, passive and preventive safety areas to be implemented in a vehicle prototype.

• SIM developed and tested:– Active brake system and stability

management by traction control and a semi-active suspension system.

– Airbag and inflatable wearable device.– The overall requirements of an Human-

Machine Interaction (HMI) management concept for PTW and an enhanced HMI by means of Head-Up Display (HUD), wireless communication and ergonomic handlebar controls.

SAFERIDER OVERVIEW• Development of ARAS/OBIS functionalities in order to

improve safety and comfort of the rider.• 3 simulators and 8 demonstrators Europe-wide in order

integrate, test and gathering users’ feedback.• Four OBIS & five ARAS functionalities are developed and

evaluated:On-Bike Information Systems - OBIS

Advanced Rider Assistance Systems -ARAS

eCall Speed Alert

Telediagnostic service Curve warning

Navigation & Route Guidance Frontal collision warning

Weather traffic & black spot Intersection support

Lane change support

SAFERIDER–Navigation & Weather, Traffic and Black Spot Warning

Warning and alarm icons

Map and menus

Weather and traffic

info

eCall button

• It is equipped with an internal GPS and a preloaded map to perform standard navigation and route guidance.

• For the aim of this project, the visual display contains five icons that enlighten when an alarm for an incoming danger arrives.

• Additional dynamic information about traffic condition and weather

• Manual activation of eCall by simply touching a button on the display

SAFERIDER – Curve Warning

• The proposed Curve Warning function is based on the concept of comparing the actual rider manoeuvre with a safe reference manoeuvre.

• The safe reference manoeuvre should be a feasible manoeuvre that complies with system dynamics, trajectory constraints and safety criteria in a “human-like” riding style.

• The CW module is seen as a co-pilot that computes a manoeuvre that takes into account both vehicles dynamics and road geometry and mimic human driving style.

2BESAFE OVERVIEW

• In comparison to drivers, no studies exist about on road riding behaviours and underlied motives. Studies in accidentology, biomechanism, sociology, etc. showed:– The vulnerability of the riders/PTW– The lack of conspicuity of the PTW– Open questions in risk perception,

awareness and acceptance of the riders

• 2BESAFE project:– Conducts a series of Naturalistic Rider

Studies (NRS) and analyses the behavioural and ergonomic parameters that contribute to PTW crashes.

– Study natural riding situations, including near-misses ones

– Designs and implements methods and tools for assessing and evaluating PTW rider behaviour and interaction between PTW riders and other road users.

WATCH-OVER

Sensor and communication technologies cooperate to detect vulnerable road users, motorcycles, bicycles, pedestrians, to prevent accidents.

Contents



• ITS and PTW

• Conclusions

Conclusions

• ITS can contribute significantly to address mobility challenges

• PTW are relevant players with

particular characteristics

• More involvement from PTW representatives needed

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eSafety Web-site:http://europa.eu.int/information_society/programmes/

esafety/index_en.htm

ITS Action Plan and Directive

http://ec.europa.eu/transport/its/road/action_plan_en.htm

eSafety on CORDIS website:www.cordis.lu/ist/so/esafety/home.html

eSafetySupport websitewww.eSafetySupport.org

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