Policy contribution

Although there is considerable research into ITS measures, most is concerned with operational issues, rather than assessment against the kinds of objectives considered, and for many measures it is still too early to judge their effectiveness in widespread application.

Following links represent useful information of European ITS success stories

  European success stories

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• AA ITS Services (UK)
• Access Control System (Barcelona, Spain)
• ADAC ITS Services (Germany)
• Automatic Bus Depot Management (Bologna, Italy)
• AUTOROUTE-INFO - Motorway Paris-Lyon (France)
• AVM - Automatic Vehicle Monitoring (Bologna, Italy)
• CARIN - Static Route Guidance
• CCATS & CCIDS - Video-Based Solutions for Data Collection and Incident Detection (Europe)
• COMPANION: A Collective Warning System to supplement Traffic Management (Germany)
• Countdown - Real-time Bus Stop Information (London, UK)
• DIS - Dynafleet Information System: Freight and Fleet Management (Europe)
• ECC - Emergency Call Center (Germany)
• Electronic Toll Collection (Oslo, Norway)
• HAMLET 2 - Toll Collection on Motorways (France)
• Improved security (Paris, France)
• Info-bus - Real-time Bus Stop Information (Geneva, Switzerland)
• Intelligent Speed Adaptation (Umea, Sweden)
• Inter-urban Traffic Management (Salzburg, Austria)
• ITGS - Intelligent Traffic Guidance System (Tokyo, Japan)
• M25 Controlled Motorway Project (London, England)
• MCS: Motorway Control System (Stockholm, Sweden)
• The Midlands Driver Information System (England)
• MOBILOC - Fleet Management in an Urban Area (Paris, France)
• Multifunctional smartcards (Vaasa, Finland)
• NADICS - Strategic VMS System on Inter-urban Roads (Scotland)
• On-demand Bus Services for rural areas (Flanders, Belgium)
• On-demand Bus Services on a Fixed Route (Bologna, Italy)
• On-demand Bus Services on a Variable Route (Bologna, Italy)
• Parking Guidance System (Cologne, Germany)
• Passenger Information at Bus Stops (Brussels, Belgium)
• PASSO - GSM/GPS-based ITS services (Germany)
• Public Transport Vehicle Scheduling and Control System (Madrid, Spain)
• Public Transport Priority (Gothenburg, Sweden)
• Public Transport Priority (Turin, Italy)
• Real-time traffic and travel information (Midlands, United Kingdom)
• Route Planner - Static Route Guidance (Europe)
• RWiS: Road Weather Information System (Sweden)
• SCOTIA - The Scottish Traffic/Travel Information Association (Scotland)
• SIT - Public Transport Interactive Terminals (Madrid, Spain)
• SMARTBUS - Exploitation and Information Support to Public Transport Networks (Rouen, France)
• Smart Card Systems for Public Transport (Finland)
• Surf 2000 - Urban Traffic Control System (Paris, France)
• TEGARON - GSM/GPS-based ITS services (Germany)
• Telepass - Contactless Toll Collection (Italy)
• TLN-planner - Route Planning Software (The Netherlands)
• Traffic control systems to reduce pollution (Athens, Greece)
• Trafficmaster - On-trip information on Motorways and Primary Routes (UK)
• TravelPilot - Static Route Guidance (Europe)PASSO - GSM/GPS-based ITS services (Germany)
• TRIPlanner: Public Transport Information (Hampshire, United Kingdom)
• Verkehr&Service On-line (VSO) - Internet-based Traffic Information (Germany)
• Visionaute - RDS-based Traffic Information and Guidance (France)
• VMS-based display of travel times (Paris, France)
• Miscellaneous