Project News: CVIS Workshop on Policy Implications

Date: 25 July 2007

14 September 2007 event at ERTICO to consider policy environment required for deployment.

ERTICO - ITS Europe and its Partner UK Department for Transport are jointly organising the Policy Implications for Cooperative Vehicle Infrastructure Systems Workshop on 14 September 2007 at ERTICO in Brussels. It is an activity of the EU-funded CVIS Integrated Project, coordinated by ERTICO, and forms part of the work of CVIS’ Deployment Enablers sub-project.

Complex environment needs cooperation
The capability to link vehicles to the roadside and to each other through seamless communications channels creates many opportunities for far-reaching innovations in the way the road network is used. A corresponding change in policy thinking requires significant challenges to be addressed.

It is clear that the complexity of CVIS policy environment creates a major challenge. There must be co-ordination between those who have a policy influence in all those areas. The institutions and mechanisms to achieve this have yet to be devised and put in place. This must be addressed or a lack of policy and policy co-ordination could become a significant barrier to deployment.

Workshop aims
The workshop aims to exchange ideas regarding the impact these new applications may have on transport policy and to consider the policy environment required to support the widespread deployment of cooperative systems and services.

The target audience is policy makers seeking to understand where and how CVIS might impact on policy areas including network management, road safety, environment and sustainability, vehicle and systems approval, driver training and licensing and telecommunications.

Participants are welcome from all relevant stakeholders including local, regional and national authorities; equipment and service providers as well as network operators. Each workshop session will feature a presentation to outline key issues followed by an open discussion among the participants.

Consult the workshop’s preliminary programme:

CVIS_invitation_policy_workshop_v7.pdf (152 KB)

For more information, visit the CVIS website (www.cvisproject.org) or contact ERTICO Project Associate Julie Castermans