Paris-London Corridor

Objective

This international corridor forms the main route between France and the UK and is an important gateway for the remainder of Europe. The corridor comprises mainly of motorways but certain critical sections are by fixed and mobile river and sea crossings. The project aims principally to combine two ATT areas of major international interest, Travel and Traffic Information and Inter-Urban Traffic Management.

The project builds extensively on previous DRIVE work and results and will incorporate requirements for international cooperation, comment on aspects of public and private sectors provision and operation, as well as contribute to the standards debate.

Technical Approach

The project will design, implement and evaluate pilot systems for RDS-TMC, Trip-Planning Terminals, FM Radio, Paging, Cellular phones, in-car Navigation, Automatic traffic surveillance, Variable Message Signs, Fog monitoring and Automatic Vehicle Identification. These systems will operate in conjunction with an enhanced traffic and travel information and management service provided by interconnected Traffic Information Centres and Traffic Control Centres, both national and international.

Key Issues

The Key Issues relate to traffic information collection, weather monitoring, traffic control strategies. Information will be directed from these sources to Traffic Information Centres and disseminated to drivers using VMS, RDS-TMC, Paging and Cellular telephones. Evaluation methods and strategies for the field trials are also of key importance.

Expected Impacts

A demonstration of ATT to provide an Integrated Driver Information and Network Management System in the Paris-London Corridor.

Contribution to Standards

The project will provide significant input on the issues relating to the practical implementation of standards in ATT systems.

Programme(s)

• FP3-DRIVE 2 - Specific programme of research and technological development (EEC) in the field of telematic systems in areas of general interest - Transport services -, 1990-1994

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Coordinator

Wootton Jeffreys Consultants Ltd

Address

Brookwood
GU24 0BL Woking
United Kingdom

Participants (16)

Automobile Association

United Kingdom

Address

Fanum House Basing View
RG21 2EA Basingstoke

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

United Kingdom

Address

Broadcasting House Portland Place
W1A 1AA London

British Telecom plc (BT)

United Kingdom

Address

British Telecom Laboratories Martlesham Heath
IP5 7RE Ipswich

DTP Traffic Control & Communications

United Kingdom

Address

Tollgate House Houlton Street
BS2 9DJ Bristol

Eurotunnel

United Kingdom

Address

111 Victoria Plaza Buckingham Palace Road
SW1W 0ST London

FRANCE TELECOM

France

Address

7 Immeuble Perisud Boulevard R. Rolland
92128 Montrouge

Ford Motor Company Ltd

United Kingdom

Address

Room 14/260, Research And Engineering Laindon
SS15 6EE Basildon

Institut National de Recherche sur les Transports et leur Sécurité (INRETS)

France

Address

20 Rue Elisée Reclus
59650 Villeneuve D'ascq

MELTE

France

Address

2 Rue De Bruxelles
59019 Lille

MINISTERE EQUIPEMENT ET TRANSPORT

Belgium

Address

Wtc Tour 3, Bld Simon Bolivar 30
1210 Brussels

RENAULT SA

France

Address

34 Quai Du Point Du Jour
92109 Boulogne-billancourt

SANEF

France

Address

3 Rue Edmond Valentin
75007 Paris

SEMA GROUP

France

Address

56 Rue Roger Salengro
94126 Fontenay Sous Bois

Siemens Plessey Controls Ltd

United Kingdom

Address

Sopers Lane
BH17 7ER Poole

Transport Research Laboratory (TRL)

United Kingdom

Address

Old Wokingham Road
RG11 6AU Crowthorne

Télédiffusion de France (TDF)

France

Address

21-27 Rue Barbes
92542 Montrouge