Objective The problem of safety in transport is especially acute in the case of road networks. To confront this the EC has proposed to reduce by 50% the number of road fatalities by 2010. Nowadays, safety relies most of the time in autonomous or stand-alone systems, which offer without any doubt room for some improvements.In order to overcome the visible limitations of those systems, there is a need for another class of solution: Co-operative Transport Systems (CTS), whose intelligence is distributed/shared between road infrastructure and vehicles, compromising innovative approaches on transport safety and efficiency. To that end, TRACKSS has a strategic goal: enabling a breakthrough in the current systems for sensing and predicting flow, infrastructure and environmental conditions surrounding traffic, with a view to improve road transport operations safety and efficiency.The project will:- Improve and develop a number of breakthrough sensing technologies.- Develop a new model for knowledge sharing between sensors.- Use advanced data fusion techniques and a DSS to assess and predict safety and efficiency conditions of the transport network.- Develop an architecture and define an operational framework, ensuring the compatibility of the project results with the e-Safety overall architectures.- Validate the project results through 3 pilotsUndoubtedly, today available (or under development) technologies enable the improvement of not only sensing systems, but also the way these systems share information.The key idea to have mind when reading this proposal and the base and goal of TRACKSS is: Smarter systems demand smarter sensors; cooperative systems require cooperative sensors. And last but not least in order to ensure interoperable throughout the European road network and to achieve the critical mass, the majority of TRACKSS consortium members are strategic ITS players at national level - e.g. INRETS, ETRA, TRL-, and some at global level - e.g. BOSCH, TRW, CRF-. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorssocial sciencessocial geographytransport Programme(s) FP6-IST - Information Society Technologies: thematic priority under the specific programme "Integrating and strengthening the European research area" (2002-2006). Topic(s) IST-2004-2.4.12 - eSafety Co-operative Systems for Road Transport Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator ETRA INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO SA EU contribution No data Address CALLE TRES FORQUES 147 VALENCIA Spain See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (13) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all APIF MOVIQUITY S.A. Spain EU contribution No data Address CALLE ISABEL DE COLBRAND 10 - EDIFICIO VENECIA, PL. 5 OF.150 28050 MADRID See on map Total cost No data AYUNTAMIENTO DE VALENCIA Spain EU contribution No data Address ANTES 47 AVENIDA ARAGON 35 46010 VALENCIA See on map Total cost No data CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT - SOCIETA' CONSORTILE PER AZIONI Italy EU contribution No data Address Strada Torino 50 ORBASSANO (TO) See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CENTRUM DOPRAVNIHO VYZKUMU V.V.I. Czechia EU contribution No data Address Lisenska 33a BRNO See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CITILOG France EU contribution No data Address 5, AVENUE D'ITALIE 75013 PARIS See on map Total cost No data DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUER LUFT UND RAUMFAHRT E.V. Germany EU contribution No data Address LINDER HOHE 51147 KOELN See on map Total cost No data INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE SUR LES TRANSPORTS ET LEUR SECURITE France EU contribution No data Address 2, Avenue du Général Malleret-Joinville ARCUEIL See on map Total cost No data INSTITUTO DE APLICACIONES DE LAS TECNOLOGIAS DE LA INFORMACION Y DE LAS COMUNICACIONES AVANZADAS - ITACA Spain EU contribution No data Address CAMINO DE VERA S/N VALENCIA See on map Total cost No data KOZLEKEDESTUDOMANYI INTEZET KHT Hungary EU contribution No data Address THAN KAROLY U 3/5 1119 BUDAPEST See on map Total cost No data LABORATOIRE CENTRAL DES PONTS ET CHAUSSEES France EU contribution No data Address 58, BOULEVARD LEFEBVRE 75732 PARIS See on map Total cost No data ROBERT BOSCH GMBH Germany EU contribution No data Address Robert-Bosch Platz 1 106050 GERLINGEN-SCHILLERHOEHE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address 6 KENSINGTON TERRACE NE1 7RU NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE See on map Total cost No data TRW LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address STRATFORD ROAD B90 4AX SOLIHULL See on map Total cost No data
