C-Roads Antwerp - Helmond
21099
From 2022 to 2024
The C-Roads project Antwerp-Helmond aims to integrate Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems with advanced driver assistance systems and mobility services to improve road safety and liveability. TML coordinates the evaluation of the functionalities and impact of these systems, while also contributing to the wider project activities.
The C-Roads Antwerp-Helmond project aims to integrate Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) with advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS, in particular intelligent speed assistance (ISA)), urban vehicle access restrictions (UVAR) and (urban) mobility services (truck buffering, prioritisation and multimodal information). The combination of these services should lead to improved road safety and liveability.
Both cities are convinced that the implementation of C-ITS is not a stand-alone service and that certain integration into other ITS solutions will be necessary, especially with a perspective of realising automated driving in the near future. The pilot will implement, test and evaluate the combined services. The pilot includes the development of services tailored to the priorities of both the city and the region, while recognising EU standards and regulations. Selected C-ITS Day 1 and Day 1.5 services will be made available and integrated with the other services. These will be made available to different types of users, such as private drivers, professional truck drivers and active mobility users.
C-Roads Antwerp-Helmond will be part of the C-Roads platform that emphasises cooperation on a holistic level to cover all dimensions related to C-ITS deployment. The pilot will test and evaluate the combined services on the Flemish TEN-T network near Antwerp and along the urban nodes of Antwerp and Helmond.
All C-ITS information will be delivered via hybrid communication and will meet the requirements and specifications of C-Roads. The service will be made available in the vehicles through (i) the use of on-board units (OBU) that also enable the combined implementation of C-ITS and ISA and (ii) smartphone applications, one of which specifically for truck drivers.
In this project, TML coordinates work package 4 (functionality evaluation, user acceptance, impact assessment, ecosystem assessment and implementation strategies) and participates in work packages 1 (C-Roads platform) and 2 (national pilot project management and dissemination activities).
