ICT for Clean and Efficient Mobility

The aim of the ICT for Clean and Efficient Mobility WG is to identify and promote the potential benefits ITS applications & services can bring towards cleaner and more energy-efficient mobility for people and goods.

The environmental effects of steadily increasing demand for mobility of people and goods present challenges that need to be addressed in the interest of long-term sustainability and public concern. The European economy and the prosperity of its citizens depend on a high level and quality of mobility of people and goods, while there is less and less opportunity to create new transport infrastructure.
 
Information and communication technologies (ICT) are the basis of intelligent transport systems, applications and services (ITS). ITS can be applied in support of “cleaner mobility” by improving communication and the collection and flow of information amongst vehicles and infrastructure in order to manage a smoother, more flexible traffic flow of people and goods and in the most cost-efficient way.

ITS applications for traffic efficiency can produce as side effects positive environmental benefits, for example traffic management systems that reduce vehicles’ delay leading to less fuel consumption and lower emissions. However, there are relatively few ITS systems and services that specifically address environmental objectives.

The eSafety Forum is looking towards the environment as a potential area for future ITS development and deployment exploiting the architectures and technologies under development for safety applications. This new Working Group is intended to take the first steps to mobilise the various sectors that need to cooperate to work towards identifying possible new solutions. The eSafety Forum brings together a wide range of stakeholders in each work area to identify priorities for action to promote deployment of ITS and advanced safety systems and services. The area of ICT for Clean and Efficient Mobility is relatively new, and there is a need for an early assessment of the scope for action. Certainly there is a need for R&D in basic and applied eSafety technologies, but much progress can be made by better application and organisation of existing techniques. Also there is probably scope to apply in the ITS domain results coming from other domains.

The role of this Working Group should therefore focus on the identification of priority actions in R&D and deployment support.

Status:

Concluded

Meetings:

Date	Meeting Details	Location
10 June 2008	5th Meeting of the ICT for Clean and Efficient Mobility WG	eSS, Brussels, Belgium
11 March 2008	4th Meeting of the ICT for Clean and Efficient Mobility WG	ACEA, Brussels, Belgium
12 December 2007	3rd Meeting of the ICT for Clean and Efficient Mobility WG	Brussels, Belgium
26 March 2007	2nd Meeting of the ICT for Clean and Efficient Mobility WG	Brussels, Belgium
6 December 2006	ICT for Clean and Efficient Mobility WG Kick-off Meeting	Brussels, Belgium

Sectors Represented:

• Users
• Public authorities
• Infrastructure operators
• Telecom operators
• Tutomotive industry
• Transport & environment industries
• NGOs
• Integrated traffic management specialists
• Energy industries
• R&D institutes

Related Documents:

Name	Format
Final Report of the Clean and Efficient Mobility WG	.pdf (589 KB)
Fiche ICT for Clean and Efficient Mobility WG, updated 18 September 2007	.pdf (60 KB)
ICT for Clean and Efficient Mobility WG - Terms of Reference	.pdf (111 KB)

Chairs:

Name	Organisation	email address
Paul Kompfner	ERTICO-ITS Europe	p.kompfner@mail.ertico.com
Wolfgang Reinhardt	ACEA	wr@acea.be