eSafety library

Publications in chronological order
eSafety Compendium (Link to the eSafetySupport website's Publication page)
Fact sheets of eSafety-related projects co-financed by the European Communities under Framework Programme 7
Fact sheets of eSafety-related projects co-financed by the European Communities under Framework Programme 6

Publications in chronological order:

05/2011	ICT FOR THE FULLY ELECTRIC VEHICLE - Research Needs and Challenges Ahead. The 2nd Edition of the Brochure.
08/10/2010	ELSA Task Force Report 'Towards a Transport-ICT ELSA' (ELSA=European Large Scale Action)
09/2010	Strategic Research Agenda 'ICT for Intelligent Mobility'. Integral text of the update 2010.
16/08/2010	"Free for all" is the title of an interview, in which Neelie Kroes, Commission Vice-President for the Digital Agenda, talks to ITS International on the deployment of cooperative systems. Kroes touches on standardization issues, electric vehicles and spectrum use and saturation, among other topics.
06/08/2010	ITS Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 on the framework for the deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems in the field of road transport and for interfaces with other modes of transport (Directive 2010/40/EU). At the linked page, the directive's text is available in all 23 official languages.
28/04/2010	The Communication on Clean and energy efficient vehicles has been adopted.
18/11/2009	An EU-US Joint Declaration on Research in Cooperative Systems has been signed in Washington, D.C. It aims to identify joint areas of cooperative systems research, and to support the development of global open standards for such cooperative systems.
01/11/2009	The Intelligent Cargo Study ("Impact assessment on the introduction of intelligent cargo systems in transport logistics industry") analyses the potential of ICT to increase the efficiency, security and safety of freight transport. The study considers different scenarios for the paradigm shift from centralized to decentralized ICT services and identifies a migration path towards the most promising scenario. The study was conducted by PTV, Germany, and ECORYS, The Netherlands.
01/11/2009	The Energy Efficiency Study ("Impact of ICT on Energy Efficiency in road transport") reviews three types of ICT-based developments contributing to energy efficiency, namely eco-solutions such as the gear shift indicator, advanced driver assistance systems and enhanced traffic management. These systems are assessed according to both their potential and their ease of implementation. In order to strengthen the impact forecasts, CO2 emission models are assessed as well. The study was conducted by TNO, The Netherlands.
21/08/2009	Communication from the Commission: eCall: Time for Deployment. Citizen's Summary EU Proposal - Road accident alert system (eCall) bg cs da de et el en es fr it lv lt hu mt nl pl pt ro sk sl fi sv Related press release: Last call to implement car safety system voluntarily
24/04/2009	The European Communications Architecture for Co-operative Systems A Key Enabler for the Development and Wide-Scale Deployment of Co-operative Systems for Safe and Environmentally Sustainable Transport in Europe - Summary Document. Go to the full set of documents establishing the European Communications Architecture for Cooperative Systems.
02/04/2009	Methodologies for assessing the impact of ITS applications on CO₂ emissions This technical report produced by the European Commission - Japanese Ministry of Economics, Trade and Industry (EC-METI) Task Force summarises the current status in Europe of technologies for assessing the environmental impacts of road transport. It provides a summary of the approaches available and some conclusions about their suitability for estimating the effects of 'Green ITS' services on CO2 emissions. The report identifies the main shortcomings of methodologies and gives some recommendations for future research.
31/01/2009	The new EU-US cooperation agreement: A boost for research in ICTs for road transport
15/12/2008	ICT for Mobility. Extract from Work Programme 2009 - 2010 of the 7th European Research Framework Programme's (FP7) ICT Theme. FP7 is running from 2007 - 2013.
14/11/2008	ICT and transport. The road to safer, smarter driving. An overview brochure from the series 'ICT Research - the policy perspective' provided by ICT Results.
01/10/2008	The CODIA - Co-Operative systems Deployment Impact Assessment - study carried out an impact assessments of five selected co-operative systems, with focus on safety, congestion and traffic efficiency, and the environment. The study also indicates the cost-benefit ratio of the systems. The five selected systems were: - Speed adaptation using vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication - Reversible lanes for a better flow of traffic, using V2I communication - Local danger/hazard warning, using vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication - Post crash warning, using V2V communication - Intersection collision warning, using V2I and V2V communication. The study was conducted by the Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT) and UK's Transport Research Laboratory (TRL). It lasted 9 months, ending in September 2008.
05/08/2008	Harmonised use of radio spectrum in the 5875 - 5905 MHz frequency band for safety-related applications for Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) as adopted by Commission Decision of 5 August 2008
06/05/2008	"Towards Europe-wide Safer, Cleaner and Efficient Mobility" - the European Parliament's Report (the so-called Gurmai Report) on the Commission's "Report of 17 September 2007
25/04/2008	Strategic Research Agenda 'ICT for Mobility'. Integral text of the update 2007/08.
17/09/2007	"Towards Europe-wide Safer, Cleaner and Efficient Mobility". The 1st Intelligent Car Report as as adopted by the Commission. Press Release published on the occasion of the Report's presentation to the public on 18 September 2007.
01/02/2007	i2010: Intelligent Car brochure
01/02/2007	Information Society and Transport. Linking European Policies. A brochure on transport challenges where ICT can be of particular benefit.
22/12/2006	Safe and efficient in-vehicle information and communication systems: Update of the European Statement of Principles on human machine interface, as adopted by Commission Recommendation of 22 December 2006.
14/12/2006	Intelligent Safety Systems in Vehicles - a special Eurobarometer survey (opinion poll) Download the survey in PDF: > Qualitative results: EN \| FR > Quantitative results: EN
23/11/2006	"Bringing eCall back on track - Action Plan". The 3rd eSafety Communication as adopted by the Commission. Press Release published on the occasion of the Communication's presentation in the Council on 11 December 2006
27/03/2006	"Bringing eCall to Citizens" - the European Parliament's Report (the so-called Titley Report) on the Commission's Communication of 14 September 2005
15/02/2006	"Raising Awareness of ICT for Smarter, Safer and Cleaner Vehicles". The Communication laying the foundations of the Intelligent Car Initiative as as adopted by the Commission. Press Release published on the occasion of the Communication's presentation to the public on 23 February 2006.
14/09/2005	"Bringing eCall to Citizens". The 2nd eSafety Communication as adopted by the Commission. Press Release published on the occasion of the adoption of the Communication.
15/01/2005	The potential socio-economic impact of the introduction of Intelligent Safety Systems in Road Vehicles - an exploratory study
27/04/2004	Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the Realisation of Interoperable In-Vehicle eCall, as released for stakeholders' signature on 27 August 2004 Updated list of signatures MoU
15/11/2003	Information Society Technologies for Transport and Mobility. An overview on Achievements and Ongoing Projects from the Fifth Framework Programme
15/09/2003	Information and Communication Technologies for Safe and Intelligent Vehicles. The first eSafety Communication as adopted by the Commission. Press release published on the occasion of the Communication's presentation to the public on 29 September 2003
15/11/2002	eSafety Final Report of the eSafety Working Group on Road Safety. This is the basic document for all ensuing eSafety activities!

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