Sustainability

With the maturing of the automotive navigation market and its wide assortment of online and in-vehicle navigation systems, ranging from mapping and directions web applications, to fac-tory-installed units, to personal navigation devices (PNDs) and applications on smart phones, consumers have become very familiar with route guidance and its advantages in saving time and avoiding aggravation in finding destinations. Many users experience an increased ap-preciation in finding more efficient routes even in familiar areas where they previously thought they were using the most direct route.

ERTICO

NAVTEQ

Presented at the 18th World Congress on ITS, October 2011, Orlando, Florida

This paper explores the implications of “global warming” induced climate change on various aspects of transportation planning. It takes primarily a view which assumes the predictions become manifest and how today’s planner might look at today’s long-term transportation investments and policies. It also explores possibilities for using existing information systems tolls to expand current planning methods in order to consider Climate Changes in the planning process.

Ernest K. Ott

The data transmission performance of  the Inter-vehicle Communications (IVC)
system is evaluated under the non line-of-sight (NLOS)  environment considering to
the requirement of Advanced Safety Vehicle (ASV) project in Japan. In this paper, the
effectiveness of the usage of the hopping function of the IVC system for the safety
driving support applications is shown by the computer simulations and the actual field
experiments results.
 
Keywords: Inter-vehicle communication,  Road-to-vehicle communication, RC-005,
Safety driving support system

SSC (System Solution Company), Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.

Honda R&D Co., Ltd.

Presented at the 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems, November 16-20, 2008, New York, New York

Within the commercial trucking industry, it is a well-known fact that driver bias can cause large variations in the fuel economy of a vehicle.  Even when holding the vehicle and the route constant, driver behavior can account for up to 35% variation in fuel economy. This paper investigates a method of powertrain control to improve fuel economy in commercial vehicles by reducing the effects of this driver bias. The method utilizes both historical and predictive information of the route to be driven and the current traffic conditions. Such information could be obtained from on-board sensors, digital maps, vehicle-to-vehicle communication systems, and/or vehicle-to-infrastructure communication systems. In this paper a generic framework for a powertrain control system is first introduced. Simulation results are then presented to illustrate the magnitude of the fuel savings and emissions reduction potential. A sensitivity analysis is also provided, showing how driver and environmental conditions will impact fuel economy benefits. As a conclusion, several practical challenges of the proposed technology are identified, and a new public-private partnership strategy is recommended for future development.

Eaton Corporation

Presented at the 18th World Congress on ITS, October 2011, Orlando, Florida

Based on the discussion of the meaning of ITS concept, the importance and necessity of ITS
education and training on ITS sustainable development are expounded first. Then combined
with Chinese characteristics, the targets of ITS education are summarized, i.e. research
institutes, ITS-related industries and transport agencies. Finally, the approaches to building
ITS capability are put forward, including formal education and continuing education.

Tongji University

Presented at the 12th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems, November 6-10, 2005, San Francisco, California