The 7288 Compass4D project has awarded over US$500,000 of EU funding to the city of Verona to deploy three services: red light violation warning, road hazard warning, and energy efficient intersections. In Verona, one of the most advanced cities in Italy in terms of ITS cooperative systems, vehicles will be gradually equipped with in-vehicle units which will communicate with roadside units and will also be usable in the other six pilot cities.
The Compass4D pilot site is located in the city centre and will involve not only public services such as buses, taxis and cars from the municipality, but also private vehicles which will be able to use the three Compass4D services. Five cars from the municipality, five taxis and ten buses will be equipped with ITS G5 compliant on board units which will communicate with twenty-five cooperative ITS G5 compliant road side units that will be installed in strategic points in the city. In addition, two cameras will be used on streets where high speeds are usually detected. The pilot site will also test the use of Long Term Evolution (LTE), also known as 4G, for “day-one” C-ITS applications.
Welcoming the project to the city at a press conference organised by the city and129 Swarco 1675 Mizar and 1983 Telecom Italia, Mayor Flavio Tosi pointed out “the importance and the peculiarity of the project in which Verona takes part, together with other six European cities, in order to increase road safety and public transport efficiency, and also to reduce the level of the urban traffic congestion, a great value for the city that, using innovative navigation systems for an intelligent transport, wants to improve not only the quality of our driving but in particular the road safety of all citizens”.
According to Lorenzo Fontana, Member of the European Parliament, Smart and efficient means of transport have a big impact on the everyday life of citizens and the local economy but they need adequate support from local governments and public authorities.
Pierpaolo Tona, Compass4D coordinator and project manager at374 Ertico highlighted the key role of Compass4D at European level: "We are working on an excellence in Europe, merging the interests of public and private stakeholders working on the deployment of a better pan-European transport system. We intend to put intelligent transport systems in the hands of all citizens and the general public”.
The press conference was followed by an international workshop on the current status and imminent trends of intelligent transport systems and a live demonstration of the services on equipped cars moving in Verona city centre.
In addition to Verona, Compass4D will equip the cities of Bordeaux, Copenhagen, Helmond, Newcastle, Thessaloniki, and Vigo with cooperative ITS services.
The Compass4D pilot site is located in the city centre and will involve not only public services such as buses, taxis and cars from the municipality, but also private vehicles which will be able to use the three Compass4D services. Five cars from the municipality, five taxis and ten buses will be equipped with ITS G5 compliant on board units which will communicate with twenty-five cooperative ITS G5 compliant road side units that will be installed in strategic points in the city. In addition, two cameras will be used on streets where high speeds are usually detected. The pilot site will also test the use of Long Term Evolution (LTE), also known as 4G, for “day-one” C-ITS applications.
Welcoming the project to the city at a press conference organised by the city and
According to Lorenzo Fontana, Member of the European Parliament, Smart and efficient means of transport have a big impact on the everyday life of citizens and the local economy but they need adequate support from local governments and public authorities.
Pierpaolo Tona, Compass4D coordinator and project manager at
The press conference was followed by an international workshop on the current status and imminent trends of intelligent transport systems and a live demonstration of the services on equipped cars moving in Verona city centre.
In addition to Verona, Compass4D will equip the cities of Bordeaux, Copenhagen, Helmond, Newcastle, Thessaloniki, and Vigo with cooperative ITS services.
