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Improving safety in tunnels by using C-ITS

Road authority are seeking smarter tunnels to meet new requirements from the autonomous and cooperative car technologies. Its important to consider opportunities and consequences for design, technical systems and operations in tunnels. Digital technologies have developed rapidly over the past years and they are increasingly being introduced in transport. While Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) focus on digital technologies providing intelligence placed at the roadside or in vehicles, C-ITS (Cooperative Intelligent Transportation Systems) focuses on the communication between those systems – whether it is a vehicle communicating with another vehicle, with the infrastructure, or with other C-ITS systems.

Improving safety in tunnels by using C-ITS

Implementing ITS station concept in tunnels

How will the implementation of autonomous and cooperative car technology effect management, operation and safety in tunnels. And what issues have to be considered when it comes to tunnels? The purpose of starting a work with Intelligent Traffic Systems (ITS) station concept has been to establish a method of communicating between tunnel and vehicle using a standard platform.

Implementing ITS station concept in tunnels
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