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Joint FOT-Net UDRIVE Special Interest Session - Presentations online

The Joint FOT-Net UDRIVE Special Interest Session was held at the ITS European Congress 2013 on June the 5th in Dublin . The theme was Synergy between naturalistic driving studies and field operational tests.


Workshop on Speed Alert: from research to deployment - Presentations online

The joint FOT-Net - ADASIS - TN-ITS Stakeholder workshop (FOT-Net 9th Stakeholders Workshop) was held in Dublin on the 4th of June 2013. The theme was Speed Alert: from research to deployment. Presentations are now online!


Save the date! October 14 FOT-Net Workshop on Impact and Deployment

The FOT-Net project will organise its sixth International Workshop on Monday 14 October 2013 at the Tokyo International Forum, before the opening ceremony of the ITS World Congress in the same building.


Ministers sign up for cooperative systems corridor

German, Dutch and Austrian ministers for transport sign MoU which paves the way for deploying cooperative services on Vienna-Rotterdam corridor.


EU Debate on Automated Driving

EU debate in the European Parliament hosted by Christopher Fjellner, MEP


Input for best practice dissemination

Launch of questionnaire asking for input to the annex for the dissemination guidelines: the best practice dissemination.


FOT-Net workshop - Lessons learned from Pilots on Cooperative Systems

Presentations from the FOT-Net stakeholders workshop on cooperative systems pilots can now be downloaded.


FOT-Net seminar FOT complementarity & data reuse - report available

Presentations from latest FOT-Net seminar on complementarity of different FOTs and reuse of data now available for downloading


New Joint Report Outlines EU and U.S. Cooperation on Connected Vehicle Standards

The United States and the European Union (EU) are working together to foster international connected vehicle researchEU-US ITS Copperation logo and international harmonization of the technology and standards necessary for broad deployment of connected vehicle systems.


SHRP2 Solutions Fact Sheets: Brief Descriptions of the First Tools from SHRP 2

SHRP2 products for the Renewal, Reliability, and Capacity Focus areas.


The U.S. Department of Transportation Updates the ITS Strategic Research Plan, 2

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has released Transforming Transportation through Connectivity: ITS Strategic Research Plan, 20102014


New Road Safety Knowledge System launched by DaCoTA team

The DaCoTA EU Project Team and the European Commission introduce the new Road Safety Knowledge System website.


UDRIVE Kick-off Meeting

On 4 October, the UDRIVE project the first large-scale European Naturalistic Driving Study on cars, trucks and powered-two wheelers kicked off with a two-day meeting. The 19 partners, who represent a good balance between different EU regions and stakeholders (industry, national organisations, research institutes, etc.), got together to plan and define their work and objectives for the next 48 months.


4th simTD newsletter now available

simTD is the German FOT testing car-to-x communication and applications around the city of Frankurt


Largest-Ever Road Test of Connected Vehicle Crash Avoidance Technology

DOT launches a road test by which nearly 3.000 vehicles will send Wi-Fi-like signals that warn of safety hazards, could help reduce crashes during year-long research project.


DRIVE C2X puts cooperative driving in the driver's seat

EC-sponsored research project creates a common European language for cooperative driving.


COMeSafety2 releases 3rd newsletter

Newsletter covers working group activities, the Amsterdam Group, the OEM/Government Workshop in Wolfsburg, COMeSafety2 at Intertraffic, related projects and webinars


FESTA for beginners seminar

Seminar report and presentations now available.


SHRP 2 releases report on Analysis Methods

In anticipation of the large volume of data to be collected during the SHRP 2 naturalistic driving study, a report has been released to demonstrate that it is possible to use existing NDS data and data from other sources to further the understanding of the risk factors associated with road crashes.


9th edition of the FOT-Net Newsletter is now available!

The latest issue of the FOT-Net newsletter can now be downloaded from the FOT-Net website. It provides the latest news about FOT activities in Europe and gives a special focus to euroFOT which is coming to an end in June. Learn more about how euroFOT results will impact traffic safety and efficiency.


euroFOT - Data analysis: A Gargantuan task

Several of the 28 euroFOT project partners are currently analysing hundreds of terabytes of data collected on European roads over the course of 12 months.


In the Spotlight: euroFOT - Bringing Intelligent Vehicles to the Road

Read with full FOT-Net interview with Aria Etemad, the euroFOT project coordinator explains how euroFOT results will impact traffic safety and efficiency, and invites readers to take part at the euroFOT final event


Dissemination guide for FOTs

FOT-Net has published a guide on dissemination activities targeted at the FOT projects


FOT-Net Working Groups Kick-Off

Read more about these working groups and contact the chairs if you would like to contribute to the activities


FESTA now on Wiki

The FESTA handbook is now available on the FOT-Net Wiki


simTD brochure published

Brochure published describing functions tested and other core elements of the simTD system


In the Spotlight: Naturalistic Driving Studies

Read with full FOT-Net interview with Rob Eenink from PROLOGUE and Dr. Kenneth Campbell from SHRP 2, in which they share their insights on NDS on both sides of the Atlantic.


Practical issues in starting up a cooperative systems FOT

Download the presentations of FOT-Net seminar


FOT Advisory Group

Expert group set up to advise on different aspects of establishing and running a FOT


FOT-Net brochure available! Overview of FOTs and naturalistic driving studies

The new FOT-Net brochure invites you to consider the relevance of FOTs in evaluation and deployment of ITS, and to explore the research questions and results of the main FOT projects and Naturalistic Driving Studies recently finished or currently ongoing.


Use FOT-Net's dissemination tools for your FOT!

FOT-Net offers you the opportunity to increase the visibility of your FOT results at European level. Read in the FOT-Net blueprint how to use FOT-Net' dissemination tools.


Interactive timeline of FOT projects now online

The timeline presents an overview on FOT projects around the world. Click on the projects and you'll get more information in the FOT Wiki.


The FOT glossary now online

Discover the FOT glossary and contribute...


FOT-Net online forum provides answers

Visit the FOT-Net forum and talk with the FOT community


New Wiki-FOT Catalogue

The new Catalogue of Field Operational Tests is now online!


Seventh Framework Programme: ICT for Mobility

Under the ICT priority of the Seventh Framework Programme, a call is currently open for the objective on ICT for safety and energy efficiency in mobility.


European Action Plan: fostering deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems

The Action Plan for the Deployment of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) in Europe aims at accelerating and coordinating the deployment of ITS in road transport.



Events

3rd International Conference on Driver Distraction and Inattention

Gothenburg (Sweden), 4-6 September 2013


FOT-Net Seminar 6: FOT Achievements and opportunities for the future

Versailles, 23 September - The seminar will be focused on both the achievements and lessons learned from the experiences of a variety of FOTs and on the way in which these experiences can be shared and used in the future.


International Task Force On Vehicle-Highway Automation

Tokyo, 13 October 2013 - The International Task Force on Vehicle-Highway Automation will hold its 17th annual meeting on 13 October 2013 in Tokyo. The meeting will be held at the Headquarters of ALPS, parent company of Alpine Electronics and will occur just prior to the opening of the ITS World Congress.


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Joint FOT-Net UDRIVE Special Interest Session - Presentations online

The Joint FOT-Net UDRIVE Special Interest Session was held at the ITS European Congress 2013 on June the 5th in Dublin . The theme was Synergy between naturalistic driving studies and field operational tests.


Workshop on Speed Alert: from research to deployment - Presentations online

The joint FOT-Net - ADASIS - TN-ITS Stakeholder workshop (FOT-Net 9th Stakeholders Workshop) was held in Dublin on the 4th of June 2013. The theme was Speed Alert: from research to deployment. Presentations are now online!


Save the date! October 14 FOT-Net Workshop on Impact and Deployment

The FOT-Net project will organise its sixth International Workshop on Monday 14 October 2013 at the Tokyo International Forum, before the opening ceremony of the ITS World Congress in the same building.


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