Robert Cone – Chair PIARC-FISITA Joint
Task Force
Formerly Director Road Network Management for
Wales
PIARC - FISITA Joint Task Force

• PIARC historically provides a source of independent advice for Road Operators and
Governments world-wide
• FISITA an association of the organisations representing automotive engineers
The JTF
• Draws on expertise within PIARC and FISITA
• Does not undertake own research
• Brings together Automotive Engineers and Road Operators
PIARC - FISITA Joint Task Force

Joint Task Force Mission
• Inform PIARC First Delegates about the opportunities and challenges ahead concerning connected vehicles and cooperative systems.
• Ensure that PIARC’s and FISITA’s membership better understand and are responsive to road operators’ and automotive industry concerns.
PIARC - FISITA Joint Task Force

The connected vehicle – driven by consumers or policymakers?
• Background and history
• The roles of the different players
• Government and policymaker
Some early thoughts and questions form the task force
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– to the connected vehicle
• Advance Vehicle Development started in 1990’s with
DRIVE, PROMETHEUS
• Infrastructure development started in 1980 with UDC
• Motorway Traffic Control Started in mid 1990’s with incident detection and Traffic Mangement Centres
• Telecoms – late 1980s were analogue!
What has changed ?
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Goverrnment Policies
 Safety
 Efficiency
 Economy
 Carbon
Road Operators
 Minimise revenue expenditure
 Provide service
 Satisfy targets
Connected vehicles can contribute?
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• The modern driving environment
• The legal environment
• The role of technology
The demographic issue ?
• No standard consumer
• New unpredictable markets
• Multiple products
• Product lifecycle
Integration ?
Who will lead ?
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Now:
• Enhanced Navigation
• Speed assist
• Steering
• Braking
• Stability
• Suspension
• Cruise control
The Connected Vehicle
– coming by stealth ?
Coming soon:
• Driver condition monitoring
• Vehicle Identification
• Security
• Vehicle condition
• Traffic signal warning
• Vehicle location and movement
• Distress and Emergency and
• …Applications
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• Endorsed by major governments
 US policy
 EU mandate 453
 Harmonisation working group
• Standards organisations making good progress
Is a comprehensive set of worldwide standards a pre-requisite ?
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• Telecommunications underpin most applications
• Role in demonstration projects
• Provides a payment mechanism
New business models required ?
Will the consumer pay ?
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• Ownership of data
 Fixed
 Dynamic
• Advantages
 Marketing
 Society
• Risks
 for consumer
Is this a situation the consumer will tolerate ?
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• Public expectations
• Political aspirations
• Invest and maintain the asset
• Operating roles and responsibilities
• Fail-safe operational procedures
• Mixed fleets of equipped & vehicles unequipped
• Data ownership and integrity of
• Which system – which approach?
• Capital, revenue and operating costs
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• Loss of credibility if so-called “intelligent” services don't work
 Road safety engineers still unconvinced by ITS
• The development of inefficient (and risky) autonomous technologies
• Evolution of competing and non-interactive user groups
• Duplication of sensor/counting technologies
• The business case: resources are stretched!
Risk averse: Road operators can’t afford for early deployments to go wrong!
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How will vehicle communications impact on them?
• Motor manufacturing global approach
• Vehicles move between countries and regions
• Second hand vehicle market is international
• Systems need to be robust
• Training and driver experience problematic
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• Technology – not an issue?
• Standards – taking shape nicely?
• Development – taking place slowly?
• Governments
 Encouraging technology
 More pro-active – safety agenda
 The legal situation
Where is this going?
What should the road operator do?
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