MAVEN Deliverable 8.4: Transition roadmap report (initial version)

Kurzfassung

This document is the initial version of the MAVEN Transition Roadmap. The report presents the MAVEN project's expert views and recommendations for the transition of traffic management at signalised intersections along urban corridors from the present conventional transport world into a connected, cooperative and automated world. This vision is delivered by the MAVEN consortium. From a road authority's perspective, the transition path to a cooperative, connected and automated world looks uncertain. Inevitably, conventional, Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) and automation equipped vehicles and roadside equipment will co-exist for some time. Vehicles will also co-exist with other types of non-motorised road users, such as pedestrians and cyclists. The Roadmap aims to assist local authorities in determining their role and responsibilities, giving special attention to the role of traffic management and its level of guidance at various phases of the transition. The Roadmap considers political, institutional and organisational aspects, and identifies priorities related to the safety and comfort of special category road users such as public transport vehicles, vulnerable road users, logistics vehicles, and emergency vehicles. Moreover it identifies steps to be taken by policy-makers, road-authorities, standardsdevelopment organisations and other stakeholders on the route to a high penetration of highly or fully infrastructure-supported automated vehicles.