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This book provides valuable insight and critical appraisal of key areas of intelligent transport systems (ITS) for land transport in Europe. ITS is becoming increasingly important as the means to improving the efficiency, safety and comfort of the transport of people and goods, while at the same time, helping to minimize environmental damage and the contribution of transport to global warming. The material draws on over four years of study by the ROSETTA project- part of the European Commission 5th Framework Program. For each of the 12 areas addressed, the book provides a vision for their application, identifies key issues yet to be addressed and the future opportunities that the timely application and advancement of ITS can bring. Contents: Context Traveller Services Vehicles and Infrastructure Network Management Freight Transport ITS Support

The DIATS project, funded under the European Fourth Framework programme is assessing the ‘most-likely’ deployment scenarios for inter- and peri-urban based, co-operative ATT systems. The project will help decision makers identify clear paths and timetables towards maximum benefit system implementation. The results of a Delphi study of the most likely implementation scenarios are presented. Simulation of the impacts of a range of Advanced Transport Telematics (ATT) applications is being undertaken using several models and data from an Instrumented Vehicle. Results of the cross-validation study for the models are given. The paper also presents discussion on the behavioural, safety and legal implications of implementing new ATT scenarios which incorporate Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC).