The Easyway Project for a Harmonized Deployment of ITS Systems in Europe
Emanuela Stocchi · 2012
This article describes how Easyway is the first European project on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) that was aimed at defining and sustaining the use of the most updated technologies applied to road transportation. The project generally focuses on the cooperation between two or more Member States or their regions, with the aim of developing practical ways to improve safety levels, services, and users’ information on the designated Trans-European Networks (TEN-T) Road network. This network encourages greater national and regional cooperation and interoperability. Easyway not only incorporates all current Euro-Regions, bus also facilitates the integration of new member states and areas such as the Baltic Countries, Greece, and Southern Italy. Today, Easyway represents 23 European Union (EU) Member States and sets clear goals that identify all ITS European services necessary for deployment such as traveler information, traffic management, and freight and logistic services. Easyway acts as an efficient platform that allows the European mobility stakeholders to achieve a coordinated and combined deployment of these pan-European services.