The demonstration and development of SOCRATES in the Fourth Framework programme

SOCRATES stands for “system of cellular radio for travel efficiency and safety”. SOCRATES 3 is a major demonstration project in the Transport Telematics application area of the Fourth Framework programme of research and technological development. The basis for the project is the demonstration of SOCRATES services in three European sites: Hessen and North Rhine Westfalen in Germany and the EuroDelta test site in the Netherlands. The objectives of the project are to: conduct a validation and demonstration of interoperable transport telematics services based on SOCRATES; demonstrate international interoperability of SOCRATES services; provide support for the commercial introduction of SOCRATES services; continue the evaluation and demonstration of SOCRATES services based on an upgraded system; establish and develop administrative and organisational links (public-private partnership); further develop the SOCRATES systems architecture, protocol and geographic database standardisation; conduct a design study for SOCRATES implementation in Barcelona; and contribute to European standardisation activities for transport telematics