Title :
The current trends and issues on ITS in Japan: Safety, energy and environment
Author_Institution :
Meijo Univ., Nagoya, Japan
Abstract :
Japan has been conducting ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) projects since mid 1980s aiming at safety and less congestion of road transportation. The car navigation systems, driver information systems, and ETC (Electronic Toll Collection) are already widespread, and large scale experiments on cooperative systems with road-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-vehicle communications for safety were conducted for near future introduction. The communication technologies are based on 5.8 GHz DSRC. In addition in a project aiming at energy saving and CO2 emission reduction, an automated truck platoon has been developed. One of the issues is low penetration of the safety-related systems.
Keywords :
air pollution; automated highways; cooperative systems; driver information systems; mobile radio; navigation; road safety; road vehicles; transportation; DSRC; ETC; ITS issues; Japan; automated truck platoon; car navigation systems; carbon dioxide emission; cooperative systems; dedicated short range communication; driver information systems; electronic toll collection; energy saving; frequency 5.8 GHz; intelligent transport systems; road transportation; road-to-vehicle communications; safety-related systems; vehicle-to-vehicle communications; Accidents; Government; Safety; Senior citizens; Spread spectrum communication; Vehicles; CO2 emission reduction; ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems); energy saving; safety;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Radio for Future Personal Terminals (IMWS-IRFPT), 2011 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on
Conference_Location :
Daejeon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0961-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0963-0
DOI :
10.1109/IMWS2.2011.6027181
