EUROPEAN TELEMATICS & ITS: The environmental benefits of Green ITS technologies

Table of Contents

1. Executive summary

• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Conclusions
• 1.3 Summary of key points

2. The push towards environmentally-friendly cars

• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 The momentum towards tighter regulation of emissions
• 2.3 The role for ITS in reducing emissions

3. In-vehicle ITS systems ∼ the role of the vehicle manufacturer

• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Navigation systems
• 3.3 Telematics services
• 3.4 ADAS systems

4. Traffic management systems ∼ the role of the governments

• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Controlling the demand ∼ ETC
• 4.3 Controlling the traffic flow ∼ speed management

List of figures

• Figure 1. Typical emissions profile for an average vehicle
• Figure 2. Summary of Green ITS technologies
• Figure 3. Using ITS to reduce emissions
• Figure 4. Emission-related diagnostic data from OnStar
• Figure 5. Map of London congestion charge zone