News | TN-ITS

TN-ITS MAP UPDATES SUPPORT ISA IN SAVING LIVES

Jan 23, 2019

For years, speeding has been recognised as one of the main contributing factors to deaths on our roads. Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) will have a huge impact on traffic safety. TN-ITS GO (Transport Network Intelligent Transport Systems) is a Connecting Europe Facility project that contributes to ISA’s success by deploying standardized advanced exchange and update mechanisms for digital map data. TN-ITS GO is planned to be a key part of the digital infrastructure of 15 European Member States and road operators by 2022. ISA’s planned introduction in all new cars sold is currently the subject of an EU proposed law.

TN-ITS at the 2018 INSPIRE Conference in Antwerp

Oct 18, 2018

On September 20th, Stephen T’Siobbel, President of TN-ITS, presented TN-ITS (GO) in a session on the use of INSPIRE in support of the Intelligent Transport Systems.

TN-ITS project at the ITS World Congress in Copenhagen: 1 million map updates and 15 participating countries!

Oct 04, 2018

Reaching out and creating networking opportunities with other countries and road authorities is essential to create momentum to the possibilities of map updating, so the occasion of the 25th ITS World Congress in Copenhagen was ideal to present the achievements of the TN-ITS and its sister project TN-ITS-GO. This consortium of EU road authorities and operators, champion countries experienced in TN-ITS, and existing map makers is keen to promote their cause to other likeminded organisations.

TN-ITS Guidelines for Data Senders and Data Receivers

Jan 05, 2018

The work of TN-ITS is divided into five working groups (WG), each addressing a different range of issues, including location referencing, reference implementation, specifications and standards, and policy awareness. At the end of last year, WG3, which deals wi...

Feedback Loop Highlighted in Recent TN-ITS Member Discussions

Dec 15, 2017

The TN-ITS Joint Progress meeting, held on 27th November in Brussels, gave an opportunity for TN-ITS members to exchange information and share best practices. A notable trend in the discussions was the call for a feedback loop, which would facilitate interacti...

TN-ITS GO Members Welcomed at TN-ITS Joint Progress Meeting

Dec 01, 2017

On 27th November, TN-ITS hosted a Joint Progress Meeting in Brussels regrouping the pioneer TN-ITS implementations from Sweden and Norway together with the ongoing pilot implementations in Finland, Flanders, UK, Ireland and France. The big TN-ITS news is the a...

TN-ITS and Its Initiatives Presented at ITS.be Congress in Brussels

Oct 02, 2017

On 29th September, Bert Boterbergh presented TN-ITS at the ITS.be Congress in Brussels. His presentation briefly introduced the TN-ITS platform, which is coordinated by ERTICO – ITS Europe, and explained two initiatives that TN-ITS is currently leading.One o...

A strong TN-ITS delegation at the latest INSPIRE conference (05-09 September 2017)

Sep 22, 2017

Upon kind invitation of DG JRC, Maxime Flament, ERTICO’s Head of Department Connectivity & Automation, participated at a workshop on ‘New Directions in Digital Government Using INSPIRE’ (05.09 Kehl, Germany). As part of the panel, he shared the experienc...

TN-ITS participated in SIS44 at ITS Europe Congress

Jul 05, 2017

On 21st June 2017, the TN-ITS President Stephen T’Siobbel from TomTom Group, participated as speaker in the Special Interest Session 44 at the 12th ITS European Congress which took place in Strasbourg from 19th to 22nd of July 2017.The session ” Challenges...