Initiatives

Links to Related Initiatives

These are selected links to other initiatives of the European Commission which include Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) in general or specific applications.

• Intelligent Car Initiative
  <>An initiative to accelerate the deployment of intelligent vehicle systems.
• iMobility forum (former eSafety initiative)
  <>First pillar of the Intelligent Car Initiative to foster development, deployment and use of intelligent vehicle safety systems and advanced driver assistance systems.
• EASYWAY
  <>A project for Europe-wide ITS deployment on main trans-European road corridors driven by national road authorities and operators and co-funded by the EU under the TEN-T programme.
• GALILEO
  <>A programme developing the European Space Navigation System.
• Action Plan on GNSS Applications (14 June 2010)
  <>To foster development and increase the EU share of the GNSS global market (from 20% to 33%)
• Greening Transport Package
  <>A policy package to move transport further towards sustainability, e.g. with road user charging.
• Freight Transport Logistics Action Plan
  <>One of several policy initiatives to improve the efficiency and sustainability of freight transport in Europe including the concept of eFreight.
• Action Plan on Urban Transport
  <>Green Paper on urban mobility to be followed by an Action Plan, including issues of integrated information and ticketing.
• CARS 21
  <>An initiative to strengthen the competitiveness of the European automotive industry by an internal market regulatory framework and international technical harmonisation.
• Animal welfare during transport
  <>Revised rules on animal welfare during transport, including the use of satellite navigation systems on longer journeys.