Construction of Intelligent Transport Systems centre underway

Date: 4/3/2010

Source: ‘ADVANCE Showing’, Thinking Highways, Vol. 4, No. 4, pg. 76-79

Following the ITS Radar International article announcing the start of construction at innovITS ADVANCE, this article provides further information about the new, €30m innovITS ADVANCE Intelligent Transport Systems development centre. It will provide a safe and secure environment for the development of advanced ITS technologies to aid with their implementation.

The InnovITS ADVANCE facility will consist of fully instrumented urban road network and motorway circuits with a dedicated demonstration suite and control centre, making it possible for the UK to become a leading player in the ITS world. The test centre will be equipped with a wide range of telecommunications networks (such as GSM, GPRS and WiFi) and monitoring systems to enable ITS systems to be tested in a realistic simulated ‘real-world’ traffic scenario. In addition, the centre has been recently awarded a £6.5m grant from the regional development agency Advantage West Midlands.

Keywords: Communications, Policy, Traffic Centre