Activity 4: Integrate the urban dimension of ITS (METR)

This activity will provide DATEX data models to support the publication of electronic traffic bans and traffic regulations. It is intended to support the exchange of informational content from road traffic authorities issuing traffic regulation orders and organisations implementing these orders to other organisations providing ITS services or onward information exchange.

One major field of traffic related data not yet properly covered by the DATEX II model is traffic regulations. When the DATEX II Situation model had been created initially in the early millennium years, the focus of DATEX II had very much been on traffic management. Traffic regulations were hence covered mainly from the perspective of road operators. The parts of the model that cover them mix this aspect with pure traffic management activities like providing recommendations or information. On the other hand, it has meanwhile become clear that current ITS service – like navigation – suffer from the aspect of missing clear information about traffic restrictions due to traffic regulation. Future infrastructure support for automated driving will mandatorily require detailed traffic regulation information. This Activity has therefore been started to refactor traffic regulation in separate DATEX II v3.0 packages that can cover today’s requirements – e.g. regarding restricted zones in urban environment – and are prepared for future automated driving support.