In this paper, we present a techno-economic analysis of a Cooperative, Connected and Automated Mobility (CCAM) use case in a specific cross-border environment, namely Cooperative Lane Merging (CLM). The latter is assumed to rely on Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) connectivity with respect to a set of inter-connected Road Side Units (RSUs). In order to feed the techno-economic framework with the required data in terms of road infrastructure, extensive system-level simulations have been performed using a connectivity oriented key performance indicator (KPI), while considering three different deployment scenarios and realistic road traffic densities. The proposed model identifies the minimum additional RSUs required to satisfy the CLM KPI with respect to the number of simultaneous connected cars. First results show the beneficial impact from densifying the road network infrastructure on the CLM service availability, especially under the highest road traffic conditions. In terms of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), cost results of a set of scenarios considering the variation of both the number of connected cars and the RSUs to be deployed are discussed as well.

CVIS, Safespot and COOPERS -the three IPs on co-operative services and integrated systems in Europe's Framework Programme 6 -have successfully accomplished significant progress in terms of soundingout what is technologically feasible and valued by selected European drivers. In a next step, EC has successfully called for large-scale FOTs on co-operative services.However, the concept of a large-scale field operational test on co-operative services is not only a new projecttype within European telematics research and deployment but is itself an instrument for setting the scene and lobbying for specific stakeholders' interests. The resulting concept-space for field operational tests is however not yet entirely clear.The purpose of this paper is to draw a landscape of what is out there in terms of competing concepts for field operational tests in order to make large-scale FOTs on co-operative services an attractive work environment for the best key individuals -who are currently rather shying away or on inner retreats. This is highly important and claimed to be the key question on marketing co-operative services in the years to come.We first describe the situation in Europe from a strategic gap analysis -the perspective of Geoffrey Moore's concept of "inside the tornado" or in more general terms from a diffusion-of-innovation-theory point of view. We then discuss different stakeholder groups' emerging strategies to shape and influence the concept of field operational tests for co-operative services and systems. Given the limited space we present six rather different concepts on how a field operational test obviously is seen. From a discussion of these different approaches we prepare the ground for condensing the perspective on what is helpful or more helpful for cooperative systems from a take-up and deployment perspective. We elaborate on a first SWOT analysis of the given European status quo.

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In 2017, the Connecting Austria project was internationally unique with respect to the special consideration of the infrastructure and traffic perspective as well as the special consideration of investigating an urban truck platooning use case with traffic-light-controlled intersections before and after motorway entrances. The three main target groups of the project were: (1) road operators/infrastructure providers, (2) logistics operators and (3) C-ITS industry. Especially for those target groups and policy maker faced one central question at that point in time —“How can safe truck platooning reduce CO$$_{2}$$ 2 -emissions and how can this help to strengthen the stakeholders’ role in their market or political environment?”. Cooperative, connected and automated mobility shape the future of road transport. Thereby, truck platooning represents an important application case in the transport logistics domain. In this chapter, the research and evaluation results presented in this book are discussed along the following three fundamental pillars: (1) traffic safety and legal issues, (2) sustainability and (3) truck platooning deployment. Finally, limitations and cultural blind spots experienced within international workshops and discussions in the context of the Connecting Austria project are reflected.

In 2017, the core team of the Connecting Austria project faced the challenge of leveraging previous research results on cooperative intelligent transport systems (C-ITS) into the logistics domain—namely into the domain of truck platooning. Quite a lot of ideas and topics were evaluated, potential research partners explored, and funding opportunities for a cooperative research project were assessed. The window-of-opportunity opened in 2017 when the Federal Ministry on Transport, Innovation and Technology started a tender for a flagship research project on automated driving in different domains. This was the start of “Connecting Austria”. The following paragraphs outline the project in a nutshell, the project objectives, technology domains targeted and the planned test procedure, use cases and finally sketch the challenges and international uniqueness of the Connecting Austria project.