Introduction to the Project
 

The CORVETTE MIP project develops and implements Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) on  the Trans European Networks (TEN)  with the support of the European Commission DG TREN. The CORVETTE project recognises the importance of ITS in making better use of road networks and in providing information to the European traveller. All the involved partners have concentrated their efforts to elaborate and deploy new ITS systems and to enhance the existing ones in order to improve the quality of the services and to guarantee the continuity and interoperability of the services  through the borders.

International data exchange network 2003

Embedding of the CORVETTE project in the financial frame
of the European Union.
The CORVETTE project covers four regions in the alpine area:

  • Bavaria (Germany)
  • Austria
  • Northern Italy
  • Switzerland.

Additionally a close cooperation is realised with the Slovenian region due to its strong interrelation with traffic streams originating from or passing through the CORVETTE region.

CORVETTE as a whole is a long term process begun with the implementation study in phase I (summer 1996 to autumn 1997), the ITS infrastructure deployment in Phase II (summer 1997 to summer 1999) up to the organisation of ITS services in Phase III (summer 1999 to winter 1999), with an increased emphases on infrastructure investments.

The fourth phase of the CORVETTE project was started in continuation of the CORVETTE phase III in April 2000 and covers one and a half years. In this phase of the project emphasis is given on the implementation aspects. Attention will be given to services to European travellers in order to improve significantly the impact of ITS on safety. A core part is the development of international traffic management plans in response to major traffic incidents on international transit routes, a topic which was already preliminary studied in phase III. New point of interest were introduced, such as inter-modal information to users and international management of dangerous goods.

CORVETTE TEMPO was launched in April 2001 in parallel to the final months of CORVETTE IV and incorporated a Domain structure which allowed the project to cover additional topics from eight different content domains plus Management. For phase 2004 the domain structure was altered to four domains plus Horizontal Issues and Management by integrating the domains 6 and 7 into domain 3 and domain 5 into domain 4. One of the most important achievements is the international network of data connections set up between different Traffic Information Centers (TIC) and Traffic Control Centers (TCC) in the CORVETTE region in order to improve traveller information services by supplying information on traffic disturbances in other regionas and thus enable well educated intelligent route decisions before starting a cross-border trip.