Welcome to the Website of the CORVETTE Project
in the TEMPO Subprogramme
 

In summer 1996, CORVETTE has started the coordination of the work for the implementation and operation of intelligent transport systems (ITS) with the aim to ensure the continuity and the quality of the services offered in the Eastern Alpine Area of the Trans European Road Network TERN (Austria, Bavaria, North-East of Italy, Switzerland).

The European added value of CORVETTE lies mainly in the improvement of road safety and traffic management in a critical road network. The CORVETTE network is situated in the centre of Europe in the alpine area and includes Austria, Germany (Bavarian region), Italy (North-East regions) and Switzerland.

It covers the mountainous region that serves as a central point for transportation within Europe characterised by

• adverse weather conditions in the winter, numerous passes (e.g. the Brenner between Austria and Italy),
• tunnels (e.g. the Tauern tunnel in Austria),
• limited opportunities for re-routing,
• seasonal traffic peaks such as north- and southbound traffic flows in the Alpine area during the summer as well as winter holiday traffic,
• considerable traffic on North-South and East-West transit routes passing through the CORVETTE area as portal to the heart of the Alpine region.

CORVETTE is a long-term process begun with implementation studies and continued with increasing emphasis on the infrastructure investments during the following phases.

This site provides an short overview on the CORVETTE EuroRegional project which is supporting the coordinated implementation and study activites in Austria, Bavaria and Italy. Switzerland is also participating in this project without direct funding of activities, but in full coordination. The project is financially supported by the European Commission DG TREN.

Layout and design by Pöyry Infra Traffic GmbH 2007
Version 7.0, built September 2007