8th session of the IWG on ITS

Geneva (In-person only, no remote participation), Thursday 27 June 2024, 14:30-16:00 (Geneva time)

Room III, Palais des Nations

Outcome of the 8th session, see ECE/TRANS/WP.29/1179, para. 39

The representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Co-Chair of the IWG on Intelligent Transport System (ITS), reported (to the 193rd WP.29) on the outcome of the eighth session of the IWG on ITS (27 June 2024, Palais des Nations, Room XIX), primarily dedicated to the review of the revised UNECE Roadmap on ITS 2021-2025 (ECE/TRANS/2021/15). He explained that the group recommended to the parent bodies to consider the following:

(a)    Note that a lot has already been done, including by WP.29, regarding the 18 actions included in the roadmap 2021-2025, and acknowledge that the roadmap will need to be refreshed;

(b)    Extend the validity of the current version of the roadmap until 2030 (until the refreshed document is ready);

(c)    Gather data that would support an update to the current document until 2028 and initiate drafting activities in collaboration with the Inland Transport Committee Working Parties with the aim to deliver a document for consideration by ITC in 2030

Note: The experts did not address the request of the WP.29 Chair to brainstorm on the possible structure to address AI in the context of vehicle regulations as they did not reach consensus to add this item in the agenda.