Toyota joins public ITS tests in Tokyo

20 Feb 2009

To demonstrate its vehicle-infrastructure co-operative systems, Toyota will partake in a joint intelligent transport systems (ITS) verification effort from February 25th to 28th sponsored by Japan's private-public ITS Promotion Council.

The ITS-Safety 2010 project uses public-private large-scale, on-road verification tests to present, as well as allow the public to experience, ITS technologies. Aiming to verify the effectiveness of ITS services and systems, the tests quantitatively evaluate their level of contribution to reducing the number of traffic accidents.

The project aims to achieve practical application of vehicle-infrastructure co-operative systems (based on the New IT Reform Strategy formulated by the Japanese government's IT Strategic HQ in January 2006) by the end of March 2011.

As part of ITS-Safety 2010, Toyota will use seven vehicles to demonstrate road-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-vehicle information exchange technologies. The systems to be demonstrated include those designed to prevent collisions during turns, to prevent the running of red lights, to warn of approaching emergency vehicles and to provide information on obstacles ahead.

Furthermore, Toyota's interactive vehicle display facility in Odaiba, Megaweb, is exhibiting through March 30th, Toyota initiatives aimed at achieving practical application of vehicle-infrastructure cooperative systems.