News | Publications | SPATULA | TTF News | 1 June 2021
DfT Publishes the Connected Vehicle Data Research Report

The Department for Transport publishes a highly important report, outlining research into use cases for connected vehicle data

DfT Connected Vehicle Data Research Report (PDF)

The report explains the current and near-future opportunities for connected vehicle (CV) data to improve traffic management operations. It describes a framework for realising the  benefits of using CV data, including the interventions required. The capability and needs of traffic management and other relevant systems to store, analyse and provide future predictive capability is considered throughout and is core to the development of the strategy. The strategy aims to be a call to action addressed to government, identifying what they should invest in to progress CV data at scale. It is a strategy that can be applied nationally, covering local authorities (LAs) and Highways England and it could also be appropriate to the devolved nations. DfT’s aim is that it will form part of a wider government approach, aligning with EC and government strategies and policy including the Future of Mobility Urban Strategy (FOMUS). The strategy is agnostic about the communications technology to connect the vehicles, and is focused on connected vehicles rather than automated vehicles, although recognising that CV data services may in future support autonomous driving.