Individual and collective driver information: The GEMINI twins

Abstract

The GEMINI project, as part of the European Commission's DRIVE II program, is developing an integrated driver information system linking the Radio Data System Travel Message Channel (RDS-TMC) broadcast service with roadside variable message signs (VMS). Progress on this project and its planned trials in two European countries are described. Trials of GEMINI will take place in the UK, and in northern Italy. Varying levels of integration will be tested from linked central databases, to VMS decoding the RDS-TMC messages in the same way as in-vehicle RDS-TMC receivers. The end result of GEMINI is expected to be an integrated service of complementary driver information disseminated to both individual and collective audiences.