YOURS was recently involved in the Michelin Challenge Bibendum, a bi-annual event hosted by our Founding Member, Michelin. For 2014 Michelin Challenge Bibendum edition, a Road Safety & Connected Mobility International task force, comprising leading international experts in road safety and connected mobility, has focused on the relation between interconnected mobility and road safety.
The goal of this task force was to identify innovative and concrete solutions to be implemented by decision makers in high- and middle-income countries. YOURS was also part of the taskfroce and part of the subsequent workshop in China.
The present report introduces different connected technologies and applications. It also deals with the difficulties they may present. It has a broad approach of what connected mobility is and how it may solve road safety issues. As such, connected vehicles are only part of the equation. The report takes interest in intermodal transportation and nomadic connected devices such as smartphones and tablets.
Over the course of its 11 prior editions, the Michelin Challenge Bibendum has provided a platform for the Michelin Group and its partners to prepare and acknowledge the substantial shift in mobility patterns.
The 2014 Michelin Challenge Bibendum central theme is: Innovation in mobility at the heart of growth and urban well-being. The goal of this task force was to identify innovative and concrete solutions to be implemented by decision makers in high- and middle-income countries.
The present report introduces different connected technologies and applications. It also deals with the difficulties they may present. It has a broad approach of what connected mobility is and how it may solve road safety issues. As such, connected vehicles are only part of the equation. The report takes interest in inter-modal transportation and nomadic connected devices such as smartphones and tablets.