1. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism September 2009 Hideto Hakakenaka Head, ITS Division, National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Update of Smartway Project

2. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism 1 New cooperative vehicle-highway system Smartway: New cooperative vehicle-highway system ITS on-board units DSRC roadside unit Unit linked to car navigation system Speech-only unit 5.8 GHz DSRC (Dedicated Short Range Communications)

3. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism 2 Diversification of services with a common infrastructure ITS onboard units Car navigation VICS ETC Fee collection New services Car navigation 1995 2001 2009 and beyond :Onboard units :Services 35 million units 24 million units 26 million units Utilization rate: 80%  Audio and visual  Telematics (Services by manufacturers) ◆ Providing information based on requests ◆ Cashless payments ＋ ＋ ETC ◆ Providing wide area traffic information ◆ Providing traffic information in easily understandable audio form ◆ Providing information to support safe driving ◆ Providing information at service areas, parking areas, and rest areas Private sector services ＜ Diverse applications ＞ Diverse media 5.8GHz DSRC 5.8GHz DSRC Information supply

4. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism 3 Deployment of Services

5. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism 4 Joint research by public-private collaboration Smartway Project Advisory Committee established as the core of industry-academia-government collaboration (2000) ・ Proposals based on social and technical trends ・ Private companies and organizations Smartway Project Advisory Committee Smartway Partner Council Working groups under the Smartway Project Advisory Committee ・ Joint research on the Next-generation road service system (2005- 2008) ・ Public-private joint research with 23 companies ・ Joint development of roadside equipment and onboard units

6. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism 5 New IT Reform Strategy(adopted by IT Strategic Headquarters in January 2006) The world’s safest road traffic environment —Reducing traffic fatalities to 5,000 or below— Strategic Headquarters for the Promotion of an Advanced Information and Telecommunications Network Society (IT Strategic Headquarters; founded in January 2001 under the IT Basic Law) IT Strategic Headquarters, the government's decision-making institution regarding IT policy, is directed by the Prime Minister and consists of related ministers and experts. Cooperative vehicle-highway ITS project as national policy ・ Large-scale proving tests, verification, and evaluation ～ ITS Safety 2010 ～ (2008 March) ・ Nationwide deployment, primarily at locations of frequent traffic accidents (2010) New Strategy for the Digital Era: Three-Year Emergency Plan (April 2009) i-Japan Strategy 2015 (decision of IT Strategic Headquarters) (July 2009) These policies aim to promote the widespread adoption of next- generation onboard units and establishment of roadside equipment in the field of ITS, which is expected to decrease the environmental burden, reduce traffic accidents, and improve the efficiency of distribution.

7. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism 6 Smartway public road testing on the MEX (FY 2007-) Field operation testing of various services, including support for safe driving, was performed on Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway (MEX).

8. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism 7 Tokyo Hiroshima Aichi Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe (Hanshin Expressway) Meishin Expressway and New Meishin Expressway 【 Niigata (Kan-Etsu Expressway) 】 Collecting vehicle behavior information (snow-covered road surface information) 【 Aichi (Nagoya Expressway, National Highway 153, and Tokai-Kanjo Expressway) 】 Providing information on obstacles ahead, preventing hazards on entering curves, providing information on conditions ahead, and Internet information access 【 Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe (Meishin Expressway and New Meishin Expressway) 】 Providing information on obstacles ahead (highway radio reports) 【 Tokyo (Metropolitan Expressway) 】 Providing information on obstacles ahead (coordinated service for expressways and ordinary roads) Providing road traffic information (support for route selection) Providing information on conditions ahead (providing road information by still images) 【 Hiroshima (Sanyo Expressway) 】 Calling attention when exceeding the speed limit 【 Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe (Hanshin Expressway) 】 Preventing hazards on entering curves, providing information on obstacles ahead, merging assistance, and providing information on conditions ahead (providing road information by still images) Niigata ITS-SAFETY2010:Field Operation Test (FY2008-) Services have been expanded to three major metropolitan areas; and regional proving tests have been conducted

9. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism ITS-SAFETY 2010 Large-Scale FOT ITS-SAFETY 2010 Large-Scale FOT Road Bureau, MLIT: Smartway National Police Agency (NPA): DSSS Road Transport Bureau, MLIT: ASV V2I communication in expressway by radio wave (DSRC) V2V communication by radio wave (5.8GHz, 700MHz) Traffic signal ahead! Infrared beacon V2I communication in ordinary road by radio communication media, such as infrared beacons Priority road Through vehicle Subject vehicle Stop signStop sign Driver stops proceeding V2V communication Caution! Merging vehicle from the left. Non-Priority road Provide information on existence of approaching vehicles 8

10. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism 9 ITS on-board units linked to car navigation systems Beep. Congestion ahead. Take care to avoid a rear-end collision. Speech-only ITS on-board units Development on-board units by private companies On-board units for the realization of Smartway services New type of ETC on-board unit with speech capability

11. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism 10 Copyright:Pioneer Co. Ltd Panasonic Co. Ltd Actual deployment of ITS Standards and specifications have been developed through public-private joint research toward the widespread use of DSRC in Japan. On the base of this joint research, on-board units are ready to come to the market by private sector this year.

12. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism 11 Ｔｈａｎｋ you ! Ｔｈａｎｋ you !