Matching Infrastructure Design with Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (MIDAS)

The growing implementation of ADAS is meant to improve road traffic performance: more safety, better road network throughput, better capacity use. This goal generates a discussion on the relationship of ADAS with road infrastructure redesign programs for improving traffic safety. Is there a conflict of interest? Do both strategies strengthen each other in terms of synergy in impact? Are both strategies necessary or can certain ADAS applications substitute the road infrastructure redesign efforts? Is the implementation of ADAS in the long run more or less expensive as infrastructure redesign? In short: many questions rise about the consequences of ADAS implementation on future road design strategies. This project aims to give a structured comparative evaluation of the strategies of ICT-implementation and road infrastructure redesign.