Cross for ITS (X4ITS) unites public authorities, cities, public transport operators, rail supply industry, road administrations and traffic information service providers from East and Central Europe (AT, CZ, HR, HU, RO, SI). As a follow up of the previous CROCODILE phases, X4ITS will continue the work by maintaining achievements and opening new important fields of action. The EU-Member States are working together to improve cross-border traffic and transport through implementing harmonised and synchronised ITS applications on the high-level road network in those areas as well as implementing C-ITS use cases, based on C-Roads specifications in urban areas linked to the high-level road network.

Implementations will focus on better possibilities for data collection, processing and access, encompassing the installation of equipment, the upgrading of processes and drawing connections to the National Access Points, especially when it comes to the connections to the secondary road network as well as to multimodal (and/or urban) nodes. In East-Central Europe in particular, where several smaller countries (most of them having different languages) with lots of cross-border traffic, information exchange is a must. Therefore, X4ITS Member States and partners are committed to make data available along the whole corridor which should ultimately lead to high-quality end-user information services.

In addition, cross-corridor cooperation, with other corridor projects, will also be further enhanced by a joint process to elaborate a common and harmonised method for impact assessment. This common process on evaluation will go beyond the outcomes of the previous CROCODILE phases. It will highlight the environmental and safety related impact of X4ITS and its contribution to the key priorities within the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy, the decarbonisation and digitalisation of the EU transport sector, as well as in regards to achieving Vision Zero and accident reduction.