The Prototypes we are Developing

The Trusted Driver development program is under way. It is creating a proof-of-concept implementation of the Trusted Driver model. This involves these deliverables:

Design:

  • Protocol design
  • Prototype OBU and Web services
  • Business Processes & system requirements

Trusted Driver Web services:

  • Location Processing Service
  • Pricing Processing Service
  • Enforcement Service

Trusted Driver OBU Software:

  • Location Service
  • Payment Service
  • Enforcement Service

OBU Hardware Design:

  • GPS engine
  • GSM/GPRS engine
  • Cryptography in a Java Card

Useful Links...

Congestion and road pricing Department for Transport's road pricing website.

Road Pricing Feasibility Study Department for Transport's investigation into road pricing.

Road Pricing Demonstrations Project Explains the Department for Transport Demonstrations Project. Includes Invitation to Tender documents.

The Eddington Report Executive Summary

Intelligent Transport Systems and Services the Technology Strategy Board program and competition document

Talks presented at the Privacy-Friendly Fraud Detection and Payment Enforcement in Road Charging Schemes conference run for the DfT by the Enterprise Privacy Group. See the paper on the German road pricing scheme.

Privacy Impact Assessment Handbook from the Information Commissioner's Office

Privacy by Design Report from the Information Commissioner's Office

Privacy Engineering Whitepaper from the Cyber Security KTN Privacy Special Interest Group

Road Pricing 2008 conference - includes a section on the DfT's Road Pricing Demonstrations Project.