In the course of the Transport Research Arena 2018 the project Connecting Austria, the Austrian flagship project for automated driving, has officially been presented for the first time. The project integrates the major stakeholders from the Austrian community with strong European connections.

Technical content of Connecting Austria will be the development and assessment of cooperative, connected, (semi-)automated driving, like it may come in the form of platooning. One of the major innovations will be the strict top-down and scenario-based approach with a strong focus on the infrastruture support for automated driving.

Within the project ANDATA will be responsible for the research and development part. Further information can be found at www.connecting-austria.at.