Table 3

Actors, resources, activities, interactions and drivers for geofencing

ActorResources and activitiesInteraction withDrivers
Public organizations
Local road authorityIntroduce digital tools for data sharing and check data quality
Policy implementation for roads in cities
Road authorities (national)
Vehicle manufacturers and third-party service providers
IT service providers
Freight transport operators (through procurements and policy implementation)
Project partners
Safety and well-being of citizens
National road authorityShare data on traffic and infrastructure
Introduce digital tools for data sharing and check data quality
Policy implementation for state-owned roads
Road authorities (local)
Regulating agencies (national and international)
Vehicle manufacturers
IT service providers
Freight transport operators (through procurements and policy implementation)
Project partners
Safety and well-being of citizens
Facilitate market-driven technology advancement
Funding agencies (national and international)Financial support for research and innovationProject partnersGovernmental goals and objectives in relations to sustainability and market development
Regulating agencies (national and international)Develop regulations and standardsLocal and national road authoritiesSafety and well-being of citizens
Facilitate market-driven technology advancement
Private organizations
Vehicle manufacturersDevelop and introduce geofencing service
Define business models
Develop APIs/interfaces for geofencing applications
Local and national road authorities
Customers/users (freight transport operators)
Map service providers
Regulating agencies (national and international)
Project partners
Market and technology
Create services that increase efficiency or reduce operational costs for customers
Third-party service providersDevelop and introduce geofencing service, often retrofit solutions
Define business models
Develop APIs/interfaces for geofencing applications
Customers/users (freight transport operators)
Local road authorities
Map service provider
Project partners
Market and technology
Create services that increase efficiency or reduce costs for customers
Mapping-service providersProvide map data services, mainly for private actorsVehicle manufacturers
Some cases public road authorities
Market and technology
IT service providersHardware and software for data exchange and geofencing designing toolsVehicle manufacturers
Public road authorities (local and national)
Project partners
Market and technology
Freight transport operatorsProvide freight transport services
Buy or lease freight vehicles
Defines geofences in tool provided by service provider
Shippers/transport buyers
Vehicle manufacturers
Third-party service providers
Project partners
Reduced costs of operation and better work environment for drivers
Shippers/transport buyersSet requirements on transport quality in procurementsFreight transport operatorsEnsure quality of transport of their goods
Insurance companiesCreate incentives for more safe vehicles and careful drivingFreight transport operatorsMarket incentives
Increase road safety
Non-categorized organizations
Academic and research centersCreate knowledge, models, simulations, evaluations of geofencingProject partnersKnowledge creation
Project managersInitiate, manage and facilitate various geofencing projectsProject partners
Funding agencies (national and international)
Innovation

Note: API = application programming interface

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