EMT Madrid Showcases Leadership in Augmented CCAM at Smart Urban Spaces 2025
Madrid, Spain | 12 November 2025 - Empresa Municipal de Transportes (EMT) de Madrid, a key partner in the Augmented CCAM project, took part in Smart Urban Spaces, a landmark event that reaffirmed Madrid’s position as a forerunner in urban innovation and sustainable mobility.
EMT presented, as part of a workshop, its experience and expertise in the field of connected and autonomous vehicle initiatives.
Held at Mercamadrid, S.A., the conference brought together institutions, technology companies and European partners to showcase advances toward connected, sustainable and people-centric mobility solutions.
Julián Olmo, Head of Rolling Stock Planning, shared EMT’s hands-on experience with connected and autonomous vehicles, building on major European initiatives such as SHOW, Augmented CCAM and its collaboration with the Centro Tecnológico de Automoción de Galicia (CTAG )
Meanwhile, Carlos Acha Ledesma, Director of Technology and Innovation, participated in the roundtable “Human Adaptive City”, exploring how emerging technologies can be designed to better serve people and communities.
Finally, Sergio Fernández Balaguer, Head of the International and European Projects Monitoring Department, moderated a panel on the physical and digital infrastructures needed to support CCAM mobility. The discussion featured experts from ETRA, TECNALIA, Alsa, CARTIF, INSIA and the Madrid City Council Digital Office.
Through these interventions, EMT Madrid underscored its role as a key partner within the consortium, presenting strategic decarbonisation and innovation measures that support the company’s commitment to clean and technologically advanced mobility, integrating seamlessly into the municipality’s broader Digital Transformation Strategy.
José Luis Martínez-Almeida, Mayor of Madrid, closed the event and highlighted Mercamadrid as a ‘real-life laboratory for logistics and smart mobility solutions’. He also reaffirmed the city’s ambition to lead Europe’s transformation toward smarter, more sustainable urban ecosystems.
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Aligning Infrastructure for Automated Mobility: IRF Showcases Augmented CCAM Project at International Conferences
The International Road Federation (IRF) has recently presented the Augmented CCAM (Connected, Cooperative, and Automated Mobility) project at three major international events, reaffirming the need for harmonised and future-ready infrastructure to support the safe and scalable deployment of automated vehicles. These engagements in Melbourne, Seville, and Madrid, highlighted both the technical challenges and the actionable frameworks being developed to assess, prioritise, and adapt Physical, Digital, and Communication Infrastructure (PDI) across diverse operational contexts.
Addressing Fragmentation in Infrastructure Readiness
The deployment of CCAM technologies across Europe remains constrained by inconsistencies in infrastructure readiness. Road operators often lack structured tools to evaluate existing assets, prioritise upgrades, and align interventions with vehicle automation requirements. The Augmented CCAM project, funded by the Horizon Europe programme and coordinated by FEHRL, aims to resolve this gap by delivering a harmonised classification system and suite of assessment tools. These are tested in real-world and simulated environments across seven test sites in France, Latvia, and Spain.
NTRO International Transport Conference, Melbourne (7–9 May 2025)
At the National Transport Research Organisation (NTRO) Conference in Australia, IRF Acting Director General Gonzalo Alcaraz hosted a technical workshop that gathered over 80 professionals from road, rail, and transport infrastructure sectors. The session focused on the challenges of decarbonising transport and enhancing safety performance, providing a timely platform to introduce the Augmented CCAM project's approach to infrastructure planning for automation.
ITS European Congress, Seville (19–21 May 2025)
IRF Project Manager Agostina Massarini delivered a high-level presentation during the session titled “CCAM: Challenges Towards Large Scale Deployment”, organised by FACTUAL. The discussions focused on the criticality of foundation-level infrastructure alignment, calling for interoperability in PDI elements to enable seamless mixed-fleet operation. Notably, the project’s 5-tier readiness framework was presented as a tool for linking PDI characteristics with vehicle automation levels (SAE Levels 0–5), thus directly supporting the CAV "Sense–Plan–Act" architecture. Among the issues discussed were infrastructure localisation, digital twin orchestration, and dynamic mapping. All vital for automated driving systems that rely on anticipatory data inputs and robust communication protocols.
ASECAP Days, Madrid (26–28 May 2025)
The 52nd ASECAP Days provided a critical European policy and operator-focused audience. The conference, themed “Challenges of Future Mobility: The Role of Road Infrastructure”, aligned closely with the Augmented CCAM project’s objectives. IRF participated in discussions around investment models, electric vehicle infrastructure, and alignment with EU strategies such as the Green Deal and Fit for 55.
On 27 May, IRF presented the ACCAM PDI Support Classification Schema, which systematically categorises 81 PDI elements across 10 clusters (e.g., road surface, traffic control, digital enablers). These are evaluated for their contribution to automation, safety, traffic efficiency, and investment feasibility in highway, urban, and rural settings.
Application and Future Relevance
By harmonising infrastructure classification and providing evidence-based evaluation tools, the Augmented CCAM project equips road authorities with practical frameworks to address the uncertainties surrounding CCAM deployment. The initiative supports EU-level objectives such as the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy and builds capacity for consistent infrastructure adaptation across borders.
In bringing these findings to the international stage, IRF has reinforced the need to shift from fragmented, vehicle-centric strategies to a more integrated, systems-based approach to automation. The emphasis lies not only in enabling the technological deployment of CAVs but in ensuring that infrastructure (physical, digital, and communicative) can support that transition safely and efficiently.
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IRF puts infrastructure readiness for Autonomous Mobility in the Spotlight at the ITS European Congress
The International Road Federation (IRF) reaffirms its leadership at the ITS European Congress in Seville (19-21 May) in preparing infrastructure for the next generation of mobility. Through two high-level presentations, IRF Project Manager Agostina Massarini showcased IRF’s work aimed at enabling the safe, scalable deployment of Connected, Cooperative, and Automated Mobility (CCAM).
Harmonising Infrastructure for Automation: AUGMENTED CCAM
In the session “CCAM: Challenges Towards Large Scale Deployment” organised by FACTUAL, IRF presented the short, medium and long terms that infrastructure will face in the arrival of autonomus vehicles.
One of the main challenges highlighted by the IRF, is at the foundation level, stressing the importance of understanding and harmonising the infrastructure. IRF spotlighted the work of the Augmented CCAM Project which is doing exactly that.
The project seeks to harmonise and evaluate Physical, Digital, and Communication Infrastructure (PDI) to accelerate the integration of automated mobility across Europe. It is developing 11 PDI support solutions (aiming at TLR 6-7) that are being applied and evaluated in different configurations in seven test sites across three European Countries (France, Latvia, Spain), encompassing a vast spectrum of physical (living labs, closed areas, open traffic highway, urban and periurban/rural environments) and virtual (DT, AV & driving simulators) test beds.
“It’s not autonomous vehicles alone that will shape the future of mobility—it’s the system we build around it.” — Agostina Massarini, IRF Project Manager
Measuring Readiness: The Smart Road Infrastructure Classification Index
In a second session, “The Arrival of Autonomous Vehicles and the Infrastructure Challenges: Are We Ready?” organised by SWARCO, IRF provided a global overview of infrastructure readiness and introduced the Smart Road Infrastructure Classification Index (SRICI) as a tool to tackle one of the main challenges posed by the arrival of AVs: ensuring that road networks are equipped to support autonomous mobility.
Developed by the IRF in the context of the FRONTIER Project, the SRICI provides a universal, 1–10 scale framework for assessing road network readiness for AVs, considering physical, digital, and connectivity parameters, where 1 means a road is not smart and 10 that only TRL5 vehicles can perform. To do so, the SRICI evaluates everything from road markings and signage to digital mapping, cybersecurity, and network latency. This enables authorities and stakeholders to prioritise upgrades using data and supports harmonised development across contrasting environments—from government-led systems to private-sector-driven markets.
IRF’s contribution lies in its advocacy for globally adaptable infrastructure solutions that support both urban and rural contexts, promoting safer, more equitable integration of AVs.
