FESTA Handbook
Background
To improve comparability and significance of FOT results at national and European levels, the FESTA project, funded by the European Commission, originally developed a handbook on FOT methodology.
The methodology is now owned by the FOT community. It is promoted and it has been periodically updated by FOT-Net. The latest update was version 7 in December 2018. FOT-Net has organised webinars and workshops disseminating the methodology.
Even though FESTA Handbook was made for FOTs, the basic steps in it are applicable and recommended for field tests of all kind.
The FESTA Handbook covers issues concerning all aspects of the time-line and administration of an FOT, such that advice will be provided regarding aspects from needs analysis at the commencement of an FOT all the way through to the integration of the acquired data and estimation of socio-economic benefits at the end.
FOT-Net has organised webinars and workshops disseminating the methodology. Recorded webinars (in the FOT-Net Library) explain the main steps in FESTA:
Introduction to FESTA Methodology [1] Context, functions, use cases, research questions and hypotheses [2] Performance indicators, study design, measures and sensors [3] Legal and ethical issues [4] Databases, data analysis and hypothesis testing [5] Impact assessment and socio-economic cost–benefit analysis [6] Data sharing [7]
We invite projects to use FESTA, provide feedback and send us new methodology-related reports!
FOT-Net has also published a Data Sharing Framework as a complement to FESTA [8]. The framework contains a set of guidelines and best practices on data management and sharing.
Main publication:
- Version 7 of the FESTA Handbook on FOT Methodology [9]
- Version 6 [10]
- Main modifications introduced in the Version 5 by the FOT-NET working groups
- Full list of publications complementing the FESTA handbook
Browse the handbook (version 5, not updated) by Chapter in this Wiki:
Browse the FESTA V by clicking the blue text boxes in the figure:
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Full list of publications complementing the FESTA handbook:
From FOT-Net Data
- FOT-Net Data (2016). Data Sharing Framework: FOT-Net Data Deliverable D3.1.
From FOT-Net 2 support action
- FOT-Net 2 (2011). Working Group Additions to FOT Methodology. FOT-Net 2 Deliverable D3.2. [11]
- FOT-Net 2 (2014a). Legal and ethical issues in the execution of FOTs – Worked Example. Annex A to FESTA Handbook Version 5. [12]
- FOT-Net 2 (2014b). Defining crash relevant events in NDS/FOT studies formulation. Annex C to FESTA Handbook Version 5. [13]
From FESTA Project Official FESTA website
- FESTA (2008a). A Comprehensive Framework of Performance Indicators and their Interaction. FESTA Deliverable D2.1. [14]
- FESTA (2008b). Performance indicator matrix table. FESTA Deliverable D2.1. [15]
- FESTA (2008c). Data Requirements for FOT Methodology. FESTA Deliverable D2.2. [16]
- FESTA (2008d). Primer on experimental procedures. FESTA Deliverables D2.3. [17]
- FESTA (2008e). Data analysis and modelling. FESTA Deliverable D2.4. [18]
- FESTA (2008f). FOT Implementation plan. FESTA Deliverable D2.5. [19]
- FESTA (2008g). Socio-economic impact assessment for driver assistance systems. FESTA Deliverable D2.6. [20]
- FESTA (2008h). Common vision regarding vehicle systems FOTs. FESTA Deliverable D3. [21]
- FESTA (2008i). Common vision regarding cooperative systems FOTs. FESTA Deliverable D4. [22]
- FESTA (2008j). Common vision regarding nomadic devices FOTs. FESTA Deliverable D5. [23]
- FESTA (2008k). FOTs requirements, legal aspects, planning and development. FESTA Deliverable D6.3. [24]
From eIMPACT
Acknowledgements
We would like to thank all the individuals who have contributed to FESTA Handbook. The original Version and Version 2 were produced by the FESTA project consortium. An update to Version 3 of the FESTA manual was performed by a working group in the FOT-NET 2 Support Action based on the results of seminars organised in the previous FOT-NET project and feedback from users of Version 2. Version 4 took into account the feedback received after the publication of Version 3 for Open Consultation in the period July-August 2011 and during a presentation workshop in Gothenburg (8 September 2011).
The following organizations contributed directly or indirectly to one or more revisions of the FESTA Handbook as members of at least one of the consortia of the FESTA, FOT-NET, FOT-NET 2 Support Actions:
| A.D.C. Automotive Distance Control Systems GmbH | Germany |
| Association of French Motorway Companies (ASFA) | France |
| BMW | Germany |
| Chalmers University of Technology (SAFER) | Sweden |
| Daimler | Germany |
| Delphi France | France |
| European Road Transport Telematics Implementation Coordination Organisation (ERTICO) | Belgium |
| Federal Highway Research Institute (BAST) | Germany |
| FIAT Research Center (CRF) | Italy |
| Fraunhofer Society for the advancement of applied research | Germany |
| French National Institute for Transport and Safety Research (INRETS) | France |
| Galicia Automotive Technological Center (CTAG) | Spain |
| INFOBLU SPA | Italy |
| International Automobile Federation (FIA) | France |
| ITS Bretagne | France |
| Loughborough University | United Kingdom |
| Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management (RWW) | Netherlands |
| Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) | Netherlands |
| Promotion Of Operational Links With Integrated Services, Association Internationale (POLIS) | Belgium |
| Renault | France |
| Robert Bosch GmbH | Germany |
| Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI) | Sweden |
| Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT) | Finland |
| Technical University of Aachen (IKA) | Germany |
| University of Koln | Germany |
| University of Leeds | United Kingdom |
| Volvo car corporation | Sweden |
| Volvo technology corporation | Sweden |
Special thanks are due to the various external experts for their valuable insights from their large experience and contributions in conducting FOTs. They contributed to the original version produced by the FESTA consortium. These experts include Jim Sayer of UMITRI, Charlie Klauer of VTTI, Tom Triggs, Kristie Young, Eve Mitsopoulos-Rubens, Neboja Tomasevic and Karen Stephan of MUARC, Harri Peltola of VTT and Riku Kotiranta of Chalmers University of Technology.
Disclaimer
The FESTA and FOT Net 2 Support Action have been founded by the European Commission DG Information Society and Media in the 7th Framework Programme. The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of the project partners listed herein and does not necessarily represent the view of the European Commission or its services.
