BMW Teams Up With UR:BAN To Develop Driver Assist And Traffic Technology

BMW has teamed up with Germany’s UR:BAN research program, developing driver assistance and traffic management systems for “tomorrow’s cities”.

UR:BAN is a German acronym standing for “Urban Space: User-oriented assistance systems and network management”; a program aiming to develop better technology to improve congestion, road safety and efficiency. 

Representatives from the electronics and software fields, city planners, automotive industries and parts suppliers are among the program’s 31 partners, with the initiative set to run until 2016.