Intelligent transport systems — Traffic and travel information (TTI) via transport protocol experts group, generation 2 (TPEG2) — Part 16: Fuel price information and availability (TPEG2-FPI)

This document specifies the TPEG fuel price information and availability (FPI) application. The FPI application has been specifically designed to support information from fuel stations, such as their location, fuel types offered and fuel pricing and availability information.

The standardized delivery, via TPEG technology, of fuel price information has the following benefits for end users of a TPEG service:

a) cost savings to the driver through improved ease of access to price information;

b) potentially significant cost savings for fleet operators through improved ease of access to price information;

c) environmental benefits from drivers not having to drive around to find the cheapest fuel prices;

d) safety improvements for highways authorities, as drivers are less likely to run out of fuel if they are well-informed of local availability and prices;

e) as availability of new fuels becomes more common, and more vehicles begin to use them (e.g. biofuels, hydrogen, etc.), drivers will be better informed about availability of fuelling stations.

The TPEG FPI application (as an add-on service component next to traffic information, for example) is laid out to support large numbers