TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT |
The power of traffic detection The digitization of infrastructure has opened new doors in smart traffic management, making it greener, safer, and more flexible Words | René Pohl and Tim Bissé, product and project managers, Traffic
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Technology division, Vitronic, Germany
igital technologies are transforming the transport industry at a rapid pace. Innovations like artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) have the potential to improve everything from pricing models and traffic management to safety and emission reduction. Vitronic is harnessing the full potential of intelligent infrastructure and its data to take traffic management to the next level – to the benefit of customers, road users, and the environment.
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Above: Vitronic is using sensors to detect vulnerable road users (VRU) such as cyclists and pedestrians and pass on their position to vehicles
Intertraffic World | Annual Showcase 2022
Efficient and sustainable tolling
Tolling is playing an increasingly important role in future mobility – reducing congestion, making traffic safer, and contributing to new mobility solutions like Mobility-as-aService (MaaS). Tolling also has an important role to play in reducing emissions and overcoming the climate crisis. Dynamic tolling systems that differentiate between factors like vehicle types and emissions are a fair solution to fund modern infrastructure and more environmentally friendly means of
transport. Tolling can also be used to control pollution and congestion, with models being developed that impose speed limits, access restrictions, or increased fees when thresholds are exceeded. Versatile, flexible, and userfriendly tolling systems are needed to manage the increased volume of traffic in cities and allow the sustainable financing of alternative mobility concepts such as connected and autonomous driving. Vitronic enables a new level of tolling through 360° technology and comprehensive tolling expertise, including image/ video-based tolling (AI detection), high-performance laser vehicle detection, and both mobile and stationary automatic control. Systems from the Vitronic portfolio do more than measure excessive speed – defining vehicle classes, capturing
