A unique cloud platform for smart traffic lights

Published on 07/06/2022 in News

By the end of next year, 250 locations in Flanders will feature smart traffic lights for safer, smoother-flowing Flemish traffic. A data exchange cloud platform, rolled out by Proximus partner Be-Mobile, is at the heart of Mobilidata’s program.

A unique cloud platform for smart traffic lights

Smart traffic lights improve traffic flow. They never get stuck on red for no reason. Consequently, motorized traffic, cyclists, and pedestrians make it to their destinations faster and in one piece. Lights automatically turn green for emergency services, i.e., no more red lights stopping them from saving lives. And smoother-flowing traffic means that cars and trucks need to brake and accelerate less, reducing fuel consumption and particulate matter emissions.

Co-creation

The Mobilidata program is a Flemish government, EU-funded project. Imec’s R&D hub takes care of the planning and logistics. At the heart of this smart solution is a cloud platform. It facilitates data exchange between the traffic infrastructure – e.g. traffic lights – and the people in traffic. Navigation software providers, for example, will have the opportunity to access and connect their applications to the platform.

Personalized traffic data

Mobilidata opted for the TLEX cloud platform, hosted by the Dutch Monotch, a leader in the European smart mobility sector. A group of Mobilidata program private partners – led by Be-Mobile – will roll out the platform. With Proximus as the majority shareholder, Be-Mobile specializes in smart mobility solutions. In the past, the company accrued experience with a mobility ecosystem. That ecosystem made it possible for startups, scale-ups, companies, and other stakeholders to use data to successfully co-create smart mobility solutions.

Shared data boosts accuracy

Road users will be sent relevant, personalized notifications about traffic through current navigation apps linked to the platform. What’s more, they’ll be able to share their own data with the platform to boost accuracy systemwide. At smart traffic light junctions, the lights will work dynamically, based on the real-time traffic situation.

A major move forward

In Flanders, TLEX is an extension of a system already connecting over a thousand smart traffic lights in the Netherlands. Flanders is making another major move forward in the Mobilidata program with the platform’s rollout. Technology is the program’s means of making traffic in Flanders safer, smoother-flowing, more sustainable, and comfortable.

The Mobilidata program is made possible through the collaboration of the Agency for Roads and Traffic, imec, the Department of Mobility and Public Works, the Department of Economy, Science and Innovation, Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship, and the Connecting Europe Facility.

The Be-Mobile consortium partners include Be-Mobile, Flitsmeister, Ndrive, Bosch, Monotch, Transport & Mobility Leuven, Tractebel, Movias, and Sirus.

More about Mobilidata

Be-Mobile has been active in the city of Ghent for some time already, where they promote data-driven mobility management.

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