The digitisation of the mobility system requires road operators to address several key areas to ensure a seamless and efficient transition. Interoperability and Standardization are crucial, involving the adoption of common communication protocols and harmonized data formats to facilitate data exchange and system integration. Data Security and Privacy measures must be robust, including encryption, access control, and compliance with regulations like GDPR to protect user data. Infrastructure Upgrades are necessary, such as smart traffic management systems, connected vehicle infrastructure, and electric vehicle charging stations, to support new technologies. Real-Time Data Exchange capabilities, enabled by sensors and IoT devices, are essential for dynamic traffic management and improved user experience. Collaboration and Partnerships with various stakeholders, including government agencies, technology providers, and the public, are vital for successful implementation. Consumer-Oriented Services should prioritize user needs, offering personalized navigation, real-time traffic updates, and integrated transport options. Scalability, Flexibility, Sustainability and Resilience involve designing systems that can adapt to growing data volumes and emerging technologies like AI and autonomous vehicles. By focusing on these requirements, road operators can effectively digitize the mobility system, enhancing efficiency, safety, and user satisfaction.

ArbIS hosts data on planned and current road works for the Bavarian network to, among others, enable harmonised planning for optimised traffic management and high quality traffic data for publication by traffic information and navigation service providers. The system is constantly updated according to requirements and was updated to version 2.0.

Beyond the mandatory application of the system in the realm of responsibility of the Bavarian State Ministry of Housing, Building and Transport, ArbIS invites interested districts to provide information or directly work with the system based on the directive to digitise and publicise available public information. Several parties joined the ArbIS user group and the data set of reported planned roadworks is growing constantly. This success is boosted by the growing user community of an already well introduced system for the collection of municipal and district data (Formularserver) which also feeds data into ArbIS.

Traffic management scripts (available on paper or pdf format) are prescriptions of measurements to be taken when a specific traffic event occurs (e.g. accidents, traffic jam, road works, road closure, etc). These scripts ensure traffic flow and safety on highways and secondary roads.

The current way of working with traffic management scripts (creating, updating, validation, and applying) is inefficient and inaccurate. Scope of the Digitalization of traffic management scripts (Digitaliseren RegelScenario’s in Dutch, hence DRS) project is to develop an application for digitizing traffic management scripts which enables different traffic management authorities to collaborate in an effective and efficient manner. The application also ensures that all traffic management authorities have the same, correct and actual information.

The DRS application enables a change to a digitized administration of traffic management scripts which will results in a more efficient and effective way of creating, updating, validating and applying traffic management scripts. Furthermore DRS facilitates an effective collaboration between different traffic management authorities (Rijkswaterstaat, provinces and communes).

Besides better cooperation we will reduce the number of scripts (and with that the management burden) and reduce the chance on errors during deployment (increasing reliability).

In the annex of this document, the Final Project Document (Dutch) is included, which can serve as the acceptance note for the operational system. This is because the document states that the project team (DRS) has delivered the project result in accordance with the Project Initiation Document (PID) and additional agreements. Furthermore, the steering group (regiegroep DRS) grants decharge (formal discharge or approval), officially closing the project while considering any remaining points. Additionally, the Talking Traffic program submits the decharge to the IV-stuurlijn.

The annex also contains the presentation of deployed functionality (English).

The Autobahn has introduced its “Truck Parking – ITP Info to NAP” project in MERIDIAN. This involves equipping parking spaces with radar detection and forwarding information on available free parking spaces to the German NAP (Mobilithek). This step is seen as necessary in Germany in order to better brand existing parking spaces for better use. Newly built parking spaces should be equipped with detectors during construction. As part of the funding in MERIDIAN, in addition to the equipment, the provision of data in the NAP and in the Autobahn app are also being funded. In addition, the Autobahn reserves the right to provide information on free parking spaces using appropriate interactive signage on the access roads to the rest areas.

This report and the accompanying map aim to present a comprehensive overview of Germany’s equipped long-distance freight corridors for 2023 and 2024. These corridors are crucial for the efficient movement of goods across the country, enhancing trade and economic growth. This report highlights the key features, developments, and strategic significance of these corridors, emphasising truck parking areas equipped with LiDAR technology and the integration of this data into the Autobahn App.

The state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany is currently planning a mobility management center (MMC) to implement sustainable intermodal mobility by implementing integrated traffic management strategies based on real-time traffic information, especially in metropolitan regions. The underlying traffic management plans specify measures (e.g. dynamic traffic light control, alternative route recommendations, travel time information, transfer control, route control, public transport prioritization, parking space management, etc.) that are used to respond to situations (e.g. traffic jams, accidents, events, air quality, etc.). The MMC or the traffic management system is responsible for implementing the measures. The planned traffic management system should also have a strategy workstation for the internal supply of the aforementioned strategies as well as an analysis platform for analyzing traffic problem areas in the network or for evaluating implemented strategies. Both subsystems will be implemented using a modern IT architecture that aims to use market-ready software solutions and interfaces. This ensures interoperability and scalability. In order to meet the cross-departmental requirement, both subsystems will be implemented as web interfaces, which enables them to be used by actors in regional traffic management within the metropolitan areas of Baden-Württemberg. After commissioning, the MMC will have a modern central infrastructure that meets the latest technical standards and will be staffed around the clock in 3-shift operation. In addition, it will fulfil the requirements for critical infrastructures for both IT and property protection in accordance with the specifications of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI). In addition to regional dynamic traffic management, the MMC is also expected to centrally monitor 45 tunnels on federal and state roads.

Autostrada del Brennero installed variable message signs to inform users about dynamic speed reduction measures for environmental purposes as continuation of the activities carried out within the BrennerLEC (Brenner Lower Emissions Corridor) project.

From 2016 to 2021 Autostrada del Brennero coordinated the BrennerLEC project, co-funded by the European Commission. Its main aim was the creation of a lower emissions corridor (LEC) along the A22 motorway section through the Trentino-Alto Adige region, by implementing on an experimental basis dynamic traffic management systems for the improvement of air quality, climate protection and noise protection in some pilot sections (LEZ – lower emission zones).

Autostrada del Brennero is implementing a Digital Infrastructure based on a Mobility-as-a-Service concept to manage traffic not only along the Brenner motorway, but also in the surrounding area all along the Brenner corridor.

Within this project the information concerning the motorway is enriched with information on the mobility of the suburban network of the territories that the motorway corridor crosses (information on service levels, emergencies, etc.). The project is therefore unique in that it aims at the construction of a European digital motorway corridor, bringing together infrastructures and services of different geographical areas and spatial competences, both national and cross-border, ultimately making the data and information accessible to third parties for the creation of services user services, or other purposes.