Safe and sustainable traffic with Connected Vehicles

EQS-Media / 26.07.2023 / 07:00 CET/CEST

   Safe and sustainable traffic with Connected Vehicles

     • Connected vehicle technology improves road safety and traffic flow
     • Widespread coverage is needed, says Kapsch TrafficCom CTO Alfredo
       Escribá

   Vienna, July 26, 2023 – Road traffic is becoming more dangerous for
   vulnerable road users like pedestrians and cyclists. Connecting road
   users, vehicles and infrastructure is part of the solution, according to
   Kapsch TrafficCom CTO Alfredo Escribá, but all stakeholders need to get on
   board to implement this technology.

   To make roadways safer and greener, and to improve traffic flow, many
   authorities around the world are beginning to test and implement
   Orchestrated Connected Corridor (OCC) solutions. Using Connected Vehicles
   technology combined with advanced data collection, processing platforms
   and excellent operational capabilities, OCCs provide real-time traffic
   management capabilities and insights that support a range of innovative
   safety and traffic mobility use cases.

   “Many of the use cases of Connected Vehicle are safety-oriented, as the
   fast response times and better insights provided by connected systems can
   have massive benefits in that area”, says Alfredo Escribá: “But Connected
   Vehicle  technology also helps with improving traffic flow and reducing
   emissions, for example by telling drivers when traffic lights will change,
   so they can adapt their driving behavior accordingly.”

   The top OCC benefits

   OCC helps to reduce congestion, while improving mobility and safety for
   motorists and vulnerable road users. By deploying OCCs, authorities can
   start planning for ‘zero accident’ roadways with support for future
   automated vehicle-features and advanced warning of potential hazards on
   the road that may otherwise cause accidents. In particular, OCCs address
   major challenges such as driver distraction, inattentiveness or a lack of
   awareness of dangers on the road as well as the presence of vulnerable
   users. OCCs improve safety by identifying hazardous scenarios and
   communicating with all stakeholders in the transportation ecosystem in
   real time to reduce accident risks.

   What is needed to push the technology forward?

   To speed up deployment of the technology, making use of the data that the
   systems collect is the next step. To that end, all stakeholders need to
   cooperate and open up their systems to other technologies.

   “At Kapsch, we don’t believe in selling back to our customers their own
   data. We believe in enabling their data to be used by them or others and
   in creating value for our customers using their data. We can help analyze
   the data, build predictions and applications and create value but it
   always belongs to client, and they always have access to it to do with it
   as they see fit”, comments Alfredo Escribá. “Only through cooperation are
   we able to push the technology forward. All elements of the ecosystem need
   to be aligned for that, as that is the only way to achieve the widespread
   coverage that is needed to really deliver value to our end users, the
   drivers and people on the road.”

   To discover more about OCC features and benefits, and to find out how
   Kapsch TrafficCom can help you realize your vision of improved safety and
   traffic management on a particular section of your roadway, [1]visit our
   website or [2]contact us today.

   Press contact:                         
   Carolin Treichl                       Sandra Bijelic 
   Executive Vice President Marketing &  Head of Corporate Communications 
   Communications                        Kapsch TrafficCom AG 
   Kapsch TrafficCom AG                  Am Europlatz 2, 1120 Vienna,
   Am Europlatz 2, 1120 Vienna, Austria  Austria 
   P +43 50 811 1710                     P +43 664 628 1720 
   [3]carolin.treichl@kapsch.net         [4]sandra.bijelic@kapsch.net 

    

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   Issuer: Kapsch TrafficCom AG
   Key word(s): Traffic

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   Language:    English
   Company:     Kapsch TrafficCom AG
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