TomTom to collaborate with Dutch National Road Authority on traffic Management

TomTom is to collaborate with the Dutch National Road Authority (Rijkswaterstaat) on the newly-developed national Traffic Innovation Centre, in partnership with the Dutch-based company Simacan. The Traffic Innovation Centre, an experiment and development area for traffic management, was founded by Rijkswaterstaat and others to facilitate development of smarter mobility. TomTom has enhanced its TomTom Traffic product for traffic management centres, enabling traffic managers to capture and act on every
January 13, 2016 Read time: 2 mins
1692 TomTom is to collaborate with the Dutch National Road Authority (4767 Rijkswaterstaat) on the newly-developed national Traffic Innovation Centre, in partnership with the Dutch-based company Simacan.

The Traffic Innovation Centre, an experiment and development area for traffic management, was founded by Rijkswaterstaat and others to facilitate development of smarter mobility.

TomTom has enhanced its TomTom Traffic product for traffic management centres, enabling traffic managers to capture and act on every minor change in flow. Simacan, a traffic and logistics IT specialist, merges various road authority datasets such as motorway matrix signs with the TomTom Traffic product. TomTom and Simacan will work together going forward to develop more joint applications, improving traffic flow in the network by smarter use of infrastructure and technology.

“We see great potential for road authorities in this new business arrangement with TomTom” said Laurens Schrijnen, Director at the Traffic Innovation Centre. “This initiative paves the way for new and innovative use cases that will improve overall traffic management.”
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