break shipment traffic on engaged logistical roadstead priority to improve traffic flow and road safety , wipe out less fuel and thus emit less CO2 . That is the idea behind Connected Transport ( CT ) * , a countrywide initiative being wind out regionally .

Janneke Nijsing is a ' quartermaster ' attach to the Amsterdam Logistics and Connected Transport programme : a ' connexion between the public and secret sector ' , as she account it herself . She can tell us more about CT Amsterdam Westside , a primal logistics expanse including Schiphol Airport and Royal FloraHolland Aalsmeer .

Getting the greenness lightHow just does Connected labour work ? " sure central route for loading traffic , including the N201 , N231 and N232 , are being fit with impertinent traffic light , also get laid as iVRIs , " she explicate . " These move around light-green as soon as a connected hand truck approaches and the traffic berth allows , thus giving it an advantage over other traffic . For the truck number one wood , this means a shorter journeying prison term , because his fomite has to brake and accelerate less . In addition , it saves on cost because less fuel is ingest , and it also provides environmental benefit because it emits less CO2 . "

Thinking in term of dataThat sounds like a gracious system . However , it was not that unsubdivided to get it implemented , says Janneke . " That was a good 2 or 3 years of slogging . antecedently , there were all kinds of apps for drivers in this area , but we interpret that individual apps alone did not allow for upscaling . By 2021 , we start retrieve in a radically dissimilar way : not in terms of services , but information . driver get a single integrated solution in their truck , supplied by be in - hand truck organization . Currently , nine IT marketer have enabled this connection . For the system to puzzle out in good order , the IT supplier has to start share data so the smart dealings lighting can pass on with the vehicles . So the IT supplier plays a crucial role in the whole affair . "

Making dealings saferConnected Driving offer other benefits besides prison term savings and environmental gains , specially in terms of road prophylactic . number one wood receive veridical - time dealings information about an accident , a stationary fomite , a red crossbreed , or a route blockage , for example . This can be done using icons or speech . This direction , drivers do n’t overlook anything and can concentrate more on driving instead of having to keep an oculus on all kinds of apps .

Road self-confidence such as state and municipality also have an crucial role to play in Connected Driving . Janneke : " They have to decide what weighting to give different road users . On which route do truck get priority and on which road do cyclists get priority ? What should the maximum wait time be for other traffic ? lading traffic only grow a light-green light when the situation allow . There is still a tidy sum of work to be done to serve those question . "

foretell technologyAlthough that will still take quite some time , the expert is optimistic about the possibleness . " The technology is very promising for the future . More and more program are possible . For example , impart school zones , or environmental or emanation zones , or tallness sensing element alerts . The strength lie in creating a link between the world of mobility and logistics . We will soon be able to do an horrific peck with it ; opportunities abound . It is up to IT vendors which applications they want to offer their customers . “Initial results positive : number one wood repay more restedFor about six months , haulier have been capable to prove the Connected Driving technology with an incentive payment . It worry a one - off compensation of € 70 per hand truck . The initial results have been positive .

" That ’s really good to see , " say Janneke sky-high . " Hauliers are quenched . We hear from drivers that they care to be informed of incident in upright clip . When you see how many political party are still using disjoined apps now , with drivers still sometimes afraid of miss that one dislocation or red hybridization … I think : we are solve on that ! This arrangement provides reassurance , because the equipment driver receives an additional alert . And of course of action the business slip is important , but when I hear from hauler that their drivers fall home more rested , that ’s already a immense profits , right?“New readjustment welcomeThe aim is to have 200 vehicles Connected by the end of the year . That figure will enable a proper evaluation . We are not there yet , so unexampled registrations are still welcome . It does n’t matter whether you have a small or large business organization . you may file with just one fomite . Are you a provider or haulier in the Aalsmeer field and are you interested ? The registration strain is useable at[email   protect ] .

For more information , please visit Amsterdam Logistics or touch Janneke Nijsing at[email   protect ] .

  • Connected Transport is an enterprisingness of the central government , state , metropolitan and tape transport regions , and companies . The partnership utilize the opportunities offered by digitization to make logistics more sustainable , safer and more efficient . Royal FloraHolland makes an active donation to this , so that we keep our location accessible and make transport more sustainable .

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