Siemens: Tomorrow’s transport will be fully connected

First published in Intertraffic Innovation News - April 30, 2020

Receiving incident alerts directly in the car, always riding the green wave, being stuck less often in traffic jams: the digitalisation of the road helps to enhance everybody’s quality of life, generates economic growth and contributes to climate protection.

Taking all this into account, Siemens Mobility has developed Sitraffic Vehicle2x technology: a secure, cooperative communications innovation that connects vehicles of all kinds with the infrastructure. With Vehicle2x from Siemens Mobility, the road can now be connected to the Internet of Things (IoT), providing infrastructure with the necessary “intelligence”.

This means not only will vehicles communicate with each other, but infrastructure and other road users will also be connected.

Trains, cars, ships and other means of transport travel on routes that cross in many places. For Siemens Mobility, visions of future traffic based on the IoT include permanent real-time communication between infrastructure and vehicles. Road users will be warned in good time of potential dangers, such as accidents or black ice, and informed of construction sites so drivers, or in future the car itself, can act accordingly.

The combination of Sitraffic Roadside Units and Cooperative Management Systems (CMS) make it possible to monitor traffic situations in precise detail and control it proactively. This results in a smoother flow of traffic, fewer accidents, more safety and a significant reduction of polluting emissions. This technology can be leveraged to increase safety on city streets by reducing congestion and optimising traffic flow to realise a substantial contribution to climate protection and lasting improvements in the quality of life across entire conurbations. Siemens Mobility is offering administrations and authorities the opportunity to enable cities fit for the future and transform them into environmentally friendly green cities.