Traffic Management in the Context of INVENT

Traffic and transport continue to be key economic factors. They provide the basis for prosperity and progress and ensure our competitive ability. Mobility is also an important ingredient of quality of life, self-fulfillment, and personal freedom. However, in recent decades the increase in traffic has been accompanied by negative consequences such as accidents and congestion. Only by using innovative technologies can we find sustainable solutions to these problems and, in the face of ever expanding demands, make traffic safer and more efficient in the future. As a contribution toward achieving this goal, twenty-three companies and institutions are cooperating within the research initiative INVENT (intelligent traffic and user-oriented technology) comprising the three projects Driver Assistance Active Safety, Traffic Management 2010 and Traffic Management in Transport and Logistics. The project Traffic Management in Transport and Logistics is pursuing a vision of improved transport efficiency in delivery of goods. The idea is to dynamically optimize the utilization of transport routes, delivery vehicles, as well as delivery period, mobile communication and computing resources. In addition, the customer will benefit from new opportunities for monitoring and controlling the transport of his goods.