The next phase of the Connected ITS (C-ITS) project has commenced on a Dutch motorway as part of the Beter Benutten (optimising use) programme undertaken by the Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment.

The project has been initiated on the A58 Eindhoven – Tilburg motorway.

Users of this road will be able to test rapid data infrastructure for the ‘Shockwave’ traffic jam information service, reported Traffictechnologytoday.com.

"For users to take part in the test, a special on-board unit (OBU), called a Talking Traffic kit needs to be deployed in the vehicle, which is connected to the driver’s smartphone."

Noord-Brabant province, which is the contracting authority for this project, has deployed 34 WiFi beacons on this motorway.

The beacons will enable FlowPatrol and ZOOF smartphone applications to transmit warnings on traffic to drivers in advance.

In future, the contracting authority intends to use the vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) technology to offer several mobility services, currently, the system is being used only for the Shockwave traffic jam service, which is provided by the two apps.

Users on the A58 motorway can now expand their Shockwave traffic jam service in order to take part in the test, reported the website.

For users to take part in the test, a special on-board unit (OBU), called a Talking Traffic kit needs to be deployed in the vehicle, which is connected to the driver’s smartphone.

WiFi beacons facilitate rapid communication, thereby offering drivers real-time, personalised travel advice.

This system offers smart use of several telecommunication technologies, with the apps being able to operate on the 3/4G networks.

Deployment of the Talking Traffic kit enables drivers to receive traffic and incident reports in advance, reducing traffic congestion.