TrafficQuest streeft er naar regelmatig een actueel beeld te geven van wat er gaande is in de wereld van verkeersmanagement en verkeersinformatie. De State-of-the-Art achtergronddocumenten spelen daarbij een belangrijke rol, want deze bestrijken een breed scala aan VMI gerelateerde onderwerpen. Echter, ze zijn gedetailleerd en sterk inhoudelijk en ze worden niet regelmatig geactualiseerd. Daarom heeft TrafficQuest besloten elk jaar een rapportage uit te brengen waarin de stand van zaken op het vlak van verkeersmanagement en verkeersinformatie wordt weergegeven. Het jaarbericht voor 2014 is nu uitgebracht en wordt binnenkort verstuurd met NM magazine.

The topic ‘urban traffic management’ has been getting more attention lately because of the increasing (re-)urbanisation. TrafficQuest is exploring the subject and in that context the TrafficQuest team paid a visit to the municipal traffic control room (‘verkeersregiekamer’) of the city of Rotterdam. Their team presented the state of practice and the latest developments in Rotterdam. There is an extensive monitoring and traffic management program in place. Much of that is concentrated in the traffic control room. TrafficQuest presented three topics related to urban traffic management that the team has worked on this year. The discussion also touched upon how TrafficQuest can help Rotterdam with their traffic management activities. It was a morning well spent, in which we learned much from each other. A knowledge exchange worth repeating!

Cooperative systems and automated driving are hot topics. Many parties are involved or want to be involved in the development of systems for these subjects. They are also high on the list of the team that is responsible for the realisation of the ‘Connecting Mobility’ programme of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment. On May 27, 2014 TrafficQuest presented to this team the state-of-the-art in cooperative systems and automated driving (the presentation is in Dutch). In 2011 TrafficQuest wrote a report about these topics, but much has happened since and a large part of the information in that report is already outdated. The presentation gives an overview of the developments in this areas in recent years. This information will be used to update the report.