FLEXSYS
05.31
From 2006 to 2010
TML collaborated with several companies and research groups on the FLEXSYS project, which developed innovative solutions for traffic control in incidental situations such as roadworks and events. The project resulted in an autonomous traffic management system in Kortrijk, which uses traffic detection, network communication, and variable traffic signs to provide real-time information and enable fast reactions.
In the FLEXSYS project, a number of representative companies and research groups sought a solution for efficient traffic management in incidental situations such as roadworks, diversions, events, evacuations ... With most of these occurrences, the traffic situation changes while the traffic infrastructure remains largely static. To cope with this, we made important innovative interventions in the various links that make up traffic management systems: detection, network and communication, data processing, and signalling. We also investigated the regulatory framework of traffic systems and possible modes of operation of FLEXSYS.
FLEXSYS taps a new market for intelligent traffic management. For local authorities, police forces, shopping centres, and companies responsible for signalling road works, it now becomes possible to monitor and control traffic situations. The project was demonstrated as a fully autonomously functioning system in the city of Kortrijk.
The system consists of several components that control the entire information flow, from detection by traffic cameras and radars to the control of variable traffic signs. At the heart of the system lies a traffic model that estimates the state of the entire road network based on measurements at certain, well-chosen locations. The traffic manager thus gets a good picture of the overall condition in his region, where they can react very quickly, possibly through a decision-support system that automatically proposes its own advice.
In the FLEXSYS project, a number of representative companies and research groups sought a solution for efficient traffic management in incidental situations such as roadworks, diversions, events, evacuations ... With most of these occurrences, the traffic situation changes while the traffic infrastructure remains largely static. To cope with this, we made important innovative interventions in the various links that make up traffic management systems: detection, network and communication, data processing, and signalling. We also investigated the regulatory framework of traffic systems and possible modes of operation of FLEXSYS.
FLEXSYS taps a new market for intelligent traffic management. For local authorities, police forces, shopping centres, and companies responsible for signalling road works, it now becomes possible to monitor and control traffic situations. The project was demonstrated as a fully autonomously functioning system in the city of Kortrijk.
The system consists of several components that control the entire information flow, from detection by traffic cameras and radars to the control of variable traffic signs. At the heart of the system lies a traffic model that estimates the state of the entire road network based on measurements at certain, well-chosen locations. The traffic manager thus gets a good picture of the overall condition in his region, where they can react very quickly, possibly through a decision-support system that automatically proposes its own advice.
