Connected Transport Data (TREND)

Forskningsprojekt, 2025 – 2026

The transportation system faces numerous challenges, including increasing travel demand, rising congestion levels, improving safety, and constraining resources. Consequently, there is a pressing need for proactive traffic management strategies that can adaptively predict accident risk, support transport planning, monitor and predict energy requirements, and support automation. Through the integration of multiple data sources, we can gain insights into the correlation between real-time traffic data, online infrastructure information, and historical travel and safety data (such as traffic volume, travel speed, weather conditions, road infrastructure features, and pedestrian flow) to support both real-time operations as well as future modelling support for investment decisions. However, existing data infrastructure presents a significant hurdle. Our project addresses the limited linkage of data sources and the limited adoption of data exchange protocols. This hinders comprehensive safety and mobility analyses and assessments. The project aims to bridge this gap by proposing a data ecosystem to improve traffic safety, logistics, and e-mobility.

Expected outcomes include a central platform for seamless integration of diverse data sources, including crash data, traffic and pedestrian flow, weather, transport infrastructure, and connected vehicles. The project will leverage open standards and existing data models in the EU. A robust data management plan will be designed to ensure data security, privacy, and responsible sharing practices.

We will show how the connected data can be used through four modules: module for real-time crash risk prediction, module for testing of autonomous driving systems, module for Digital Twins for simulation and visualisation of traffic flow and safety measures, and module for optimization of transport flows.

By providing a comprehensive approach to utilizing data, the project hopes to achieve safer, more efficient, and sustainable transportation systems.